Topic: SPIRITED AWAY TO GENGHIS COHEN (Read 3484 times)

Jrand74 · « **Reply #60 on:** November 06, 2021, 07:41:57 AM »

Page Three.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #61 on:** November 06, 2021, 07:42:18 AM »

When it comes to culture - I'm one of the first hogs to the trough.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #62 on:** November 06, 2021, 07:44:58 AM »

Yesterday I just did a Google search for Miss Allison Hayes, as I do now and then....

And found a blog about her that was nothing but my internet bio cut and pasted......with no acknowledgement or link or anything. Sad......and of course I never received an email or anything from the "writer" who did the same thing - only adding a few paragraphs from Tom Weaver - in an edition of CLASSIC IMAGES earlier this year.

Of course at least I was given a thanks at the end of the article. Former DR MICHAEL BARNUM alerted me to it.....

Jrand74 · « **Reply #63 on:** November 06, 2021, 07:48:41 AM »

I was wondering if MR BK was going to visit the new Academy Museum.

I am not surprised to hear what he wrote.....one of its employees and drum-beaters is Jacqueline [Black people invented movies] Stewart from TCM.

Her intros are recorded there and it's just TOO WOKE for me.....almost as bad as Alicia Malone who I now have on mute while waiting for a movie to begin.......

Jrand74 · « **Reply #64 on:** November 06, 2021, 07:57:21 AM »

Today is National Saxophone Day.

John G. · « **Reply #65 on:** November 06, 2021, 08:47:03 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on November 06, 2021, 07:29:01 AM

I'm listening this morning to my 2011 recording of Victor Herbert's Eileen. I was going to send the Amazon reviews to the man funding this new recording project, and I found, after eight years of nothing new, a 2021 rave review for the recording:
This is absolutely one of the best light opera recordings ever made. In Eileen, Victor Herbert wrote a score that is consistently memorable and free of turn-of-the-century Broadway cliche. Its Irishness is probably largely responsible for this, as Herbert, being Irish, drew it from his soul. Love songs, yearning for homeland, and snappy patriotic choruses fill the work, interspersed on this recording with just the right amount of dramatic dialogue. Herbert's harmonies are moving and irresistible, but never obtrusive. He was one of the finest orchestrators in musical theater, as was Harold Sanford, who assisted him in that time-consuming effort.
David Brophy and his forces give us the performance of a lifetime. The tempos are well chosen and the orchestra and chorus respond with dedication and alacrity. All of the cast singers have voices ideal for their roles, making the love songs even more meltingly beautiful. The Irish speech in the dialogue is a delight to hear, and the inclusion of songs that were cut from the show is a most welcome bonus.
To top it all, New World Records gives us sound with excellent presence, just right for this kind of music. And the booklet contains detailed notes and the text of everything sung and spoken in the recording.

Beautiful review. The writer really got it.

John G. · « **Reply #66 on:** November 06, 2021, 08:47:26 AM »

Quote from: Jrand71 on November 06, 2021, 07:57:21 AM

Today is National Saxophone Day.

Is somebody giving them out for free today?

elmore3003 · « **Reply #67 on:** November 06, 2021, 08:59:10 AM »

I have fallen in love with the cast album of the Lincoln Center production of The Frogs. It really makes me laugh.

singdaw · « **Reply #68 on:** November 06, 2021, 09:25:18 AM »

Definitely some great stuff there, DR elmore3003.

singdaw · « **Reply #69 on:** November 06, 2021, 09:25:46 AM »

~~~CONTINUED PROJECT VIBES~~~ to you, as well!!!!!

ChasSmith · « **Reply #70 on:** November 06, 2021, 11:13:45 AM »

TOD: I don't believe I've ever seen a Japanese anime.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #71 on:** November 06, 2021, 11:15:48 AM »

HOWEVER...

I have one here, Kiki's Delivery Service, on Blu-ray, and I've never watched it. Shame on me.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #72 on:** November 06, 2021, 11:16:21 AM »

DR Elmore, that is one fantastic review somebody gave your recording.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #73 on:** November 06, 2021, 11:27:30 AM »

Well, this is the night we (my director and I) go to see that "other" Fantasticks. The one nearby that DID get cast.

It opened last night, so there are no reviews yet. We don't know the director or any of the cast, and I have no idea who MD'd or who's playing it, or on what. It will all be a surprise. And as good or bad as it may be (I'm "ass"-uming the latter), I will enjoy every minute of it. It's been way too long since I've seen one, and I'm a firm believer in learning as much from the bad as from the good.

It will be an adventure.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #74 on:** November 06, 2021, 11:51:50 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on November 06, 2021, 11:16:21 AM

DR Elmore, that is one fantastic review somebody gave your recording.

I appreciate the review all the more because it was posted eight years after the last review and, as far as I know, it's completely unsolicited.

John G. · « **Reply #75 on:** November 06, 2021, 12:31:49 PM »

Off to Fredericksburg for a night of dancing to a group called The Buddy Holly Band.

John G. · « **Reply #76 on:** November 06, 2021, 12:32:42 PM »

Lots of swing dancing. The group got together 10 years ago when they were appearing in Buddy.

bk · « **Reply #77 on:** November 06, 2021, 12:44:20 PM »

I'm up, I'm up - maybe four hours of sleep. In bed and trying to fall asleep by three. Up at four-thirty. Back in bed and asleep by six-thirty. Doorbell at ten-thirty - a rehearsal with the singer no one reminded me about. Oy and vey. She's doing her act in Palm Springs next week so we had to put in a new little girl - very cute.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #78 on:** November 06, 2021, 01:45:06 PM »

Ding Dong - rehearsal calling.

singdaw · « **Reply #79 on:** November 06, 2021, 02:43:06 PM »

That is NOT nearly enough sleep! Yikes.

singdaw · « **Reply #80 on:** November 06, 2021, 02:43:30 PM »

DR George - your envelope arrived!!!!!!

A million thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

singdaw · « **Reply #81 on:** November 06, 2021, 02:44:54 PM »

It is truly a beautiful fall afternoon here. Not all the leaves are down yet, so still some lovely color.

John G. · « **Reply #82 on:** November 06, 2021, 02:48:08 PM »

I got a birthday card today that was postmarked Sept. 27.

singdaw · « **Reply #83 on:** November 06, 2021, 02:48:47 PM »

I found out today that my uncle, who lives in New Jersey (and in Florida), was to have had knee replacement surgery on Thursday. Well, he "coded" on the operating table. They had to resuscitate him. He is still admitted, under observation. And the knee replacement did not happen, obviously. And now, probably, never will.

Jane · « **Reply #84 on:** November 06, 2021, 03:21:32 PM »

DR George the car is nice. Will you test drive an automatic, before the manual arrives, to be sure you like the feel of the car inside?

Jane · « **Reply #85 on:** November 06, 2021, 03:24:02 PM »

George, is the Ocean Blue is the color they are getting in or did you have options on the color. Either way it is a pretty color.

Jane · « **Reply #86 on:** November 06, 2021, 03:24:17 PM »

George what interior color goes with the Ocean Blue?

Jane · « **Reply #87 on:** November 06, 2021, 03:24:53 PM »

Quote from: George on November 06, 2021, 12:16:44 AM

So instead, here's the:

PAGE ONE SUBARU IMPREZA DANCE!!

Jane · « **Reply #88 on:** November 06, 2021, 03:25:39 PM »

Quote from: George on November 06, 2021, 12:24:14 AM

I just noticed that the gas tank is filled from the passenger side:

It's on the driver's side on my Escort...that I've driven for more than 23 years. It'll be weird to now fill the tank on that side. It won't be difficult to change the habit, though.

LOL I wonder how often you will pull up to the wrong side. It is easy to do.

Jane · « **Reply #89 on:** November 06, 2021, 03:26:41 PM »

Quote from: Laura on November 06, 2021, 04:40:13 AM

NO! I shan't turn my clock back!!!!!

I continue to be envious of you never having to change your clocks, especial your internal clock.

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