Saturday Morning Open Thread

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Today's Met broadcast (5.00 / 1) (#1)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 10:48:00 AM EST

is Verdi's "Il Trovatore," with the wonderful Delora Zajick singing her signature role Azucena. Plot is complicated but score includes the famous Anvil Chorus.

Anvil Chorus? (5.00 / 1) (#3)
by Big Tent Democrat on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 10:53:20 AM EST

Is Wile Coyote involved? (Google ACME.)

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heh (none / 0) (#5)
by andgarden on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 11:01:06 AM EST

beep beep!

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Society for prevention of violence (none / 0) (#6)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 11:04:05 AM EST

in cartoons. Ha.

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I Learned to love opera... (none / 0) (#9)
by santarita on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 11:14:14 AM EST

from watching cartoons when I was a kid. Well, maybe at least I learned to love some of the more recognizable opera hits like Figaro ("Largo al Factotum" I think is the official name of that aria). Was it Daffy Duck that sang that?

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Rabbit of Seville (5.00 / 2) (#14)
by Big Tent Democrat on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 11:46:30 AM EST

I am adding it to the post.

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Best cartoon ever (none / 0) (#15)
by andgarden on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 12:02:27 PM EST

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: "daint-ilee... daint-ilee..." <nt> (5.00 / 1) (#17)
by EL seattle on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 12:43:10 PM EST

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Grazie!!! (none / 0) (#18)
by santarita on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 12:51:39 PM EST

That was a perfect Saturday morning cartoon: The marriage of Chuck Jones and Rossini.

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Radvanovsky (none / 0) (#7)
by Demi Moaned on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 11:09:48 AM EST

Hey O,
I'm in Charlotte (as usual) for work and this trip I drew a rental car with Sirius Satellite radio. It features a MetOpera channel. Not only do they do archival broadcasts five or six times a day, there are live broadcasts four times a week (three evenings on top of the standard Saturday afternoon).

Anyway, Trovatore was up on Tuesday night. It's kind of a drag because I have to be running the car to hear the show, so what I catch is all a bit haphazard.

Sondra Radvanovsky is the Leonora. She's a singer I've only heard on radio from the Met, but I've been much impressed in the past. I heard Tacea la notte. It was good, but I think she's a bit past her peak as a singer. Have you ever heard her?

As for Zajick, she got started in SF and I remember her from before the 'k'. She may be the biggest name in her Fach these days, but I've always thought she was a bit overrated.

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Heresy as to Zajic(k). Not really. (5.00 / 1) (#8)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 11:13:13 AM EST

She does seem to have that particular role tied up though. Haven't heard R in person. Trovatore is a long song and never my favourite opera but I'll try to listen for her.

Isn't Sirius in danger of going under?

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I always wonder how anyone makes money ... (none / 0) (#10)
by Demi Moaned on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 11:22:57 AM EST

at anything honest, so it wouldn't surprise me to learn Sirius is in trouble.

R first came to my attention in a broadcast of Götterdämmerung maybe 10 years ago (or more). She was singing Gutrune. I had the radio on in the background, but had a "Who's that?" reaction. I sent an email to a friend living abroad asking if he had heard of her and promptly forgot about her myself.

Fast forward a few years. A Trovatore broadcast and she's doing Leonora. Again I had the "Who's that?" reaction. Emailed my friend and again asked if he had ever heard of Radvanovsky. The reply came back:

Only from you.

Since then I've been more on the lookout for her. Another friend of mine is actually attending the show today. She bought the ticket for Hvorostovsky's (Di Luna) sake. But I alerted her to my interest in Radvanovsky.

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R apparently sand in Don Carlo (none / 0) (#11)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 11:37:20 AM EST

in San Diego, but I didn't hear it. Opted for San Francisco version instead.

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Your friend knows (none / 0) (#12)
by gyrfalcon on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 11:41:28 AM EST

great singing, IMHO.

But how you can have Gotterdammerung on in the background is beyond me. I once nearly came to blows with a friend who insisted on having Madama Butterfly on in the background of a fancy dinner party.

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You're referring to Hvorostovsky ... (5.00 / 1) (#37)
by Demi Moaned on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:42:11 PM EST

I take it. I haven't heard him "in the house" in years. There was a recital at Davies Hall (SF) in the early 90's and a turn as Figaro in Barbiere the year the Opera House was closed for the seismic retrofit (96?). Both of which I enjoyed, but our paths have not crossed since then.

As far as 'background music' goes, it depends what you mean. If I never allowed myself to turn on a Met broadcast except when I have time to sit down and listen to it carefully (as I did consistently for most of my adolescence), then I would almost never hear a Met broadcast, which would be a pity.

On the occasion in question, I was quietly doing little chores around the house. No doubt I missed many of the nuances of the performance, but with a work as familiar to me as Götterdämmerung, anything really exceptional (good or bad) will register immediately.

Far from being a distraction, I find a good, long opera is the perfect enhancement to many time-consuming activities, such as cooking an elaborate meal.

What I really can't abide, though, is running the television in the background, as seems to be a commonplace habit these days. That I do find distracting.

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I am referring to him (5.00 / 1) (#42)
by gyrfalcon on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 02:00:04 PM EST

I haven't heard him in person in a long time, either, and I have to say I'm not altogether happy with the way his voice is maturing, especially in the top range. But I'm a huge fan of his voice and his meticulous musicianship. I've also never seen anything in my life on an opera stage like the way he played the last scene of Onegin.

As you say, if you can't do music as background, you don't get to hear many Met broadcasts-- or much of anything else. I'm like Squeaky in that I simply can't both listen to music and do something else at the same time. That does mean I don't listen to music a whole lot, but only when I can take the phone off the hook and sit down and listen. (It also means I'm very uncomfortable in malls and the like where there's constant piped-in music!)

TV or radio in the background, though, as long as it's talk and not "entertainment" I'm fine with. I can easily keep half an ear on it, and the DVR allows me to rewind the TV if something catches my attention and I want to go back and get the whole thing.

It's funny the way different people's brains process this kind of stuff so differently. A close friend is completely incapable of processing words and music at the same time, whether it's the score of a movie or an opera unless she has the printed text to follow along.

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Back to the Met broadcast: (none / 0) (#38)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:46:34 PM EST

intermission interviews included info Salonen will be conducting at the Met next season. That is very good news.

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Tease! (none / 0) (#39)
by Demi Moaned on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:50:01 PM EST

So, what's he conducting?

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Janacek: (none / 0) (#40)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:54:14 PM EST

Chéreau and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen both make Met debuts with the company premiere of Janácek's From the House of the Dead, a production that has won acclaim across Europe

Plus Mattila will sing her first Tosca outside Finland.

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: Boulez conducted that production (none / 0) (#41)
by Demi Moaned on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:56:20 PM EST

... at its debut. Can't remember where. Strasbourg? Aix? I have it on DVD but have not yet found time to watch it. That is a case where I would really want to sit down and watch it closely.

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Re "background" music: (none / 0) (#16)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 12:05:58 PM EST

bunch of friends arrived for holiday gathering. They decide must have music. Their pick from my CDs: Amahl! How is anyone to talk/hear over that score? "Mother, mother, mother come and see."

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Most People (none / 0) (#19)
by squeaky on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 12:53:31 PM EST

Have no problem listening to background music while doing other things. Maybe it helps them concentrate. This study shows that doodling while doing another task actually helps concentration on the task at hand.

Unfortunately I cannot do anything while listening to even bad music, or if I have no other choice, it is a struggle. My ear just goes to the music whether I want it to or not.

What I really do not understand is loud music at a party where it is near impossible to have a conversation with another person.

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I once told a kindly elderly (none / 0) (#21)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 12:58:41 PM EST

man who asked me to dance that I was really enjoying the live Zydeco music. He, who was an excellent dancer, sd.: you can either listen to the music or you can dance. Can't do both!

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Strange (none / 0) (#22)
by squeaky on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:12:46 PM EST

The one thing I can do while listening to music is dance. Scientists have studied singers because speech and music making are from different sides of the brain. I find it extremely difficult to talk while I am making music.

What do you think the man was saying?

I think that he was not being literal but being rhetorical to make a point. Perhaps something like this: those who sit around listening to music who choose not to dance are not people he wants to know.

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I'm sure it was immediately evident (none / 0) (#23)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:17:33 PM EST

to him I am dance phobic. He, on the other hand, frequents this particular place every Sunday evening for the sole purpose of dancing, usually with his elderly wife, who was home sick.

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I See (none / 0) (#27)
by squeaky on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:25:25 PM EST

He was allowing you to save face. Sounds like a kind man, with lots of experience in that particular situation.

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: He was quite charming and (none / 0) (#28)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:26:31 PM EST

gracious.

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Great new chorus master (none / 0) (#13)
by gyrfalcon on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 11:42:38 AM EST

has totally reinvigorated the Met chorus, too, so should be delicious.

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One Of these Days... (none / 0) (#20)
by santarita on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 12:54:36 PM EST

I'll go to a Met performance. Almost went last year for Ernani - one of my favorite Verdi operas. Next year they are doing Attila, another favorite.

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I really want to get back to NYC (5.00 / 0) (#24)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:19:37 PM EST

for Gergiev/LSO/Prokofiev at Lincoln Center; to see Fleming in Rusalka at the Met, and to see Jeremy Irons and Joan Allen in Impressionism. Plus exhibit at Neue and West Side Story revival coming soon. Doesn't look like I'll make it this time though.

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As the NY Mets Say... (none / 0) (#45)
by santarita on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 02:27:32 PM EST

There's always next year.

I want to go to NYC and even have relatives in NJ. But I keep bypassing NYC to get to italy. I've seen two operas in Italy. That's a trip worth taking.

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: I got to see Tosca and Girl of the (none / 0) (#52)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 06:34:36 PM EST

Golden West in Rome in April. Tosca was far superior to Girl though.

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: Just in case you see this Sun. night: (none / 0) (#87)
by oculus on Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 11:28:21 PM EST

Tosca on KUSC FM:
9:00 pm Sunday Night Opera (Puccini's Tosca)
Hosted by Jim Svedja and Duff Murphy

Puccini's Tosca
Floria Tosca - Zinka Milanov
Mario Cavaradossi - Jussi Bjorling
Scarpia - Leonard Warren
Cesare Angelotti - Leonardo Monreale
Sacristan - Fernando Corena
Spoletta - Mario Carlin
Sciarrone - Nestore Catalani
Jailer - Vincenzo Preziosa
Rome Opera House Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf, cond.
RCA 63305

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Hey, my husband got me a "special" cord (none / 0) (#25)
by Militarytracy on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:21:17 PM EST

to hook my laptop to our theatre system so I can listen to internet radio on it. We were paying for XM in our vehicles but it got boring after about six months. It is impossible to get bored with everything available via the internet. My one beef, when Josh is home and takes over the livingroom no muzac for me so I'll still need something portable to go sulk in my bedroom with.

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Re "special cord": (none / 0) (#26)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:23:44 PM EST

could you be a bit more specific?

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A cord that works with my laptop (none / 0) (#29)
by Militarytracy on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:30:14 PM EST

and connects to our receiver. One end is USB and the other end has all those video audio plugs on it.

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Thanks. (none / 0) (#32)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:34:32 PM EST

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I want to get a speaker addition for (none / 0) (#35)
by Militarytracy on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:36:37 PM EST

our theatre system now. Looking at this http://www.amazon.com/Soundmatters-MAINstage-HD-Powered-single-speaker/dp/B000E7N84Y. Perhaps I can place somewhere in the livingroom handy and when Josh is home take only this with me to other rooms with my laptop.

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Couldn't you be in the same room (none / 0) (#36)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:40:41 PM EST

listening through noice-cancelling headset?

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hadn't thought of that (none / 0) (#70)
by Militarytracy on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 10:45:46 PM EST

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: Well (none / 0) (#73)
by squeaky on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 11:23:58 PM EST

If you are talking about bose noise cancellation headphones, they will not do the trick. They cut out a lot but you would still hear the other music.
There are molded earpieces that would be better. They are sort of like earplugs that are speakers.
Headroom is a great site for that. Etymotic Research is the company that makes the molded headphones/earplugs

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I've just been listening (none / 0) (#30)
by Radiowalla on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:31:36 PM EST

and wishing the Met were doing an HD simulcast in the theaters. I love the music of "Il Trovatore."

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: Intermission feature about this (none / 0) (#33)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:35:32 PM EST

new production. I'd like to see an HD also.

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: Intermission feature about this (none / 0) (#34)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:35:37 PM EST

new production. I'd like to see an HD also.

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So all you opera buffs in this thread (5.00 / 0) (#44)
by Radiowalla on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 02:25:01 PM EST

what do you think of the Met's HD simulcasts in the movie theaters?

We have been going to quite a few of them and I must admit that we love the wide screen and the popcorn, plus the immediacy of a live performance at $20 a head. It's an entirely different experience than going to a live performance, but so much easier and so less costly.

Some of the operas we've seen are La Boheme, La Fille du Regiment (superb!), Thais, Eugne Onegin, Tristan & Isolde, Orfeo ed Eurydice.
There are more, but I can't remember them all..

We've only last month (none / 0) (#48)
by gyrfalcon on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 05:13:09 PM EST

started getting them in my area, and they haven't been ones I've particularly wanted to see, so I haven't gone yet.

But I think it's a fabulous idea in general. My only gripe is with the apparent desire to use fancy video crapola to "liven up" the presentations. To me, that stuff is distracting and annoying and betrays a lack of faith in the quality of the music and its performance. Bleacch.

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: Exactly. (none / 0) (#51)
by Radiowalla on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 06:27:21 PM EST

I've found it sometimes distracting to the point of annoyance.
On the other hand, when there is a slow moving work with few characters and action, the change of camera angles helps keep one engaged.
I particularly enjoy the back stage tours, interviews and mini discussions during the intermissions.

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I've seen Romeo and Juliet (none / 0) (#53)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 06:38:06 PM EST

(last season) and, this season: Thais, Salome, and Damnation of Faust (which I also saw live at the Met). I enjoy the HDs, but not in preference to live performance. I was at the Met when did HD of Il Trittico--cameras were somewhat distracting.

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I can imagine that the cameras (none / 0) (#56)
by Radiowalla on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 07:02:35 PM EST

would be a real nuisance if you are lucky enough to be at the live performance.

I forgot that I saw "Salome" this year, maybe because I wasn't actually all that wild about it. The settings were distracting to me and I didn't really love Jochanaan.

This year I am very much looking forward to seeing Natalie Dessaye in "La Sonambula."

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If she manages to make that opera (none / 0) (#57)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 07:05:16 PM EST

even a little bit interesting, it will be a success. I have a ticket to hear her sing La Traviata at Santa Fe this summer.

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She works magic (none / 0) (#67)
by Radiowalla on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 08:42:03 PM EST

wherever she goes.

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I heard her sing Lucia in (none / 0) (#77)
by oculus on Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 01:53:46 AM EST

San Francisco. Still a lame story, but she sang and acted beautifully. Unfortunately, the male leads had to wear kilts.

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Saw here there, too! (none / 0) (#78)
by Radiowalla on Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 09:01:22 AM EST

Maybe you were sitting next to me!

We went to see the SF production because I was so taken with Dessaye in the simulcast of "La Fille du Regiment." I wasn't a bit disappointed with her, but found the sets to be achingly juvenile.

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I went for two reasons: (none / 0) (#79)
by oculus on Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 09:57:48 AM EST

(1) my brother has a crush on her, and (2) Susan Graham was singing Handel the next afternoon at SFO. The amazing feature was the large screen projection just behind me. I could look at the faraway stage, through binoculars or not, or crane my head back a little and see everything close up.

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: Sounds like you had a great weekend. (none / 0) (#80)
by Radiowalla on Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 11:32:55 AM EST

If your brother hearts Natalie, steer him to the March 2nd New Yorker where there is a nice profile of her.

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College Hoops (none / 0) (#2)
by Dadler on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 10:49:06 AM EST

USD-Gonzaga today, on ESPN2, watch my scuffling Toreros end the Zags quest for an undefeated conference season. I'll be there in row six with the nice bald spot facing the camera, you can't miss it.

And travel tips, anyone have any Hong-Kong-in-five-days advice? Going on the fly for my little bro's wedding before he goes to Afhghanistan again, just looking for any valuable insider dope about the city, making it cheaper, what to see on a quick trip, etc.

Peace, y'all.

I've never been to Hong Kong. (none / 0) (#4)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 10:53:47 AM EST

Friend stayed at what she calls the world's most luxious Y. If I ever get there, #1 thing to do is have a drink at the Peninsula hotel in honor of John Le Carre.

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More importantly (5.00 / 1) (#31)
by Radiowalla on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 01:34:04 PM EST

have a drink in honor of Jennifer Jones and William Holden in "Love is a Many Splendored Thing."

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: Sentimental Saturday? (5.00 / 1) (#43)
by oldpro on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 02:18:42 PM EST

Sigh...

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Opera ignoramus here (none / 0) (#46)
by oldpro on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 02:30:44 PM EST

but who could forget the aria in "Philadelphia?"

Exposure to the arts is vital to a life lived fully, so I was thrilled to see PBS's wonderful biography of Jerome Robbins a week or so ago. Just marvelous.

Sebelius is new HHS Secretary (none / 0) (#47)
by caseyOR on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 05:04:37 PM EST

WaPo is now reporting that Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius has accepted Obama's offer to become Secretary of Health and Human Services.

Bugs as Leopold (none / 0) (#49)
by Saul on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 05:31:01 PM EST

to me was the best

Bugs as Leopold (none / 0) (#50)
by Saul on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 05:45:45 PM EST

Here is link.

Saturday matinee - baseball movies (none / 0) (#54)
by oldpro on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 06:42:00 PM EST

at TCM...first Bang the Drum Slowly, now The Natural. Lovely, lazy afternoon at the ballpark.

"Why life begins on opening day" (5.00 / 1) (#66)
by DFLer on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 08:19:22 PM EST

amen

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Bang the Drum Slowly (none / 0) (#55)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 06:53:35 PM EST

is quite possibly the saddest movie I've ever seen. But there are so many!

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Saddest movie? Possibly... (5.00 / 0) (#59)
by oldpro on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 07:11:30 PM EST

Sophie's Choice.

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Or, maybe (none / 0) (#62)
by oldpro on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 07:53:32 PM EST

On the Waterfront...The Hustler...

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Ice Castles (none / 0) (#74)
by oculus on Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 01:23:18 AM EST

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: Um...no. Not a sad story... (none / 0) (#81)
by oldpro on Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 11:56:08 AM EST

...but perhaps you meant 'a sad excuse for a movie?' Not that either, in my book. A little on the sticky-sweet side of sentimentality but well done within the genre, I'd say.

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Ah, no...nowhere near (none / 0) (#58)
by oldpro on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 07:10:01 PM EST

the saddest for me...very touching, tho...among the more memorable sports-themed movies (with a great soundtrack). Remember the Jimmy Piersall Story? Brian's Song? Hoop Dreams?

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Hoop Dreams didn't do a thing (5.00 / 1) (#60)
by oculus on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 07:12:57 PM EST

for me. Too much hype maybe. Now Hoosiers, on the other hand, . . .

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Hoosiers...nice movie.. (5.00 / 1) (#61)
by oldpro on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 07:46:08 PM EST

but I didn't find it sad. Sentimental...

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Eight Men Out (5.00 / 1) (#63)
by caseyOR on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 07:56:13 PM EST

The story of the Black Sox is one of the saddest in baseball. No, it's not a sentimental tearjerker; a good and kind player does not die. It does, however, put the lie to the idea that the baseball of yore was pure and true.

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Haven't seen it but I (none / 0) (#64)
by oldpro on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 08:02:10 PM EST

bet you're right. Sad story, the 1919 World Series...say it ain't so, Joe...

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It's a John Sayles movie. (5.00 / 2) (#65)
by caseyOR on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 08:04:48 PM EST

I highly recommend it.

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: Thanks, Casey. (none / 0) (#71)
by oldpro on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 10:46:45 PM EST

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I like Hackman (none / 0) (#85)
by jondee on Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 03:40:19 PM EST

but somebody should've called bullsh*t about that last game in which they play a racially integrated team for the Indiana state championship in the early fifties.

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What is the deal with Twitter? (none / 0) (#68)
by caseyOR on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 08:53:06 PM EST

For the last few days the news shows have all been talking about the Twitter phenomenon on Capital Hill. What's the deal here? CBS just showed me Chuck Grassley with his Blackberry, twittering away. And, apparently, troglodyte John McCain twitters. WTF?

Everybody has run this story. Why????

Maybe GOP Spin Machine (none / 0) (#69)
by squeaky on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 09:24:17 PM EST

On overdrive playing up the latest Biden Gaffe:

VP Biden Forgot the "Website Number"

But Republicans are with it twittering away..

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Twittering makes you 'with it?' (none / 0) (#83)
by oldpro on Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 12:11:19 PM EST

Good grief.

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Can't Have It Both Ways (none / 0) (#84)
by squeaky on Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 02:56:20 PM EST

VP Biden Forgot the "Website Number"

is an embarrassing gaffe, than showing that you are hip with the latest is cool.

The dems pilloried McCain for being internet illiterate, not to mention Stevens getting bashed for the "series of tubes" remark.

Anyway, I have not heard about any of the "Twitter phenomenon on Capital Hill" that CaseyOR brought up, but was speculating about why the MSM would be running with it.

Biden made the gaffe on Feb 25, this may be about sticking it to him and payback for bashing McCain.

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: I suppose... (none / 0) (#86)
by oldpro on Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 08:14:37 PM EST

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Slow news day. (none / 0) (#72)
by oldpro on Sat Feb 28, 2009 at 11:02:23 PM EST

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Made the NYT on Sat. (none / 0) (#75)
by oculus on Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 01:24:07 AM EST

that all those cable news people are twittering also.

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: Depressing. (none / 0) (#82)
by oldpro on Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 12:10:06 PM EST

I will never twitter and don't want to know anyone who does. What an incredible waste of time.

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Rabbit Of Seville Followup (none / 0) (#76)
by john horse on Sun Mar 01, 2009 at 01:24:38 AM EST

I think Warner Bros should do a follow up to Rabbit of Seville.

How about an animation of the Queen song Bohemian Rhapsody?

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