Topic: LOCKING THE PICTURE (Read 4745 times)

John G. · « **Reply #30 on:** January 25, 2021, 05:38:58 AM »

Good morning, all.

John G. · « **Reply #31 on:** January 25, 2021, 05:39:06 AM »

elmore3003 · « **Reply #32 on:** January 25, 2021, 05:39:49 AM »

Quote from: Jrand70 on January 25, 2021, 05:33:13 AM

He has had four wives - and I have had none.

My brother Macbeth had three wives and Randy has had two, and his second is the best of all!

John G. · « **Reply #33 on:** January 25, 2021, 05:40:05 AM »

Quote from: Jrand70 on January 25, 2021, 05:33:13 AM

He has had four wives - and I have had none.

Never too late to get started, especially if you’re looking for sister-wives.

John G. · « **Reply #34 on:** January 25, 2021, 05:40:32 AM »

Are brother-husbands the male equivalent?

elmore3003 · « **Reply #35 on:** January 25, 2021, 05:41:06 AM »

Continued vibes for DRs TCB and vixmom! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

John G. · « **Reply #36 on:** January 25, 2021, 05:42:58 AM »

Quote from: singdaw on January 25, 2021, 03:20:37 AM

Nice piano recital, DR John G. Thanks for sharing.

Glad you enjoyed it. I want whatever that dish was they made for Christmas with either the cherries or cherry tomatoes sticking out of it.

John G. · « **Reply #37 on:** January 25, 2021, 05:44:41 AM »

Had a very weird dream last night. I dreamed Wine Spectator magazine suddenly printed all of the articles they asked me for in the past and never ran —and didn’t update anything.

John G. · « **Reply #38 on:** January 25, 2021, 05:45:10 AM »

Vibes for us all!

John G. · « **Reply #39 on:** January 25, 2021, 05:46:05 AM »

I really don’t feel like getting up.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #40 on:** January 25, 2021, 05:46:24 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on January 25, 2021, 04:03:27 AM

So, if I don't keel over today, I have several things to accomplish:
1. make a haircut appointment;
2. call my urologist to book a PSA test;
3. call my HMO and ask them what;'s the problem with their site;
4. send my doctor a message about this eye issue.

I can now cross No. 4 off my schedule. After I make my bed I will proceed to the rest.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #41 on:** January 25, 2021, 05:56:37 AM »

I dreamed I was in Connecticut for some reason, so I went to East Haddam - maybe I was working there? - and stopped in the Goodspeed Opera House. They were in rehearsal for something, and I needed to get back to New York. I discovered that the general manager, who was not around, had thrown out all the music books and scores I had left there on my last job in 2004, so I couldn't take them with me. Then someone gave me a lift to the nearest town to catch a bus to New York, and it turned out the bus no longer stopped there, so they brought me back to Goodspeed to see if one of the production staff might be going into Manhattan that I might ride with them. Then I discovered that my books had not been tossed out and were sitting on a shelf. Someone brought be a box to hold them and I mentioned that I could not hold a carton of books and use a walker = first mention in the dream that I used one - so the person carried them to a station wagon and put them in the back. At some point in this mess Michael Prince, the Goodspeed producer when I worked there, showed up and I said hello. I've always like him immensely.

I shoulda just called our DR ChasSmith.

Michael · « **Reply #42 on:** January 25, 2021, 07:17:55 AM »

Good morning to all. I hope everyone has a great week.

Michael · « **Reply #43 on:** January 25, 2021, 07:30:09 AM »

TOD 80s and 90s
Victor/Victoria
Little Shop Of Horrors
The Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Evita
Anastasia
Hunchback of Norte Dame
Gypsy (tv)
Bye Bye Birdie (tv)
Aladdin
The Lion King

Michael · « **Reply #44 on:** January 25, 2021, 07:37:16 AM »

TOD 2000s
Dreamgirls
Hairspray
Headwig and the Angry Inch
Enchanted

Michael · « **Reply #45 on:** January 25, 2021, 07:49:15 AM »

TOD 2011s
The Wiz (tv)
Mary Poppins Returns

John G. · « **Reply #46 on:** January 25, 2021, 07:56:47 AM »

Antony Sher in Lear. Sounds intriguing.

https://www.fastcompany.com/90597267/you-can-stream-a-ton-of-shakespeare-direct-from-his-hometown-starting-this-month?partner=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=rss+fastcompany&utm_content=rss

Michael · « **Reply #47 on:** January 25, 2021, 07:57:56 AM »

And two films I enjoy watching but far from great film musicals
Xanadu
Can’t Stop The Music

ChasSmith · « **Reply #48 on:** January 25, 2021, 08:28:49 AM »

Good morning, all.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #49 on:** January 25, 2021, 08:29:44 AM »

Got up fairly early but I've devoted the morning to puttering around.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #50 on:** January 25, 2021, 08:34:47 AM »

Goddam UPS! They tried to deliver a Petco package on Saturday night just before 9:00. By the time I got to the intercom, there was no one there so I figured someone else had let the driver into the building. Yesterday I got an email saying they couldn't deliver it. So, this morning I get a UPS email saying the package would be delivered by 9:00 tonight. I just got another UPS enail saying it's at the UPS store at 79th & Broadway. Come pick it up.

They can rot in hell first.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #51 on:** January 25, 2021, 08:37:53 AM »

I have BK's link to The Nose open on a separate tab and will watch it later.

And I must say that all of this talk about Britten has me gearing up for a li'l binge. I especially look forward to what will amount to my first real return to Albert Herring since I played in the pit in school. I played the Britten/Pears recording to death back then. I still have it, of course, but I'll seek out the other one that DR Elmore likes.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #52 on:** January 25, 2021, 08:38:54 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on January 25, 2021, 08:34:47 AM

Goddam UPS! They tried to deliver a Petco package on Saturday night just before 9:00. By the time I got to the intercom, there was no one there so I figured someone else had let the driver into the building. Yesterday I got an email saying they couldn't deliver it. So, this morning I get a UPS email saying the package would be delivered by 9:00 tonight. I just got another UPS enail saying it's at the UPS store at 79th & Broadway. Come pick it up.

They can rot in hell first.

Maddening!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #53 on:** January 25, 2021, 08:49:41 AM »

That was some dream, DR Elmore.

There's no direct route to Goodspeed from anywhere. It always requires planning. When you see something of theirs and enjoy it, you can tell yourself you earned it by simply getting there. If DR Elmore had thought to call me, it would have taken me forever via the zig-zag route from Danbury. To my knowledge there's never been a branch line from the train lines, which could be a godsend. I have no idea how good the bus schedules are.

I used to dream of being able to play in their pit, but even if I had the chops and got hired, the commute wouldn't even be doable. Certainly not on a daily basis.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #54 on:** January 25, 2021, 09:07:07 AM »

Back to Britten - I'm trying to think of what I've played in addition to Albert Herring. There wasn't too much. In my high school years I played organ for Rejoice in the Lamb. In college, Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, and they later did The Turn of the Screw in which I believe I played celesta, not the piano part. Why I can't remember that for sure is beyond me.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #55 on:** January 25, 2021, 09:09:07 AM »

Eye consultation vibes for DR Elmore!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #56 on:** January 25, 2021, 09:14:09 AM »

I've taken care of the PSA test, and my doctor thinks the eye situation might be linked to blood pressure. I have no sphygmomanometer handy to check it, but it was okay two weeks ago and I do take my meds.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #57 on:** January 25, 2021, 09:16:58 AM »

And the barber is booked for tomorrow at 10:00.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #58 on:** January 25, 2021, 09:32:50 AM »

I have to go out on two quick errands.

The second one is just filling up a two-gallon gas can for the snowblower and other equipment.

The first one is something you all, especially BK, will enjoy. I have to return something to Amazon. It's something totally inconsequential, but it's wrong and I'm not willing to keep it. It's a movie for which there's a new edition by the same company that released an earlier edition, and this is the kind of thing where Amazon completely FAILS. Their descriptions are ambiguous, and there's no way to specify or guarantee you're going to get the right item when ordering it.

I also know, from my own experience and countless others, that you can't get anyone there to comprehend what you're talking about when it comes to something like this. It's a losing proposition, and the problem goes right back to how they have chosen to list things like books and movies in the first place. So I'm cutting out the bullshit and taking a simple refund. If I still want the thing, I'll just have to buy it direct from its publisher.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #59 on:** January 25, 2021, 09:46:00 AM »

My appt. went well.....mouth full of plastic and goo - next appointment to make sure it's right on Feb. 4......and then one more to get my new choppers on the bottom......

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