Topic: A RANTING RANT IN THE KEY OF RANT (Read 3565 times)

John G. · « **Reply #90 on:** June 05, 2023, 10:47:53 AM »

Feel better vibes for Vixmom.

John G. · « **Reply #91 on:** June 05, 2023, 10:48:01 AM »

Four!

John G. · « **Reply #92 on:** June 05, 2023, 10:48:45 AM »

If I am up to it, Iris, I may go to the Spinners.

John G. · « **Reply #93 on:** June 05, 2023, 10:49:19 AM »

I slept 10 hours. It was heavenly.

John G. · « **Reply #94 on:** June 05, 2023, 10:49:45 AM »

And I don’t even like the bed.

John G. · « **Reply #95 on:** June 05, 2023, 10:49:57 AM »

TOD

Sami

elmore3003 · « **Reply #96 on:** June 05, 2023, 10:59:10 AM »

Laundry is finished, and I need to put it away.

Jane · « **Reply #97 on:** June 05, 2023, 11:03:55 AM »

Quote from: John G. on June 05, 2023, 10:49:19 AM

I slept 10 hours. It was heavenly.

Heavenly indeed.

Jane · « **Reply #98 on:** June 05, 2023, 11:04:32 AM »

Quote from: John G. on June 05, 2023, 10:49:45 AM

And I don’t even like the bed.

Oh, oh you might not sleep tonight.

Jane · « **Reply #99 on:** June 05, 2023, 11:11:56 AM »

We are driving through the not so scenic high desert.

Jane · « **Reply #100 on:** June 05, 2023, 11:14:03 AM »

Going down a hill now and the views are prettier.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #101 on:** June 05, 2023, 11:18:57 AM »

Rodzinski · « **Reply #102 on:** June 05, 2023, 11:22:10 AM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on June 05, 2023, 09:38:28 AM

In need of ideas here:

A friend wants to know what are some good mother-daughter duets. I thought of that song from THE RINK about the apple not falling far from the tree, but I'm blanking on others.

Together Wherever We Go

singdaw · « **Reply #103 on:** June 05, 2023, 11:24:41 AM »

Crocheted bookmark:

elmore3003 · « **Reply #104 on:** June 05, 2023, 11:27:38 AM »

I'm going to write a bit about my friend Peter Foley. I met him in the spring, 2001. John McGlinn was going to record a lot of Kern and Herbert for the Packard Humanities Institute, and my friend Russell Warner would be his Kern editor and I would be the Herbert one. We had a meet and greet at the office, which was on East 72nd Street between East End Avenue and the river. I met Matthew Brookshire, our office manager, Curtis Moore, who was supervising the music preparation, and his team of copyists: Chris Deschene, Dan Acquisto, and Peter Foley.

The project didn't last ,more than two years for McGlinn, but it kept me, Curtis, Peter, and Chris busy till PHI closed us down in 2011. Russell Warner died, Tom Murray, who had been working as a copyist from Chicago, moved to New York and left the project around 2008, to be a musical director for Steve Flaherty and Jason Robert Brown. I don't think Dan Accquisto was around more than a year, but Curtis, Chris, Peter, and I stayed together.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #105 on:** June 05, 2023, 11:34:49 AM »

When PHI closed us down, we moved to a new foundation to record musical theatre. Between 2010, after John McGlinn's death, and 2014, Curtis, Peter, and Chris acted as my music prep team to prepare Victor Herbert's Eileen, Richard Rodgers' Dearest Enemy, and Kern's Roberta for recording. In summer 2012, Curtis - who's a wonderful composer - was going around the world with Kevin Spacey's company of actors doing a Shakespeare play, so Peter spent weeks in the office with me as we printed and taped orchestra parts for Dearest Enemy. In summer 2013, Curtis was off on another project, so Peter and I repeated our work to finish up Roberta before I flew to Dublin to record in August.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #106 on:** June 05, 2023, 11:41:40 AM »

The last time I saw Peter and Curtis was in March 2017 after a performance of the encores! production of The New Yorkers, which Josh clayton and I orchestrated. I had seen Peter occasionally between the closing of the foundation office and then. When I was given a new computer in 2014, he came to my apartment to set it up, and I took him to lunch to thank him. He would come by to visit and we talked about composers we liked, our relationships with Sondheim, opera, and his search something to turn intro a musical. I would occasionally call him with a suggestion, or I would send him a book I thought might be of interest. I kept in touch with him as well because I worried about his health and his cancer treatments.

That night in March 2017, the three of us swore to keep in touch. Sadly, we all went on to other projects and concerns; Curtis got married and his composing career moved nicely along; Peter had a family, a composer concerns, and cancer to battle; I scrounged for work, adopted cats, and got caught up in the depression my lack of work provoked. Then the pandemic isolated everyone and I fought my own cancer battles. I never suspected while I dealth with cancer, an operation, and radiation treatments that Peter's cancer was killing him.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #107 on:** June 05, 2023, 11:45:13 AM »

This morning on Facebook, I posted my wishes to Rob Berman and Peter's wife, Kate Chisholm, my wishes for a successful concert of Peter's music tonight. Curtis, who's been helping Kate with Peter's music posted "Peter loved you so much Larry." I read that and burst into tears. I loved him so much./

John G. · « **Reply #108 on:** June 05, 2023, 11:52:27 AM »

Quote from: Rodzinski on June 05, 2023, 11:22:10 AM

Quote from: ChasSmith on June 05, 2023, 09:38:28 AM
In need of ideas here:

A friend wants to know what are some good mother-daughter duets. I thought of that song from THE RINK about the apple not falling far from the tree, but I'm blanking on others.

Together Wherever We Go

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John G. · « **Reply #109 on:** June 05, 2023, 11:54:23 AM »

Thanks for sharing your memories of Peter, Elmore.

Jane · « **Reply #110 on:** June 05, 2023, 12:29:34 PM »

I have been told my missing medication will not be released from customs until the 14th, a month from when it was received.

Jane · « **Reply #111 on:** June 05, 2023, 12:30:00 PM »

I have no idea why it will be held that long.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #112 on:** June 05, 2023, 01:21:14 PM »

The Peter Foley remembrances are much appreciated, DR Elmore.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #113 on:** June 05, 2023, 01:29:12 PM »

Well, I got the ferkakte trimmer working. What it really needs is a tune-up, meaning I go to the power equipment store and buy a replacement spark plug, air filter, and ... uh, I forget what else, but I need to do all of that and then it'll feel more like starting and running.

In the meantime, I took out the old spark plug, which looked like hell, and sanded/shined the contacts as best I could. A couple of days ago I took out the air filter that was damp and smelled like fuel, and let it sit out to dry as best it could. put that back in, and it finally started. It ran really rough for about five minutes and kept wanting to stall, which it did a few times, but I persevered. And by golly, once that was done, we got through a nice trimming session together.

Probably go down to the store tomorrow to pick up those and a few other things. The next chore is to get at least one of the chain saws working. And that, I can tell you right now, is a real chore. Those things are notorious for being challenging to maintain and hard to start. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. One step at a time, DR ChasSmith, one step at a time.

ChasSmith · « **Reply #114 on:** June 05, 2023, 01:31:12 PM »

Ketchuping some more here, I'm sending some Feel Better Fast vibes to vixmom!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #115 on:** June 05, 2023, 01:47:15 PM »

Quote from: ChasSmith on June 05, 2023, 01:31:12 PM

Ketchuping some more here, I'm sending some Feel Better Fast vibes to vixmom!

Ditto!

Jrand73 · « **Reply #116 on:** June 05, 2023, 02:09:23 PM »

Thanks for sharing DR ELMORE.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #117 on:** June 05, 2023, 02:09:33 PM »

Tune up vibes for DR CHAS SMITH.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #118 on:** June 05, 2023, 02:10:48 PM »

I shall be off in a bit for a rehearsal of the FULL PLAY of The Play That Goes Wrong....we shall see what happens.

I would guess by the time I get there - the 25 tickets left for GREASE will have been sold.

I will say again that I need to be told when to announce the added performance.

Jrand73 · « **Reply #119 on:** June 05, 2023, 02:13:13 PM »

I think Jury Duty looks interesting.

On Friday night while I was waiting for something else to come on, I scrolled past HBO and saw the title THE IDOL.

I stopped to watch a few minutes. Who I can only assume is the leading lady was wearing some type of black mini bikini and filming a music video....it was as bad as MR BK says it was.....I didn't watch anymore because I figured watching nothing was better than watching THE IDOL.

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