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Re:FRIES OF FRANCE
« Reply #90 on: September 18, 2005, 10:38:12 AM »

DR JOSE four young men are in Indianapolis for the American Pianists' Association 2006 Classical Fellowship.  Maybe you know some of them, after all YOU play piano as well.

Stephen Beus, Spencer Myer, Mei-Ting Sun, Steve Beck, and Sean Kennard...oh I guess it's FIVE young men.  If you are interested in reading about it, I am sure the article is on the Indy Star website.....
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« Reply #91 on: September 18, 2005, 10:38:56 AM »

Hope this doesn't offend, but a possibly apocryphal story had a French waiter asking "How would you like your coffee, Miss Miles?"  She supposedly responded "Well, I like my coffee like I like my men."  The waiter reportedly said, with full French accent, "I'm very sorry, Miss Miles, but we don't have any gay coffee."
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« Reply #92 on: September 18, 2005, 10:41:07 AM »

Hope this doesn't offend, but a possibly apocryphal story had a French waiter asking "How would you like your coffee, Miss Miles?"  She supposedly responded "Well, I like my coffee like I like my men."  The waiter reportedly said, with full French accent, "I'm very sorry, Miss Miles, but we don't have any gay coffee."

DRFJL ;D ;D ;D!
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« Reply #93 on: September 18, 2005, 10:42:57 AM »

Poor Sylvia!  I have a memory of an interview in which she said of Santa Fe,
"half of it's gay, half of it's bisexual, and the other half's just screwed up."
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« Reply #94 on: September 18, 2005, 10:43:34 AM »

APA Classical Fellowship Dance.  ;D

Link to article:

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=ENTERTAINMENT
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« Reply #95 on: September 18, 2005, 10:44:22 AM »

Poor Sylvia!  I have a memory of an interview in which she said of Santa Fe,
"half of it's gay, half of it's bisexual, and the other half's just screwed up."

Hollywood High Math Major no doubt.  :P

LOL FJL  ;D
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« Reply #96 on: September 18, 2005, 10:45:20 AM »

I think Mei-Ting Sung's Helen Morgan pose is the most fetching.
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« Reply #97 on: September 18, 2005, 11:00:19 AM »

I woke up at 5:30 and cuddled with Freddy until about 6. Got up, had some coffee and read the Sunday paper. Decided it was too early and plopped back into bed until 9pm!



Well, Mr. Barnum, that is nice that you could find a boyfriend with the same name as your cat!







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« Reply #98 on: September 18, 2005, 11:03:12 AM »

Der B is now watching On the Beach, starring Mr. Gregory Peck and Miss Ava Gardner.

We've decided it must have been a knock-out date flick when it first came out.
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« Reply #99 on: September 18, 2005, 11:05:34 AM »

Der B is now watching On the Beach, starring Mr. Gregory Peck and Miss Ava Gardner.

We've decided it must have been a knock-out date flick when it first came out.

Yep!  You could hold hands and jump off a roof.
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« Reply #100 on: September 18, 2005, 11:06:05 AM »

DR Elmore, just wondering, do you still work at the bookstore?

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« Reply #101 on: September 18, 2005, 11:18:29 AM »

Meat Loaf is playing poker!  Aww, he just lost.  
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« Reply #102 on: September 18, 2005, 11:22:54 AM »

Thank you all, for your kind words of support regarding my friend.  I still can't quite make my mind accept that the gentle loving friend that I have known all these years, and the violent man who shot his own friend in the head;  could possibly be one and the same person.

The sympathy, however, should really go to the victim's family.  He leaves behind a wife, four children, and thirteen grandchildren.
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« Reply #103 on: September 18, 2005, 11:26:13 AM »

I honestly don't know what to say, DR TCB.  Words fail me.
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« Reply #104 on: September 18, 2005, 11:26:32 AM »

TCB, the family is indeed in my thoughts.  Just uncomprehensible, what they're being forced to go through right now.
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« Reply #105 on: September 18, 2005, 11:33:58 AM »

I honestly don't know what to say, DR TCB.  Words fail me.

Same here.  What a shock!  
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« Reply #106 on: September 18, 2005, 11:34:56 AM »

Was it DRVIXMOM who was asking about BLACK NARCISSUS?

It's on tonight on TCM at 10 pm EST.  Not the glorious DVD that dRMATTH was talking about I'm sure....but good for a first viewing!
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« Reply #107 on: September 18, 2005, 11:37:19 AM »

Well, I finally saw Charley's Aunt last night, and I found it extremely enjoyable.  It goes without saying, of course, that DB Jed and our own TCB were highlights of the show.  The other members of the cast did a wonderful job as well.  In general, the younger members of the cast were the weaker spots of the show.  Jed tells me that the girl who played Amy has greatly improved since the first few rehearsals...and it's not that she was that bad last night, just inexperienced in comparison to the rest of the cast.  
Jed, I must say again, was wonderful.  In particular the stage relationship between him and the girl playing opposite him as Kitty, was a joy to watch.  TCB was hilarious, particularly while in pursuit of the "lady" in drag.  I found it quite amusing that the only true on-stage kiss came while TCB was putting the moves on "her"...funny as hell, and got one of the biggest laughs of the night.  

There were definitely parts of the script that showed its age, and places where I simply disagreed with the director's ideas...but all in all, a very fun little show.  
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« Reply #108 on: September 18, 2005, 11:41:47 AM »

I wish I understood poker.  I don't have a klew as to what's going on.
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« Reply #109 on: September 18, 2005, 11:49:42 AM »

DR Elmore, just wondering, do you still work at the bookstore?



Not since the surgery in May.
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« Reply #110 on: September 18, 2005, 11:54:03 AM »

Excellent Sylvia Miles stories.  

I got back into bed at nine-thirty and just woke up.  I needed that.

Re Black Narcissus - there is a new region 2 DVD coming out next week in the UK that apparently blows away the Criterion.  I've got it on order and will report on it when it arrives.  Also, I believe A Matter of Life and Death has finally been announced for DVD here in the US.
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« Reply #111 on: September 18, 2005, 11:55:15 AM »

We've had Vera Miles stories, Sylvia Miles stories, now let's have some Miles Davis stories, Miles Malleson stories, and any other Miles we can think of.
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« Reply #112 on: September 18, 2005, 11:55:24 AM »

...Or I could just go back to bed for a few hours...

Yep!  That ended up being the plan.

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« Reply #113 on: September 18, 2005, 11:56:11 AM »

A Matter of Life and Death starts the Michael Powell evening on TCM, so I think I may watch them both.  Haven't seen Life/Death and haven't seen BLACK NARCISSUS all the way through EVER.  
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« Reply #114 on: September 18, 2005, 11:56:29 AM »

I got back into bed at nine-thirty and just woke up.  I needed that.



Hmm... Guess I must be channeling BK here on the East Coast with my sleep pattern today...

Spooky!

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« Reply #115 on: September 18, 2005, 11:58:01 AM »

DR MATTH - I have to agree with you about INSPIRATION.  I watched it on TCM last week.  When you see many of the Garbo films in a row, they all seem to have the same story....she is a bad woman who leads a man astray and then eventually ends up with no money and no man.  And sometimes the downward spiral is pretty dull to watch.

The silent CAMILLE is interesting.
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« Reply #116 on: September 18, 2005, 11:58:34 AM »

DRMBARNUM how is the Hammer Horror DVD set.  There are a lot of complaints about defective discs!
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« Reply #117 on: September 18, 2005, 11:59:16 AM »

Jed tells me that the girl who played Amy has greatly improved since the first few rehearsals..

Well, maybe not "greatly," but more hit-and-miss now as opposed to her previous miss-and-miss. :D

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« Reply #118 on: September 18, 2005, 11:59:36 AM »

DR JRand - Thanks for the info on those pianists.  As a matter of fact, I do know Steve Beck.  -I guess he's dropped the "n" (I knew him as Steven).  He's originally from the Washington, DC, area, and I would see and hear him at various competitions around the area.  -And he would eventually go on to some national competitions as well as Juilliard, IIRC.  I've heard him on the radio via NPR's "Performance Today" both as a soloist and accompanist.  He's quite good - heck, he had technique for days already when he was only 16.

Do you by chance know if Edward Auer is still on faculty at IU?
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« Reply #119 on: September 18, 2005, 12:00:22 PM »

Dear TCB, I have no idea what to say, or how to respond, other than to wish that those affected recover somehow, sometime, from what has happened.

Anything else is trivial.
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