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« Reply #90 on: February 07, 2006, 11:26:19 AM »

And the word of the day is: PENTIMENTO!

Pentimento is also a CD by Jessica Molasky, who is married to John Pizzarelli.  So, here's the Pentimento Page Four Dance!!

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« Reply #91 on: February 07, 2006, 11:30:46 AM »

Elmore, I was in London in my dreams last night, too, but unfortunately you weren't.  I was driving around with some nutcase girl who had hitchhiked (or something--can't really recall) with me.  In my dream, they had just changed to right-side-of-the-road driving in the UK, and it was wreaking havoc.  :)

I can tell you some "no-no's" for auditions (not necessarily songs--but these are all from personal experience):

1.  Do not bring a lyric sheet of a song no one has heard of, with not even chord changes, and expect the accompanist to "intuit" how it goes.  :)

2.  Do not bring 8x10 reductions of conductor's scores (more often than not handwritten, with "on the road" corrections scratched into them), especially encased in highly reflective "sheet protectors," and then expect the accompanist to magically sight-read the miniscule piano part from betwixt and between the glares.  :)

3.  Do not bring "Glitter and Be Gay" and cut it merciliessly to about 30 seconds with absolutely no sense to your edits, and then, approximately a nanosecond before you begin singing, turn to the accompanist and say, "Oh, I forgot--can you transpose this down a third?"  :)

I'll think of more later, I'm sure I will.  ;)
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« Reply #92 on: February 07, 2006, 11:33:18 AM »

Hmm... I wonder if DR elmore would ever post a pic of his library.

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Nope!
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« Reply #93 on: February 07, 2006, 11:36:41 AM »

In JRB land, 2 songs that have worked well for the many singers I've done "cattle call" auditions with:

Climbing Uphill from Last 5 Years
The Old Red Hills of Home from Parade

In JRB land, 1 song that is done way too much at auditions IMHO:

Stars and the Moon from Songs for a New World
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« Reply #94 on: February 07, 2006, 11:38:57 AM »


I have heard she had a mouth like a truck driver! LOL!


I like her already!
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« Reply #95 on: February 07, 2006, 11:44:01 AM »

Pentimento is also a CD by Jessica Molasky, who is married to John Pizzarelli.  So, here's the Pentimento Page Four Dance!!

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PENTIMENTO is also a great memoir by Lillian Hellman
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« Reply #96 on: February 07, 2006, 11:44:14 AM »

Did someone already mention that Pentimento is the name of the now discredited Lillian Hellman piece that was the source for the film Julia.  There was just a great op-ed piece in the paper the other day about it, with reference to the James Frey controversy, with the great quote from someone (can't remember, brain death--the one who was the other character in the Hamlisch show a few years ago about Hellman) saying "Every word in that book is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'."
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« Reply #97 on: February 07, 2006, 11:45:16 AM »

LOL, Elmore.   ;D
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« Reply #98 on: February 07, 2006, 11:46:14 AM »

Mary McCarthy, maybe?
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« Reply #99 on: February 07, 2006, 11:47:10 AM »

And of course in synchronicity land, Jessica sang "Stars and the Moon," co-starring with my close personal friend Brooks Ashmanskas.  ;)
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« Reply #100 on: February 07, 2006, 12:05:45 PM »

I bought the PINAFORE cd you suggested DRELMORE.  I anxiously await its arrival!
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« Reply #101 on: February 07, 2006, 12:05:59 PM »

Never mind the why and wherefore.
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« Reply #102 on: February 07, 2006, 12:08:15 PM »

I did PINAFORE in undergraduate school.
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« Reply #103 on: February 07, 2006, 12:09:39 PM »

I did PINAFORE in undergraduate school.
I wore a pinafore in elementary school
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« Reply #104 on: February 07, 2006, 12:18:59 PM »

Rodzinski,  yeah, we are aware that the rugs reflects the shelving, but also picks up most of the colours in the room.
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« Reply #105 on: February 07, 2006, 12:19:06 PM »

Did someone already mention that Pentimento is the name of the now discredited Lillian Hellman piece that was the source for the film Julia.  There was just a great op-ed piece in the paper the other day about it, with reference to the James Frey controversy, with the great quote from someone (can't remember, brain death--the one who was the other character in the Hamlisch show a few years ago about Hellman) saying "Every word in that book is a lie, including 'and' and 'the'."

The quote is Mary McCarthy's.  Actually, "Julia" is one of the segments in PENTIMENTO.
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« Reply #106 on: February 07, 2006, 12:33:37 PM »

Had a nice lunch with (South Beach) George who is looking to move back to this part of the state...Salem or Portland. This is news that made me very pleased. Currently he lives on the beach (South Beach) which is a good 3 hours from here....so we don't get to see each other very often.
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« Reply #107 on: February 07, 2006, 12:35:12 PM »

Did anybody else see Harrick Connick Jr and Kelli O'Hara on the Today show this morning?

Apparently the clip is online (click on the yellow Harry Connick video button):
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3032633/


I saw it this morning and thought it was really bad.  Apparently they don't sing it this way in the show (thank goodness). But I definitely think they should have sang it the way they sing it in the show!
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« Reply #108 on: February 07, 2006, 12:38:09 PM »

I don't think anyone here watches 7TH HEAVEN, but Michael Feinstein was on it last night.  He had a huge part, as a music teacher at Ruthie's school.  And he got to sing and play piano (a lot). He was the music teacher in charge of detention, and he taught the students all about music history, and sang quite a few songs (many Gershwin).  It was really educational and quite impressive.
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« Reply #109 on: February 07, 2006, 12:38:40 PM »

I did PINAFORE in undergraduate school.

I wore a pinafore in elementary school

and Benjamin Kritzer looked under girls pinafores when he was in elementary school  ;)
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« Reply #110 on: February 07, 2006, 12:53:45 PM »

A quick hello to all and especially the sundried! We are off to see "Narnia" this morning.  And I have yet to even check the TOTD.
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« Reply #111 on: February 07, 2006, 01:04:10 PM »

I wore a pinafore in elementary school

I went to elementary school.
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« Reply #112 on: February 07, 2006, 01:15:10 PM »

Elementary School.  Is that where you learn "What's on"?
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« Reply #113 on: February 07, 2006, 01:17:29 PM »

JULIA has just arrived at my desk.  I recall being quite taken by the two actresses who played the younger Lillian and Julia.  Lisa Pelikan went on to do some stage work and has had a steady if not completely stellar television career.  Susan Jones went on to play such roles as Slave Girl #2, Bald Subhumanoid and Alley Rape Victim.  Such is the fortunes of show biz, I guess.
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« Reply #114 on: February 07, 2006, 01:32:15 PM »

DR MattH, there is also Criminal Minds at 9pm today (moved because of the Grammys tomorrow).

I didn't think about it because the Duke-North Carolina basketball game is being broadcast on our local CBS affiliate instead of CRIMINAL MINDS and LOVE MONKEY. The station is showing them in the early morning hours, and I've set the DVR to record LOVE MONKEY beginning at 4:07 a.m!
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« Reply #115 on: February 07, 2006, 01:36:26 PM »

I spent the afternoon with several fine shows and a film. First up was last night's CSI: MIAMI. Not as dramatic as I was expecting nor as dramatic as was described in this week's TV GUIDE.
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« Reply #116 on: February 07, 2006, 01:40:53 PM »

Next, I watched BEING JULIA which earned star Annette Bening an Oscar nomination last year. It's a tour de force for her as a middle aged actress who treats her real life as if she were still on stage with rehearsed speeches and lines from plays which she uses in most situations of her life.

The plot is pretty routine, but Bening certainly acted the part to the teeth. It was an entertaining 1 3/4 hours.
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« Reply #117 on: February 07, 2006, 01:42:11 PM »

Finished up the afternoon with a couple more CSI eipsodes from the season five DVD set. Very entertaining.
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« Reply #118 on: February 07, 2006, 01:43:43 PM »

Right now the DVD recorder is burning a DVD of GROUNDHOG DAY which HBO broadcast in high definition the other day. I only had the film on laserdisc, and I thought this would be a cheap way to have it on a good quality DVD and not pay for the  commercial issue.
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« Reply #119 on: February 07, 2006, 02:21:31 PM »

We must of course have photos of the Petula Clark soiree!
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