Only violent when needs be...
Silence indicates a problem...
And gas or electric???
Wouldn't you like to know

I like DVD for very obvious reasons. It's all about the info for me. You get various behind the scenes features, including the director's commentary tracks. You can learn about the creative process and I like that.

Also, the print is always good.

What do you think of the 18 year old? Janelle? It was surprising to me that the youngest dancer won the first challenge. James and Cody also impressed me.

Jessica ran off the stage in a panic. She should have been the first to go, but was not on the elimination team. Adrianna, the Massachusetts girl was the first to leave. I thought it might be Oscar when the judges told him to "butch it up". I felt for him as I am also relatively short and could not compete with Cody's "extension" that the judges lauded. But scowling will not get Oscar anywhere, he should break out of his comfort zone of ballet and work on more modern moves. I think his heavy accent and shirtless bop at the club saved him. Nicole had to leave because of injury, so now there are only 10 dancers!

The show is already much more exciting than Top Chef!

James is a dynamo like Janelle. I want to see him dance solo.

I did watch the video I linked on to (thanks amorous brat) and I thought it was fun and tongue in cheek and very tastefully done. That Samwell sure is beautiful which is necessary for that kind of flaunting.

So far I really like Cody and Nick. I want to see a lot more of Nick, in fact. I think he's graceful while presenting a masculine sensibility. It's a nice combination.

Personally, I can't wait for Miguel's last dance. He's far too light in his loafers for me. He dances like you would think Prince would dance, just by looking at him. Of course when you actually see Prince move it's another thing entirely. He's a mack daddy.

I wasn't home last night to catch this. So, how does it differ from So You Think You Can Dance? I really liked that show and worship Nigel Lythgoe.

I've never seen "So You Think You Can Dance", so I really have no basis for comparison, which is odd since I think a man who can move well is a complete turn on. I know that the fact that Jason Alexander is such a great dancer makes him sexy to me. It's strange, but true.

Bear,
Holly won Make Me a Supermodel! You and I thought Ronnie would win. Whassup with your thoughts on that????/

So if you and Drew are gay...and you are indeed a cute couple...how did you end up with a grandson????

It was wonderfully fascinating...for those of us who do not know what it is like to try to dance professionally. WOW! I was impresssed! Not easy to become a Top Chef..or a Top Model... or a Top Designer....or a Top Fashion Designer...or a Top Hair Stylist...

Sigh...I will never be a top anything. That is the way it is.

I do have a depraved heterosexual past. My son, Dennis, was the result, and I don't regret it. I wouldn't have Denny in my present, if I didn't have his grandmother in my past. Denny is great, and I love him so much, that I can't imagine things any differently.

I was shocked that Holly beat Ronnie out on "Supermodel", but I liken it to the Oscars, when two or more people are nominated for the same thing. The votes get spread out between the nominees and nobody wins. This time it was amongst the sexes, but it's the same idea.

I've been seeing the same ads over and over for the next episode of TC, and I'm apprehensive about the episode. If it's really as vile as it looks, then I am out of here. There have been times when I've questioned this show, but when it escalates to screaming, then what's the next step? I don't know if I want to follow it and see.

Could your violinist be Joel Berman? I know his second wife was an artist. I used to sing with his daughter Ariana, a very good soprano but with lots of personal issues and self-esteem problems because she couldn't play like her father or paint like her stepmother. Her emotional issues did a lot to get in the way of her vocal technique, and she used to choke and run out of air a lot. She'd also been through a short, very unhappy marriage. She's a little younger than I—maybe in her late 40s now.

Anyway, Joel was huge locally and also taught at the University of Maryland. Do you think that may be whom you're thinking of? Afraid I don't know the wife's name.

Watched it...It's ok, I'm not gonna get all invested in it...Probably watch it 'cause I'm to lazy to change the channel...Don't see myself posting on the boards...We'll see...

I hope this is where we are discussing the whole "vinyl, vs cd" thing...I refered to a "new" cd lable first I was wrong; it's an established label(BMG)...But I was right in that it was (re)releasing the "definitive" recordings of the 50's and 60's...BMG, has re-released much of the old RCA "Living Stereo" series...ADD...I noticed the hiss, and a few pops...But after reading SB's thoughts I'm not so sure...I'm listening to the Ravel, Daphnis, and Chloe"...Recorded in '55...Charles Munch, conducting...
I lost all my vinyl, years ago(already posted)...So I have no way of really testing...
The only music I know for sure that I have owned in all stages of my life is Wendy/Walter Carlos's "Sonic Seasonings"...Vinyl, in college...A cassette copy of a friends vinyl, many years later(ah the nostalgia of ones youth)...And now?...A cd(downloaded to my pc)...My fave...The downloaded version...I feel it probably comes closest to what Wendy/Walter, envisioned...(segue)
Much in the same way, as I feel Tomita, when he interepets a piece in many ways may have heard what the original composer heard in their own mind...Wagner, and Tomita, seem to have a special affinity...
I guess I said that all to say this...Yeah I miss my college days "blastin'" "Floyds" "Dark Side of the Moon" from the dorm window by day...And listening to Wendy/Walter, at night...Both vinyl at first...
But I also love my cd's...They make me feel young...And at least "slightly" hip...I am such a...um um-ok I really need to get a life...

What a tiny world we live in! The only member of the family I knew personally was Ariana, and that was only for a short time. Knew she had a brother but never met him.

Anyway, Ariana is the only member of the family I had any contact with, and she was very, very squirrelly and needy. I felt for her but found it very uncomfortable to be around her.

Mandy Patinkin - SWOON!! I agree, you and I WERE meant to be!

What a great Hammerstein story. That is really incredible!

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Lord knows we need something to stop the endless debate about Marcel!!! I say bring on the violins...I mean violence. Then Tom can threaten to can them all except for the injured one, production can step in and say NO!, then the Marcel camp will have something NEW to debate!!! (All said with tongue firmly implanted in cheek less they all gang up on me instead of each other!)

i luv marcel

'k I think it was on this board we discussed the Faure, requiem...And I think it was KSBear that suggested that I listen to the "Cantique de Jean Racine"...I'm answering phones for my local public radio station(It's fund drive week for most public radio stations-if you listen to public radio[often the only source for on air classical music]please consider pledging...Hell even $5. matters)in the am, and the producer is going to play it on air for me...

Me too ......HUGS for him!!!


Hiya Psh ...............*wink*

I'm listening to the Berlioz, Requiem, Op5...Charles Munch, conductor...BSO...Recorded in 1959...It's a CD...But is still has "hisses and pops"...(not tryin' to re-open THAT can of worms)...

Tawk classical to me baby...I'm going there now.....Thakee sai ..It's classical Sunday after all!!!

I never know the names unless it's really famous and I love how youse all do.

Well I guess we have established that they are one and the same..How strange that you know this lady that I listened to stories about for so long.

He was up there for a year and half before we ended it.
He complained of her all the time.

But he complained of everyone so I wasn't sure if he was delusional.

It will be three years this month that he left and when he left I thought I would die....partly.
Partly I was relieved.

I felt responsible for him as he loved me like
no other...for the first 7 years lol
He couldn't help his problems...He had an abysmal childhood.

I never tried stop fixing him as I never quit.
He ended up resenting me for that.
Now in retospect ....it was a God send.
BUT I still miss the good times every now and again as there were some really great times.

And I miss the music very much.
Oh well...... we live and learn.

Never again!!!!

JustMe and MH!

Here I am. I just found the episode 2 post I had been searching around for it. Thanks for the lovely dancing HG. That was a fun night.

I'm so glad to see you posting JustME when I left you had stopped b/c you hit a #. I can't remember what it was though??? the new avatar caught me by suprise though, at first I didn't register it was you.

so hello, hello, hello lovely people! I'm ready for the drama! haha. I can't put my finger on anyone particular this season yet, though I am liking Stephanie & Antonia & Mark quite a bit.

by the way, is there anyway to change your topic? Like, could I have made my topic to JME & MH or something like that?

Have yall heard Paul Potts? Hes amazing and what a story!

Potts is the guy who won the British talent search contest. He sings opera.

Right,he was a milkman before that,correct? He has a beautiful voice.

I am doing great.....yeah, I still believe that FOMOCO has the best domestic product (IMHO)..... even the new Focus looks good. I know how you feel about statistics.... my wife is just starting a class in that and already I sense a lot of stress inher.

I would like to snag on hear regarding this audio discussion. I have read much about the vinyl vs. cd issue... what the difference is appears to be analog vs digital recording. The analog imparts the"feel" and "warmth" of the artists performance while digital gives the listener all of the data hence the gererally crisper and brighter sound. That is why most audophiles prefer vinyl recordings (when they can get them) of classical and jazz but cd seems to be better for rock and pop. There are even programs for computers that will re-work digital recordings to make them sound "analog" so that cd's end up sounding like vinyl. I have both vinyl and cd's... one of my biggest regrets in life is that I sold a large part of my vinyl collection off shortly after I married. I do not play my records often but it is nice to listen to when I do.

Cell phone salesman.

WHAT CAN I SAY PG.................................

YOU ......... BETCHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VERY INTARESTING STUFF HERE

TAKE CARE OVER THERE

ALOHA

HAVE FUN

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GLAD YOU ALL

BROUGHT THIS GUY UP

DID HE EVER RELEASE A RECORDING???

SHRUG

GUESS I'LL GO LOOK IT UP

TAKE CARE OVER THERE

ALOHA

HAVE FUN

HI THERE DR

HAS IT BEEN THAT LONG??

YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THE NUMBER THING

THE HAPPY WHALE STOPPED AT 5678

NOW WEARING FULL KEV FOR PROTECTION

(JUST IN CASE )

BUT STILL POSESSING THE POINTY CAP

AS WELL AS THE SOAPBOX

KINDA SORTA HOLDING ME POSITION

AT THE TOP OF THE KNOLL

BENEATH THE SHADOWS OF THE

NEWLY REDECORATED BELLTOWER

OVERLOOKING VILLAGE TC

GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK AS WELL DR........

YOU CAUGHT UP YET ?

TAKE CARE OVER THERE

ALOHA

HAVE FUN

HEY PS HISSES AND POPS ON A CD ISN'T BAD

I ONCE PURCHASED A RECORDING OF MIDORI

ONE OF HER SOLO PERFORMANCES ...........

MAN THAT ENDED UP TO BE A JOKE ON ME

SEEM THE ENTIRE PERFORMANCE

FROM TRACK TWO

WAS HAUNTED BY A GUY WITH A HACKING COUGH



THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE RECORDING

THINK I'D TRADE THAT FOR A HISS AND A POP

ANY DAY

TAKE CARE OVER THERE

ALOHA

HAVE FUN

TO BE HONEST NOTE

HAVEN'T GOT ALL THE NAMES AND FACES DOWN YET

BUT I REALLY ENJOYIED THE SHOW

I AGREED WITH THE JUDGES ON THIER CHOICES

OF THE WEAKEST LINKS ON BOTH TEAMS

IT WAS CLEAR ADRIANNA COULD NOT KEEP THE PACE

AS WELL AS JESSICA

MAN PRO DANCING IS TOUGH

KINDA SORTA KNEW IT WOULD PROVE TO BE

GRUELING FOR THE CONTESTANTS

AND YUP

THINK IT'S OFF TO A GOOD START

THINK JESSICA IS GONE NEXT EP

TAKE CARE OVER THERE

ALOHA

HAVE FUN

SO . . .

How didja like the Cantique I recommended to ya?

woohooo KK! great post.

I agree that Jessica should be eliminated next! Who would want to be partners with a dancer who runs off the stage in the middle of a performance. The frustrating part is that she is a strong dancer who is held back by her insecurities. When she was pushed back on stage she did rebound well. Another dancer who should go is Oscar. He was not the dancer the judges told to "butch up" as I mistakenly posted earlier, but he deserved the same comment. Also he does not take criticism well; he was shown haughty and scowling at the judges if the editing is fair. Janelle and James and Cody are my three faves so far, but it's early.

And how fun was it to have Scary Spice guest judge! We had Posh Spice guest judge on Project Runway and do an excellent job; I think Scary chose just as well! The Spice Girls are perfect to skate to.. Tell me what you want, what you Really Really want... ha! The blonde, Janelle, even looks like the next generation of Spice Girl.. a beautiful girl with serious physical and mental muscle and talent and a true love of dance! She is the best female dancer by far! But some male dancers have more formal training and experience so it will be a tough contest for her. I see Janelle in the final three..

Sorry... ...My brain was in the soak, cycle... ...It is lovely...Didn't get to really concetrate on it though; took a pledge call...But I heard enough of it to get the gist...I am going to buy it next p'day...Any recomendations?...

I like this scenario. So when Village TC gets out of control and the angry villagers swarm about with pitchforks and torches, we have a sharpshooter in the Belltower! Just don't shoot into the trees, where I'll be hiding with my water balloons stashed in my makeshift talan. Lia and MH won't mind because they are in bikini's now anyway, on their way to the tropics to celebrate Lia's birthday..

Has anyone read the book " I love you Phillip Morris" ? They are doing the movie here in NOLA with Jim Carey and Ewan McGreguire.... just curious....

I haven't read that. I did read "Thank You for Smoking" which was great. The guy who wrote it, Christopher Buckley writes some great stuff, political satire. the White House Mess, No Way to Treat a First Lady, Little Green Men. I mean laugh out loud funny. The movie was okay, but there was so much they missed from the book. I was especially looking forward to the kidnapper having the accent of Peter Lorre saying NEEEEK.

Hey, guys! It's no longer necessary to reply to an existing post if you want to say something totally fresh. Just scroll to the bottom of the screen and hit the Add Reply button, and you will be presented with a lovely blank space in which to write your missive.

The Boardmeisters installed this function around PR4 time, when the entire Message Board was redesigned.

Thanks MoHub I was trying to figure it out and did not want to just jump onto someoneelses post....

I have not read it either but I did get the screen play and have read it.. it is based on a true story and Steven Russel ( Jim Carrey) is still in prison in Texas still to this day. Looks like a great love story but in a Black Comedy sort of way... the screen play was written by the guys who did " Bad Santa" and they are directing as well.... should be fun.

sounds pretty interseting. I'll check it out. I loved Bad Santa. It was terrible but wonderful.

Why don't you ask the radio station the source of their recording if you liked it? To tell the truth the only internet audio examples I could find were inferior to a professional recording. Some widespread mistakes I noted might color your judgment.

1. The entire work should flow as a gentle stream, never rushed or declamatory. If my college choir director were still alive he'd liken it to a rubber band that can be stretched and contracted slowly, with purpose. There's only one climax and it should be a subtle one -- just a small hill to be climbed and its summit is rooted in intensity not necessarily volume.

2. Although originally scored for keyboard, either piano or organ, there are some good orchestral accompaniment arrangements that capture the composer's intent. It's your choice.

3. It's only a short piece, 6 minutes and a few seconds long. Very often commercial recordings include it with the Requiem or another Faure opus or two.

So where is this universal healthcare smackdown?

sorry, I kept it on the other thread though not so much a smackdown on my part. I just think there is a lot of misinformation out there about universal health care, or more appropriately termed, single payor healthcare. lot's of fear based on propaganda to keep insurance companies making lots of money. I know it isn't perfect, nothing is, but is it better than our current system? I think probably.

See I don't mind the insurence companies. They want to make money which means IMO that they will try anc screw people intentionally here and there but also try to give you the best they can becaus they want to keep your business. You govenmentalize this and the only thing the goverment will try to do is to break even. No free market forcing them to innovate and change. No reason for them to do the absolute minimum.