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THE SHEARING PIANO
« on: May 17, 2025, 12:38:33 AM »
Well, you've read the notes, the notes were sheer Shearing, and now it is time for you to post until the Shearing cows come home.
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« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2025, 12:39:52 AM »
And the word of the day is: BONUS!
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« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2025, 02:13:40 AM »
Wordle 1,428 4/6

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« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2025, 04:05:38 AM »
Good morning, friends.
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« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2025, 04:05:45 AM »
And others.
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Re: THE SHEARING PIANO
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2025, 04:06:01 AM »
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« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2025, 04:08:22 AM »
Good morning, singdaw.  The thing that went wrong during the move -  sending vibes it's all OK now.
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« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2025, 04:09:00 AM »
Thanks, DR Freddie!
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« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2025, 04:09:14 AM »
All is now more-or-less resolved.
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« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2025, 04:09:43 AM »
Slightly Askew will be the title of my next memoir.
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« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2025, 04:11:31 AM »
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« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2025, 04:22:15 AM »
I realized there must be pages and pages of "But Alive!" references and parody lyric snippets somewhere in the archives of HHW posts. 

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« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2025, 04:22:40 AM »
Maybe those are what the hundreds of Guests are looking for.  :)

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« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2025, 04:23:28 AM »
I have no idea how to access them, but they could have come in handy for yesterday's page totals.   

I think "But Alive!" parodies honor Strouse and Adams, rather than make fun of them. 
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« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2025, 04:23:39 AM »
Others may think otherwise, of course.
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« Reply #15 on: May 17, 2025, 04:25:13 AM »
I was surprised that someone on castrecl said that "But Alive!" is - well, I won't repeat what he wrote, but he's not a fan of the song.
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« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2025, 04:27:41 AM »
For those who don't get castrecl, that person said "But Alive!" was "near-terrible" -and he was surprised that the New York Times noted "But Alive!" as a Charles Strouse song they linked and highlighted.
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« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2025, 04:29:56 AM »
Good morning, all!
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« Reply #18 on: May 17, 2025, 04:33:25 AM »
The link to Alan Cumming's rendition of "But Alive!" bears repeating - to honor Mr. Strouse and prove the song is liftable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLoHJL0MQeQ

Should his reference to Demi Moore become an official part of the song? 
(Maybe not.)
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« Reply #19 on: May 17, 2025, 04:34:30 AM »
Another sickly afternoon and early evening. I don't know how much was provoked by my morning bout with ammonia and the mess in the bathtub or if it was this malaise I;ve been going through for too long. Either way, it was ugly, unpleasant, and lasted too long.
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« Reply #20 on: May 17, 2025, 04:36:43 AM »
This will be a long day with the Annabelle & Thatch audiobook. My goal is to get through all of it by tomorrow night.
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Re: THE SHEARING PIANO
« Reply #21 on: May 17, 2025, 05:12:29 AM »
Good morning.
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“I play great music. People like the music I play. But it’s funny because my father would not have thought about music for me. But I do. I think I have an ear for music. They play a note, like on the piano, and then I remember it to this day. And then they’d ask you other questions, and then they’d play notes later on, and they’d say, ‘Which is the note we played from one hour ago?’ And I’d, like, get it right, I guess.”

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« Reply #22 on: May 17, 2025, 06:24:45 AM »
Quote from: Freddie on May 17, 2025, 04:22:15 AM
I realized there must be pages and pages of "But Alive!" references and parody lyric snippets somewhere in the archives of HHW posts. 

Those were always some of my most favorite.
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« Reply #23 on: May 17, 2025, 06:26:20 AM »
Happy news about the progress of the print and audio versions of DR elmore3003's book.
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« Reply #24 on: May 17, 2025, 06:26:55 AM »
CONGRATULATIONS to DR George on your lofty new perch in the HHW firmament!!!
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« Reply #25 on: May 17, 2025, 06:27:24 AM »
CONGRATULATIONS to DR Jane on your lofty new perch in the HHW firmament!!!
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« Reply #26 on: May 17, 2025, 06:28:05 AM »
DR George - is your ITW production using "Our Little World"?
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« Reply #27 on: May 17, 2025, 06:28:57 AM »
~~~BLOCKING-THE-PLAY VIBES~~~ for DR Jrand74!!!
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« Reply #28 on: May 17, 2025, 06:29:29 AM »
Caught up on all the posts. Now I have to go back and get caught up on all the daily Notes.
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« Reply #29 on: May 17, 2025, 06:33:13 AM »
Good morning, all.
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