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[Jeanne]

I, too, have a problem with noisy neighbors, but I don't think it's in the same league with Larry's. I was running the fan the other day to drown out the the noise, but it's not the same as QUIET!

When I was looking for an apartment in the DC area, I found that most of the buildings REQUIRE a certain percentage of the floor to be carpeted. If this is the case at Larry's, then the management is remiss for not enforcing that, as well as any other noise restrictions that are in place.

Perhaps someone can find the Oaf Above more suitable housing. Someplace he can be an inconsiderate jerk and fit right in.

[Jeanne]

I've been told that there are some MAJOR astrological happenings going on. I've noticed several problems with machines--the sort that we get with a Mercury retrograde--and have heard about others feeling stuck and out-of-sorts. I wonder is this is partly responsible for Larry's depression.

JRand, any thoughts?

[Jeanne]

VIBES TO ALL FOR GOOD HEALTH AND SMOOTH SAILING!

[Jeanne]

Congrats to CILLALIZ on her new responsibilities.

[DERBRUCER]

I've been told that there are some MAJOR astrological happenings going on.
JRand, any thoughts?

Well, there are some MAJOR astronomical happenings going on - we were hit with the leading edge of a major solar storm last night.

TIME

But on Aug. 1, the sun woke up with a vengeance: there was, in the breathless words of the website SpaceWeather.com, "a C3-class solar flare, a solar tsunami, multiple filaments of magnetism lifting off the stellar surface, large-scale shaking of the solar corona, radio bursts, a coronal mass ejection and more." The event was captured in spectacular video by NASA's new Solar Dynamics Observatory, launched in February.

For the average person, it's the mass ejection that's most immediately relevant. A giant solar burp has sent a cloud of charged particles racing toward Earth. When the particles, which were predicted to arrive on Tuesday night, slam into Earth's magnetic field, the resulting electromagnetic storm is likely to trigger a spectacular show of northern lights across Russia, North America and northern Europe. It could also scramble communications between orbiting satellites and receivers on Earth, but the relatively modest size of the ejection has led experts to consider a major disruption unlikely. Still, says Golub, "we have no way of predicting this with any certainty."
...

And the solar activity is expecetd to grow until 2014

der Brucer

[elmore3003]

Things in Dayton are not going well and I'm very frightened for Ginny. I've heard from Richard's sister-in-law Jayne, who says that she had a heart attack durng the procedure and her right coronary artery is severely damaged so there's no chance for a bypass. I will wait to hear from Richard on her status before I consider the information completely accurate, but Jayne went through something similar with Richard's brother John not too long ago.

[Ron Pulliam]

Things in Dayton are not going well and I'm very frightened for Ginny. I've heard from Richard's sister-in-law Jayne, who says that she had a heart attack durng the procedure and her right coronary artery is severely damaged so there's no chance for a bypass. I will wait to hear from Richard on her status before I consider the information completely accurate, but Jayne went through something similar with Richard's brother John not too long ago.

That's awful news, Larry.   

Prayers are going out!

[Laura]

Oh no! Prayers continue for our Ginny.

[elmore3003]

I just spoke to Richard, and DR Ginny will be in ICU at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, OH, for several days. I told him what Jayne had reported and he said he felt her comments were colored by John's heart condition and death. Ginny only had one heart attack and that was yesterday, not during the procedure today. The doctors inserted a stent(?) and restored a better flow of blood to an area of her heart that was blocked. The cardiologist and several specialists all agreed that a bypass was not necessary. I hope I am reporting all of this correctly, but i feel the info is not so dire as Jayne made it out to be.

[elmore3003]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Speedy Recovery Vibes to DR Ginny! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[elmore3003]

I've been told that there are some MAJOR astrological happenings going on. I've noticed several problems with machines--the sort that we get with a Mercury retrograde--and have heard about others feeling stuck and out-of-sorts. I wonder is this is partly responsible for Larry's depression.

JRand, any thoughts?

I just had a long talk with my friend Chris and we were talking about something weird in the air; he's been going through something as well, and last night just barely avoided an ugly scene with teenage boys on hos block and spitballs.

[bk]

Glad to hear it was not as serious as originally reported (and go bitch-slap the original reportee).

[bk]

Had a small sandwich.  All packages have postage.  Most importantly, the Thurber original arrived safe and sound and is so wonderful I can't even begin to describe it.  Also got a couple of other packages, and shipped the transfers of our next two projects to the mastering guy - who actually now has the next five projects to do.  I'm listening to the flat transfer of the project we're announcing on Monday - it sounds great flat, so it will only sound even greater when the mastering guy works his magic on it - the score was recorded and released in mono and this is what mono should sound like.  The 1950s LP pressings were noisy and constricted (it was a pretty long program for an LP in those days) so this sounds like it never has before.

[bk]

I'll be jogging later in the afternoon.

[bk]

I've pulled the tapes for another Ryko show release I was thinking about reissuing - guess what?  Same deal - they remixed it, so the original LP mix has never been on CD!  Unbelievable.  So, I'm definitely doing it and it will most definitely sound better than the Ryko remix.  The only other decision is whether I will remix it myself - this doesn't have any of the problems that Promises had, but it's swimming in muddy reverb (don't know if it was recorded to tape that way) and I know I could make it sound a LOT better - just don't know if sales would justify the work and cost involved.

[Laura]

That's much better news, Elmore. Thank you.

I don't think I will complain about oatmeal any more.

[DERBRUCER]

...I know I could make it sound a LOT better - just don't know if sales would justify the work and cost involved.

Well, you do have a reputation to maintain; if it costs more, charge more - I doubt your customer base is bargain hunting at the cost of quality.

der Brucer

[Ron Pulliam]

I can't help but remember Ryko issuing the "Man of La Mancha" soundtrack and that it was out of sequence.  They allegedly put it right in future pressings, but they offered NO returns/replacements to those of us unfortunate enough to buy the first batch.  That really soured me on the label.

To make matters worse, they didn't use all the releasable music...there were some orchestral passages on the commercial cassette that were not on the LP.  They apparently used the LP master with only the tracks on the LP in the offing.

[DERBRUCER]

Ginny only had one heart attack and that was yesterday, not during the procedure today. The doctors inserted a stent(?) and restored a better flow of blood to an area of her heart that was blocked. The cardiologist and several specialists all agreed that a bypass was not necessary.

Great news - she should be home shopping in no time.

der Brucer

PS Tell her to avoid by-pass surgery for now - Vera Bradley does not have cardiac pillows

[JMK]

Glad to hear it was not as serious as originally reported (and go bitch-slap the original reportee).

I believe you mean the original reporTER.  We are the reporTEES.  Unless of course this is the harbinger of a new era of BK masochism. 

[JMK]

I, too, have a problem with noisy neighbors, but I don't think it's in the same league with Larry's. I was running the fan the other day to drown out the the noise, but it's not the same as QUIET!

When I was looking for an apartment in the DC area, I found that most of the buildings REQUIRE a certain percentage of the floor to be carpeted. If this is the case at Larry's, then the management is remiss for not enforcing that, as well as any other noise restrictions that are in place.

Perhaps someone can find the Oaf Above more suitable housing. Someplace he can be an inconsiderate jerk and fit right in.

Is there room in 3D's building? 

[DERBRUCER]

I don't think I will complain about oatmeal any more.

Try it with a spash of soy sauce, some chopped green onion and a few crawdads.

der Brucer

[JMK]

Could it be a "sweet" OBC, perchance?

[Jane]

I am extremely glad I was not home & didn't have to wait for the second post from DR elmore regarding our DR Ginny.  I'm still choked up after reading the first post & relieved at the same time.

[TCB]

PRAYERS AND VIBES TO OUR DEAR READER GINNY!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[TCB]

I also think "I Want to Eat Your Face" is a highlight of moviedom!  And of course I also love "Bachelor Bills."

TMI!

[George]

Hey everybody.  Things are in the home stretch around here.  Two camp shows open this weekend (and close, too) and then the 7 weeks or so of summer camps will be done.  I'll need a vacation from my "summer vacation" I think.  One of the shows were doing is 13 and upon hearing a run through (I can't see the stage), it truly is a hot mess of a show.  The music is fun to play, but the book and the lyrics... really, don't make me vent here, cuz I could!!  It's one of those shows that I can say "been there, done that". 

Other than that, I'm outa here.

And with that...a new plateau!

[JMK]

Spelling is defunct department:  I just went to the website of a restaurant which is advertising for a musician and read:

We have free wife, so you can check your email or surf on the net.

[TCB]

I never met Lucille Ball - although she used to play Backgammon with my cousin Dodo.  However, the woman who does a one-woman Lucy show, Suzanne Rusch, was in attendance last night at the library event.

She is almost as good as Debra Messing.

[TCB]

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