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Title: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: bk on November 19, 2020, 12:08:46 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were spoken as in I has, and now it is time for you to post until the spoken cows come home.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: bk on November 19, 2020, 12:09:40 AM
And the word of the day is: COHESIVE!
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Post by: bk on November 19, 2020, 12:10:11 AM
And now - Dino at the piano.
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Post by: singdaw on November 19, 2020, 03:31:08 AM
Congratulations to DR TCB on the nomination recognition.
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Post by: singdaw on November 19, 2020, 03:32:42 AM
Since we've been talking of box sets of late, I pulled out my Howard Hanson box. Some glorious stuff there.
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Post by: singdaw on November 19, 2020, 03:37:51 AM
Yesterday was J.S. Bach day in the notes. I forgot to post then that I have the Bach 333: The New Complete Edition, which contains 223 discs and which will take some time to get through in its entirety.
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Post by: singdaw on November 19, 2020, 03:44:54 AM
There are, I believe, at least 3 different versions of each of the Passions.
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Post by: singdaw on November 19, 2020, 03:47:32 AM
I read that Zoom is suspending its 40-minute limit for meetings for free account holders for Thanksgiving Day. A very nice gesture.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 04:07:54 AM
Good morning, all!
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 04:09:06 AM
Someone should bind Trump's tweeting hand behind his back with cohesive tape.  And his mouth, too.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 04:20:03 AM
BK, I don't know if you have ever seen this 1954 stop motion film adaptation of Hansel and Gretel, but I recommend it highly.  It was made in a studio in NYC, produced by Michael Myerberg, producer of Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, conducted by the great Franz Allers.
The cast includes:
Constance Brigham (a mermaid in Leonard Bernstein's Peter Pan) as both Hansel and Gretel;
Mildred Dunnock (Death of A Salesman) as the Mother;
Frank Rogier (Menotti's The Medium and The Telephone) as the Father;
Delbert Anderson (Wonderful Town) as the Sandman;
Anna Russell as a very campy, funny witxh, Rosina Rubylips.

The score is abridged to around 80 minutes, and the film is delightful.  I still laugh and appreciate the beauty of its designs.
http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=503
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 04:24:03 AM
And that is how, at the age of eight, I learned what camp is, courtesy of the late great Anna Russell. I blame her doe the rest of my life.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 04:28:11 AM
I also think Humperdinck's Hänsel und Gretel is the greatest Wagner opera ever written.  It's composed by a disciple of Wagner, who assisted on the premiere of Parsifal, it's brief, and never outstays its welcome, as many of Wagner's interminable operas are want to do, and I believe the premiere of the opera was conducted by Gustav Mahler, whose symphonies our BK has been listening to/.
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Post by: Druxy on November 19, 2020, 04:32:31 AM
We're starting to watch the new seasons of our favorite TV shows:

NCIS
THE F.B.I.
CHICAGO MED, FIRE
& P.D.

Maybe it's just me, or maybe it's the COVID, but they all seem sort of dull this season.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 04:33:21 AM
I may have to drag out that DVD and watch it again this week.  The Met used to produce it every Christmas season, and their production was quite lovely.  I do have a hard time watching two grown women pretending to be children, but the Met cast is good, and Rosaliond Elias os a wonderful witch.
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Post by: Druxy on November 19, 2020, 04:36:06 AM
Yesterday, I got what looks like an interesting book.

It's called THE BIG GOODBYE, and it's about the making of CHINATOWN.

I'll probably start reading it this weekend.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 04:40:51 AM
This German film uses a good opera cast, and I love the witch, who emerges from the gingerbread house as a motherly type who progresses into an evil, ugly villain.  The film catches the evil in the morality tale very nicely.  The Met version is much more gemütlich and charming, but I like them both.

As far as CDs, I prefer the von Karajan with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and the Einhorn with Anna Moffo and Christa Ludwig's epic witch.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 04:48:43 AM
I did not venture out to the pharmacy yesterday, so I may do it today.  I could wait till tomorrow, since the temperature is supposed to go back up into the 60s . . . decisions, decisions!
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 04:50:35 AM
DR singdaw, that shepherd's pie recipe looks dreadful.  I bet Judy added a few pills as well.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 04:51:29 AM
It's time for kitty cleanup.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 05:02:38 AM
The Radio City Christmas Tree has been set up for decoration, and they discovered that an owl was a stowaway in the tree;s trip to Manhattan.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 19, 2020, 05:15:17 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 19, 2020, 05:18:43 AM
No, I did not know about the Klemperer/Klemperer connection.

I also didn’t know that Dad Klemperer had been conductor of the L.A. Philharmonic in the 1930s.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 19, 2020, 05:24:50 AM
I also see that I should bring a little Hänsel und Gretel back into my life, since I’ve more or less ignored it for many years.

I might still have the 1950s Met recording on Odyssey (that would be the English version?), but that’s probably all I’ve got here. DR Elmore’s links look great and I shall do something about this, this very season.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 06:07:29 AM
I also see that I should bring a little Hänsel und Gretel back into my life, since I’ve more or less ignored it for many years.

I might still have the 1950s Met recording on Odyssey (that would be the English version?), but that’s probably all I’ve got here. DR Elmore’s links look great and I shall do something about this, this very season.

There are at least three English recordings:
  The Met recording with Max Rudolf conducting for Columbia Records.
  The Sadlers Well Opera on EMI.
  The Chandos Opera in English recording conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 06:14:47 AM
BK, I think you might enjoy these two 20th century operas.

Weinberger was a Catholic who fled to the USA to escape the Nazis, and Schwanda the Bagpiper was a huge success internationally in the 1920s and 30s.  Its Polka and Fugue have become a popular concert piece.

Walter Braunfels was Trude Rittman's mentor, whose work was banned by the Nazis, and he's now getting rediscovered.  Die Vogel sounds like prime Richard Strauss.  It's very beautiful.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 06:17:14 AM
And kitty cleanup is over.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 19, 2020, 06:57:39 AM
I also see that I should bring a little Hänsel und Gretel back into my life, since I’ve more or less ignored it for many years.

I might still have the 1950s Met recording on Odyssey (that would be the English version?), but that’s probably all I’ve got here. DR Elmore’s links look great and I shall do something about this, this very season.

There are at least three English recordings:
  The Met recording with Max Rudolf conducting for Columbia Records.
  The Sadlers Well Opera on EMI.
  The Chandos Opera in English recording conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

It's the Max Rudolf that I have. I see it got its start on 78 rpm. Mine is on Columbia's budget label Odyssey which I remember buying at Phil Harris on Hollywood Blvd. in 1972.

I also have this other one he conducted with a different cast (Hurley, Miller, Resnik) for the "Metropolitan Opera Record Club", a series issued by the Book-of-the-Month Club. A few of these were also issued by RCA (who I think would have done all the pressings anyway), and my copy has the RCA logo at top right with an LM number, and a completely blank back side. Hmm.....

Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jrand74 on November 19, 2020, 07:06:22 AM
HA! I was going to mention the Klemperer connection today - I assumed it was general knowledge.  But MR BK took care of it in the notes.
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Post by: Jrand74 on November 19, 2020, 07:07:20 AM
As I read DR singdaw's post yesterday, I kept thinking how much more interesting JUDY would have been if Renee had spent half the movie making that shepherd's pie.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 19, 2020, 07:07:51 AM
Kristi just got a phone call from CVS saying that they're out of flu shots. She'd made an appointment to get one tomorrow. They said Walgreens and the other local stores are also out as of yesterday or today. She hadn't had one in years and was going to resume with this one. I'm sure she'll do fine because she's exceedingly careful and rarely even gets a cold.

But if it turns out they really aren't getting any more supply this year -- with participation up for obvious reasons, and greatly encouraged by the medical professionals -- how are they ever going to manage an eventual Covid vaccine?

I'm very glad I walked into Walgreens last Friday and got mine.

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Post by: Jrand74 on November 19, 2020, 07:08:59 AM
TOD:

Several, but I will go with the first one I heard that made me think....it's a Sondheim/Styne song....."Some People."

Just made me think that if you want it - go get it!  I was about 11 years old when I heard the first time.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 19, 2020, 08:22:16 AM
I ordered the 1954 stop-motion film and the 1982 Met production of H&G, and I might get that other one DR Elmore recommended later on. Looking forward to kicking off the season with these.
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Post by: Matthew on November 19, 2020, 08:27:36 AM
Yesterday was J.S. Bach day in the notes. I forgot to post then that I have the Bach 333: The New Complete Edition, which contains 223 discs and which will take some time to get through in its entirety.

That's a LOT of Bach. 
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Post by: Matthew on November 19, 2020, 08:33:26 AM
Good Morning - all is calm this morning as we go through yet another day with 5 people out - 4 people quarantined and 1 person out with the flu.  All hands on deck!  I actually only have 1 class today and it's in person!  So no Zoom classes today.  3rd grade and I will continue with the joys of learning to read music and write on the staff. 

This afternoon, I have the walk-through of the new place.  I'm very excited by that.  My friend Sabrina will accompany me as she knows all of the furniture and stuff I have because she has moved me several times. LOL.   Hoping all questions will be answered and the move next Friday (!) will be a smooth one.  I did order the truck last night! 
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Post by: Ginny on November 19, 2020, 08:52:12 AM
Thursday morning greetings!  Whew, just got that one in under the wire...
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Post by: Ginny on November 19, 2020, 08:52:53 AM
The Radio City Christmas Tree has been set up for decoration, and they discovered that an owl was a stowaway in the tree;s trip to Manhattan.

Awww, how cute!
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Post by: Ginny on November 19, 2020, 08:56:42 AM
Our county is governed by a 3-member commission.  All 3 county commissioners have tested positive and one is "very ill," according to this morning's paper.
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Post by: John G. on November 19, 2020, 10:31:06 AM
Good afternoon, all.
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Post by: John G. on November 19, 2020, 10:31:19 AM
Crazy day so far.
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Post by: John G. on November 19, 2020, 10:32:28 AM
TOD:

Like It Was from Merrily breaks my heart every time I hear it.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 19, 2020, 11:14:44 AM
Kristi just got a phone call from CVS saying that they're out of flu shots. She'd made an appointment to get one tomorrow. They said Walgreens and the other local stores are also out as of yesterday or today. She hadn't had one in years and was going to resume with this one. I'm sure she'll do fine because she's exceedingly careful and rarely even gets a cold.

But if it turns out they really aren't getting any more supply this year -- with participation up for obvious reasons, and greatly encouraged by the medical professionals -- how are they ever going to manage an eventual Covid vaccine?

I'm very glad I walked into Walgreens last Friday and got mine.

Good news:  Some stores do still have them, and she'll get her shot this evening. The supply is low in this area, but we're all covered.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 19, 2020, 11:17:25 AM
More good news:  The Met H&G will be delivered Monday, so I'm assured of having at least that one over Thanksgiving weekend with which to bring in the Holiday Season Proper. A little Nutcracker wouldn't hurt none, either.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 12:04:32 PM
More good news:  The Met H&G will be delivered Monday, so I'm assured of having at least that one over Thanksgiving weekend with which to bring in the Holiday Season Proper. A little Nutcracker wouldn't hurt none, either.

When it comes to The Nutcracker, I've seen most of the videos, along with the other two Tchaikovsky ballets, and these are my top choices.  I think Balanchine's is the best, and I prefer this PBS broadcast to the film with Macaulay Culkin, although the color seems off.  The San Francisco Ballet peroduction is nice, set in San Francisco in the 1890s, which is similar to the Cincinnati Ballet's production, set in old Cincinnati.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 12:21:22 PM
As I read DR singdaw's post yesterday, I kept thinking how much more interesting JUDY would have been if Renee had spent half the movie making that shepherd's pie.

;D
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Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 12:24:33 PM
Kristi just got a phone call from CVS saying that they're out of flu shots. She'd made an appointment to get one tomorrow. They said Walgreens and the other local stores are also out as of yesterday or today. She hadn't had one in years and was going to resume with this one. I'm sure she'll do fine because she's exceedingly careful and rarely even gets a cold.

But if it turns out they really aren't getting any more supply this year -- with participation up for obvious reasons, and greatly encouraged by the medical professionals -- how are they ever going to manage an eventual Covid vaccine?

I'm very glad I walked into Walgreens last Friday and got mine.



The fear of this is why Keith insisted we get ours early.  Darn, I was right.  They still would have had them in late September, early October when I wanted to go.
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Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 12:27:03 PM
Good Morning - all is calm this morning as we go through yet another day with 5 people out - 4 people quarantined and 1 person out with the flu.  All hands on deck!  I actually only have 1 class today and it's in person!  So no Zoom classes today.  3rd grade and I will continue with the joys of learning to read music and write on the staff. 

This afternoon, I have the walk-through of the new place.  I'm very excited by that.  My friend Sabrina will accompany me as she knows all of the furniture and stuff I have because she has moved me several times. LOL.   Hoping all questions will be answered and the move next Friday (!) will be a smooth one.  I did order the truck last night! 

Exciting.  I hope it goes well.  This is the first person I have heard of that has the flu.  Of course it was connected with exposure to children.
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Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 12:27:56 PM
Our county is governed by a 3-member commission.  All 3 county commissioners have tested positive and one is "very ill," according to this morning's paper.

Were they hanging out together without masks or taking any precautions?
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Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 12:28:20 PM
Kristi just got a phone call from CVS saying that they're out of flu shots. She'd made an appointment to get one tomorrow. They said Walgreens and the other local stores are also out as of yesterday or today. She hadn't had one in years and was going to resume with this one. I'm sure she'll do fine because she's exceedingly careful and rarely even gets a cold.

But if it turns out they really aren't getting any more supply this year -- with participation up for obvious reasons, and greatly encouraged by the medical professionals -- how are they ever going to manage an eventual Covid vaccine?

I'm very glad I walked into Walgreens last Friday and got mine.

Good news:  Some stores do still have them, and she'll get her shot this evening. The supply is low in this area, but we're all covered.

Good.
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Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 12:31:10 PM
Bruce that was quite an opening on your notes today.  Kudos to you.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 12:33:09 PM
I also like this Royal Ballet version of The Nutcracker, choreographed by Sir Peter Wright.  To my knowledge, this was his first attempt, and to mind his best. I would guess there are now 3-5 other videos of his later stagings for the Royal Ballet and other companies that only get worse as he "improves" the work.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 12:36:21 PM
I must call my urologist's office tomorrow to set up this December CT-scan.
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 19, 2020, 12:50:22 PM
I have a few Nutcracker DVDs but I couldn’t tell you which ones they are.
Will check them later.

In the meantime, I have my favorite recordings which are:

Dorati’s on Mercury (I think it’s the first of two? - if so, I may or may not have the second)
Ansermet’s on London (my first one ever, and a real favorite)
Fiedler’s excerpts (nicer than just the Suite, and beautifully done)
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Post by: KevinH on November 19, 2020, 12:55:46 PM
Good afternoon!
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 19, 2020, 01:01:22 PM
TOD:

Like It Was from Merrily breaks my heart every time I hear it.

“Our Time” kills me.
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Post by: Jennifer on November 19, 2020, 01:06:06 PM
Our county is governed by a 3-member commission.  All 3 county commissioners have tested positive and one is "very ill," according to this morning's paper.

Were they hanging out together without masks or taking any precautions?

I am curious about this as well.
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Post by: Jennifer on November 19, 2020, 01:07:45 PM
At 5pm we will find out if any of the covid restrictions will be lifted in my province.

I hope that they will let 1-2 people go in other people's houses spaced 6 feet away.

What they are planning to announce is what we are allowed to do for Christmas. And what the kids will do for school in December. They were thinking of having the kids be off for an additional 2 weeks.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 01:20:04 PM
I have a few Nutcracker DVDs but I couldn’t tell you which ones they are.
Will check them later.

In the meantime, I have my favorite recordings which are:

Dorati’s on Mercury (I think it’s the first of two? - if so, I may or may not have the second)
Ansermet’s on London (my first one ever, and a real favorite)
Fiedler’s excerpts (nicer than just the Suite, and beautifully done)

Dorati's first Mercury recording, along with his Sleeping Beauty, was really spectacular.  I wish the Fiedler excerpts were on CD.  It's really good.  The Dorati was my first recording through the Columbia Record Club. I really liked the Kapp recording of the NY City Ballet Orchestra conducted by Robert Irving amd I wish that were on CD as well.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 01:21:27 PM
I think the Sondheim song that still reduces me to a blubbery mess is "Anyone Can Whistle."
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Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 01:28:32 PM
I just read that Richard Schiff has been in the hospital with covid.  He is off of oxygen and hopefully beginning to recover.  His wife and son are sick at home but ok.  I did not realize that his wife his also his Good Doctor wife.
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Post by: singdaw on November 19, 2020, 02:30:14 PM
As I read DR singdaw's post yesterday, I kept thinking how much more interesting JUDY would have been if Renee had spent half the movie making that shepherd's pie.


 ;D
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Post by: singdaw on November 19, 2020, 02:35:03 PM
Interesting on the TOD. I was reading it differently. Everyone is interpreting "gets you" as in, it affects you. I thought bk meant what is the Sondheim song whose lyrics capture your essence. A very different thing!
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Post by: bk on November 19, 2020, 02:40:00 PM
I'm up, I'm up - was up at seven-thirty after only four hours of sleep, then went back to bed a little while after and slept till one and I've been catching up ever since.
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Post by: bk on November 19, 2020, 02:41:05 PM
Already been to the mail place and am back, have ordered Hugo's pasta papa with a 30% off deal from Postmates, which rendered the price cheaper than if I'd actually gone there, and am listening to music and shortly I'll have to prepare for this Zoom meeting.
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Post by: bk on November 19, 2020, 02:42:27 PM
There's one recording that's on its way that actually uses young people and apparently it's very good.  I may get that animated version after I've heard the thing and maybe a normal version to see the staging. 
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Post by: bk on November 19, 2020, 02:43:22 PM
elmore, I'll try those two operas - I have most of that Entarte series on London and love everything I've heard. 
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Post by: ChasSmith on November 19, 2020, 02:44:30 PM
Interesting on the TOD. I was reading it differently. Everyone is interpreting "gets you" as in, it affects you. I thought bk meant what is the Sondheim song whose lyrics capture your essence. A very different thing!

And yet he actually said “gets to you”.  The plot thickens!
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Post by: bk on November 19, 2020, 02:45:53 PM
May I just say what needs to be said: Rudy Giuliani is out of his mind and should be put away somewhere.
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Post by: bk on November 19, 2020, 02:46:21 PM
I love Dorati's The Nutcracker.
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Post by: bk on November 19, 2020, 02:48:18 PM
Yesterday, I got what looks like an interesting book.

It's called THE BIG GOODBYE, and it's about the making of CHINATOWN.

I'll probably start reading it this weekend.

One of the worst books EVER.  I wrote about it extensively right here when it came out back in March, but then you'd have to actually read the notes to know that. :)
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 03:24:49 PM
elmore, I'll try those two operas - I have most of that Entarte series on London and love everything I've heard. 

That Schwanda recording seems to be OP in the USA but still in print at amazon.co.uk.  They sing it in German, not Czech, which is fine with me.  I think my Universal Edition vocal score is in German, too.  There's also a DVD of the Braunfels opera from Los Angeles, and it's quite lovely. It might be sung in English.  I can't remember.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 03:29:16 PM
May I just say what needs to be said: Rudy Giuliani is out of his mind and should be put away somewhere.

I agree, and the fact that he's Trump's personal attorney says it all.  I told him he should never use shoe polish to touch up his gray spots, but he never listens!
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Post by: singdaw on November 19, 2020, 03:33:36 PM

And yet he actually said “gets to you”. 


Well, blimey!   I stand corrected.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 03:36:50 PM
There's no translator listed, so maybe it was sung in German.  It's definitely worth seeing.  It's based on Aristophanes' comedy The Birds, in which the birds realize that their Cloud Cuckoo Land lies between Earth and Heaven and that the gods need to cross through their country to get to earth.  So . . . they decide to charge the gods a toll.  It all goes to hell.
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Post by: John G. on November 19, 2020, 03:37:33 PM
I had a nice afternoon of collecting food at a drop off in front the theater where I usher. The food was for the San Antonio Food Bank and one of the first people to drop off food also wrote out a $500 check.
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Post by: John G. on November 19, 2020, 03:39:09 PM
It was a perfect afternoon with a light breeze and temperatures around 80. The folks who dropped by were really nic, glad to be able to help out. We gave everyone a wine coozy and a Fiesta medal. If there were multiple kids in the car, each kid got a medal.
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Post by: John G. on November 19, 2020, 03:39:51 PM
We also took in three times as much food as last year's drive. The weather may have had something to do with it. Last year, it was cold and rainy.
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Post by: George on November 19, 2020, 03:40:55 PM
Someone should bind Trump's tweeting hand behind his back with cohesive tape.  And his mouth, too.

Ya think?? :o

;)
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Post by: John G. on November 19, 2020, 03:41:02 PM
Hansel und Gretel was the first opera I ever knew about. We learned a modified version when I was in the third grade. I still love those songs, so ethereally beautiful.
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Post by: George on November 19, 2020, 03:41:57 PM
Our county is governed by a 3-member commission.  All 3 county commissioners have tested positive and one is "very ill," according to this morning's paper.

Oh, no!
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Post by: George on November 19, 2020, 03:43:02 PM
At 5pm we will find out if any of the covid restrictions will be lifted in my province.

I hope that they will let 1-2 people go in other people's houses spaced 6 feet away.

What they are planning to announce is what we are allowed to do for Christmas. And what the kids will do for school in December. They were thinking of having the kids be off for an additional 2 weeks.

Here in Washington state, the governor is shutting things down for the next month...but I certainly understand why. ::)
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Post by: George on November 19, 2020, 03:44:39 PM
May I just say what needs to be said: Rudy Giuliani is out of his mind and should be put away somewhere.

SUPER DITTO!!
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 03:57:17 PM
Hansel und Gretel was the first opera I ever knew about. We learned a modified version when I was in the third grade. I still love those songs, so ethereally beautiful.

I believe that Hansel and Gretel was the first opera broadcast from the Met.
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Post by: elmore3003 on November 19, 2020, 03:58:39 PM
I had a nice afternoon of collecting food at a drop off in front the theater where I usher. The food was for the San Antonio Food Bank and one of the first people to drop off food also wrote out a $500 check.

That is fantastic!
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Post by: George on November 19, 2020, 03:59:18 PM
There's no translator listed, so maybe it was sung in German.  It's definitely worth seeing.  It's based on Aristophanes' comedy The Birds, in which the birds realize that their Cloud Cuckoo Land lies between Earth and Heaven and that the gods need to cross through their country to get to earth.  So . . . they decide to charge the gods a toll.  It all goes to hell.

(http://www.haineshisway.com/smf/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6322.0;attach=10699)

Is this a sequel or companion piece to the Shevelove and Sondheim's musical The Frogs, which is also based on Aristophanes' original?

;)
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: ChasSmith on November 19, 2020, 04:09:11 PM
Hansel und Gretel was the first opera I ever knew about. We learned a modified version when I was in the third grade. I still love those songs, so ethereally beautiful.

I believe that Hansel and Gretel was the first opera broadcast from the Met.

Looks like you’re correct, sir.  Christmas Day, 1931.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: ChasSmith on November 19, 2020, 04:09:52 PM
I didn’t know that, but it seems so perfectly appropriate.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 04:25:14 PM
May I just say what needs to be said: Rudy Giuliani is out of his mind and should be put away somewhere.

While I completely agree I admit that so far I have been able to avoid listening to most of what he said today. 
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 04:26:19 PM
Yesterday, I got what looks like an interesting book.

It's called THE BIG GOODBYE, and it's about the making of CHINATOWN.

I'll probably start reading it this weekend.

One of the worst books EVER.  I wrote about it extensively right here when it came out back in March, but then you'd have to actually read the notes to know that. :)

But if you were reading what he has been saying you would know he doesn't remember ;)
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 04:27:45 PM
I had a nice afternoon of collecting food at a drop off in front the theater where I usher. The food was for the San Antonio Food Bank and one of the first people to drop off food also wrote out a $500 check.

That is very nice.  The photos of those car lines in Houston(?) have been sobering.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 04:29:11 PM
We also took in three times as much food as last year's drive. The weather may have had something to do with it. Last year, it was cold and rainy.

Nice weather helps, as does those photos.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 04:30:25 PM
At 5pm we will find out if any of the covid restrictions will be lifted in my province.

I hope that they will let 1-2 people go in other people's houses spaced 6 feet away.

What they are planning to announce is what we are allowed to do for Christmas. And what the kids will do for school in December. They were thinking of having the kids be off for an additional 2 weeks.

Here in Washington state, the governor is shutting things down for the next month...but I certainly understand why. ::)

As do I.  I also feel terrible for all of the restaurants that have been following the rules. 
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 04:33:53 PM
I understand why people didn't want covid tracers on their phones.  If people had been willing to do it we would have a better idea of the safety of restaurants and other businesses.  Restaurant owners might have been able to prove they are safe, or at least not have been so angry they were shut down again.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 04:49:54 PM
On a happy note, former DR Laura II delivered her third child, a little girl.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: John G. on November 19, 2020, 04:53:51 PM
Welcome to the world, baby girl!
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: bk on November 19, 2020, 04:57:35 PM
Must shower and then do the Zoom thing, which hopefully won't take more than an hour.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: George on November 19, 2020, 05:58:07 PM
On a happy note, former DR Laura II delivered her third child, a little girl.

Congrats to Laura II!!
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 06:01:29 PM
I just read the NY Times article on possible causes of Rudy Giuliani's hair drip.  They are funny.  I think the mascara one is most likely.  I have used mascara to add golden tones to my hair and it doesn't stay in well.

Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 06:01:51 PM
This reminds me of the time in high school it began raining and my hair color dripped down my face  :D

Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 06:02:06 PM
In spite of my father's complaints I had been slowly making my hair lighter & lighter.  When he had to take my mother to The Menninger Clinic I thought I would surprise him and darken my hair some.  Poor man returned home to find his normally calm 17 year old daughter hysterical and refusing to go to school with grey hair.  Who knows, maybe it was just the distraction he needed.  Frustrating is that he told me he liked my hair the lighter blond.

Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 06:02:26 PM
After that he paid for me to go to a hair salon and have my hair color done professionally.  They had to strip the grey out and recolor it. 
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 06:02:44 PM
For some reason I needed to use a rinse on my hair with each washing, and that is what dripped down my face that day.  At least by then I thought it was funny.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: George on November 19, 2020, 06:16:55 PM
So, it's official...Georgia hand count of votes affirms Biden's narrow victory over Trump (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/georgia-expected-release-results-trump-biden-hand-recount-n1248234).

"Trump picked up about 1,300 votes in the recount which leaves Biden with a 12,000-vote margin, Georgia official says."

;D
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 06:20:12 PM
When this metro train in Rotterdam, without passengers, went off the tracks it was caught by a by a sculpture of a whale's tail.  The driver was very lucky.

(https://storage.googleapis.com/afs-prod/media/10b8bef6075249f89a85c4dbdd2d3899/3000.jpeg)
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: John G. on November 19, 2020, 06:22:01 PM
Made potato salad for a socially distanced birthday party tomorrow night. Should be fun. I just hope I remember to take Gail's birthday present. And the potato salad. And my brain.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: John G. on November 19, 2020, 06:22:12 PM
It's been that kind of week.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: George on November 19, 2020, 06:33:22 PM
Well, I'm leaving work.  Our computer system had to be taken down for some "Emergency maintenance. We apologize for the inconvenience but the following services will be unavailable tonight due to emergency system maintenance: the library catalog, Overdrive, Kanopy, and library databases."  That means that I can't do my work, so I'm leaving. 

Be back later.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: bk on November 19, 2020, 06:47:43 PM
So, the magically found 1300 Trump votes, but no one questions THAT.  Funny.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: bk on November 19, 2020, 06:48:05 PM
Zoom read-through went very well and very quickly with no glitches.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Matthew on November 19, 2020, 06:55:14 PM
I saw the new place.  It's very exciting.  Lots of room, closet space... oh the closet space. 

Now to get out of this place....
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 06:58:25 PM
So, the magically found 1300 Trump votes, but no one questions THAT.  Funny.

Right, real funny  ::)
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 06:58:52 PM
I saw the new place.  It's very exciting.  Lots of room, closet space... oh the closet space. 

Now to get out of this place....

Wonderful and continued moving vibes.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: John G. on November 19, 2020, 07:48:12 PM
I saw the new place.  It's very exciting.  Lots of room, closet space... oh the closet space. 

Now to get out of this place....

Congratulations. I wish I had more closet space.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: John G. on November 19, 2020, 07:48:33 PM
I have to clean out some of my closets. But not tonight.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: John G. on November 19, 2020, 07:48:44 PM
good night, all.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Matthew on November 19, 2020, 08:17:19 PM
Had some routine blood work done... I thought it was a little on the "iffy" side.  The email from the Dr. says "Good news! Everything looks normal."  I wrote back saying I see room for improvement. LOL
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: George on November 19, 2020, 09:07:34 PM
I saw the new place.  It's very exciting.  Lots of room, closet space... oh the closet space. 

Now to get out of this place....

Congrats, Matthew...and good luck!
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: bk on November 19, 2020, 09:50:28 PM
Finished with my viewing and listening to more Klemperer and doing something I don't think I've ever done before - making faux garlic bread on a bun - we'll see how that works but it will be a nice snack, should it.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: George on November 19, 2020, 10:03:02 PM
Finished with my viewing and listening to more Klemperer and doing something I don't think I've ever done before - making faux garlic bread on a bun - we'll see how that works but it will be a nice snack, should it.

That sounds good.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: George on November 19, 2020, 10:05:08 PM
One time, I wanted to make some (instant...don't judge) mashed potatoes and I didn't have any butter!  But, I did have some garlic spread and used that instead.  They were really pretty good.  I like garlic mashed potatoes anyway and these hit the spot. :D
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: George on November 19, 2020, 10:11:48 PM
PAGE FIVE GARLIC MASHED POTATOES DANCE!!

(https://www.killingthyme.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Roasted-Garlic-Mashes-Potatoes.jpg)
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: George on November 19, 2020, 10:12:17 PM
Of course, that's not a picture of the mashed potatoes that I made. ::)

;)
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 10:47:15 PM
Had some routine blood work done... I thought it was a little on the "iffy" side.  The email from the Dr. says "Good news! Everything looks normal."  I wrote back saying I see room for improvement. LOL

LOL. 
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 10:48:27 PM
DR George I can't help but judge you.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: George on November 19, 2020, 11:07:26 PM
DR George I can't help but judge you.

Jane, I said don't judge!! >:(

;D
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: George on November 19, 2020, 11:16:26 PM
I know that some people look down on instant mashed potatoes, but I don't buy potatoes and my mom gave me an opened box of instant, so I made some...and I just like them. 
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: George on November 19, 2020, 11:17:29 PM
Don't get me wrong, I like real mashed potatoes, too, but I don't mind slumming it once in a while. ;)
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 11:28:15 PM
DR George I can't help but judge you.

Jane, I said don't judge!! >:(

;D

;D
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 11:30:32 PM
You are lucky you like them.  I never have.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 19, 2020, 11:42:59 PM
I hope I get sleepy soon.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: George on November 19, 2020, 11:48:49 PM
I hope I get sleepy soon.

Shhhh...

~~~Sleepy Vibes for Jane!!~~~
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: bk on November 20, 2020, 12:00:12 AM
TCB?
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: bk on November 20, 2020, 12:00:22 AM
Another low posting day.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: bk on November 20, 2020, 12:00:30 AM
Most unseemly.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: bk on November 20, 2020, 12:00:55 AM
And now the new notes must be posted on such a low posting day as this.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: bk on November 20, 2020, 12:01:03 AM
Most unseemly.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: bk on November 20, 2020, 12:01:35 AM
Mendelssohn's third with Klemperer is a mighty thing.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: bk on November 20, 2020, 12:01:41 AM
It just is.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: bk on November 20, 2020, 12:02:03 AM
And there you have it.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: bk on November 20, 2020, 12:02:12 AM
George has disappeared.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: bk on November 20, 2020, 12:02:18 AM
Clearly.
Title: Re: I HAS SPOKEN
Post by: Jane on November 20, 2020, 12:02:18 AM
Ghanks George.