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Title: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 04, 2025, 12:37:59 AM
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were Ionesco-like, and now it is time for you to post until the surreal cows come home.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 04, 2025, 12:39:41 AM
And the word of the day is: GALVANIZE!
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Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 03:30:21 AM
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Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 03:33:03 AM
And look what showed up in my Kindle app!!  Here's a screen shot of the beginning of chapter two from my tablet:
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Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 03:34:20 AM
Congrats on it actually being released, Larry!! :D
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Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 04:13:18 AM
I found it!  The original (but unapproved) cover art for Believe that I had rescanned more than 20 years ago!:
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 04, 2025, 04:13:33 AM
Good morning, all
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 04, 2025, 04:15:04 AM
Congrats on it actually being released, Larry!! :D

DR George, this was quite a surprise! I'm happy to see how well the artwork turned out./
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 04:16:25 AM
And just to compare, here's what was actually released:

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91d+LrzT-DL._SL1420_.jpg)
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 04:17:34 AM
Congrats on it actually being released, Larry!! :D

DR George, this was quite a surprise! I'm happy to see how well the artwork turned out./

It's all quite delightful!  I can't wait to read it...but I must!  I need to finish BK's book first! :)
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on August 04, 2025, 04:18:26 AM
I slept rather well, which I was unsure of since my legs by 5:00 yesterday afternoon were shot to hell. After I got the cats' dinners, I called my doctor and cancelled today's appointment. I was in no shape - or mood - to push a walker around Fifth Avenuied and 98th Street in agonizing pain. After I reschedule the appointment this morning, I plan on taking it very easy.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on August 04, 2025, 04:19:27 AM
Congrats on it actually being released, Larry!! :D

DR George, this was quite a surprise! I'm happy to see how well the artwork turned out./

It's all quite delightful!  I can't wait to read it...but I must!  I need to finish BK's book first! :)

Yes, indeed, you do! What are you doing up so late?
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 04, 2025, 04:21:23 AM
And just to compare, here's what was actually released:

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91d+LrzT-DL._SL1420_.jpg)

I've never had this, and I need to get it.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 04:54:30 AM
Congrats on it actually being released, Larry!! :D

DR George, this was quite a surprise! I'm happy to see how well the artwork turned out./

It's all quite delightful!  I can't wait to read it...but I must!  I need to finish BK's book first! :)

Yes, indeed, you do! What are you doing up so late?

I was asleep for a while, and then I woke up. ::) Now, I need to get back to sleep.

Have a good day, all!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: singdaw on August 04, 2025, 04:58:14 AM
Good morning, friends.
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Post by: singdaw on August 04, 2025, 04:58:23 AM
And others.
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Post by: singdaw on August 04, 2025, 05:00:14 AM
Larry, couldn't be more proud. Congratulations!!
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Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 05:04:36 AM
Good morning, all.
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Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 05:05:07 AM
I ordered my copy of Annabelle and Thatch this morning.
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Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 05:06:07 AM
Elmore, you should post a link to the Amazon page on the Forgotten Musicals page.
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Post by: elmore3003 on August 04, 2025, 05:06:07 AM
This is so true!  :D
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Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 05:12:39 AM
Elmore, you should post a link to the Amazon page on the Forgotten Musicals page.


Also on castrecl, or maybe someone else will post it on castrecl congratulating you on the book's release.


Is the publisher a castrecl list member, maybe?
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 05:18:29 AM
It might even get some back and forth going on castrecl, since you're such a regular and beloved poster on castrecl, so I'd bet once it's posted about, people will chime in to wish you well.


 
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 05:21:28 AM
(Since BK's book is also so on-topic for castrecl, that could be useful there, too - once the consolidation of the amazon pages shows up.)
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 05:22:59 AM
though I guess BK is more of a regular poster on Facebook these days than castrecl. 
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 05:25:09 AM
Larry, do you know Darrel Karl or Kerr Lockhart?  They seem to be people in castrecl who are known for spreading word in new releases.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 05:40:17 AM
It really feels like there's a potential animated musical in ANNABELLE AND THATCH, from skimming it so far.  Or even a stage musical:  Forget the new CATS revival!  This is what cats are really thinking, LOL.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 05:45:13 AM
BK, regarding what you asked yesterday, I'm terrible - especially as I've gotten to silver citizen age territory - about sitting down and reading an entire book.  I'd bet Skip will read the whole book, once we get it in paper form!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on August 04, 2025, 05:54:07 AM
I ordered my copy of Annabelle and Thatch this morning.

Thanks, DR John G!  I ordered one for myself. I haven't seen anything since the galleys, and I want to see how the blurbs, which were not yet written when the galleys were printed, and redone illustrations came out.
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Post by: Ginny on August 04, 2025, 06:05:21 AM
Monday morning greetings!  The only thing on my calendar this week is my Friday cardiologist appointment.  Isn’t life exciting?
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 04, 2025, 06:07:52 AM
Good morning, all.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: singdaw on August 04, 2025, 06:10:48 AM
PAGE TWO!!
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Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 06:12:14 AM
John Stamos sang "King Herod's Song" for one night only Friday August 1 at the Hollywood Bowl
At 2:19 here
“Pilate and Christ”/“King Herod’s Song” - Raul Esparza, Cynthia Erivo, John Stamos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFjBV470KXs


John Stamos suddenly stepped into the role because Josh Gad had Covid.  Josh Gad was there on Saturday and Sunday

Here's Josh Gad on Saturday August 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QavxI0Jnc8
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: ChasSmith on August 04, 2025, 06:13:21 AM
Dead tired this morning, as expected, but the first coffee is perking (see what I did there?) me up.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: ChasSmith on August 04, 2025, 06:14:33 AM
There's a new book in my Kindle app this morning!

That's two new HHW Kindle books in the span of a week. Amazing, no?
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: ChasSmith on August 04, 2025, 06:18:09 AM
I was about to say I should watch that To Olivia movie in spite of the sauce, but on re-reading BK's notes, I think not. I do still need to watch The Patricia Neal Story which - the only time I saw it was by chance when I was en route to God knows where and I found it on the motel TV. At least that's my memory of it, which is pretty vague, so who knows, but that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 06:21:02 AM
Amazon somehow is saying it can deliver the paperback "Richard and Me" to me by Wednesday. 

Does that sound possible?
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 04, 2025, 06:54:43 AM
I was always enchanted by Patricia Neal, probably since seeing The Day the Earth Stood Still as a kid. That voice, that face.

Fast forward to 2016 or 2017. I was playing or attending something at The Gary-The Olivia Theater on the grounds of the Abbey at Regina Laudis. The show's director brought this woman over to introduce her to me. It was a friend, Tessa Dahl, who was visiting that week. I was stunned. I'm sure my jaw was resting comfortably on the floor as we stood there and talked. It was like looking into the face of, and hearing, Patricia Neal. Patricia Neal was standing there talking to me, as outgoing and friendly as could be. It was the most intense such resemblance to someone that I've ever experienced. I really didn't want it to end, but she was hustled out shortly thereafter.

The original connection to the place was that (Mother) Dolores Hart, with the help of her friend Patricia Neal, started that theater (also note its name), and Hart was probably there that evening. Oh wait, that was probably her own 50th anniversary celebration at the Abbey, and why Tessa would have made a point of being there. I miss that place. The couple who had directed the shows there moved to the west coast shortly before Covid, then the place closed to the public because of the pandemic and I don't think they've yet found anyone who can get it going again. Must check on that. I loved doing a few things there, and being around Hart and the others there in the summers (it's a lovely open-air theeder).

Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 07:02:08 AM
Monday morning greetings!  The only thing on my calendar this week is my Friday cardiologist appointment.  Isn’t life exciting?

Yes. Indeed. Hope all goes well.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 07:04:39 AM
A favorite Patricia Neal movie was Robert Altman's Cookie's Fortune. Sadly I don't own a copy which is selling for beaucoup bucks, even used.

Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 07:06:09 AM
Reading The River Is Waiting. It's long and it's tough going, but I do like Wally Lamb's writing.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: ChasSmith on August 04, 2025, 07:06:42 AM
Monday morning greetings!  The only thing on my calendar this week is my Friday cardiologist appointment.  Isn’t life exciting?

My only thing this week is my Thursday dermatologist appointment. Do we know how to party, or what?

Have a good one, DR Ginny!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on August 04, 2025, 07:08:35 AM
Monday.....
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Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 07:08:59 AM
Monday morning greetings!  The only thing on my calendar this week is my Friday cardiologist appointment.  Isn’t life exciting?

Sending more health vibes, Ginny!

Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on August 04, 2025, 07:12:18 AM
I bought my first computer by mail.....it was an off brand....B I G clunky monitor and a B I G  box of works.....and a crazy dot matrix printer....oh no wait...

MY FIRST computer was a Tandy that actually worked very well. I did not get on the inner web with it....

But with my second computer - I bought a disc for $99 and I had a separate phone line put in....and walla! I was on the web.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on August 04, 2025, 07:14:36 AM
I am watching the show at the link DR GEORGE posted last night.

Most entertaining.
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Post by: Jrand74 on August 04, 2025, 07:15:00 AM
Perhaps I will reach my millstone today.....TWT.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 04, 2025, 07:23:40 AM
First computer:

Commodore 128 (128k of RAM!) and 5" floppy disk drive. My old 9" Gold Star TV served as the monitor.

It was the fall of 1985. I'd just been exposed to the Apple IIc we had at work, on which I learned the basics of VisiCalc, their first spreadsheet program. I loved that, and decided I should have a computer at home. A coworker knew a lot about both the Apple and Commodore lines, and I eventually decided on the latter for my "system".

I soon added a printer and then a modem - 300 baud at first, but I quickly moved into the fast lane with a 1200. First online experiences were the BBS for the computer club I was in, a few other BBS's, followed by QuantumLink - the beginnings of America Online which was only for Commodore computers at that time. How special! And you could actually TALK TO PEOPLE on that. Imagine! Heady days, those.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 07:30:40 AM
Since I was a co-major in computer science in college, I was using the school's computers to do programming as far back as the late 1970s.

And quite a lot of my work in the 1980s already involved computer owned by my employers.

My own first computer in the home environment (as opposed to when I used Skip's computer) was a Mac around the mid-1990s.  My first memory (besides email) of using the internet was Saturday Review Online.

Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Rodzinski on August 04, 2025, 07:56:38 AM
Cool Neal story, Chas!
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Post by: Ginny on August 04, 2025, 08:14:40 AM
Monday morning greetings!  The only thing on my calendar this week is my Friday cardiologist appointment.  Isn’t life exciting?

My only thing this week is my Thursday dermatologist appointment. Do we know how to party, or what?

Have a good one, DR Ginny!

Thank you, DR ChasSmith.  Same to you!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Ginny on August 04, 2025, 08:15:51 AM
Monday morning greetings!  The only thing on my calendar this week is my Friday cardiologist appointment.  Isn’t life exciting?

Sending more health vibes, Ginny!



Thank you, DR Freddie!  I decided last night that being tired all the time is really boring.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on August 04, 2025, 08:43:17 AM
My first computer, an iMac, was given to me by the late Tams-Witmark librarian Dale Kugel. John McGlinn had broughgt me onto the Packard Humanities Institute project, I needed a computer, and Dale offered me his since he was getting a new one. So, I was given an aging iMac with Finale already installed, and for a birthday gift about six months early, Dale gave me a year's service from a now-defunct company, Mac Mechanix, which was run by an actor, John Greenleaf. He remained my Mac man for years, until he moved to Los Angeles around 2015.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 04, 2025, 08:43:47 AM
I'm up, I'm up - six hours of sleep.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 04, 2025, 08:44:31 AM
My first computer, which Varese bought me, was a Compaq Presario. Oy and vey is all I'll say.
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Post by: bk on August 04, 2025, 08:44:59 AM
But that wasn't my first experience with the Internet - that was Web TV.
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Post by: bk on August 04, 2025, 08:45:30 AM
Benjamin Kritzer was written on my first laptop - a Dell, which I subsequently stomped to death.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 04, 2025, 08:46:09 AM
Haven't heard from my gal at the publishers, but hopefully she's spoken to the person who handles Amazon.
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Post by: bk on August 04, 2025, 08:46:29 AM
Freddie, yes if they say Wednesday it's Wednesday.
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Post by: bk on August 04, 2025, 08:51:13 AM
Just ordered elmore's book and mine own in softcover - mine comes on Wednesday, the other on Thursday.
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Post by: Ginny on August 04, 2025, 08:52:26 AM
Monday morning greetings!  The only thing on my calendar this week is my Friday cardiologist appointment.  Isn’t life exciting?

Yes. Indeed. Hope all goes well.

Thank you, DR John G!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 08:57:52 AM
Freddie, yes if they say Wednesday it's Wednesday.

That sounds really efficient!
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Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 08:58:37 AM
PAGE THREE
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Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 09:03:12 AM
Not to brag, but Barbara Eden is now my friend. At least on Facebook.
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Post by: ChasSmith on August 04, 2025, 09:03:41 AM
TOD, cont'd.

A year or so after I'd been dabbling in the Commodore world, our company began using PCs. I don't remember if there was a particular brand, but it wasn't IBM or Compaq. I believe they were 286's with two floppies and a (gasp) 20MB hard drive, and in those days it definitely behooved one to learn the basics of installing software, etc. From there they went to 386 and 486 machines.

When our first Costco opened in 1993, I decided I couldn't resist getting my first ever PC for home, and that was a Packard Bell 386, with a VCA color monitor, my first of those. Monitor was definitely lower-res than it should have been, but I was happy with it for a while.

From there, I had one or two other PCs "custom"-built by those stores that popped up in shopping centers and strip malls. They were good value for the money in comparison with the name brands, for sure, but I eventually moved into a Gateway, which by then might have been running Windows 95 and then 98. The housemates went for Dell, which seemed good. That lasted quite a while, and when it began nearing its end of life, I went to laptops, the first of which was a huge, very heavy HP. Then there was a Toshiba, and the old one I still have is an HP that's a dozen or more years old and is still cautiously running Windows 7 (I run Malwarebytes on it to be safe, but I also keep it offline except for brief moments).
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 09:04:38 AM
Not to brag, but Barbara Eden is now my friend. At least on Facebook.


:)


Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: ChasSmith on August 04, 2025, 09:06:51 AM
I never had a Mac until I decided in 2018 that I needed to be a MainStage user, and I got an Apple-refurbished 2015 MacBook Pro which is the laptop I'm typing on as we speak. It was a good period for those, and the ones of that vintage (and even earlier) are still valued and used by a lot of musicians.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 09:20:33 AM
DR Chas, I enjoyed reading about your perfect concert.
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Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 09:21:15 AM
Wordle 1,507 4/6

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Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 09:23:04 AM
And just to compare, here's what was actually released:

(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91d+LrzT-DL._SL1420_.jpg)

I like this one the best.
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Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 09:24:54 AM
Monday morning greetings!  The only thing on my calendar this week is my Friday cardiologist appointment.  Isn’t life exciting?

Vibes your appointment goes well.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 09:27:37 AM
Reading The River Is Waiting. It's long and it's tough going, but I do like Wally Lamb's writing.

Reading the blurb it looks like a tough one.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 04, 2025, 09:28:04 AM
I shudder when I look at that cover - it's just horrible and so is the album. It is an embarrassment to me, something I worked very hard on (not that you'd know it, since the jerk who mixed it took producer credit, if I recall. Leaving half the orchestra tracks off because he "couldn't find them" - so you have half an orchestration. Using full takes of vocals instead of comping the best of each take (which is time consuming and hard work - something the jerk wasn't known for) - I so hope Concord comes through for me and I can finally make this the album it always should have been.
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Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 09:30:25 AM
Monday morning greetings!  The only thing on my calendar this week is my Friday cardiologist appointment.  Isn’t life exciting?

Sending more health vibes, Ginny!



Thank you, DR Freddie!  I decided last night that being tired all the time is really boring.

LOL, I suffer from chronic fatigue and when it was seriously bad, yup boring is a good word for it.  Thankfully I could always read.  I also have never stopped walking.  At one point I asked Keith to jumpstart me.  He would walk me around the block and go home and I would continue for a much longer walk.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 09:31:05 AM
Not to brag, but Barbara Eden is now my friend. At least on Facebook.

;D
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Post by: Ginny on August 04, 2025, 09:32:00 AM
Monday morning greetings!  The only thing on my calendar this week is my Friday cardiologist appointment.  Isn’t life exciting?

Vibes your appointment goes well.

Thank you, DR Jane!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 09:32:39 AM
I shudder when I look at that cover - it's just horrible and so is the album. It is an embarrassment to me, something I worked very hard on (not that you'd know it, since the jerk who mixed it took producer credit, if I recall. Leaving half the orchestra tracks off because he "couldn't find them" - so you have half an orchestration. Using full takes of vocals instead of comping the best of each take (which is time consuming and hard work - something the jerk wasn't known for) - I so hope Concord comes through for me and I can finally make this the album it always should have been.

Vibes this happens and you can make it the album it always should have been.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 09:38:44 AM
I shudder when I look at that cover - it's just horrible and so is the album. It is an embarrassment to me, something I worked very hard on (not that you'd know it, since the jerk who mixed it took producer credit, if I recall. Leaving half the orchestra tracks off because he "couldn't find them" - so you have half an orchestration. Using full takes of vocals instead of comping the best of each take (which is time consuming and hard work - something the jerk wasn't known for) - I so hope Concord comes through for me and I can finally make this the album it always should have been.


Vibes that Concord will come through!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 09:42:01 AM
Perhaps I will reach my millstone today.....TWT.


Elmore also has a Millstone Alert, maybe today or tomorrow. 

Two millstones in one 24-hour period would be - well, that would be a Double Millstone Day.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on August 04, 2025, 10:45:49 AM
Just ordered elmore's book and mine own in softcover - mine comes on Wednesday, the other on Thursday.

What a coincidence! I ordered yours earlier.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on August 04, 2025, 10:48:49 AM
Not to brag, but Barbara Eden is now my friend. At least on Facebook.

Long ago, in the late 1960s, I think (or was it early 1970s?) I saw her in Finian's Rainbow at the Kenley Players in Dayton, Ohio.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on August 04, 2025, 10:50:46 AM
I shudder when I look at that cover - it's just horrible and so is the album. It is an embarrassment to me, something I worked very hard on (not that you'd know it, since the jerk who mixed it took producer credit, if I recall. Leaving half the orchestra tracks off because he "couldn't find them" - so you have half an orchestration. Using full takes of vocals instead of comping the best of each take (which is time consuming and hard work - something the jerk wasn't known for) - I so hope Concord comes through for me and I can finally make this the album it always should have been.

I told you to fire him! He was a music major and his reed playing sucked.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: elmore3003 on August 04, 2025, 10:52:38 AM
DR Ginny, I am positive everything will be fine.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 11:21:28 AM
Not to brag, but Barbara Eden is now my friend. At least on Facebook.

Long ago, in the late 1960s, I think (or was it early 1970s?) I saw her in Finian's Rainbow at the Kenley Players in Dayton, Ohio.

I love her as Lalume in the TV version of Kismet.
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Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 11:49:14 AM
Started the remake of Bonjour Tristesse. It has a singer and guitar version of Blues Skies playing as the credits roll.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 11:49:41 AM
I saw the original ages ago and remember nothing of it.
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Post by: MichaelG on August 04, 2025, 12:02:43 PM
TOD Part 1: I don't know what the time-sharing system was we used in high school, but in college there were lots of different ones including Multics, a PDP-11 (B.S. thesis), and a DECsystem 20 (M.S. thesis). In an electronic music lab we had a one-person-at-a-time minicomputer, a PDP-9. Working at DEC was on a variety of VAX/VMS systems. I didn't get my first home PC until the early 90s. I didn't get my first Mac until 10 years later, when my company went to NAMM and found that literally everyone interested in our music software was using Macs.
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Post by: MichaelG on August 04, 2025, 12:05:23 PM
TOD Part 2: My grad school was on the Internet but that was email, no web yet. My first web browsing happened in the mid-90s with my first no-name 486 PC. But at DEC in the late 80s / early 90s - pre-web - we had a predecessor of forums called VAX Notes on a wide range of topics, on the company's internal network.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 01:11:47 PM
John Stamos sang "King Herod's Song" for one night only Friday August 1 at the Hollywood Bowl
At 2:19 here
“Pilate and Christ”/“King Herod’s Song” - Raul Esparza, Cynthia Erivo, John Stamos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFjBV470KXs


John Stamos suddenly stepped into the role because Josh Gad had Covid.  Josh Gad was there on Saturday and Sunday

Here's Josh Gad on Saturday August 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QavxI0Jnc8


Thanks for the links, Freddie!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 01:14:26 PM
Monday morning greetings!  The only thing on my calendar this week is my Friday cardiologist appointment.  Isn’t life exciting?

Yes. Indeed. Hope all goes well.

~~~SUPER DITTO!!~~~
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 01:16:21 PM
I am watching the show at the link DR GEORGE posted last night.

Most entertaining.

I agree!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 01:16:40 PM
Oh, look!  It's Page Four!! ;D
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 01:18:32 PM
Not to brag, but Barbara Eden is now my friend. At least on Facebook.

Very cool!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 01:19:43 PM
Wordle 1,507 4/6

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Very good.

Thanks, Jane!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 01:20:59 PM
I shudder when I look at that cover - it's just horrible and so is the album. It is an embarrassment to me, something I worked very hard on (not that you'd know it, since the jerk who mixed it took producer credit, if I recall. Leaving half the orchestra tracks off because he "couldn't find them" - so you have half an orchestration. Using full takes of vocals instead of comping the best of each take (which is time consuming and hard work - something the jerk wasn't known for) - I so hope Concord comes through for me and I can finally make this the album it always should have been.

~~~SUPER DOOPER VIBES!!~~~
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on August 04, 2025, 02:09:56 PM

such interesting computer stories.....
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on August 04, 2025, 02:10:12 PM
And other things being talked about.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 02:13:55 PM
Interesting that the original director of the NAKED GUN franchise has said he will not see the new version.

"Zucker confirms that he still has no plans to see the new film."


"Original ‘Naked Gun’ Director Reacts to Reboot’s Opening Weekend "
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/naked-gun-david-zucker-reaction-reboot-liam-neeson-1236337047/
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 02:16:42 PM
Jane Morgan has passed away - but wow, she was 101.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 02:58:59 PM
Wordle 1,507 4/6

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Very good.

Thanks, Jane!

You are welcome.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 03:00:13 PM
Jane Morgan has passed away - but wow, she was 101.

Yes, wow at 101.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Ginny on August 04, 2025, 03:11:37 PM
DR Ginny, I am positive everything will be fine.

Thank you, DR Elmore! 
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Ginny on August 04, 2025, 03:13:01 PM
We went on a little field trip this afternoon to see MidPointe Library System’s newest location in Liberty Township.  It’s a beautiful new building that opened June 1.  We have a branch right here in our community, but was nice to explore a bit.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: singdaw on August 04, 2025, 03:40:13 PM
~~~ULTRA-STRENGTH MEDICAL VIBES~~~ for DR Ginny!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: singdaw on August 04, 2025, 03:41:09 PM
I don't remember when I got my first home computer, but I remember reading the NY Times and writing down the web addresses of pages I wanted to visit once I got one.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Ginny on August 04, 2025, 03:46:28 PM
~~~ULTRA-STRENGTH MEDICAL VIBES~~~ for DR Ginny!

Thanks, DR Singdaw!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 03:47:26 PM
Costco had Christmas decorations out today. Can the carols be far behind?
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 03:51:35 PM
We went on a little field trip this afternoon to see MidPointe Library System’s newest location in Liberty Township.  It’s a beautiful new building that opened June 1.  We have a branch right here in our community, but was nice to explore a bit.

It sounds like a lovely field trip.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 03:52:37 PM
Costco had Christmas decorations out today. Can the carols be far behind?

We have plans to go to Costco tomorrow.  I am now prepared to groan ;)
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 04:11:12 PM
Keith got Wordle in three.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 04, 2025, 05:11:34 PM
Had enchiladas rancheras (cheese) for food. Pretty good, but I'm nauseous now - maybe it was the beans or a few too many chips.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 04, 2025, 05:11:55 PM
Fell asleep on the couch for about ninety minutes.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: vixmom on August 04, 2025, 05:21:28 PM
Hello
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: vixmom on August 04, 2025, 05:22:37 PM
I am at home now, after driving from Lumberton NC, where I awoke this morning
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: vixmom on August 04, 2025, 05:24:51 PM
We spent the last week visiting the Vixter and Vixhubby and helping them complete the move from the apartment where they've lived for the past 8 years to the home they just bought.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: vixmom on August 04, 2025, 05:25:25 PM
Vixdad actually did most of the hands on moving stuff with them
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: vixmom on August 04, 2025, 05:26:12 PM
My job was playing with and cuddling the 17 month old grandson
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: vixmom on August 04, 2025, 05:26:50 PM
It was a tough job but someone else had to do it
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: vixmom on August 04, 2025, 05:27:29 PM
I am currently suffering from grandson withdrawal
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: vixmom on August 04, 2025, 05:28:00 PM
I just bought Elmore's book.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: vixmom on August 04, 2025, 05:28:35 PM
Bruce, did I already order your book? If not I'll do so now
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: MichaelG on August 04, 2025, 05:32:00 PM
It was a tough job but someone else had to do it

Good to hear that you were willing to take one for the team.  :)
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 05:34:48 PM
Here’s Jane Morgan belting out a great Golden Boy song.

https://youtu.be/TzQRLrf0DLU
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 05:35:53 PM
I am currently suffering from grandson withdrawal

I’m so sorry, because the only cure is another trip.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on August 04, 2025, 05:56:47 PM
I have a couple of Jane Morgan LPs that I still enjoy listening to.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on August 04, 2025, 05:57:06 PM
Additional vibes for DR GINNY.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on August 04, 2025, 05:57:23 PM
Glad you are home DR VIXMOM and glad you had a good time.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jrand74 on August 04, 2025, 05:57:42 PM
Howard Keel day on TCM.

It's about as expected.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 05:58:28 PM
Hello

Welcome home.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 05:58:55 PM
My job was playing with and cuddling the 17 month old grandson

Tough job :)
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 05:59:07 PM
I am currently suffering from grandson withdrawal

I get it.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 06:00:59 PM
Here’s Jane Morgan belting out a great Golden Boy song.

https://youtu.be/TzQRLrf0DLU

:)
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 06:03:32 PM
Jane Morgan has passed away - but wow, she was 101.

Oh, my!  Hopefully, she had a good as well as long life!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 06:05:50 PM
We went on a little field trip this afternoon to see MidPointe Library System’s newest location in Liberty Township.  It’s a beautiful new building that opened June 1.  We have a branch right here in our community, but was nice to explore a bit.

That's great, Ginny!  The Tumwater branch just down the street from where I live was recently totally remodeled.  I haven't gone there to see what it looks like yet. 

Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 06:07:35 PM
Keith got Wordle in three.

That's wonderful!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 06:08:11 PM
It was a tough job but someone else had to do it

You do whatcha gotta do! ;D
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 06:11:41 PM
Getting bored with Bonjour Tristesse.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 06:12:06 PM
And there’s still 20 minutes to go.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 06:12:24 PM
I’ll take a break.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: KevinH on August 04, 2025, 06:26:25 PM
Good evening!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: KevinH on August 04, 2025, 06:28:11 PM
TOD:  Like BK, my first experience with the internet was WebTV.  I finally got a Dell laptop, maybe in 2004 or so.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: KevinH on August 04, 2025, 06:30:00 PM
Wordle 1,507 4/6

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That's great, DR George!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: KevinH on August 04, 2025, 06:31:07 PM
Keith got Wordle in three.



Me too!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: KevinH on August 04, 2025, 06:31:58 PM
Welcome back, DR vixmom!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 06:44:39 PM
Keith got Wordle in three.

That's wonderful!

Thanks.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Jane on August 04, 2025, 06:45:06 PM
Keith got Wordle in three.



Me too!

Congrats to you :)
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Laura on August 04, 2025, 06:53:09 PM
Good evening.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: vixmom on August 04, 2025, 06:59:44 PM
Wordle 1,507 5/6

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Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: vixmom on August 04, 2025, 07:00:01 PM
Took me much longer
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 07:01:41 PM
Took me much longer


But you got it. That’s what matters.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 07:02:04 PM
Six!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 07:02:30 PM
I’m still exhausted from Saturday.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: singdaw on August 04, 2025, 07:06:19 PM
Still crossing my fingers for your dance partner, DR John G. - and also that you didn't/won't catch it.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: singdaw on August 04, 2025, 07:07:04 PM
With all the weight loss, did you have to get a new tux, or get the old one altered?
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 07:11:17 PM
Wordle 1,507 4/6

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That's great, DR George!

Thanks, Kevin!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 07:11:36 PM
Keith got Wordle in three.



Me too!

Congrats, Kevin!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 04, 2025, 07:12:04 PM
Took me much longer


But you got it. That’s what matters.

Agreed!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 07:15:10 PM
My job was playing with and cuddling the 17 month old grandson


Tough job, but someone's gotta do it.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: singdaw on August 04, 2025, 07:15:20 PM
Just listened to "Please, Mr. Postman." Don't know why. First, the Marvelettes version (1961), then the Carpenters version (1975).
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: singdaw on August 04, 2025, 07:16:37 PM
Good night, friends.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: singdaw on August 04, 2025, 07:16:45 PM
And others.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: Freddie on August 04, 2025, 07:17:04 PM
Here’s Jane Morgan belting out a great Golden Boy song.

https://youtu.be/TzQRLrf0DLU


Nice.  Thanks for linking that.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 07:25:37 PM
With all the weight loss, did you have to get a new tux, or get the old one altered?

I should have.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 07:26:09 PM
Just listened to "Please, Mr. Postman." Don't know why. First, the Marvelettes version (1961), then the Carpenters version (1975).

Expecting something in the mail?
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 04, 2025, 08:01:59 PM
Vixmom, you did order it.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 04, 2025, 08:02:15 PM
Guess I'll try to watch a movie.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: John G. on August 04, 2025, 09:37:39 PM
Good night, all.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 05, 2025, 12:25:45 AM
Page six.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 05, 2025, 12:25:51 AM
Again.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 05, 2025, 12:26:12 AM
I hope George's absence is due to finishing a book.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 05, 2025, 12:26:42 AM
But really - page six must not become the new normal.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 05, 2025, 12:26:53 AM
Or even the new next to normal.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 05, 2025, 12:27:07 AM
There is NOTHING normal about page six.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 05, 2025, 12:27:45 AM
Not very sporting.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 05, 2025, 12:27:52 AM
Ridic.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 05, 2025, 12:27:58 AM
New notes are up.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 05, 2025, 12:28:00 AM
I have been reading and am enjoying what I'm reading very muchly!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 05, 2025, 12:28:06 AM
Up are new notes.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 05, 2025, 12:28:18 AM
I've seen them.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 05, 2025, 12:28:23 AM
Well, we're almost to Page Rupert!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 05, 2025, 12:28:24 AM
I've read them.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 05, 2025, 12:28:31 AM
I wrote them.
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 05, 2025, 12:28:37 AM
See?
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: bk on August 05, 2025, 12:28:50 AM
Glad to hear book is being enjoyed!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 05, 2025, 12:28:52 AM
RUPERT'S PAGE SEVEN DANCE!!
Title: Re: THE IONESCO NOTES
Post by: George on August 05, 2025, 12:29:44 AM
Glad to hear book is being enjoyed!

I'm very glad, but absolutely not surprised, that it's so enjoyable and very touching!