Topic: TOO MUCH INDIE, NOT ENOUGH GO GO, BUT STILL 105% (Read 4611 times)

elmore3003 · « **Reply #30 on:** March 26, 2021, 07:30:18 AM »

The laundry is finished and waiting to be put away. Sounds like me.

singdaw · « **Reply #31 on:** March 26, 2021, 07:45:56 AM »

I am so sorry, DR vixmom.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #32 on:** March 26, 2021, 07:51:49 AM »

Judy just called to apologize about the late night call, and it was indeed about the garbage chute. She's a good neighbor but so damned neurotic.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #33 on:** March 26, 2021, 07:53:46 AM »

DR vixmom, what's costing so much? What does your car need?

singdaw · « **Reply #34 on:** March 26, 2021, 07:57:20 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on March 26, 2021, 06:46:15 AM

I know what to do with my garbage until then,

Give it to Judy?

singdaw · « **Reply #35 on:** March 26, 2021, 08:03:23 AM »

March 26 is a notable day in American letters. In 1874, Robert Frost was born. In 1892, Walt Whitman died.

singdaw · « **Reply #36 on:** March 26, 2021, 08:04:22 AM »

106%!!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #37 on:** March 26, 2021, 08:13:43 AM »

The set of three scores went!

Matthew · « **Reply #38 on:** March 26, 2021, 08:24:46 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on March 26, 2021, 06:46:15 AM

I spoke to Jeff, the super. The chute is bolted until the vermin in the chute are exterminated. I know what to do with my garbage until then, so I am content.

Is "vermin" a euphemism for certain tenants?

singdaw · « **Reply #39 on:** March 26, 2021, 08:35:42 AM »

To paraphrase The Music Man, There's always a euphemism, kid.

John G. · « **Reply #40 on:** March 26, 2021, 08:44:46 AM »

Good morning, all.

John G. · « **Reply #41 on:** March 26, 2021, 08:45:03 AM »

So sorry, Vixmom.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #42 on:** March 26, 2021, 08:46:44 AM »

Quote from: Matthew on March 26, 2021, 08:24:46 AM

Quote from: elmore3003 on March 26, 2021, 06:46:15 AM
I spoke to Jeff, the super. The chute is bolted until the vermin in the chute are exterminated. I know what to do with my garbage until then, so I am content.

Is "vermin" a euphemism for certain tenants?

No, but some of the new tenants are complete pigs! They leave the area for the recyclables a mess every day.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #43 on:** March 26, 2021, 09:06:14 AM »

Vixmom, was it an emissions inspection and the exhaust system failed the test?

ChasSmith · « **Reply #44 on:** March 26, 2021, 09:48:53 AM »

As I was waiting for the above to post, the site died on me. Everywhere else was fine. Don't know how long it was out.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #45 on:** March 26, 2021, 09:53:56 AM »

So here's the little announcement I couldn't make till now:

State regulations pending, and of course that's a big unknown at this point, I have my first post-Covid gig lined up. If it all works out, I'll be MDing and playing my first ever FANTASTICKS in a cozy 110-seat house that's perfect for it. We've secured the rights for the dates we want (mid-Sept thru early-Oct), and all that needs to happen now is every single thing going perfectly between now and then: Covid regulations that make it doable, people showing up (vaccinated) to audition, people buying tickets for something they can't watch online, etc. And, oh yeah, I have to start practicing.

singdaw · « **Reply #46 on:** March 26, 2021, 10:03:32 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on March 26, 2021, 09:48:53 AM

As I was waiting for the above to post, the site died on me. Everywhere else was fine. Don't know how long it was out.

True for me, as well. Welcome back, everyone!

singdaw · « **Reply #47 on:** March 26, 2021, 10:03:58 AM »

What great news, DR ChasSmith! And what a great show! Should be a wonderful experience.

singdaw · « **Reply #48 on:** March 26, 2021, 10:04:34 AM »

I was never a good enough pianist to play that score with the dexterity it deserves.

John G. · « **Reply #49 on:** March 26, 2021, 10:05:44 AM »

Larry McMurtry has died. Not good.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #50 on:** March 26, 2021, 10:13:11 AM »

Quote from: John G. on March 26, 2021, 10:05:44 AM

Larry McMurtry has died. Not good.

DAMN IT TO HELL.

I was reading some several-years-old articles about him not long ago, and hoping he was doing well.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #51 on:** March 26, 2021, 10:15:20 AM »

That's a downer, with or without the others this week.

John G. · « **Reply #52 on:** March 26, 2021, 10:19:04 AM »

Yes. I really loved his work. I sort of knew it was coming. And I didn’t read his last novel, The Last Kind Words Saloon, as a result. Will have to read it now.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #53 on:** March 26, 2021, 10:23:45 AM »

I was uncomfortably aware that he hadn't been in the news lately. At least as far as I knew.

Well, I have that last one, and more, to look forward to reading. There are plenty I hadn't dived into yet.

vixmom · « **Reply #54 on:** March 26, 2021, 10:26:51 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on March 26, 2021, 07:53:46 AM

DR vixmom, what's costing so much? What does your car need?

Steering fluid pump, something to do with the axel, air filter, inspection

John G. · « **Reply #55 on:** March 26, 2021, 10:29:56 AM »

I have told this story before, but I had a brief encounter with McMurtry at his massive bookstore complex in Archer City, which a friend and I visited on a pilgrimage. It was called Thalia in the five or six Last Picture Show novels. Signs were everywhere not to talk to him, don’t ask for autographs, etc. Sure. Got it. Then I saw him wheeling a cart around laden with books and shelving them. I had so say something without getting him upset. So I asked him where I’d find the novels of Zora Neale Hurston and Dawn Powell there. He gave me an odd look, like, why would I want to read those writers, or maybe he was thinking about where they were. He did direct me to two places, both were right. I thanked him, and that was that.

Jane · « **Reply #56 on:** March 26, 2021, 10:34:29 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on March 26, 2021, 09:53:56 AM

So here's the little announcement I couldn't make till now:

State regulations pending, and of course that's a big unknown at this point, I have my first post-Covid gig lined up. If it all works out, I'll be MDing and playing my first ever FANTASTICKS in a cozy 110-seat house that's perfect for it. We've secured the rights for the dates we want (mid-Sept thru early-Oct), and all that needs to happen now is every single thing going perfectly between now and then: Covid regulations that make it doable, people showing up (vaccinated) to audition, people buying tickets for something they can't watch online, etc. And, oh yeah, I have to start practicing.

Congratulations and good vibes all happens as planned.

Jane · « **Reply #57 on:** March 26, 2021, 10:35:02 AM »

Crufts Dog show announced today they have cancelled their July show.

John G. · « **Reply #58 on:** March 26, 2021, 10:35:30 AM »

Quote from: Jane on March 26, 2021, 10:34:29 AM

Quote from: ChasSmith on March 26, 2021, 09:53:56 AM
So here's the little announcement I couldn't make till now:

State regulations pending, and of course that's a big unknown at this point, I have my first post-Covid gig lined up. If it all works out, I'll be MDing and playing my first ever FANTASTICKS in a cozy 110-seat house that's perfect for it. We've secured the rights for the dates we want (mid-Sept thru early-Oct), and all that needs to happen now is every single thing going perfectly between now and then: Covid regulations that make it doable, people showing up (vaccinated) to audition, people buying tickets for something they can't watch online, etc. And, oh yeah, I have to start practicing.

Congratulations and good vibes all happens as planned.

Try to remember a covid-free September...

Matthew · « **Reply #59 on:** March 26, 2021, 10:35:42 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on March 26, 2021, 09:53:56 AM

So here's the little announcement I couldn't make till now:

State regulations pending, and of course that's a big unknown at this point, I have my first post-Covid gig lined up. If it all works out, I'll be MDing and playing my first ever FANTASTICKS in a cozy 110-seat house that's perfect for it. We've secured the rights for the dates we want (mid-Sept thru early-Oct), and all that needs to happen now is every single thing going perfectly between now and then: Covid regulations that make it doable, people showing up (vaccinated) to audition, people buying tickets for something they can't watch online, etc. And, oh yeah, I have to start practicing.

Congrats! The score is very fulfilling to play, but it has its moments. Harvey Schmidt was brilliant for someone who doesn't read music, and sometimes that's evident in some of the arrangements. I hope the theatre can afford a harp - that will make your job easier - but I wouldn't use any more than piano and harp!

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