Topic: ONLY HIS HAIRDRESSER KNOWS FOR SURE (Read 26631 times)

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #60 on:** February 19, 2006, 10:30:27 AM »

And now...

Page Three!!!

elmore3003 · « **Reply #61 on:** February 19, 2006, 10:33:20 AM »

DR Jose, where are you now? Still in Manhattan?

Did you find the OPERA NEWS interview with Mr Panaro?

All right. I have work! Toodles.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #62 on:** February 19, 2006, 10:33:25 AM »

Ignoble Eggleston was Belle Poitrine's sleezy brother-in-law.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #63 on:** February 19, 2006, 10:33:43 AM »

Everybody dance now....

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #64 on:** February 19, 2006, 10:35:33 AM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on February 19, 2006, 10:33:20 AM

DR Jose, where are you now? Still in Manhattan?

Did you find the OPERA NEWS interview with Mr Panaro?

All right. I have work! Toodles.

I'm currently in Fairfax, VA. Drove down last night. I'll be back Tuesday. In the meantime, I may be making an excursion down to Richmond.

I still have yet to find and Opera News. I'm going by a Border's later today, so...

Have fun at work and the movies. Toodles to you too.

S. Woody White · « **Reply #65 on:** February 19, 2006, 10:47:01 AM »

What Steve Martin needs to do is stop associating with Eugene Levy. Levy has appeared with Martin in both Father of the Bride films, Cheaper By the Dozen 2, and Bringing Down the House.

And he's got to stop making films just for the money. The original Cheaper netted him over ten million - a definite contradiction of the title.

The good news is that a film version of Picasso at the Lapin Agile is in the works.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #66 on:** February 19, 2006, 10:54:30 AM »

Quote from: bk on February 19, 2006, 09:03:12 AM

Restate the Golden Boy question and I'll answer it.

Matt asked:

A GOLDEN BOY question:

"I never got the original Sammy Davis Jr. version with his strained vocals. My LP (and of course the CD) contains his redone recordings on four numbers.

Is his voice really raw and unlistenable on the original cuts? I can hear some of the raspiness in some group numbers that are still on the released CD version (and on the LP I still have), but were his solos really THAT bad or did the rawness give some depth to his character rather than being that of a crooner trying to play a serious role?"

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #67 on:** February 19, 2006, 10:56:27 AM »

Good morning (yes, it's still morning in California).

Slept extremely well, even though it dipped into the low 30s overnight (and is supposed to get into the upper 20s tonight).

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

It hasn't been this cold here since I've lived here (12-plus years).

The mattress warmer is h-e-a-v-e-n!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #68 on:** February 19, 2006, 11:01:15 AM »

Am having a modicum of fun with my new toy.

It amazes me that every time I buy a piece of audio-visual or audio equipment, the folks who write the instructions simply do not take into account that the new piece of equipment is being added to a larger component system.

These instructions presume I'm replacing a VHS recorder/player. Nothing more is involved so far as the instructions are concerned.

The new toy is connected directly into the TV, whereas the VHS recorder it replaced was not...it was linked solely by a video cable and the VHS was linked into my receiver. The new toy doesn't want to be linked into my receiver (and refuses to operate if I try it).

Sigh. Experimentation resumes later today.

George · « **Reply #69 on:** February 19, 2006, 11:38:26 AM »

Quote from: DakotaCelt on February 19, 2006, 01:19:45 AM

Not completely sure what Costco is?? WE do not have them up here....

Costco is a membership store that has very low prices on a lot of brand new (only) products. They have their own product line (Kirkland brand) and if you have the room for storage, it's quite the bargain. The only place I buy blank VHS tapes, CD-Rs and DVD-Rs is Costco. The last time I bought DVD-Rs, they had a coupon (they only take their own coupons) for a free spindle of 100 DVD-Rs if you buy a spindle of 100 DVD-Rs for $22.95! I also get things like paper towels (12-roll packages), toilet paper (36-roll packages), and I even bought my car through their program and paid only $100 over the invoice price! No haggling! I only live about two miles away, so I tend to go there quite often.

George · « **Reply #70 on:** February 19, 2006, 11:38:49 AM »

PS. I have no stock in Costco...just a satisfied customer.

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #71 on:** February 19, 2006, 11:51:32 AM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on February 19, 2006, 10:56:27 AM

Good morning (yes, it's still morning in California).

Slept extremely well, even though it dipped into the low 30s overnight (and is supposed to get into the upper 20s tonight).

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

It hasn't been this cold here since I've lived here (12-plus years).

The mattress warmer is h-e-a-v-e-n!

That would be a nice night here....

Glad we could share out bounty of cold air.

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #72 on:** February 19, 2006, 11:57:03 AM »

Quote from: George on February 19, 2006, 11:38:26 AM

Costco is a membership store that has very low prices on a lot of brand new (only) products. They have their own product line (Kirkland brand) and if you have the room for storage, it's quite the bargain. The only place I buy blank VHS tapes, CD-Rs and DVD-Rs is Costco. The last time I bought DVD-Rs, they had a coupon (they only take their own coupons) for a free spindle of 100 DVD-Rs if you buy a spindle of 100 DVD-Rs for $22.95! I also get things like paper towels (12-roll packages), toilet paper (36-roll packages), and I even bought my car through their program and paid only $100 over the invoice price! No haggling! I only live about two miles away, so I tend to go there quite often.

That is cheap. The cheapest place round here is Target. I refuse to shop Walmart. Especially after one time when a sales clerk there grabbed my face and said read my lips. I was very, very offended. I told the manager and he laughed.

That was two years ago and I have not stepped ONE foot in Walmart since. I figure if that is how they treat people with hearing loss, I refuse to do business with them.

I need to get vid tapes and some cd's

Ginny · « **Reply #73 on:** February 19, 2006, 12:02:23 PM »

Sunday afternoon greetings! I slept late (after 9am) again this morning and have been reading the Sunday papers slowly. Also watched a DVD - Big Eden.

DH Richard will be home soon from his second day of shape-note singing. We'll have a short visit, then I'm going out to spend the night at my mother's. She has an early morning appointment tomorrow for some tests at the hospital and staying overnight with her will save me a little driving in the morning. Mom and I will have a PJ party tonight and watch the Olympics together.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #74 on:** February 19, 2006, 12:04:29 PM »

I don't know if there are other Mozart fans on the site beyond myself, but I had meant earlier to put in a good word for Jane Glover's new book for the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, MOZART'S WOMEN. It's a wonderful read about the women around him, mother, sister, notorious cousin, wife Constanze and her family, mother, father, talented sisters Aloysia, Josepha and Sophie - I had no idea until this week that the great Carl Maria von Weber was part of the same family - and several other interesting women, such as Nancy Storace, the original Susanna of LE NOZZE DI FIGARO.

It's quite a different picture of Salieri and Leopold from that of the film and play AMADEUS, and I'm enjoying it so much I'm listening to a lot of Mr Mozart, which is, incidentally, what Dustin Hoffman used to call me in the mid-1980s.

Ginny · « **Reply #75 on:** February 19, 2006, 12:10:36 PM »

I just "declared my independence" somewhat from my job. No, I didn't quit, but I did change the homepage on my home computer browser from that of the library where I work to that of the New York Times.

DakotaCelt · « **Reply #76 on:** February 19, 2006, 12:13:30 PM »

Quote from: Ginny on February 19, 2006, 12:02:23 PM

Sunday afternoon greetings! I slept late (after 9am) again this morning and have been reading the Sunday papers slowly. Also watched a DVD - Big Eden.

DH Richard will be home soon from his second day of shape-note singing. We'll have a short visit, then I'm going out to spend the night at my mother's. She has an early morning appointment tomorrow for some tests at the hospital and staying overnight with her will save me a little driving in the morning. Mom and I will have a PJ party tonight and watch the Olympics together.

DR Ginny, have a lovely evening with your mum...

Tomovoz · « **Reply #77 on:** February 19, 2006, 12:20:09 PM »

Quote from: elmore3003 on February 19, 2006, 12:04:29 PM

I'm listening to a lot of Mr Mozart, which is, incidentally, what Dustin Hoffman used to call me in the mid-1980s.

Not Mrs Robinson? Guess he'd grown out of that.

Ginny · « **Reply #78 on:** February 19, 2006, 12:22:56 PM »

Quote from: DakotaCelt on February 19, 2006, 12:13:30 PM

DR Ginny, have a lovely evening with your mum...

Thank you, DR DakotaCelt! She moved here several years ago to a nearby retirement community after living in Phoenix for about 15 years. We like to do "girl stuff" together once in a while, sometimes just the 2 of us (like tonight) and sometimes with her sister, my sister, and my sister's daughter. It's a real trip when all five of us are together - we have one each in her 80's, 70's, 60's, 50's, and 40's.

bk · « **Reply #79 on:** February 19, 2006, 12:35:55 PM »

Sammy's vocals on the original original LP are indeed very hoarse - not totally terrible, but none of the power he normally has. The redos are all for the better. When I reissued the album on Bay Cities we asked if we could include the originals but I think the tapes are lost or destroyed. I find it amazing that Golden Boy is having it's third incarnation on CD - first me, then Angel, now DRG. One would think it would have sold what it would have sold, especially the Angel reissue.

bk · « **Reply #80 on:** February 19, 2006, 12:36:36 PM »

I shall now be on my way to the theater for the matinee performance. Pray for Rosemary's Baby.

After the show, I shall be supping with Pogue and his pal, Larry Drake.

elmore3003 · « **Reply #81 on:** February 19, 2006, 12:39:43 PM »

Quote from: Tomovoz on February 19, 2006, 12:20:09 PM

Not Mrs Robinson? Guess he'd grown out of that.

Thank you, Jesus!

François de Paris · « **Reply #82 on:** February 19, 2006, 12:41:08 PM »

Quote from: bk on February 19, 2006, 12:36:36 PM

Pray for Rosemary's Baby.

Can't we pray for somebody else's baby by now?

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #83 on:** February 19, 2006, 01:03:45 PM »

Good Afternoon!

I want chocolate.

-That is all for now.

Ginny · « **Reply #84 on:** February 19, 2006, 01:03:55 PM »

Catching up on the posts from late last night, I was sorry to have missed the US geography discussion. North Dakota is one of the 9 states I've never visited. While our son (now 20) was growing up we took 3 long driving trips, 2 west and 1 east. On our first trip west, in 1996, we especially enjoyed the drive west across South Dakota. Upon entering the state just north of Sioux City, IA, we stopped a welcome center and paid $15 for cassettes that described the drive along I-90. We spent a couple of nights in the Badlands/Mt. Rushmore area and just before crossing into Wyoming, turned in the tapes and got our money back. I always thought that was a great tourism idea.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #85 on:** February 19, 2006, 01:08:57 PM »

Actually...

I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped on the scale this morning. I was expecting that I had put back on a pound or two - or three... or even four - since I had been back in NYC... And not really watching my diet that closely... And not running or exercising regularly... Well...

Over the past two weeks, I've lost two pounds since I last weighed in, and my body fat percentage dropped two more points too! -The body fat percentage was a very welcome surprise since it means I actually lost some more fat - and more than just two pounds of it!

I guess all the walking I normally do in NYC has been good for me. -And I had just figured my jeans were fitting "looser" since I had stretched them out through regular wear.

JoseSPiano · « **Reply #86 on:** February 19, 2006, 01:10:08 PM »

And speaking of jeans.... I have some laundry to do...

Laters...

Matt H. · « **Reply #87 on:** February 19, 2006, 01:54:35 PM »

I asked about Sammy Davis' original song tracks for GOLDEN BOY: if they were as bad as descriptions I've read have said. One write-up said the raspiness and lack of pure tone added to his character, made him seem scrappier and less polished. Another said the distress in his voice made listening to the solo tracks (and one with Paula Wayne) unlistenable and that he was right to re-record them and for Capitol to re-release the album with the new tracks in place of the old ones.

Also wondered why Davis' original tracks weren't added to the various CD issues of GOLDEN BOY as bonus tracks. I've never heard these original tracks and would like to hear just how bad Davis' voice was and if it did indeed add depth to the character he was playing.

Matt H. · « **Reply #88 on:** February 19, 2006, 01:58:41 PM »

Thanks for the GOLDEN BOY answer, BK.

One of these days I'd like to hear those hoarse vocals, just for my own curiosity.

Matt H. · « **Reply #89 on:** February 19, 2006, 02:01:08 PM »

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