the value of things
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In a message dated 10/25/04 1:12:42 PM, pamsoroosh@... writes:
<< Last night I bought
her the boxed set of dvd's of Broadway: the American Musical -- which
recently showed on PBS. The DVD's have, of course, hours of extras. It
was $60 and my friend was surprised I'd spend that on such a thing.
Would somebody hesitate to pay that for an advanced astronomy series >>
Or for a one-day workshop on musical theatre!
Marty and I have listened to and discussed The Beatles on our last two road
trips. This last weekend, though the trip itself had to do with 19th century
settlements and boom towns, the drive itself was about what makes really good
rock'n'roll singing (Meatloaf on Bat Out of Hell, some pretty deep analysis of
tone and phrasing), what makes "sexy" (Meatloaf and Prince as odd but
definite examples, and Marty making jokes about what he would tell his kids someday
if they're rediscovering late 20th century rock and he says that Meatloaf was a
movie star and a great and sexy singer, and they might question his
judgment), and some discussion on the path from swing music to rockabilly. (We had
discussed the whole "Negro-music" and Black-labels business and John Lennon's
fascination with that style on the way to see Civil War battlesites earlier in
the month.)
SO anyway, this morning I find this e-mail:
-=-I hope you either saw or will soon see the special on PBS about John
Lennon's
Jukebox. It's outstanding. Interviews with many of the musicians that John
grew up listening to.
CB-=-
And I responded, before reading Pam's note above:
I didn't see it and didn't know about it.
Thanks for letting me know!
Marty and I have gone on two road trips and mostly listened to old Beatles.
The fith birthday, and we heard a couple of radio tribute shows. Then just
the past three days we went to Lordsburg and Silver City and thereabout, and
listened to CDs and the names "Carl Perkins," "Little Richard" and "Chubby
Checker" were mentioned aloud. <g>
I suppose it being a PBS thing the DVD might be really expensive,but it might
be worth it, too.
Thank you!
We saw ghost towns. Stein's and Shakespeare. Parts of other towns that are
ghostly. <g> Hillsboro. Pinos Altos. Talked to people everywhere, heard
stories, went into little museums that were more like "go ahead and pick it up"
places full of dusty 1890's junk. It was great.
Sandra
<< Last night I bought
her the boxed set of dvd's of Broadway: the American Musical -- which
recently showed on PBS. The DVD's have, of course, hours of extras. It
was $60 and my friend was surprised I'd spend that on such a thing.
Would somebody hesitate to pay that for an advanced astronomy series >>
Or for a one-day workshop on musical theatre!
Marty and I have listened to and discussed The Beatles on our last two road
trips. This last weekend, though the trip itself had to do with 19th century
settlements and boom towns, the drive itself was about what makes really good
rock'n'roll singing (Meatloaf on Bat Out of Hell, some pretty deep analysis of
tone and phrasing), what makes "sexy" (Meatloaf and Prince as odd but
definite examples, and Marty making jokes about what he would tell his kids someday
if they're rediscovering late 20th century rock and he says that Meatloaf was a
movie star and a great and sexy singer, and they might question his
judgment), and some discussion on the path from swing music to rockabilly. (We had
discussed the whole "Negro-music" and Black-labels business and John Lennon's
fascination with that style on the way to see Civil War battlesites earlier in
the month.)
SO anyway, this morning I find this e-mail:
-=-I hope you either saw or will soon see the special on PBS about John
Lennon's
Jukebox. It's outstanding. Interviews with many of the musicians that John
grew up listening to.
CB-=-
And I responded, before reading Pam's note above:
I didn't see it and didn't know about it.
Thanks for letting me know!
Marty and I have gone on two road trips and mostly listened to old Beatles.
The fith birthday, and we heard a couple of radio tribute shows. Then just
the past three days we went to Lordsburg and Silver City and thereabout, and
listened to CDs and the names "Carl Perkins," "Little Richard" and "Chubby
Checker" were mentioned aloud. <g>
I suppose it being a PBS thing the DVD might be really expensive,but it might
be worth it, too.
Thank you!
We saw ghost towns. Stein's and Shakespeare. Parts of other towns that are
ghostly. <g> Hillsboro. Pinos Altos. Talked to people everywhere, heard
stories, went into little museums that were more like "go ahead and pick it up"
places full of dusty 1890's junk. It was great.
Sandra