Topic: THE BEAT GOES ON (Read 20499 times)

vixmom · « **Reply #30 on:** June 13, 2005, 09:02:07 AM »

Caught up withthe Friday night and Saturday, now have to dive into Sunday....

vixmom · « **Reply #31 on:** June 13, 2005, 09:03:10 AM »

But first, I dance!!!

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #32 on:** June 13, 2005, 09:03:26 AM »

The beat goes on, the beat goes on.
Drums keep pounding a rhythm to the brain.
La de da de de, la de da de da.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #33 on:** June 13, 2005, 09:04:18 AM »

Shake it, Dr Vixmom!
Shake it like a Poloroid picture!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #34 on:** June 13, 2005, 09:04:29 AM »

Films of the 1980s that I love:

Hannah and Her Sisters
A Room With A View
The Empire Strikes Back
Out of Africa
Aliens
Peggy Sue Got Married
Return to Oz

bk · « **Reply #35 on:** June 13, 2005, 09:13:56 AM »

Excellent lists, and some excellent films, too. Some films on the various lists I don't love, but some I really do.

The ATB booklet and inlay card are here via e-mail for me to proof. As soon as my eyes clear, I shall begin.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #36 on:** June 13, 2005, 09:26:35 AM »

Wow! Quite a bit of "drama" over at the FilmScoreMonthly Messageboard over the weekend! However can I live with myself for having missed it before all the brouhaha died down?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #37 on:** June 13, 2005, 09:28:33 AM »

Good Afternoon!

From yesterday...

Ah, the "joys" of casting...

I've had days where we've seen close to 100 people, and only been able to call back 3 or 4 sure bets... and only about 5 or 6 "maybes".

And it's always a bit sobering when I'm playing SETCs - about 250 a day auditioning for about 100 companies all at once. And there are those kids and adults(!) who do not even get one callback. However, I do have to give those "unfortunate ones" some credit for putting themselves up on that stage for their 60 or 90 seconds. But I also wish I could just tell some of them to change careers.

bk · « **Reply #38 on:** June 13, 2005, 09:31:14 AM »

It was all very predictable drama, but it was FUN. I especially love Dana, a true weasel, whose attempts at sniping are so lame as to be laughable. And his constant "You'll be thrown off this board soon, wait and see" threats are also laughable, since the owner of the board happens to love having certain people there.

I'm sure you remember my target from rec.music.movies very well. I wished you were there to join in the merriment and mirth and laughter and legs. And to finally find out CAT is a woman! That was worth the price of admission. She seems rather sweet on Guttke - wait till she finds out that he doesn't play for her team. Oh, well.

This post will be solid Greek for most of you here.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #39 on:** June 13, 2005, 09:31:26 AM »

Oh, and, of course, there were all those John Hughes movies... "The Breakfast Club" still being my favorite.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #40 on:** June 13, 2005, 09:43:02 AM »

I think a bigger point is "How could she NOT know?"

One of his posts started off, "I was curled up watching..."

Jrand74 · « **Reply #41 on:** June 13, 2005, 09:57:31 AM »

Is there another board on the internet besides this one?

George · « **Reply #42 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:05:20 AM »

Quote from: Ben on June 13, 2005, 05:20:55 AM

Oh, yes, before I forget. For the New Yorkers here, Footlight is having a sale on records only before they move to Internet only sales. They have large bins of $2 records and all other records not marked as $2 records are 75% off. I'll have to look through the bins of cast albums. I may finally be able to afford some of those rarities that I wanted. I don't know if they will still be selling used CDs on-line and they haven't decided yet if the used CDs in the store will be on sale.

I wish I could be there!! $:-\$

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #43 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:15:59 AM »

Quote from: bk on June 13, 2005, 09:31:14 AM

It was all very predictable drama, but it was FUN. I especially love Dana, a true weasel, whose attempts at sniping are so lame as to be laughable. And his constant "You'll be thrown off this board soon, wait and see" threats are also laughable, since the owner of the board happens to love having certain people there.

I'm sure you remember my target from rec.music.movies very well. I wished you were there to join in the merriment and mirth and laughter and legs. And to finally find out CAT is a woman! That was worth the price of admission. She seems rather sweet on Guttke - wait till she finds out that he doesn't play for her team. Oh, well.

This post will be solid Greek for most of you here.

Some of us can translate it into ratm-ese and understand it perfectly well.

Dan (the Man) · « **Reply #44 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:18:58 AM »

Quote from: JRand54 on June 13, 2005, 09:57:31 AM

Is there another board on the internet besides this one?

Well, there's the trap board , the humi-board , and the cuspi-board . How many boards would you like?

Jrand74 · « **Reply #45 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:20:44 AM »

A local high school just did a production of FOOTLOOSE which the kids loved, of course, but which I would like about as much as the show OZDerek was talking about yesterday...

ANYWAY....two of the boys at auditions yesterday sang a song from FOOTLOOSE. Both acapella. It is some song that talks about "you can't stop me from singing" or "dancing" or both, I don't remember. But there is a long section that is just the word "no" repeated endlessly...

No no no no no. nononono, no no no no, nonononono.... It is very difficult for me to know if anyone can really sing the PIPPIN songs from hearing something like THAT!

AND I have a feeling that we will hear it a few more times tonight.

Jrand74 · « **Reply #46 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:21:46 AM »

LOL DR DtM - as long as I am NOT Bored, any of them will do.

MBarnum · « **Reply #47 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:22:11 AM »

Ok, I will add the Airplane and Naked Gun movies to my 80s list. And that scary D.W. Moffett movie LISA.

And the 80s had some good TV movies.

MBarnum · « **Reply #48 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:23:54 AM »

I wanted to add COME SEE THE PARADISE...but it was released in 1990...but I will bet that it was filmed in 1989!

bk · « **Reply #49 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:34:53 AM »

Proofing, proofing, proofing (that is three proofings).

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #50 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:39:03 AM »

There is also the board stiff....although I'm not naming any names or saying which board...!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #51 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:44:10 AM »

Quote from: JRand54 on June 13, 2005, 10:20:44 AM

A local high school just did a production of FOOTLOOSE which the kids loved, of course, but which I would like about as much as the show OZDerek was talking about yesterday...

ANYWAY....two of the boys at auditions yesterday sang a song from FOOTLOOSE. Both acapella. It is some song that talks about "you can't stop me from singing" or "dancing" or both, I don't remember. But there is a long section that is just the word "no" repeated endlessly...

No no no no no. nononono, no no no no, nonononono.... It is very difficult for me to know if anyone can really sing the PIPPIN songs from hearing something like THAT!

AND I have a feeling that we will hear it a few more times tonight.

Well, just try playing that for some one who has no sense of rhythm... or the pop high-notes... UGH!

... OH! And they want the whole eight bar intro - which needs drums!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #52 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:44:20 AM »

Today, we are having a Silent Auction and Bake Sale.

The goods in the silent auction are donated by agency employees. Proceeds are used to offset costs associated with our annual Christmas party off-site.

Baked goods are also prepared and donated by agency employees. Past problems have been that the folks pricing the goods don't consider the amount of money expended on making the items. Some folks just buy a dozen donuts and they are sold for $.50 each. Trouble is, the donuts cost $.65 each.

If the object is to make money, it would make more sense just to donate the money one would spend on the baked/bought item.

One of the agency's secretaries baked two cakes -- sherry wine cakes with pecan topping. Last year, I thought the cakes would be sliced and sold by the piece. Instead, someone offered to buy them and they were sold for $10 each. This year, the were sold for $15 each. I bought one. It's sitting here beside me as I type and nobody better even think about slicing into it until I'm good and ready to share it.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #53 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:45:49 AM »

DR Jose: Wish I could audition for you...just for the thrill of seeing you squirm on your piano bench!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #54 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:47:55 AM »

Oh... And it's "I Can't Stand Still".

Which is sometimes... "I Can't Sing on Pitch".... "I Can't Sing in Rhythm"... I can't stand hearing this song!

bk · « **Reply #55 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:50:24 AM »

Question for Mac users. When I open my Kritzerland logo, it opens in "Preview". I can't seem to do a cut and paste function to get it into a word doc so I can do a letterhead. Does anyone know how to do this? I've exported but it just ends up in preview.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #56 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:50:27 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on June 13, 2005, 10:45:49 AM

DR Jose: Wish I could audition for you...just for the thrill of seeing you squirm on your piano bench!

I've become very good at maintaining my composure while "you" are in the room... However, once you leave...

However, I apparently, do some have facial "ticks" every now and then. And I still think it would be sort of neat to have a small webcam mounted above the music, looking at my face... Talk about reality TV!

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #57 on:** June 13, 2005, 10:55:17 AM »

Quote from: bk on June 13, 2005, 10:50:24 AM

Question for Mac users. When I open my Kritzerland logo, it opens in "Preview". I can't seem to do a cut and paste function to get it into a word doc so I can do a letterhead. Does anyone know how to do this? I've exported but it just ends up in preview.

What format is the logo in? JPEG, GIF? In any case..

The easiest way to do it - as I've found out with Mac - is to simply have both applications open. Then just click and drag the pic from one to another. Or select the pic in Preview and drag it down to the Word icon in your Dock. That should work.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #58 on:** June 13, 2005, 11:01:42 AM »

Did it work?

vixmom · « **Reply #59 on:** June 13, 2005, 11:07:14 AM »

TOD:

I thought of some more

by favorites I assume ones that you can watch over and over, there were some that I admired but I found too painful to watch more than once

Like Empire of the Sun and Sophie's Choice and Out of Africa, they all were too emotionally painful to me... I wonder if I watched them now 20 odd years later if I would feel the same

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