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TODAY IS THE DAY
« on: January 04, 2005, 12:14:15 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, you are up on all the latest and greatest, and now it is time for you to post until the latest and greatest cows come home.
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« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2005, 12:18:13 AM »

First post Huzzah!
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« Reply #2 on: January 04, 2005, 12:18:28 AM »

DRJOSE please tell the audition story again!
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« Reply #3 on: January 04, 2005, 12:18:39 AM »

Let me think about my CD choices....hmmmmmmmmmm
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« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2005, 12:23:47 AM »

Sorry the notes went up a bit late - I was involved in a pissing contest with what I believe were two teenagers (I know, I know, I should learn) on another board (the Phantom grosses I was mentioning).  I was merely pointing out that you can't trust places like the imdb and box office mojo - they're just reporting optimistic estimates from studios who frequently lie anyway (they've been caught with their pants down on hundreds even thousands of occasions, and every time they are it's gleefully reported in Variety).  Well, you can't point out anything to these kids because they know it ALL.  They're children of the INTERNET, after all, they visit websites and watch ACCESS HOLLYWOOD.  First of all, for them to even be concerned about box-office is inanity itself.  Until the eighties only a handful of movie fans ever followed box-office - now it's all that's important, which is why every news show reports it.  I mean, who CARES?  But, there these kids are, talking as if they are experts on box-office - I merely pointed out that I've been in the movie business much longer than they've been alive and I know just a little bit about this stuff.  Not a lot, but what little I know is based on reality, not the Internet.  I do not like armchair experts, and that's what these kids are - about everything.  They know it all, and no one can say differently, especially if they're - wait for it - OLDER.
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« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2005, 12:24:16 AM »

Jose, I don't believe any cookies or biscottis have shown up here in LA in the mail environment.  

What was the name I used to call you during rehearsals - I suddenly can't remember it.

"Good things come to those who wait."

;)

Even those who call their Musical Director:

"Saracen Dog!"
*which movie was that from again?

...which somehow morphed into:

"Haitian Dog!"
*I think, unfortunately, "Haitian" was Ryan's idea.

...which then just got shortened to:

"HAITIAN!!"

...but it was usually:

"You HAITIAN!!"

-Did that refresh your memory? ;)

Now, of course, there were certain nicknames I had for you, but I don't think I ever used them in rehearsal.

 :o

LOL!!!

*I just got back from the kitchen.  Everything is wrapped up nice and neat, and they should be on their merry way tomorrow morning... well, later this morning.  They'd be perfect with some milk and/or hot chocolate - so be prepared.  -Now, the biscotti would also go wonderfully with some vin santo, or even a beaumes de venise, but I don't believe you partake of such libations.
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« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2005, 12:24:19 AM »

And that's why I love our site - because we don't get that type.  We get young people, yes, but not that type of young person.
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« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2005, 12:25:29 AM »

Haitian dog!  That was it!  And it was hardly Ryan's, it was all mine.  Saracen dog is from What's Up, Tiger Lily.
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« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2005, 12:27:34 AM »

FLOWER DRUM SONG is starting DRJOSE!
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« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2005, 12:27:54 AM »

But now to turn on TCM!!  -Damn you, DR Jrand!

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« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2005, 12:29:11 AM »

We can have a Flower Drum Song frenzy!
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« Reply #11 on: January 04, 2005, 12:29:26 AM »

And then we can talk about the Phantom grosses.
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« Reply #12 on: January 04, 2005, 12:30:46 AM »

I may as well post up a storm now because once Mr. Mac Man arrives I won't be able to.
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« Reply #13 on: January 04, 2005, 12:31:36 AM »

Welcome six GUESTS.  We're talkin' about ten CDs we play more than any others.
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« Reply #14 on: January 04, 2005, 12:37:50 AM »

Has Ann caught up yet?

Oh, those Alfred Newman arrangements.  Whew!
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« Reply #15 on: January 04, 2005, 12:44:23 AM »

Has Ann caught up yet?

I think this transfer is a step up from what they've been showing in the past - any TIVO experts out there - I started recording just after the credits, but I remember something about the fact that it automatically backs up and records from the beginning if you start in the first five or ten minutes.  Is that true?
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« Reply #16 on: January 04, 2005, 12:47:40 AM »

Welcome seven GUESTS.

What am I, doing a monologue?  I am my own frenzy and Ann has disappeared.
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« Reply #17 on: January 04, 2005, 12:48:19 AM »

I think this transfer is a step up from what they've been showing in the past - any TIVO experts out there - I started recording just after the credits, but I remember something about the fact that it automatically backs up and records from the beginning if you start in the first five or ten minutes.  Is that true?

...Just as long as you started watching it from the beginning... And as long as you set your "buffer" to more than five minutes on your TiVo unit.  However, and I'm not sure how you do it, you have to reset the "start recording" point.
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« Reply #18 on: January 04, 2005, 12:50:14 AM »

...And the transfer does look very nice!

Actually, I've been thinking...  I think the last time I've seen this movie was when I was in high school, 15 or 16 years old.  Basically, half-a-life ago for me at this point.

WOW!
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« Reply #19 on: January 04, 2005, 12:58:42 AM »

As for my audition story...

My freshman year in high school, they were doing Brigadoon for the spring musical.  As usual, they wanted an uptempo and a ballad for the audition.  I had a copy of a Rodgers & Hammerstein songbook, and I had just watched - and loved - Flower Drum Song on TV - Channel 20, WDCA out of Washington, DC.  -They would run these "musical festivals" every now and then - three or four movie musicals in a row for about two or three days in a row.  Sometimes even with commentary - I seem to remember watching The King & I with a special interview with Rita Moreno.  But I digress... Hmm... that seems to be going around.

Well, I had picked "Younger Than Springtime" for my ballad.  And for my up-tempo I picked "I Enjoy Being A Girl".  I just really loved the song - and the movie sequence got me hooked.  All those different outfits being shown in all those mirrors!  It got a few giggles, but I did end up being cast in Brigadoon.  "Ale for sale or barter there, At the fair, Laddie!" was my line during the Opening Vendor Calls.  -And I was terrified - I had to start on a high-G!
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« Reply #20 on: January 04, 2005, 01:02:31 AM »

My fathers says...

A Hundred Million Miracles
Are happening ev'ry day!


I don't think I can make it through the whole movie - I already have that "I need some sleep" headache... But I'll at least stay with it through "I Enjoy Being A Girl".

-Although, my system seems to be perking up now... And, actually, it's been a while since I've done an all-nighter, so...

Hmmm...
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« Reply #21 on: January 04, 2005, 01:04:13 AM »

OOHH!!!. And here it comes!!!!

-I want to be Nancy Kwan when I grow up!!!!

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« Reply #22 on: January 04, 2005, 01:09:13 AM »

ooohh.. James Shigeta is dreamy...
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« Reply #23 on: January 04, 2005, 01:13:48 AM »

I am going to like it here...

-I guess I know which CD I'll be bringing back with me to DC this week.
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« Reply #24 on: January 04, 2005, 01:16:02 AM »

Did some DR mention that "Flower Drum Song" would finally be coming to DVD sometime in the sort of near future?
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« Reply #25 on: January 04, 2005, 01:17:05 AM »

"It is indeed a sad widower who inherits his wife's sister."

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« Reply #26 on: January 04, 2005, 01:18:58 AM »

We can have a Flower Drum Song frenzy!

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« Reply #27 on: January 04, 2005, 01:33:43 AM »

Well, I just made one of those grown-up smart decisions that your parents are always telling you to make...

A dear friend of mine called me earlier this evening and said he would be making a 5 hour layover stop at SeaTac airport on his way from Missouri to Portland...his plane was due to arrive at SeaTac at 1:30 am.  I haven't been able to see this dear friend of mine in many months, so I wanted to go up and spend a bit of time with him...perhaps grab a late bite at Denny's.  So about 20 minutes ago I started out...driving down the hill towards I-5.  To get to I-5, I have to get on a little highway first...and I got totally disoriented and almost drove onto this little highway going the wrong direction.  

This trip, I realized, was not going to work.  

Since last Wendesday, between the work commute, trips up to Seattle for Symphony gigs, and trips across the mountains, I've logged in just shy of 800 miles of driving.  Due to either parties or a recent bout of bad sleeping I've averaged about 4 hours of sleep a night in the past 5 nights.  My body has had enough.  Even being 23 and fairly high stamina...it's just too much.  I simply could not manage even this little 30 mile each way trip.  So I called my friend and left a message on his cell phone telling him not to expect me.  It saddens me, but I think it's for the best.  My mother would be proud.  
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« Reply #28 on: January 04, 2005, 01:34:51 AM »

And, of course, Patrick Adiarte (Wang San) was in those memorable Brady Bunch episodes in Hawaii - "Hawaii Bound" and "Pass the Tabu".
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« Reply #29 on: January 04, 2005, 01:37:06 AM »

On that note (B natural) I'm going to bed.  B, after all, does stand for bed
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