Topic: OUT ON A LIMB (Read 5232 times)

bk · « **on:** February 21, 2019, 12:34:13 AM »

Well, you've read the notes, the notes went out on a limb, and now it is time for you to post until the out on a limb cows come home.

bk · « **Reply #1 on:** February 21, 2019, 12:34:43 AM »

And the word of the day is: HOOPLA!

TCB · « **Reply #2 on:** February 21, 2019, 12:35:11 AM »

First post after BK.

TCB · « **Reply #3 on:** February 21, 2019, 12:37:21 AM »

T.O.D.

THREEPENNY OPERA
KNICKERBOCKER HOLIDAY

TCB · « **Reply #4 on:** February 21, 2019, 12:37:41 AM »

Goodnight.

George · « **Reply #5 on:** February 21, 2019, 12:38:40 AM »

CD has been ordered!

George · « **Reply #6 on:** February 21, 2019, 12:39:18 AM »

And a Very Special Happy Birthday to DR Matthew!! The Big Five-Oh!!

George · « **Reply #7 on:** February 21, 2019, 12:40:50 AM »

Can't wait to hear the bonus tracks on the new CD!

George · « **Reply #8 on:** February 21, 2019, 12:55:24 AM »

Quote from: TCB on February 21, 2019, 12:37:41 AM

Goodnight.

Good night, Tom.

George · « **Reply #9 on:** February 21, 2019, 01:54:47 AM »

Kurt Weill Revisited has been added to CastAlbums.org.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #10 on:** February 21, 2019, 04:13:12 AM »

Good morning, all!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 21, 2019, 04:13:48 AM »

DR vixmom, check your email!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 21, 2019, 04:16:33 AM »

Annabelle is risking total extinction this morning. It began last night when she decided it was fun to watch cans of Fancy Feast drop into Thatch's water bowl and see water splash everywhere. This morning she's tossed things off the computer table and tried to take apart the printer.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 21, 2019, 04:17:26 AM »

DR JohnG, I never could listen to Wozzeck until I saw the Met production.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #14 on:** February 21, 2019, 04:18:27 AM »

Another try this morning for a haircut. I'll leave here around 8:45.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 21, 2019, 04:23:28 AM »

The only Kurt Weill I cannot warm up to are his early compositions in which he's still a "modern composer" of the 1920s, and they're a hard go for me. From 1928, with The Threepenny Opera on, there's little I dislike. I am quite fond of these musicals and operas:
The Threepenny Opera
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Happy End
Marie Galante
The Seven Deadly Sins
Knickerbocker Holiday
Lady in the Dark
One Touch of Venus
Street Scene
Down in the Valley
Lost in the Stars

elmore3003 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 21, 2019, 04:24:55 AM »

DR TCB, Knickerbocker Holiday was the first musical I ever saw. It was a junior high school production, and I was twelve or thirteen.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 21, 2019, 04:31:08 AM »

I had a long dream last night. I was in Oxford, Ohio, and I was staying in a house (dormitory?) with a lot of university students, and I befriended a young man and woman living there who were theatre students. The next day we were all dispersing. The young man was off to Europe (Greece? Sicily?) for the summer and the young lady was either going home or to some summer theatre work. There was a big theatre showcase that night and at the party after the show, I was trying to track them down to get their home addresses to keep in touch. In the cast and party were my old friends Karla Burns and Chris Weikel.

vixmom · « **Reply #18 on:** February 21, 2019, 04:43:49 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on February 21, 2019, 04:13:48 AM

DR vixmom, check your email!

Nothing there....

elmore3003 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 21, 2019, 04:55:09 AM »

Quote from: vixmom on February 21, 2019, 04:43:49 AM

Quote from: elmore3003 on February 21, 2019, 04:13:48 AM
DR vixmom, check your email!

Nothing there....

Soon . . .

elmore3003 · « **Reply #20 on:** February 21, 2019, 04:56:08 AM »

Another goddamned bathroom ceiling leak. I hope this doesn't screw up my morning.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #21 on:** February 21, 2019, 05:22:52 AM »

Good morning, all.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #22 on:** February 21, 2019, 05:25:06 AM »

CD ordered. To my knowledge I've never heard this Bagley album, and to say I'm especially looking forward to this one is an understatement.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #23 on:** February 21, 2019, 05:27:25 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on February 21, 2019, 04:23:28 AM

The only Kurt Weill I cannot warm up to are his early compositions in which he's still a "modern composer" of the 1920s, and they're a hard go for me. From 1928, with The Threepenny Opera on, there's little I dislike. I am quite fond of these musicals and operas:
The Threepenny Opera
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Happy End
Marie Galante
The Seven Deadly Sins
Knickerbocker Holiday
Lady in the Dark
One Touch of Venus
Street Scene
Down in the Valley
Lost in the Stars

DR Elmore, of course, is light years ahead of me. Many of these, I'd only be familiar with certain songs. I see this list as a homework assignment!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #24 on:** February 21, 2019, 05:35:41 AM »

I just cancelled today's barber appointment. I have no idea whenb the hell the super will arrive to check out the problem with the leak. which seems to be a perpetual; issue since 1980 when I moved in.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #25 on:** February 21, 2019, 05:38:04 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on February 21, 2019, 05:27:25 AM

Quote from: elmore3003 on February 21, 2019, 04:23:28 AM
The only Kurt Weill I cannot warm up to are his early compositions in which he's still a "modern composer" of the 1920s, and they're a hard go for me. From 1928, with The Threepenny Opera on, there's little I dislike. I am quite fond of these musicals and operas:
The Threepenny Opera
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Happy End
Marie Galante
The Seven Deadly Sins
Knickerbocker Holiday
Lady in the Dark
One Touch of Venus
Street Scene
Down in the Valley
Lost in the Stars

DR Elmore, of course, is light years ahead of me. Many of these, I'd only be familiar with certain songs. I see this list as a homework assignment!

I think the only shows I omitted were The Eternal Road and Johnny Johnson. I like several of the songs and music in each and I have seen both works staged, but I can't warm up to either.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #26 on:** February 21, 2019, 05:45:29 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on February 21, 2019, 04:24:55 AM

DR TCB, Knickerbocker Holiday was the first musical I ever saw. It was a junior high school production, and I was twelve or thirteen.

Can any of us even imagine a junior high or high school doing anything like Weill these days? I can't, though I'd like to be proven wrong.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #27 on:** February 21, 2019, 05:54:15 AM »

So, this afternoon I load up the car with keyboard & amp, etc., and head up to the Hello, Dolly! place.

The orchestra plays in a room behind the stage and gets miked into the house. Since I only switch between piano and celeste in this show, I'm taking the lighter, simpler keyboard in the hope that it will sound okay over the system. If not, I'll have to swap for the heavier one, but I'll really hate schlepping that thing up there just for that. For my taste it'll mainly depend on the piano sound. I actually prefer the celeste on the cheaper one.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #28 on:** February 21, 2019, 05:55:24 AM »

Looking forward to hearing everyone. We've got the full orchestra.

KevinH · « **Reply #29 on:** February 21, 2019, 06:15:43 AM »

Good morning!

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