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[John G.]

Five!

[Freddie]

Already at page 5 noon Eastern time! 

[Rodzinski]

 Big section of organs and carillons, a futile attempt to buy every Rod McKuen record, a hole to which there is no bottom.

Do you have the soundtrack for A BOY NAMED CHARLIE BROWN?  I really enjoyed Rod McKuen's contributions to that!


Rod McKuen sings "A Boy Named Charlie Brown"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JcsDVsCIw8

I do. That album cover features the “Rod McKuen?!” Peanuts strip.

[Rodzinski]

It’s a little bit of everything. And yes it’s unwieldy. Lots of pop, rock, easy listening oddities, a good section of soundtracks and cast albums. My pride is in my garage, a section of cultural curiosities: home-recorded albums by unknowns, spoken word, or bizarre recordings of animal heartbeats, albums from tourist attractions. Big section of organs and carillons, a futile attempt to buy every Rod McKuen record, a hole to which there is no bottom.

Ah, McKuen!!  I have several near-pocket-sized books of his poems.  "Listen to the Warm"!!

Also a good record!

[Rodzinski]

It’s a little bit of everything. And yes it’s unwieldy. Lots of pop, rock, easy listening oddities, a good section of soundtracks and cast albums. My pride is in my garage, a section of cultural curiosities: home-recorded albums by unknowns, spoken word, or bizarre recordings of animal heartbeats, albums from tourist attractions. Big section of organs and carillons, a futile attempt to buy every Rod McKuen record, a hole to which there is no bottom.

Love the curiosities. I've probably had but a handful of true oddities, but I know some of the stuff is just out of this world. In the spoken word category, my passion is the recorded plays from, I guess, the late 50's through the '70s when such things were a "thing".

What’s the label that specialized in a lot of that stuff? Caedmon. Though big labels used to put out whole plays as well. Caedmon has a lot of poets reading their work, or actors reading older poets’ stuff.

[Rodzinski]

It’s a little bit of everything. And yes it’s unwieldy. Lots of pop, rock, easy listening oddities, a good section of soundtracks and cast albums. My pride is in my garage, a section of cultural curiosities: home-recorded albums by unknowns, spoken word, or bizarre recordings of animal heartbeats, albums from tourist attractions. Big section of organs and carillons, a futile attempt to buy every Rod McKuen record, a hole to which there is no bottom.

Love the curiosities. I've probably had but a handful of true oddities, but I know some of the stuff is just out of this world. In the spoken word category, my passion is the recorded plays from, I guess, the late 50's through the '70s when such things were a "thing".

8,000 is an impressive collection and the depth is admirable. I lost so many (maybe 1,500) when the house flooded. Still hurts.

Hurts to hear. We moved during a “heat dome” a couple years back and I was pretty sure everything would be warped. We’re talking dozens of boxes stacked. But they made it through!

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Back from breakfast with Doug.

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She of the Evil Eye got confused and thought she was coming next week even though today was the day for sure. She seems confused. She's coming tomorrow so that will be another night of not enough sleep.

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Kritzerland show has been announced.

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More songs have been chosen.

[Rodzinski]

Exciting!

[George]

I read an article last night saying some people are having entirely different symptoms for the new strains of Covid

Oh, no!

[George]

We were supposed to have zero days at sea on this cruise and ended up with three days.

Demand a refund!  File a PayPal dispute!!

[George]

There's a four-CD set of Fiedler that I have - it's got the Mass suite. I had no idea they'd used my brilliant Fiedler on the Roof title sixty years before I did.

[George]

It’s a little bit of everything. And yes it’s unwieldy. Lots of pop, rock, easy listening oddities, a good section of soundtracks and cast albums. My pride is in my garage, a section of cultural curiosities: home-recorded albums by unknowns, spoken word, or bizarre recordings of animal heartbeats, albums from tourist attractions. Big section of organs and carillons, a futile attempt to buy every Rod McKuen record, a hole to which there is no bottom.

Love the curiosities. I've probably had but a handful of true oddities, but I know some of the stuff is just out of this world. In the spoken word category, my passion is the recorded plays from, I guess, the late 50's through the '70s when such things were a "thing".

8,000 is an impressive collection and the depth is admirable. I lost so many (maybe 1,500) when the house flooded. Still hurts.

That's terrible!

[George]

I'm still upset that over 400 of my cast album CDs were stolen out of my garage in 2009.

[George]

Exciting!

Very!

[Freddie]

I'm still upset that over 400 of my cast album CDs were stolen out of my garage in 2009.

Yikes!  Did the thieves take other stuff, too?

[MichaelG]

I'm sure my parents had a couple of Fiedler albums and I recall seeing him and the Pops on TV. I don't think I ever saw him in person though.

Our college buys out the Pops one night for our reunions, so we've been to a bunch of Boston Pops concerts over the years. Keith Lockhart isn't Fiedler - nobody is, that's why Fiedler was so special - but he does an excellent job. It's always fabulous to hear the orchestra in Symphony Hall.

[Jane]

Continued travel vibes for DR JANE & KEITH.

And the husband of DR singdaw.

Thank you.

[Jane]

DR FREDDIE I learned not to stand in the leading lady's way when she comes barreling out for her bow.

[Jane]

DR Jrand what do you think of the director?

[Jane]

Jane, I can read Kindle on my phone and tablet.

That's good.

[Jane]

Since I have been largely bed ridden, I always seem to have one charging. So that’s one less in the equation.

Sending hugs.  Any chance of getting that MRI approved?

[Jane]

I have to say, and I've pretty much always felt this way, I could never do what Jane and Keith are doing. Ever. The thought of being gone that much is anathema to me. I remember once when I was in the real heyday of doing albums, that I did three back-to-back in NY and was there for almost four weeks. I thought I would go mad, and I loved being there. I'm a homebody, I suppose. Back in the day, it seemed like I was half the year in NY but I always came home after a week or so.

My parents traveled a lot and talked about their wonderful experiences.   Not that he had fun, but Keith traveled the world for work and mostly left me home.  I love seeing new places.

[Jane]

DR Rodzinsky how hot is it there?

Mostly only been in the 70s here. I did buy a wee AC window unit just in case.

Nice.

[Jrand74]

DR JANE my comments would be imprudent.

[Jrand74]

If not insolent.

[Jrand74]

Much effort from everyone resulting in not much.

But hopefully the audience will prove me wrong.

[Jane]

We were supposed to have zero days at sea on this cruise and ended up with three days.

Demand a refund!  File a PayPal dispute!!

LOK, if only. There are never any guarantees ports won't be canceled or changed.