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[Jane]

From DR Laura:

Re copy editors:

I was asked to write a short article for a local nature magazine. It came back with every sentence red-lined. Every sentence was changed. There was not even a phrase in there that I wrote.

It ended up on the cutting room floor, I guess. It wasn't in the issue that was delivered today.

 

[Jane]

Sunday.....and a meeting of the bored later today.

I think I need to take a Covid test....we shall see what happens.

Are you feeling sick?  Vibes you are ok?

[Jane]

George and TCB, three small butterflies

I don't know (or remember? ) what this is supposed to mean, but...thanks?

That tattoo she is getting.

[John G.]

Happy Sunday to one and all.  There's a brand new Broadway Radio Show up to keep you cool in this sizzling heat.  Award winning cabaret artist Celia Berk joins me to chat about her brand new album Now That I Have Everything.  We had a great conversation and you'll hear some terrific tracks from the album...check it out!

http://www.haineshisway.com/the-broadway-radio-show-2/

Love Celia Berk.

[John G.]

ChasSmith, did you go see Jaws?

[vixmom]

George and TCB, three small butterflies

I don't know (or remember? ) what this is supposed to mean, but...thanks?

That tattoo she is getting.

Got it yesterday

[George]

George and TCB, three small butterflies

I don't know (or remember? ) what this is supposed to mean, but...thanks?

That tattoo she is getting.

Got it yesterday

Cool!

[Jane]

George and TCB, three small butterflies

I don't know (or remember? ) what this is supposed to mean, but...thanks?

That tattoo she is getting.

Got it yesterday

Are you pleased with the artist?

[Jane]

In early July our microwave broke and we ordered a new one.

[Jane]

We picked it up today.

[Jane]

It works, and hopefully will continue to work for years.  Friends in the building said their identical replacement stopped working after a few weeks.

[Jane]

Now we wait for a different neighbor to come help Keith pull out the old microwave and put the new one in.

[Jane]

There is a tight bracket, or something, to keep the microwave secure.  It is a tight fit and we are concerned that will make it difficult to remove the old & install the new.

[John G.]

Bryce Pinkham is hilarious in Mercy Street. And more than a little insane.

[ChasSmith]

ChasSmith, did you go see Jaws?

Yes, and we had a grand old time doing so.

I must say, though, that I cannot see Jaws in a theeder and NOT, at least at certain crucial points, think back to my first time at it, at the Pix in front row balcony right, with a sold out audience that was on fire. Nothing in today's experiences can ever compete with that moment in history, and certainly today's audiences are mostly clueless. But I always pay silent homage to that memory. The three of us have a special affection for this movie, anyway, and we had a wonderful time.

[Jane]

Yay, the neighbor has arrived.

[bk]

I'm up, I'm up - almost eight hours of sleep.

[Jane]

Sooo glad the neighbor offered to help.  We aren't very good at this sort of thing.  It isn't going back in as easily as it came out

[vixmom]

George and TCB, three small butterflies

I don't know (or remember? ) what this is supposed to mean, but...thanks?

That tattoo she is getting.

Got it yesterday

Are you pleased with the artist?

Yes, im.very happy with it

[bk]

So, do we have an email address for Mr. Mordden - I think I'd like to drop him a line and remind him there was a two-year period from 1993 to 1995 where I, almost singlehandedly, brought musical theater recordings back from the dead. The majors were only doing sporadic cast album releases by then and it was moribund. Then they saw that we were doing eighteen albums a year, many cast albums, both on and off-Broadway, and suddenly, magically, all of them were back in the game. I'll enclose a list of recordings for him, because he's quite the moron if he doesn't include the person who was as prolific as anyone in that game in that era. In fact, for me, it falls under the category, "How dare he?" So, an e-mail address would be fun to have.

[John G.]

I guess the creators of Mercy Street were expecting season three. I have less than 20 minutes left and there are so many stories without an end in sight.

[bk]

I just looked at the book on Amazon. The reason it's ineptly put together is he published it himself - for publisher it simply reads "independently published" which means he either did it himself and put it on Amazon and let them do the softcover - I doubt he used a proper print on demand company. To willfully ignore A Grand Night for Singing, Hello, Dolly! (Grammy nominated and the most complete recording with all the dance music), Play On!, Bells Are Ringing, She Loves Me (which I executive produced), The King and I, is disgusting. But, as he admits right up front, these are personal choices, which automatically makes it uninteresting for me. And clearly he has some non-B'way albums in there, right? I mean, if he has The New Yorkers or the other two elmore mentioned, then we'd have to add my studio cast albums for Drat! The Cat! and The Night of the Hunter, and since The New Yorkers was off-B'way, we'd have to list the twenty or so off-B'way albums.

[John G.]

ChasSmith, did you go see Jaws?

Yes, and we had a grand old time doing so.

I must say, though, that I cannot see Jaws in a theeder and NOT, at least at certain crucial points, think back to my first time at it, at the Pix in front row balcony right, with a sold out audience that was on fire. Nothing in today's experiences can ever compete with that moment in history, and certainly today's audiences are mostly clueless. But I always pay silent homage to that memory. The three of us have a special affection for this movie, anyway, and we had a wonderful time.

It was that way when I saw Road Warrior on a huge screen. The curtains were timed to the end of the world. So, when the explosion from the end of black and white Mad Max to full color happened, it was breathtaking.

[John G.]

I just looked at the book on Amazon. The reason it's ineptly put together is he published it himself - for publisher it simply reads "independently published" which means he either did it himself and put it on Amazon and let them do the softcover - I doubt he used a proper print on demand company. To willfully ignore A Grand Night for Singing, Hello, Dolly! (Grammy nominated and the most complete recording with all the dance music), Play On!, Bells Are Ringing, She Loves Me (which I executive produced), The King and I, is disgusting. But, as he admits right up front, these are personal choices, which automatically makes it uninteresting for me. And clearly he has some non-B'way albums in there, right? I mean, if he has The New Yorkers or the other two elmore mentioned, then we'd have to add my studio cast albums for Drat! The Cat! and The Night of the Hunter, and since The New Yorkers was off-B'way, we'd have to list the twenty or so off-B'way albums.

I don't know how many times I waited eagerly for news of your next release, whatever it was, whoever it featured. To overlook that shows no sense of the times.

[John G.]

I just bought a new refrigerator. Ugh.

[John G.]

Got to eat a lot of what's in it now before the new one is delivered.

[John G.]

Watching a Peter Cushing horror flick called Island of Terror. Should be fun.

[elmore3003]

Bryce Pinkham is hilarious in Mercy Street. And more than a little insane.

I love Bryce! He's married to our New Yorkers leading lady, Scarlett.  They were going to play Eric Dare and Karen O'Kane on the Jubilee recording that never happened.

[elmore3003]

I just bought a new refrigerator. Ugh.

Is it a walk-in?

[bk]

Did a quick errand and ordered my small pepperoni pizza - that's fine, calorie-wise - about 200 per slice (very small slices) for a total of 1200