Comments on: The Holiday Rolls On http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/ Rational Life Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:09:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: parris http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1386 parris Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:06:59 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1386 welcome to the prince, a long and happy career and life for the two of you! Looking forward to meeting him soon. welcome to the prince, a long and happy career and life for the two of you!

Looking forward to meeting him soon.

]]> By: Peter Hentges http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1389 Peter Hentges Sun, 30 Dec 2007 09:08:37 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1389 Must be the after-effects of the V:tM game. I'm fairly certain you didn't give your new horse a "bucket full of brain...." :D Must be the after-effects of the V:tM game. I’m fairly certain you didn’t give your new horse a “bucket full of brain….” :D

]]> By: Melinda http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1390 Melinda Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:36:00 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1390 Oh, my typing, my lamentable typing. BRAN! BRAN! Though there are moments when you wish you could feed horses some more brains. Time to go edit the post. *sigh* Oh, my typing, my lamentable typing. BRAN! BRAN! Though there are moments when you wish you could feed horses some more brains. Time to go edit the post. *sigh*

]]> By: Kathleen Hedges http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1391 Kathleen Hedges Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:53:40 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1391 Glad to hear Vento is here! Congratulations! I'm with you on Sondheim. He's not my cup of tea. Happy New Year! --Kathy H. Glad to hear Vento is here! Congratulations!

I’m with you on Sondheim. He’s not my cup of tea.

Happy New Year!

–Kathy H.

]]> By: Gabriele Campbell http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1392 Gabriele Campbell Sun, 30 Dec 2007 19:24:53 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1392 What Parris said. :) Except the last part. Though should I ever come to the US, I'll stop by and have a look, to be sure. :D What Parris said. :)

Except the last part. Though should I ever come to the US, I’ll stop by and have a look, to be sure. :D

]]> By: S.C. Butler http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1393 S.C. Butler Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:34:27 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1393 I was wondering, given your music background, whether I could vent about how awful Sondheim is. And now I know I can! As I said about Sweeney Todd over at LJ - I love Burton, Rickman, Depp, and Bonham Carter, but I really, really hate Sondheim. Evil always defeats good, unfortunately. Congrats again on Vento's arrival! I was wondering, given your music background, whether I could vent about how awful Sondheim is. And now I know I can! As I said about Sweeney Todd over at LJ - I love Burton, Rickman, Depp, and Bonham Carter, but I really, really hate Sondheim.

Evil always defeats good, unfortunately.

Congrats again on Vento’s arrival!

]]> By: Laurie D. T. Mann http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1394 Laurie D. T. Mann Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:18:24 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1394 I grew up on musicals. The Sound of Music. West Side Story. Gypsy. When I was around 15, I saw a local production of Follies. I really liked it. It was quite different. A few years later, I heard the album of Sweeney Todd and was struck by how dissonant it was compared to a typical musical. I thought the casting of Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd was interesting. Len Cariou (the Broadway star of Sweeney Todd) was a large, imposing man, and the same cannot be said of Depp. But Depp is very, very creepy, and it's possible to imagine him slicing and dicing people he didn't like. We just bought the original Broadway CD, and I have to admit that I prefer the music from the Broadway show more than the movie music. Helena Bonham Carter has a pleasant enough voice, but you needed a reedy Cockney voice like one Angela Lansbury sang on Broadway for Mrs. Lovett. Interesting bit on the original Broadway cast - Victor Garber, now probably best-known as the father on Alias, played the young Anthony Hope (Joanna's would-be lover) in the original Broadway show. I grew up on musicals. The Sound of Music. West Side Story. Gypsy.

When I was around 15, I saw a local production of Follies. I really liked it. It was quite different. A few years later, I heard the album of Sweeney Todd and was struck by how dissonant it was compared to a typical musical.

I thought the casting of Johnny Depp as Sweeney Todd was interesting. Len Cariou (the Broadway star of Sweeney Todd) was a large, imposing man, and the same cannot be said of Depp. But Depp is very, very creepy, and it’s possible to imagine him slicing and dicing people he didn’t like. We just bought the original Broadway CD, and I have to admit that I prefer the music from the Broadway show more than the movie music. Helena Bonham Carter has a pleasant enough voice, but you needed a reedy Cockney voice like one Angela Lansbury sang on Broadway for Mrs. Lovett.

Interesting bit on the original Broadway cast - Victor Garber, now probably best-known as the father on Alias, played the young Anthony Hope (Joanna’s would-be lover) in the original Broadway show.

]]> By: Christine Valada http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1395 Christine Valada Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:26:07 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1395 I'm glad your boy got to his new home in good shape. I had to move Ace (unexpectedly) last week and I'll give you all the details when next we speak. It's costing me another $100 a month, but he's back in a beautiful in and out and has settled right in. The place is directly across the street from the first place he lived out here, but the digs are so much nicer. My farrier will be back this weekend and he'll get his new shoes and Gayle will get him out on the trails again. I still haven't seen Sweeny Todd. I'm sure it looks great, but it is definitely on my list on Sondheim I don't like. My favorite Sondheim is Assassins. I like Company. I hate Into the Woods. Give me Rogers and Hammerstein any day. I’m glad your boy got to his new home in good shape. I had to move Ace (unexpectedly) last week and I’ll give you all the details when next we speak. It’s costing me another $100 a month, but he’s back in a beautiful in and out and has settled right in. The place is directly across the street from the first place he lived out here, but the digs are so much nicer. My farrier will be back this weekend and he’ll get his new shoes and Gayle will get him out on the trails again.

I still haven’t seen Sweeny Todd. I’m sure it looks great, but it is definitely on my list on Sondheim I don’t like. My favorite Sondheim is Assassins. I like Company. I hate Into the Woods. Give me Rogers and Hammerstein any day.

]]> By: Jo Playford http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1421 Jo Playford Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:32:07 +0000 http://www.melindasnodgrass.com/musings/2007/12/29/the-holiday-rolls-on/#comment-1421 I am so happy to hear how Vento is settling in. Congratulations, much fun and enjoyment to you both. Brain mash features heavily in our Cthulu game, but from now on it will be associated with carrots and apples for me .. suitably random I feel. I had been hedging my bets with Sweeny Todd, swinging from Sondheim, meh, to, but it's Tim, Helena and Johnny - there is no bad here. I am encouraged, I shall go. Having been over exposed in the extreme to musical theatre as a child, working in the evil business with a family of luvvies, I am picky at best. My sisters and I all enjoy a good Andrew Loyd Webber bashing and have been known to react violently upon hearing Memory from Cats * shudders *. We were made to sing that song every wednesday of term time for_nearly_four_years. Thank goodness we learned to play musical instruments and were allowed to pick our own songs in the end. I think it says something that we did excepts from Tommy; The Pinball Wizard and, Do you hear the people sing ? from Les Mis :) I am so happy to hear how Vento is settling in. Congratulations, much fun and enjoyment to you both.

Brain mash features heavily in our Cthulu game, but from now on it will be associated with carrots and apples for me .. suitably random I feel.

I had been hedging my bets with Sweeny Todd, swinging from Sondheim, meh, to, but it’s Tim, Helena and Johnny - there is no bad here. I am encouraged, I shall go. Having been over exposed in the extreme to musical theatre as a child, working in the evil business with a family of luvvies, I am picky at best. My sisters and I all enjoy a good Andrew Loyd Webber bashing and have been known to react violently upon hearing Memory from Cats * shudders *. We were made to sing that song every wednesday of term time for_nearly_four_years. Thank goodness we learned to play musical instruments and were allowed to pick our own songs in the end. I think it says something that we did excepts from Tommy; The Pinball Wizard and, Do you hear the people sing ? from Les Mis :)

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