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THE DENSE NOTES
« on: December 21, 2004, 12:07:54 AM »
Well, you've read the notes, you are now dense with the notes, and now it is time to post until the dense cows come home.  
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« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2004, 12:15:33 AM »
First post huzzah!  I smell garlic.
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« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2004, 12:17:02 AM »
Hmmmmm....books in 2004 -

Writer's Block
Kritzer Time

101 American Musicals
Everything was Possible
Beyond Paradise

That will be a start.....
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« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2004, 02:38:06 AM »
Hello DR Hisaka!
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« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2004, 03:06:48 AM »

Hi, DR JRand54!
I don't have any knowledge of Indiana. Sorry. Tell me about Indiana and about where you live in.
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« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2004, 03:19:45 AM »

DR Panni: You have a pretty daughter with beautiful eyes.  You must be proud of her.  How old is she?
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« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2004, 03:50:06 AM »
DR Hisaka...Indiana is located near the middle of the United States.  It is the home of the Indianapolis 500 automobile race held every year in the month of May.  I live about 15 miles west of the capitol city of Indianapolis in a small town.  And we are expecting 4 to 6 inches of snow tonight!
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« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2004, 03:53:43 AM »
Here is your Allison Hayes photo of the week!   ;D

CHICAGO SYNDICATE - Columbia - 1955.  Dressed by Jean Louis, and acting with Mark Hanna who would later switch to screenwriting and pen ATTACK OF THE 50 FOOT WOMAN for her.  This is one of my favorite dresses she wears in ANY movie!  :o
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« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2004, 05:36:43 AM »
Good morning, all!  Yes, Dear Friend BK, those were dense notes, so dense that I cannot see the words for the letters.  Maybe it's my aging, but if someone sent me nine dancing ladies this week, those dames better be doing the minuet or gavotte, something slow and quiet.

Thank you for the notes on all the songwriting credits.  I hadn't realized so many of the somgs were yours.  As to "Chinese Food In Bed," it's Ryan's one poor spot.  I liked his energy and his voice on everything else, but it clearly wasn't a song he was suited for.  Guy Haines understands it much better, but Guy's a much more elegant performer than many around today.  

When the BBC and Ian Marshall Fisher did JUBILEE in 1999, the young lady who played the nightclub singer and sang "Begin the Beguine" couldn't get a handle on the number.  She had no comprehension of what a big band singer did, and she never nailed the song.  She sang a great "Just One of Those Things," looked and danced wonderfully, but she didn't know what to do with the Beguine.  At one point, Ian Marshall Fisher brought up Madonna in DICK TRACY, and that was no help either for her.

So, Books of 2004?  So many!  I know I'll miss several, so this topic may become what Lorelei Lee calls a row of encyclopediacs over the day.
KRITZER TIME (I read all three Kritzer books this year)
WRITER'S BLOCK
SKINNY DIP (Carl Hiaasen)
AN UNPARDONABLE CRIME
TALLULAH
MARGOT FONTEYN
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY: A LEGEND IN PROGRESS
PLAYING UNDERGROUND: A CRITICAL HISTORY OF THE 1960s OFF-OFF-BROADWAY MOVEMENT
Books of 2004 I'm browsing:
COMPLETE LYRICS OF P.G. WODEHOUSE
101 BROADWAY MUSICALS
JERRY HERMAN



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« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2004, 05:54:58 AM »

DR JRand54: Your description reminded me that my friend who lives in Durham, NC, sent me a few pictures from the Indy 500 automobile race when she attended with her family this May.  The race  looked huge and crowded, but so interesting.
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« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2004, 06:05:41 AM »
My favorite book this year is Alice Munro's collection of short stories, RUNAWAY. As the jacket notes say, "As always in her stories, everything connects." And the reader can't let go of the characters.

Honorable mention goes to WRITER'S BLOCK. I had so much fun reading that book (and look forward to the movie).
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« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2004, 06:09:15 AM »
The Sunday NY Times theater section had an excellent front-page feature called "Broadway's No-Show Business." Two quotes: "The Ethel Merman dependability has given way to previously scheduled concerts and the lure of Hollywood." And, "Ann Reinking (left) starred in CHICAGO in 1996. But did anyone besides the photographer see it?"

I imagine that Kevin Spirtas wonders why Hugh Jackman had to be the exception. Question for BK: Is that angle - or any other - from BOY FROM OZ being worked into his act?
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« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2004, 06:32:48 AM »
Quote from: Hisaka on December 21, 2004, 03:19:45 AM

DR Panni: You have a pretty daughter with beautiful eyes.  You must be proud of her.  How old is she?

Thank you, DR Hisaka. Yes, I'm very proud of her. Rachel (aka DD) not only has beautiful eyes, but a beautiful personality. She's exceedingly smart (on the Dean's List at the University of San Francisco), has a wicked sense of humor and is a genuinely good person. She'll be 21 on January 17. Hard to believe!
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« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2004, 06:44:59 AM »
The amazon.com story continues (from yesterday).

Okay, now I am not sure whether to respond to their response.  Maybe you guys can tell me (if I should write back).

I got a note today that said they shipped 3 additional replacement orders to make sure the shipment arrived by christmas.

Now IMO, wouldn't one 1day shipment suffice?  Would you feel the need to send 3 additional packages? I mean would any sane person feel this need?

It makes no sense to me.  But the person writing the email explained it as if it made sense to her.
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« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2004, 06:49:30 AM »
DR Hisaka, those are lovely peonies (or are they cabbage roses?) in your avatar.  Do you grow them?
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« Reply #15 on: December 21, 2004, 06:53:05 AM »
As I said, hard to believe that DD is almost 21. Here is a photo of her at only 3 days. I call it her Jack Benny picture.
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« Reply #16 on: December 21, 2004, 07:07:59 AM »
I just checked and amazon shipped 3 of the packages by fedex.

This might sound stupid, but how does one return items shipped by fedex.

I can't even get on the http://www.fedex.com site because I'm in canada.

I'm not sure if these have to be signed for (perhaps we can tell the guy who signs for packages at my friend's building not to sign for it).

If anyone can read on the fedex site (if it's not too much trouble), I'd appreciate it.  I don't really use fedex too much so I don't know their policy.

Hmmm, and amazon.com thought they were doing me a favor. :)
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« Reply #17 on: December 21, 2004, 07:09:51 AM »
Oh, my gosh DR Panni, that baby picture is so funny!

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« Reply #18 on: December 21, 2004, 07:11:01 AM »
I'm up, but must now be on my way.  

Yes, the Hugh Jackman never missing a performance is a major section of both Kevin's act and this presentation.  It's really fun.
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« Reply #19 on: December 21, 2004, 07:11:43 AM »
I REEK of garlic.  I wouldn't want to be near me this morning, although it may be interesting to be near me this morning.
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« Reply #20 on: December 21, 2004, 07:11:44 AM »
Favorite books of 2004:

Kritzer Time
The Last Reunion
The Cat Who Went to Paris

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« Reply #21 on: December 21, 2004, 07:22:55 AM »
DR vixmom brought us the Japanese Lap Pillow; here is its companion, the Boyfriend Pillow:



This and other uselessful gifts discussed in the LA Times

der Brucer

Maybe Keith will surprise Jane with some $65,000 Reboks:

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« Reply #22 on: December 21, 2004, 07:28:09 AM »
When does a bird become a rat?


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Purloined Parrots to Get Trip Home
•  Agencies join forces to return 90 exotic birds stolen from Mexico.

By Richard Marosi, Times Staff Writer

SAN DIEGO — With help from authorities in two countries, nearly 100 birds headed home Monday.

Dozens of Amazon parrots seized from smugglers in recent months were handed back to Mexican officials as part of an effort to return the birds to their natural habitat in the lowlands and forests of Mexico.

The parrots — 90 lilac crowns and Mexican redheads — were probably stolen from their nests and driven north before U.S. authorities discovered them hidden in two cars crossing the border at the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa ports of entry.

The birds — squeezed into tiny cages with their beaks taped — were found in side panels and under seats. Mexican officials said that, typically, for each bird that survives the journey, about five die.
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Amazon parrots, which are green with yellow and red crowns, can talk, but those seized had not been around humans long enough to mimic speech, Brooks said.

When parrots do talk, they can help investigations, he added.

In a separate case, a U.S. man who said he kept birds only for breeding purposes came under suspicion for smuggling when the animals started squawking Spanish phrases.

"If the birds are speaking Spanish, that probably leads me to think that they are from across the border," Brooks said.

This tale of rat-fink birds courtesy of the LA Times.

der Brucer (who must now take leave to feed the birds - at a hellofoa lot more than twopence a bag)
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« Reply #23 on: December 21, 2004, 07:40:46 AM »
Favorite books of 2004 (listed alphabetically, says the diplomat)

Dogs of Babel
Field Notes on the Compassionate Life (read in galley form)
Kritzer Time
Now Dig This: the Unspeakable Writings of Terry Southern
The Poems of Dylan Thomas (obviously not a 2004 book - but reread every few years)
Writer's Block

I suddenly can't think of other books. I know I read a bevy of books this year - many work related - but can't think of more to list. Perhaps later in the day when the cloud of garlic has lifted from my brain.
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« Reply #24 on: December 21, 2004, 07:45:39 AM »
I love that boyfriend pillow!
(But if your boyfriend gives you a boyfriend pillow, is that the 2004 equivalent of a Dear John letter?)
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« Reply #25 on: December 21, 2004, 07:55:14 AM »
Add Kritzer Time to my list, too, since I read it in 04.

(I didn't know what year it was ... My calendar is out of whack. At the moment I'm writing some copy for 2006 calendars.)
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« Reply #26 on: December 21, 2004, 08:17:08 AM »
Loved seeing the pics of Pani, Rachel, and bk at dinner, but couldn't we have had a picture of bk and Kevin hard at work.

Hey, an equal opportunity website!  :D
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« Reply #27 on: December 21, 2004, 08:18:14 AM »
Best theater book of 2004 for me was EVERYTHING WAS POSSIBLE. Since I think FOLLIES is the greatest musical I ever saw, this book was electrifying for me.

I'm loving BROADWAY MUSICALS )The 101 best), too.
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« Reply #28 on: December 21, 2004, 08:22:50 AM »
Hey, Kevin Spirtas was in the 1994 version of VALLEY OF THE DOLLS!

I must have missed what project he is going to work on with you BK.
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« Reply #29 on: December 21, 2004, 08:24:55 AM »
Good Morning!

Did I read any books this year?  Oh, yes, I did...

Writer's Block
Kritzer Time

...And a bunch of cookbooks - some of those forewords and sidebars can be very informative.  I think all the various blurbs in "Home Baking" by Alford and Duguid are my favorites for this year.

It's actually kind of sad that I don't read as much as I used to, but I tend to go through phases in regards to reading books.  There will be a stretch of time where I'll just pick one book up after then other.  Then there will be whole stretches when I don't read a single thing - except for the newspapers and whatever script of a show I happen to be working on.  -It's sort of like my penchant for alcohol.  I will go months - even a year or so - without touching a drop.  Not because I don't like it, or don't want to, it just doesn't cross my mind.  It isn't a necessary (pronounced in that great English way, "NEH-sess-ry").  And then there will be those few weeks or even months where I tend to have a beer or a glass of wine with my meals... and maybe even a nightcap... And then there was Australia last summer...

...Where was I?... Oh...

However, I have not noticed a corrallary between my "fits" of reading and my "fits" of drinking.  At least I don't think I have...

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