Haines His Way
Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on March 19, 2021, 12:02:48 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes were miles ahead, and now it is time for you to post until the miles ahead cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: GENTEEL!
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Just got a nice contribution - the Kimmel Collection perk, which took us up to 69%! One thing I remember is the percentage going up goes slower from here to the end, don't know why that is but I remember it from the other campaigns.
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My dad loved Miles Davis. I'm not a fan of the extreme improvised stuff, but I'm pretty sure that my dad liked most of Miles' music.
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Good morning, friends.
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I love a good salad with gonzaga.
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Sounds like bk had Miles to go before he slept.
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Indie go go go!
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Good morning, all!
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I had a really good night of sleep, but I had a lot of strange dreams, of which I remember only bits. In one, I was in some shop in the West 40s in Manhattan, watching Fred Astaire wrestle another actor. I don't remember what started the conflict.
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In another, which took place in the house where I grew up as well as Manhattan, I was on a jury, but we were all sequestered in my parents' home.
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I have heard nothing about this biopsy on Monday, so I don't know any of the following:
1. where it's being given
2. a time
3. what prep us required, if any
4. if it's still on
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I've also not yet heard from the NY Dept of Labor about my unemployment.
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Last night we watched Sir Peter Hall's 1985 Glyndebourne production of Carmen, with the then-Mrs Peter Hall, Maria Ewing, as Carmen. It remains my favorite production on video. It was clearly not filmed live onstage, because the blocking onstage would be a disaster in the crowd scenes, but the cast is quite good and actually age-appropriate. The standard opéra-comique version is performed with spoken dialogue instead of the recitatives composed by Guiraud after Bizet's death, which I prefer; it provides more information to the audience. It also proves the intention of the writers was to keep the first act rather light, like a musical, and tighten the screws. Up until Don Jose's entrance in Act Two, this could be a musical comedy about a soldier, his hometown girl, and a vamp, but by the end of Act Two, things get darker, and the young man goes to hell, his homrtown girl is deserted, and his sexual obsession for the vam takes over. There's less spoken dialogue in Act Three, and only one brief scene - cut in the standard opera house edition - in Act Four.
Here's her Habanera from the production and you can see this would never work onstage with her moving in and out of the crowd:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEe_404iMpU
and the Seguidilla:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMZX5-URqYU
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Kitty cleanup is over and the bed is made. I've got the recyclables to go to the basement and yesterday's mail to pick up. I need to call Suad since I have not yet heard from the NY Dept of Labor.
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Good morning, all.
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I would rather be asleep.
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Perchance, to dream.
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Good morning, all.
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Finding information vibes for DR ELMORE.
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Seriously!
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I was looking for some NCAA games and couldn't find them.....I kept looking on ESPN 1 & 2, the network feeds, and Fox Sports....
I finally found a lot of them.....they are being played on TBS and TNT. This includes the IOWA game Saturday night at 6:30 p.m.
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I appreciate DR Elmore's continuing commentary on Carmen.
I will be watching those excerpts later.
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DR TCB that photo was Debbie Watson & Gil Peterson....stars of The Cool Ones.... Debbie was TV's "Karen" and "Tammy".....Gil was in this movie and a couple of other things.....
Reviews were bad....Roddy McDowell plays a lady killer modeled on Phil Specter.....lots of music including "The Tantrum."
Available for awhile on TCM ONDemand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWjCvchFBY0
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Off to get my second shot.
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Connecticut opened the vaccinations up to ages 45-54 starting this morning, and it's a sh*tsh*w because apparently there are several people in that age range living in the state. Who knew? Everything was log-jammed right at 8:00 am with everyone trying to get in through the phone lines and the VAMS database. Kristi will be trying through the day, and likely through the next couple of days, to get herself and Nathan in.
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Here's the English National Opera's Eurotrash version of Acts One and Two of Carmen, pointing up - I guess - its contemporary relevance. Oy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm9RM1fk1jE
It's about this . . . car.
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I appreciate DR Elmore's continuing commentary on Carmen.
DITTO!
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Had a crappy night of sleep. I tossed and turned most of the night, because for whatever reasons, none of my usual methods of getting sleepy enough was working. I even tried the TV, my last resort. TCM was playing Breakfast at Tiffany's, which at some point did the job because I woke up hearing them talking about it afterwards. Then Swing Time was on, and I fell asleep a little ways into that. Then, awake again, they were about to start Stagecoach and by then I felt I could say the HELL with it and I turned the TV off and went to sleep --- for maybe two hours. At around 4:45 am I was getting up to pee, then laid there for nearly a hour till I apparently dozed off because the weird dreams, none of which are clear now, commenced. A midday nap would be most welcome. I shall try to take one later.
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There is still some good in the world!
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PAGE TWO SLEEPY DANCE.
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There is still some good in the world!
I remember Burger Chef from the late ‘60s. It was not my favorite.
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TOD
DVD: Searching for Bobby Fischer
The World of Henry Orient
Shakespeare Wallah
I need to get stuff back to the library.
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There is still some good in the world!
I remember Burger Chef from the late ‘60s. It was not my favorite.
I do, too, in Florida -- along with Burger Castle and Red Barn, all of these extinct. No idea which among them I liked better.
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Such wonderful signage, though.
If I saw that by the side of the road right now, I'd be turning in.
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In Minnesota, there are still a few Happy Chefs.
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I iz vaccinized!
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Thrilled for you, DR Jrand70!
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DR CHAS SMITH you didn't stay up late enough to see Denny Miller and Joanna Barnes in TARZAN THE APE MAN......
I have to say that I lost a lot of my admiration and respect that I had for Alisha Malone after listening to her SJW crap after THE SEARCHERS. She is no longer in my good graces and I will not be listening to anything she says in her intros anymore......MUTE BUTTON.
I am sure she is heart broken about it.
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Congratulations, DR Jrand70!
ONE OF US! ONE OF US!
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DR CHAS SMITH you didn't stay up late enough to see Denny Miller and Joanna Barnes in TARZAN THE APE MAN......
I have to say that I lost a lot of my admiration and respect that I had for Alisha Malone after listening to her SJW crap after THE SEARCHERS. She is no longer in my good graces and I will not be listening to anything she says in her intros anymore......MUTE BUTTON.
I am sure she is heart broken about it.
Haven't heard that one. Thanks for the warning.
I would never object to a quick acknowledgment of these issues, made along with any other observations about a movie. But I think they're jumping the shark. Not just TCM, of course. Everyone.
The little bit I heard about Breakfast at Tiffany's...I thought it would go on forever. MUTE.
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Thrilled for you, DR Jrand70!
And nice picture!
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Vixmom, the founder of Texas Roadhouse has died. There was a rather amazing detail in the story, he gave up his salary and bonuses for 1
P months or so during the pandemic. Don’t know of any other CEOs who did likewise.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/03/19/texas-roadhouse-ceo-kent-taylor-has-died/4762386001/
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From DR TCB
I wish you were still watching, maybe you could explain episodes 7, 8, and 9 to me.
LOL, I can't explain the two episodes we watched to you.
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From DR George
At the top of every screen next to your avatar, it shows "Total time logged in:" the total amount of time that you've been logged into HHW. Mine's so high because I log in when I'm at work and I just stay logged in during the day. :)
256 days, 21 hours and 4 minutes.
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DR George because I am spending less time on the computer and posting less, it won't be long before you pass my total number of posts.
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From DR George
BK is actually 9th on the list, and former DR Jose is still in the top 10 at #10.
As for top posts, DR Jose is still the 7th top poster.
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DR Matt H is still the 10th top poster :o
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I iz vaccinized!
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Congratulations!
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Vibes for a mild reaction!
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Vixmom, the founder of Texas Roadhouse has died. There was a rather amazing detail in the story, he gave up his salary and bonuses for 1
P months or so during the pandemic. Don’t know of any other CEOs who did likewise.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/03/19/texas-roadhouse-ceo-kent-taylor-has-died/4762386001/
This is sad. I remember reading about his generosity during the pandemic.
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Thank you DR JANE and DR JOHN G and DR CHAS SMITH.
So far - so good.
Yes DR CHAS SMITH even the easygoing Ben Mankiewicz seemed a bit nonplussed by Alisha's tirade......
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Jeezus H Crap! For this goddamned biopsy on Monday, I was just informed by Northwell Health, I have a copay of $295.00. Why the fuck am I paying premium Medicare?
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Jeezus H Crap! For this goddamned biopsy on Monday, I was just informed by Northwell Health, I have a copay of $295.00. Why the fuck am I paying premium Medicare?
Sounds like my health insurance.
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My sister has been bingeing on TCM with Mom. They watched National Velvet and Midsummer’s Night’s Dream this week.
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My sister has been bingeing on TCM with Mom. They watched National Velvet and Midsummer’s Night’s Dream this week.
That's nice. Has your sister been staying with her?
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Yes. Since I left. Mom can’t be by herself really anymore.
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Is it difficult for your sister to be away from her home?
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It is and isn’t. While covid continues, she can work anywhere.
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Onward
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Three!
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It is and isn’t. While covid continues, she can work anywhere.
Did she also take pets with her?
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I'm up, I'm up - almost eight hours of weird sleep.
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71%!!! The other page says 72 and to show you how wonky the percentage going up gets at the end we had $170 in contributions this morning and that should have taken us up at least three percent - we were at 69 last night, so 72 is correct on that other page but not on the home page.
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Good Afternoon. Another busy day here with sorta nothing to report except busy-ness.
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Math is hard.
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I iz vaccinized!
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Congrats, Jrand!!
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I have to be at Manhattan Eye, Ear & Throat Hospital on Monday at 10:30 for the 12:30 biopsy. I'll be home around 4:00, I hope. To add insult to injury, since no one has bothered to tell me on the past two weeks, I need to get a Covid test tomorrow between 8:00 and noon at Lenox Hill, where I had my surgery last June.
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I now wait for Dr Yumani's office to call me back. They called while I was on the phone with the hospital.
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Here's the English National Opera's Eurotrash version of Acts One and Two of Carmen, pointing up - I guess - its contemporary relevance. Oy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm9RM1fk1jE
It's about this . . . car.
There's also Matthew Bourne's ballet version called The Car Man (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxOfxBA7TCk).
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That lead me to this video: Bernard Herrmann's Music used in Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes with slideshow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7KIs-xEVkc). It's just a slideshow (one slide for each "movement") of Matthew Bourne's version of The Red Shoes, but it's all Bernard Herrmann's music. :)
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Here's the English National Opera's Eurotrash version of Acts One and Two of Carmen, pointing up - I guess - its contemporary relevance. Oy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm9RM1fk1jE
It's about this . . . car.
There's also Matthew Bourne's ballet version called The Car Man (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxOfxBA7TCk).
I've seen The Car Man. Matthew Bourne has talent. I don't think anyone involved with this Carmen does.
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I loved Bourne's The Red Shoes - I believe it's coming up to stream.
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New perks are up, including one great investment opportunity - it will seem pricey, but I've priced it at less than 50% of the cheapest available on eBay - it's an original cel from Miyazaki's Kiki's Delivery Service, my favorite of all the Miyazaki films. These have gone into the stratosphere, value-wise and range on eBay from just over 2K all the way up to over 6K and NONE are as good as mine, which features not only an incredible image of Kiki herself, but also JoJo the cat. In perfect condition. More souvenir programs are up and this batch includes the original productions of Follies and Li'l Abner, and then a minty fresh boxed set of 78s for South Pacific, which was they way it was originally released.
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If anyone's interested, Gutenberg! The Musical! (https://youtu.be/7n0spcS3sY4) is streaming through the weekend. It started yesterday. :)
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I've heard he was a moveable type.
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~~~VACCINE SCHEDULING VIBES~~~ for Kristin and Nathan!
It's a jungle out there.
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73%!!! That's on the home page - on the perks report page we're at 74%. I suspect that page is rounding up to the next point because it's that close, but the home page doesn't round up until it actually hits, whether that's five bucks or whatever.
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I dropped a few more centavos. Onward and upward...
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~~~VACCINE SCHEDULING VIBES~~~ for Kristin and Nathan!
It's a jungle out there.
Ditto on the vibes.
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74%!!! That's what I'M talkin' about. Good perks, too. Good day so far. Eating Chinese food - a bit bland but okay - and then I'll pick up an operetta whenever it arrives.
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It is and isn’t. While covid continues, she can work anywhere.
Did she also take pets with her?
Neither dog nor husband.
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Some nice additions to the perks.
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It is and isn’t. While covid continues, she can work anywhere.
Did she also take pets with her?
Neither dog nor husband.
Maybe a cat or a bird ;)
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So, I asked Dr Yumani's assistant to call me back in 15 minutes, and she called me back in 90, around 4:45. She said she would email me the form I needed for tomorrow's Covid text. Well, the office has closed, and there's been no email. I called back and got a "we're closed till Monday but press 1 for an emergency." So I left a message with a service. I may not have a biopsy on monday, thanks to these idiots.
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74%!!! That's what I'M talkin' about. Good perks, too. Good day so far. Eating Chinese food - a bit bland but okay - and then I'll pick up an operetta whenever it arrives.
That's fantastic!
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So, they outlined the return to the office today and, well, it sounds like a nightmare. There will be no meetings in person, which is why I’m a little confused as to why ee would return. People who want to stay at home can do so for the beginning.
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People who go back cannot bring their own hand sanitizer with them, no personal items to place in their work space. They must wear a mask at all times except when seated at a desk undisturbed. If some comes over to talk to you, it’s mask time.
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If you return to the office, you will have to be tested for covid every eight days.
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No. I don’t want to do it.
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Four!
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Holy moley, DR John G.
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I will ask my diabetes doctor for a recommendation to continue working from home.
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That is terrible, DR elmore3003.
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And holy [something else], DR Elmore.
What are they smoking in that doctor's office?
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Neither dog nor husband.
And not necessarily in that order.
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There will be no meetings in person, which is why I’m a little confused as to why we would return.
You've got THAT right!
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Holy moley, DR John G.
Is moley holy? Truly sanctified? In this case, indubitably.
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I like my moley not holey. If you know what I mean.
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Last night we watched Sir Peter Hall's 1985 Glyndebourne production of Carmen, with the then-Mrs Peter Hall, Maria Ewing, as Carmen. It remains my favorite production on video. It was clearly not filmed live onstage, because the blocking onstage would be a disaster in the crowd scenes, but the cast is quite good and actually age-appropriate. The standard opéra-comique version is performed with spoken dialogue instead of the recitatives composed by Guiraud after Bizet's death, which I prefer; it provides more information to the audience. It also proves the intention of the writers was to keep the first act rather light, like a musical, and tighten the screws. Up until Don Jose's entrance in Act Two, this could be a musical comedy about a soldier, his hometown girl, and a vamp, but by the end of Act Two, things get darker, and the young man goes to hell, his homrtown girl is deserted, and his sexual obsession for the vam takes over. There's less spoken dialogue in Act Three, and only one brief scene - cut in the standard opera house edition - in Act Four.
Here's her Habanera from the production and you can see this would never work onstage with her moving in and out of the crowd:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEe_404iMpU
and the Seguidilla:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMZX5-URqYU
I just came across this clip from a later production of Carmen starring Maria Ewing. Here she is singing another Seguidilla (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd4OdtK13IA).
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Gratuitous Post #100!
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I love potatoes gratuitous.
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I love potatoes gratuitous.
I was wondering if taters could ever be considered gratuitous.
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Not by me.
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It's so weird how the common wisdom is that people with diabetes can't eat white potatoes, while other prominent doctors say that it's fine.
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Oral Roberts just beat Ohio State......that WAS a miracle.
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The emergency call got to Dr Yumani and he called me back around 5:30. I threw a real bitch over the whole mess, and he admitted his office really dropped the ball. Then he told me that I could have the Covid test tomorrow without the form since my test order should be in the lab's computer! All that stress for nothing.
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Someone on an Indy theatre Facebook page told everyone to name a song from BYE BYE, BIRDIE!
Some genius wrote: "I Enjoy Being A Girl." I replied "That's from 'Flower Drum Song.'" And he admitted yes, yes it is.
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It's now around 90 minutes since she said she was emailing me and it still hasn't shown up. I don't care now.
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Someone on an Indy theatre Facebook page told everyone to name a song from BYE BYE, BIRDIE!
Some genius wrote: "I Enjoy Being A Girl." I replied "That's from 'Flower Drum Song.'" And he admitted yes, yes it is.
But can't it be from both?
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That got me thinking about putting songs from Broadway shows into OTHER Broadway shows - for character or for enjoyment.
I call the game Change That Song!
"Love Look Away" from 'Flower Drum Song' becomes a song for the Baroness to sing in 'The Sound of Music' after Maria comes back to the Von Trapp villa.
"Oom Pah Pah" from 'Oliver!' is sung at the 4th of July celebration in 'The Music Man' in place of "Shi-Poopi!'
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Just had the first central air guy come by to give me a bid. Very thorough. And the price was just about what I thought it would be.
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Yes it could DR JOHN G.
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So, the next one is coming by Monday. I'm going to try to set up someone for Tuesday or the weekend.
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Back from picking up one package, which contained something by someone named Offenbach called Maitre Peronilla. I'll play it shortly. I love that Offenbach got his name into a Li'l Abner lyric - "Don't you take that rag Offen that Bach."
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No. I don’t want to do it.
LOL I would think not.
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People who go back cannot bring their own hand sanitizer with them, no personal items to place in their work space. They must wear a mask at all times except when seated at a desk undisturbed. If some comes over to talk to you, it’s mask time.
I am rather sensitive to most hand sanitizer and would be unhappy if I couldn't use my own. Odd too that you can't carry it with you as long as you take it home at night.
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I will ask my diabetes doctor for a recommendation to continue working from home.
Excellent idea.
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It's so weird how the common wisdom is that people with diabetes can't eat white potatoes, while other prominent doctors say that it's fine.
That is interesting.
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I have something like this (from Purell) that I attached to a carbine before clipping it to my jeans or belt. I refill the bottle with Germ-X since I don't like Purell unless it is the foam kind.
(https://api.asicentral.com/v1/media/32274313?size=large)
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Hello, everyone.
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Today was Needle Day (acupuncture), then I had my glasses adjusted. I'm trying out a new optometrist. He's an older man and seems quite nice. I can't have new glasses made until after the ophthalmologist does his little procedure on me and that probably won't be until sometime in the summer. So many delays because of Covid!
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Congrats to Jrand on his new status!
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Summer seems a long time to wait, but then I have been waiting two years for new glasses.
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Biopsy vibes to DR Elmore.
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Summer seems a long time to wait, but then I have been waiting two years for new glasses.
I've been trying to get a consultation with this ophthalmologist for two years. I now have an appointment in May, but then there'll be another wait for the procedure.
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The first year was my decision to wait as I mostly wore my contacts. Waiting was a big mistake.
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Summer seems a long time to wait, but then I have been waiting two years for new glasses.
I've been trying to get a consultation with this ophthalmologist for two years. I now have an appointment in May, but then there'll be another wait for the procedure.
Wow. I hope nothing prevents you from keeping the appointment in May.
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Nothing happens quickly.
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Summer seems a long time to wait, but then I have been waiting two years for new glasses.
I've been trying to get a consultation with this ophthalmologist for two years. I now have an appointment in May, but then there'll be another wait for the procedure.
Wow. I hope nothing prevents you from keeping the appointment in May.
Exactly.
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Nothing happens quickly.
True.
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I wish I had something positive to report, but I've just been trying to take care of various appointments and errands.
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Jane, have you booked your trip to Chicago yet?
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I've been watching an old BBC series called IN DEEP, about a pair of undercover officers. It's not bad.
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Chinese food is finished - I ordered the "small" versions of two dishes - orange chicken and cashew chicken - both were good but not great. It hit the spot, however. I am very full - didn't finish either but ate most of both, figuring that parsing it out it would have been one for lunch, one for dinner.
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Now listening to Offenbach and hoping we get to 75% today.
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I don't know if it's just me or filming limitations due to Covid, but I've been having more trouble than usual finding shows of interest to me.
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Chinese food is finished - I ordered the "small" versions of two dishes - orange chicken and cashew chicken - both were good but not great. It hit the spot, however. I am very full - didn't finish either but ate most of both, figuring that parsing it out it would have been one for lunch, one for dinner.
Have you found a Chinese restaurant in the Valley that you're usually happy with or are they just pretty good?
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I wish more eateries offered a small portion.
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Good weekend vibes to everyone.
TTFN.
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People who go back cannot bring their own hand sanitizer with them, no personal items to place in their work space. They must wear a mask at all times except when seated at a desk undisturbed. If some comes over to talk to you, it’s mask time.
I am rather sensitive to most hand sanitizer and would be unhappy if I couldn't use my own. Odd too that you can't carry it with you as long as you take it home at night.
My thoughts are that it’s really a big bottle of alcohol. And they don’t really want that.
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Jane, have you booked your trip to Chicago yet?
We have. We will have eight nights there. I hope the weather is nice so we can take Freyja for walks and to the park.
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The work of the artist will be here when everything else is gone.
Great quote from John Lewis at the end of the extras in Good Trouble
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I don't know if it's just me or filming limitations due to Covid, but I've been having more trouble than usual finding shows of interest to me.
The only one we are watching is Resident Alien. I don't think it is your cup of tea though I believe DR George might like it.
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People who go back cannot bring their own hand sanitizer with them, no personal items to place in their work space. They must wear a mask at all times except when seated at a desk undisturbed. If some comes over to talk to you, it’s mask time.
I am rather sensitive to most hand sanitizer and would be unhappy if I couldn't use my own. Odd too that you can't carry it with you as long as you take it home at night.
My thoughts are that it’s really a big bottle of alcohol. And they don’t really want that.
That sounds to me more like what they would provide in the office.
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Had another fine salad tonight with lettuce from the back yard. I wonder how long it will last. It will certainly get too hot soon, though today was relatively cool. Not more than 70 degrees.
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Starting to watch The World of Henry Orient. I used to love this movie as a kid.
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Biopsy vibes to DR Elmore.
Indeed!
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I'm trying out a new optometrist.
Is his name Paul?
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I'm trying out a new optometrist.
Is his name Paul?
Ha
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Now listening to Offenbach
Victor Borge used to joke about the two Bachs: J.S., and Off'n....
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And that took us to SIX.
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Tonight, we watched Liza in Stepping Out, which I'd never seen.
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Good night, friends.
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Tonight, we watched Liza in Stepping Out, which I'd never seen.
Not a great movie, by any stretch of the imagination, but I really enjoyed it.
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I watched the new Borat movie. I chuckled a couple of times, never at him - the girl is really excellent, but an Oscar nomination is completely wacky to me - it should have been the young girl from News of the World. But she's the only reason to watch the Borat movie. I don't find him amusing at all, and his comedy rather than being funny gross is, for me, merely gross.
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I watched the new Borat movie. I chuckled a couple of times, never at him - the girl is really excellent, but an Oscar nomination is completely wacky to me - it should have been the young girl from News of the World. But she's the only reason to watch the Borat movie. I don't find him amusing at all, and his comedy rather than being funny gross is, for me, merely gross.
I can't even take a preview of Borat.
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The World of Henry Orient was a wonderful work of its time, with some nifty performances. It could never get made today.
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I'm going to watch a little of Shakespeare Wallah tonight. One of the previews was for King of Hearts. I know I have the musical someplace on vinyl and I know that I saw the movie as a teenager, but I have next to no memory of it.
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The World of Henry Orient was a wonderful work of its time, with some nifty performances. It could never get made today.
Can you even imagine the outcry if they made Henry Orient today, starting with his name? Too bad, too.
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Listening to some jazz covers of shows - really fun stuff. Can't get enough, really.
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Already ordered food for tomorrow - got two 40% off coupons from Uber Eats so ordered my beloved Chinese chicken salad from Stanley's - will arrive at four, as I have a very busy afternoon before that.
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Today was Needle Day (acupuncture), then I had my glasses adjusted. I'm trying out a new optometrist. He's an older man and seems quite nice. I can't have new glasses made until after the ophthalmologist does his little procedure on me and that probably won't be until sometime in the summer. So many delays because of Covid!
LOL! I thought you wrote that you were trying to out the new optometrist. I think you should leave that decision up to him.
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Nothing happens quickly.
You’ve got that right.
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I watched the new Borat movie. I chuckled a couple of times, never at him - the girl is really excellent, but an Oscar nomination is completely wacky to me - it should have been the young girl from News of the World. But she's the only reason to watch the Borat movie. I don't find him amusing at all, and his comedy rather than being funny gross is, for me, merely gross.
And yet, he and the movie won Golden Goobes.
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Listening to some jazz covers of shows - really fun stuff. Can't get enough, really.
BK, have you heard the Oscar With Love” CD’s?
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I’m glad we aren’t short on posts this evening.
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I would love a big lobster tail with some melted butter. Yummy!
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I don’t know where that came from all of a sudden.
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I suppose it is better than a bag of Milky Ways.
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Tonight I watched FINIAN’S RAINBOW.
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It wasn’t as wonderful as I remembered.
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Still, I enjoyed it.
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I used to think that Don Franck’s was a real hottie.
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Not so much, anymore.
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What are the Oscar with love CDs? Oscar Peterson?
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But Petula is still delightful.
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I don't know if it's just me or filming limitations due to Covid, but I've been having more trouble than usual finding shows of interest to me.
The only one we are watching is Resident Alien. I don't think it is your cup of tea though I believe DR George might like it.
I've been watching it, and I do like it. :)
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And I even like Tommy Steele, but he was better in SINGING IN THE RAIN.
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One more post.