Topic: MY FAVORITE COHEN (Read 5688 times)

John G. · « **Reply #90 on:** March 25, 2019, 07:01:35 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on March 25, 2019, 06:48:52 PM

I got home about 30 minutes ago and fed the cats immediately. The three sessions went very well, so I hope that doesn't jinx tomorrow's two. It was great to see friends from the show I hadn't seen in two years, and the orchestra sounded fantastic. People came and went during the day, and when I left with the orchestra, they were about to begin some of the vocal tracks that were not done live today. Tonight was a session for The Girlfriends, the trio of ladies who sang in several numbers. Tomorrow, we finish up the orchestra sessions and bring in more singers. As thjey arrive, they are added to the overdubs for "Wood."

Wood!

Wood! Wood! Wood!

John G. · « **Reply #91 on:** March 25, 2019, 07:02:03 PM »

Four!

John G. · « **Reply #92 on:** March 25, 2019, 07:23:12 PM »

TOD 3:

ChasSmith mentioned movie tie-in paperbacks. I had a few of those. My favorite was Day of the Locust by Nathanael West. I see the movie is now going for $50 for a used Blu and Ray.

I also had one for Rough Cut, which was turned into an odd Burt Reynolds movie. The book featured the first extensive SM scene I think I remember reading.

So many others, such as The Divine Sarah (with Glenda Jackson), Fitzgerald's The last Tycoon, Summer of '42, The Godfather, What's Up Doc?, The Exorcist (hard to hide that one at the Lutheran grade school), and Flowers for Algernon.

John G. · « **Reply #93 on:** March 25, 2019, 07:33:45 PM »

Watching the last of the Suspiria remake. Oy. It's bathed in blood and pretentiousness and I can't stop watching it.

George · « **Reply #94 on:** March 25, 2019, 07:37:52 PM »

Topic of the Day: I read a lot of Stephen King paperbacks, and at some point I discovered Fredric Brown. I love his sci-fi short stories. I don't think I've read any of his non-sci-fi works, though. I think I need to find some.

George · « **Reply #95 on:** March 25, 2019, 07:38:00 PM »

Quote from: bk on March 25, 2019, 06:59:24 PM

Oh, and book order was placed! That was very good news.

Hoo and Ray!

George · « **Reply #96 on:** March 25, 2019, 07:50:34 PM »

The very first Fredric Brown book that I got was Space On My Hands. A friend of my mom's gave me the paperback after she had finished reading it, and she really liked it. The cover of that specific edition, of course, had NOTHING to do with ANY of the stories. Here it is:

George · « **Reply #97 on:** March 25, 2019, 07:50:42 PM »

John G. · « **Reply #98 on:** March 25, 2019, 08:03:27 PM »

Great cover, George.

John G. · « **Reply #99 on:** March 25, 2019, 08:27:53 PM »

I used amazon to send a book to a friend. The site says the book was delivered, but she never got it. Amazon is refunding the money and that was quick.

John G. · « **Reply #100 on:** March 25, 2019, 08:28:06 PM »

Gratuitous post No. 100!

John G. · « **Reply #101 on:** March 25, 2019, 08:31:40 PM »

Starting to watcch Bad Reputation, a documentary about Joan Jett, who played the USAA Christmas party a couple of years ago. She's fearless, but the story is sadder than it needed to be. She was trashed for far too long simply because she was a woman in rock. Her early music with the Runaways was trashed when it came out, and it's hailed now.

John G. · « **Reply #102 on:** March 25, 2019, 08:32:42 PM »

I have a doctor's appointment in the morning. Not looking forward to it. I think I may have a hernia.

George · « **Reply #103 on:** March 25, 2019, 08:38:43 PM »

Quote from: John G. on March 25, 2019, 08:32:42 PM

I have a doctor's appointment in the morning. Not looking forward to it. I think I may have a hernia.

Oh, no! Hopefully, it's not!

George · « **Reply #104 on:** March 25, 2019, 08:43:05 PM »

Well, I'll be back.

vixmom · « **Reply #105 on:** March 25, 2019, 09:15:00 PM »

Medical vibes for John G

Jane · « **Reply #106 on:** March 25, 2019, 10:21:15 PM »

DR elmore I hope tomorrow is as good as today was.

Jane · « **Reply #107 on:** March 25, 2019, 10:21:48 PM »

Quote from: bk on March 25, 2019, 06:59:24 PM

Oh, and book order was placed! That was very good news.

Great.

Jane · « **Reply #108 on:** March 25, 2019, 10:24:22 PM »

Quote from: John G. on March 25, 2019, 07:00:14 PM

Quote from: Jane on March 25, 2019, 06:31:34 PM
Tonight my book group discussed THE GLASS CASTLE. My book group in Ashland did this one years ago. It is a good thing I decided to read the book since one member hadn't read it and for the first hour there were only two of there. A 4th member joined us but had not reread the book. I like the book and didn't mind reading it again.

You had a good talk with yourself?

LOL it was far more interesting than that. Correction on my post...there were two of us that had read the book.

Jane · « **Reply #109 on:** March 25, 2019, 10:25:29 PM »

Quote from: John G. on March 25, 2019, 08:32:42 PM

I have a doctor's appointment in the morning. Not looking forward to it. I think I may have a hernia.

Vibes it is something simple and you are fine!

Jane · « **Reply #110 on:** March 25, 2019, 10:40:18 PM »

When I was a kid I didn't purchase any books. Mine mostly came from the library. A gift of a book was very special to me. I mostly received them for Chanukah.

My first real memory of purchasing a book was in 1966 after ushering for "Fahrenheit 451 and watching the scene were Oskar Werner begins reading "Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station shall be held by anybody else, these pages must show. To begin my life with the beginning of my life, I record that I was born........"

I was absolutely hooked and had to buy "David Copperfield on the way home to read the rest of the book. I have no recollection of where I purchased it.

bk · « **Reply #111 on:** March 25, 2019, 10:48:43 PM »

Watched Levi this evening. First time I've seen it since January of 2018. It's really quite good. I'd love to do it again with an all-pro cast because of course some of the student performances are not everything they could be, although I was very proud of all of them, considering most had never appeared in a musical or even sung on stage before. The show really did look great and moves seamlessly and smoothly. I would futz with a few little things if I did it again and I think some pro actors would really bring out those few characters in beautiful ways. The costumes are wonderful, too. It was an 110 minutes and so two hours with the intermission, perhaps two or three minutes longer in the theater than it is on video.

vixmom · « **Reply #112 on:** March 25, 2019, 10:51:33 PM »

Quote from: bk on March 25, 2019, 10:48:43 PM

Watched Levi this evening. First time I've seen it since January of 2018. It's really quite good. I'd love to do it again with an all-pro cast because of course some of the student performances are not everything they could be, although I was very proud of all of them, considering most had never appeared in a musical or even sung on stage before. The show really did look great and moves seamlessly and smoothly. I would futz with a few little things if I did it again and I think some pro actors would really bring out those few characters in beautiful ways. The costumes are wonderful, too. It was an 110 minutes and so two hours with the intermission, perhaps two or three minutes longer in the theater than it is on video.

I wish I could have seen it

vixmom · « **Reply #113 on:** March 25, 2019, 10:51:50 PM »

And.... here we are again

bk · « **Reply #114 on:** March 25, 2019, 10:52:16 PM »

Listening to music right now. I think the new helper is ready to fully take over as of tomorrow and that, believe you me, is a good thing. Thanks to her, I'm also going to save about six hundred bucks a month, which will be great. She has a 5,000 square foot warehouse that's close to her and that's where we'll relocate - although the office we're in has a sixty-day move policy, just another reason to hate their guts - but that will enable us to move slowly - so the first thing we'll do is remove all the stock that's being stored at the pressing plant - that will save 400. And then next we'll empty out the storage facility and that will save two hundred. And I'll pay exactly what I was paying for 250 square feet. Amazing. Also, we'll be able to clear out a lot of what's in my garage, which will be fantastic.

bk · « **Reply #115 on:** March 25, 2019, 10:52:28 PM »

Get me off this damn page.

vixmom · « **Reply #116 on:** March 25, 2019, 10:52:28 PM »

Unexpected nap in the recliner followed by inability to sleep at the proper sleeping time

vixmom · « **Reply #117 on:** March 25, 2019, 10:53:17 PM »

Quote from: bk on March 25, 2019, 10:52:16 PM

Listening to music right now. I think the new helper is ready to fully take over as of tomorrow and that, believe you me, is a good thing. Thanks to her, I'm also going to save about six hundred bucks a month, which will be great. She has a 5,000 square foot warehouse that's close to her and that's where we'll relocate - although the office we're in has a sixty-day move policy, just another reason to hate their guts - but that will enable us to move slowly - so the first thing we'll do is remove all the stock that's being stored at the pressing plant - that will save 400. And then next we'll empty out the storage facility and that will save two hundred. And I'll pay exactly what I was paying for 250 square feet. Amazing. Also, we'll be able to clear out a lot of what's in my garage, which will be fantastic.

There good news

vixmom · « **Reply #118 on:** March 25, 2019, 10:54:10 PM »

I always craved hardcovered books ...still do

vixmom · « **Reply #119 on:** March 25, 2019, 10:55:09 PM »

I cannot leave a garage sale or thrift shoppe without checking out the books and I nearly always walk away with something

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