#conductor ralph

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Wes Anderson Movies + Text Post Christmas Edition!

Come together: a fashion picture in motion

I hope you all have a very happy holiday!

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WIP for some fanart for wreck it ralph based on the dinner scene from Pearl

some context for what i have changed in this idea:

Instead of turbo killing animals on the farm like pearl does, he kills his fans (the faceless background characters in his game) that come up to try to cheer him up after losing races.

Everything else stays pretty much the same with the exception that turbo doesnt have a lover and at the end felix arrives to see why turbo hadn't left his arcade for a long ass time.

Not sure who the conductor would be but im 100% certain that mitzy would be one of the road blasters characters.

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Ralph White, Abingdon Branch Train Conductor, and Laundry on the Line, Damascus, Photo by O. Winston Link, 1955

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fuck it friday

Damn it really is friday huh? Anyway, @clusterbuck and @capseycartwright tagged me for this, and in the spirit of getting these kinds of games going again I will share a short clip from the symphony my choir performed earlier this fall! (The full symphony is more than an hour long. This is short.)

This is early in the 4th movement of Ralph Vaughan Williams's A Sea Symphony, which uses text from Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. We got to collaborate with the University of Helsinki's symphony orchestra and their wildly talented conductor for this concert, and though it required so much time and energy it was a very rewarding project!

The full symphony is recorded by several orchestras and choirs and available on e.g. Spotify; I highly recommend checking it out! The second movement is the shortest but has some of the nicest orchestrations, in my opinion (and lets the altos shine the longest as they accompany the baritone soloist), but this clip I chose is one of the most beautiful parts for the choir. Pay attention e.g. to the swelling crescendo of "alternate night and day" and then immediate, quick diminuendo to the end of the phrase. The last sentence is the only time in the symphony all four (eight) voices of the choir together sing completely a cappella.

Covered all over with visible power and beauty, Alternate light and day and the teeming spiritual darkness, Unspeakable high processions of sun and moon and countless stars above, Below, the manifold grass and waters, With inscrutable purpose, some hidden prophetic intention, Now first it seems my thought begins to span thee.

Tagging @bropunzeling @zahlibeth @nunc-spes-spei @dancing-mylife-away @mistchievous @sibylsleaves @outdiaz @eddiediaaz to share whatever you want!

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Saturday, 11-23-24, 7pm Pacific

'Evenin' everyone, Mr. Baggins back with a set to soothe your achin' nerves and help ease us all into a good night. Let's start this evening off with Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 4, BWV 1049; we hear the classic Karl Ristenpart recording from 1960.

I thought we might listen to another of the Dvorak Symphonies conducted by Istvan Kertesz; this is the Symphony No. 7 in D minor Op. 70., performed by Istvan Kertesz and The London Symphony. Stunning performance by all, recorded in the mid-'60s, remastered in 2017.

And now let's hear Dvorak's seldom-recorded Piano Concerto in G-minor, Op. 33, performed by Rudolf Firkusny, with George Szell and The Cleveland Orchestra, recorded in April of 1954.

Now here's one of Britain's 20th Century masterpieces, Gustav Holst's The Planets, Op. 32. Here is Sir Adrian Boult with The London Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded in '79.

I thought we might dip a toe into the Symphonies of Ralph Vaughan Williams this evening, with his Symphony No. 3, his Pastoral Symphony. Andre Previn leads the London Symphony Orchestra, with soprano Heather Harper.

Gustav Mahler was truly a "modern" composer in the sense of being somewhat of an acquired taste for a lot of folks. He wrote symphonies which ran the spectrum as far as orchestral and choral forces required to perform them! Some of these works are just naturally going to be inaccessible to a lot of folks. Among the MOST accessible of Mahler's symphonies are No. 1 (nicknamed "The Titan") and No. 4, which ends with the song "A Child's View Of Heaven", sung by either a child singer, or a soprano, depending on conductor temperment or singer availablility. Let's hear Mahler's Symphony No. 1 in D Major, "The Titan", played by Mahler's biggest cheerleader in the latter half of the 20th Century, Leonard Bernstein and the NYPO.

Let's hear, as a rare encore treat, two songs by Mahler for soprano and orchestra, sung by the divine Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, with Bruno Walter and The Vienna, at Walter's Farewell Concert in 1960. First is "No. 4. Ich atmet' einen linden Duft":

And "No. 5. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen"

Here is a wonderful little overture by Mendelssohn, his "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage", Op. 27. The London Symphony is conducted here by Sir John Elliot Gardiner.

And that wraps up this evening's program; I do hope you have enjoyed the selections and maybe heard something new to your ear. This Mr. Baggins signing off for the evening. I'll return at 8am Pacific with Morning Coffee Music.

Until then, dream sweet dreams, babies, dream sweet dreams.

Baggins out.

[thewarmestplacetohide]

Dread by the Decade: Dead of Night

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★★★★

Plot: When a man meets a group of strangers whom he insists he already knows, everyone present realizes they've also experienced something unexplainable.

Review: Though some segments outshine others, diverse narratives, genuine eeriness, and a fantastically surreal ending make this anthology an absolute standout.

Source Material: "The Bus-Conductor" by E. F. Benson, "The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost" by H. G. Wells Year: 1945 Genre: Anthology, Supernatural Horror, Ghosts, Horror Comedy Country: United Kingdom Language: English Runtime: 1 hour 43 minutes

Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer, Basil Dearden Writers: John Baines, Angus MacPhail Cinematographers: Douglas Slocombe, Jack Parker Editor: Charles Hasse Composer: Georges Auric Cast: Mervyn Johns, Frederick Valk, Anthony Baird, Judy Kelly, Miles Malleson, Sally Ann Howes, Michael Allan, Ralph Michael, Googie Withers, Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Michael Redgrave, Hartley Power, Roland Culver, Renee Gadd

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Story: 3.5/5 - Though "The Golfer's Story" is weak and "The Christmas Party" is too bare bones, the other tales are unsettling and the framing story's conclusion is outright haunting.

Performances: 4/5 - Everyone is great, but Mervyn Johns, Ralph Michael, and Michael Redgrave give especially tormented performances.

Cinematography: 4/5 - Well shot with interesting angles and lighting. The dizzying camera movements at the end are wonderful.

Editing: 3/5 - Cuts are sometimes a bit abrupt.

Music: 3.5/5 - Lively, though occasionally too dramatic.

Effects & Props: 4/5 - The cursed mirror and ventriloquist dummy are both solid, and the bus crash is effective.

Sets: 4/5

Costumes, Hair, & Make-Up: 4/5

Trigger Warnings:

Very mild violence

Domestic abuse

Suicide

Discussion of child abuse and murder

Casual misogyny

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Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929) - Organ Symphony No.1 in B minor

I. Moderato [00:00] II. Fugato. Andante lento e grazioso [09:41] III. Cantabile [12:10] IV. Allegro giusto e maestoso [16:41]

Ralph Gustafsson, organ (St Maria Magdalena Church, Stockholm)

Conductor: Ragnar Bohlin

Ensemble: Massingsensemble

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Hubert Laws – The Chicago Theme

The Chicago Theme is an album by flautist Hubert Laws recorded at Rudy Van Gelder’s Studio in New Jersey in 1974 and released in 1975 on the CTI label.

Hubert Laws – flute, arranger Randy Brecker – trumpet Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone David Sanborn – alto saxophone Bob James – keyboards, arranger, conductor Don Grolnick – piano, clavinet Joe Beck, George Benson, Eric Gale, Richie Resnicoff, Phil Upchurch – guitar Doug Bascomb, Ron Carter – bass Stanley Clarke – electric bass Steve Gadd, Andrew Smith – drums Ralph MacDonald – percussion Harry Cykman, Gayle Dixon, Max Ellen, Paul Gershman, Emanuel Green, Harold Kohon, Charles Libove, Harry Lookofsky, David Nadien, Matthew Raimondi – violin Al Brown, Manny Vardi – viola George Ricci, Alan Shulman – cello

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Birthdays 12.22

Beer Birthdays

Fred Krug (1833)

Denise Jones

Joanne Carilli (1966)

Five Favorite Birthdays

James Burke; Irish science writer, historian (1936)

Charles Stuart Calverley; English writer (1831)

Hector Elizondo; actor (1936)

Sir Gawain; English knight

Edgard Varese; French composer (1883)

Famous Birthdays

Peggy Ashcroft; actor (1907)

Barbara Billingsley; actor (1915)

Joseph Bloomingdale; department store founder (1842)

Erica Boyer; adult actress (1956)

Steve Carlton; Philadelphia Phillies P (1944)

Diocletian; Roman emperor (244)

Ralph Fiennes; English actor (1962)

Maurice Gibb; pop singer (1949)

Robin Gibb; pop singer (1949)

Ellie Hendricks; Baltimore Orioles C (1940)

"Lady Bird" Johnson; first lady (1912)

Frank B. Kellogg; politician (1856)

Andre Kostelanetz; conductor (1901)

Connie Mack; baseball manager (1862)

Dina Meyer; actor (1968)

Rick Nielsen; rock guitarist (1946)

James Oglethorpe; Georgia colony founder (1696)

Austin Norman Palmer; penmanship pioneer (1860)

Vanessa Paradis; singer, model, actor (1972)

Giacomo Puccini; Italian composer (1858)

Jean Racine; French writer (1639)

Gene Rayburn; comedian (1917)

Edwin Arlington Robinson; poet (1869)

Jordin Sparks; pop singer (1989)

Diane Sawyer; television journalist (1945)

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Nero's display picture is the actor Jackie Gleason protraying a character called Ralph Kramden in a TV show called the Honeymooners. i think choosing an avatar is for most forum users a kind of personality fashioning; the reader is expected to interpret something about the picture's nature and infer a connection with something about the user. this is why tumblr's 'mature content' prison can feel so devastating; bound, shaved, marked and castrated, you scarcely recognize yourself in your own posts. when it happened to me a friend sent an ask saying that they missed "the lore that little anime girl on the corner adds to [my] essays" (click). so how do you interpret Nero with Nero's display picture? i see four options: (i) i interpret Nero in light of the actor Jackie Gleason—the finely dressed Old Hollywood actor who we remember from the Hustler and as the conductor of the orchestra on Music for Lovers Only, (ij) i interpret Nero in light of the character Ralph Kramden, the (according to the wiki, click) brash, impulsive, short-tempered bus driver from the Honeymooners (the Unofficial Honeymooners Site, click, which either plagiarizes or is plagiarized by Wikipedia, goes on to link, as a demonstration of his personality, a video compilation of Every Fat Joke From the Classic 39 Episodes, which you can watch if you so desire, click), (iij) i interpret Nero in light of the dramatic sequence which Gleason is performing, the narrative of the episode, the artistic purpose it achieves, whatever the character presently says in the scene and so forth, or (iiij) i interpret Nero without any reference to the actor, character or show implicated by the picture, but instead purely by the force of the gesture in its immediacy, in this case a man pretending to hang himself, his mouth open in grotesque asphyxiation, similar to the chilling silent scream of Mother Courage interpreted by Helene Weigel (click).

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Interesting Reviews for Week 36, 2023

Decoding semantic representations in mind and brain. Frisby, S. L., Halai, A. D., Cox, C. R., Lambon Ralph, M. A., & Rogers, T. T. (2023). Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 27(3), 258–281.

The two tales of hippocampal sharp-wave ripple content: The rigid and the plastic. Hall, A. F., & Wang, D. V. (2023). Progress in Neurobiology, 221, 102396.

Transcranial electrical stimulation: How can a simple conductor orchestrate complex brain activity? Krause, M. R., Vieira, P. G., & Pack, C. C. (2023). PLOS Biology, 21(1), e3001973.

Cancelling cancellation? Sensorimotor control, agency, and prediction. Press, C., Thomas, E. R., & Yon, D. (2023). Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 145, 105012.

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Okay I want more and more different kinds of therapy groups in the Wreck It Ralph universe.

Various characters from violent games expanding their horizons with crafts and hobbies.

An employment education program for racing game characters to prepare them for life outside of a car (Guy in a full firesuit and helmet gesturing at a fax machine and asking "How high should I rev this to shift it into Send?")

A guy dressed as a train conductor lacks the appropriate animations to say that he feels like he lacks agency in where his life is going. Zoom out to a room full of t-posing farmers, construction workers, bus drivers, and other heavy equipment operators all agreeing vehemently.

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A Los Angeles journalist befriends a homeless Juilliard-trained musician, while looking for a new article for the paper. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Steve Lopez: Robert Downey Jr. Nathaniel Ayers: Jamie Foxx Mary Weston: Catherine Keener Graham Claydon: Tom Hollander David Carter: Nelsan Ellis Adam Crane: Michael Bunin Jennifer Ayers: LisaGay Hamilton Leslie Bloom: Rachael Harris Curt Reynolds: Stephen Root Flo Ayers: Lorraine Toussaint Cheery Lab Tech: Jena Malone Troubled Woman: Octavia Spencer Young Nathaniel: Justin Martin Bernie Carpenter: Kokayi Ampah Paul Jr.: Patrick Tatten Marisa: Susane Lee Mayor Villaigosa: Marcos De Silvas Harry Barnoff: Ilia Volok Julliard Conductor: Mike Nowak Angry Homeless Man: David Jean Thomas Uncle Tommy: Lemon Andersen Homeless Transvestite: Kevin Michael Key Barely Dressed Woman: Moya Brady LAMP Homeless Guy: Orlando Ashley Leon: Artel Great Shouting Woman: J.J. Boone LAMP Advocate: Annie McKnight Homeless Lady: Bernadette Speakes Leeann: Anna Levin Steve: Steve Foster Teresa: Vivian George KK: Kevin Cohen Courtney: Courtney Andre Detroit: Teri Hughes Linda: Linda Harris Bam Bam: Albert Olson Melissa: Melissa Black Mama Grouch: Valarie Hudspeth Darryl: Darryl Black St. Kiana: Kiana Parker Hazard: Hazard Banner Russell: Russell Brown Jackie: Jacqueline Sue West Ashley: Joyre Manuel Singing Woman: Lorinda Hawkins Annette: Annette Valley Patrick: Patrick Kelly Quiana: Quiana Farrow Globe Lobby Guard: Tony Genaro Atheist: Charlie Weirauch Cop with Tents: Wayne Lopez EMT #1: Joe Hernandez-Kolski Winston Street Cop: Noel Gugliemi EMT #2: Paul Cruz Homeless Man: Wil Garret EMT #3: Halbert Hernandez Construction Worker: Alejandro Patiño Homeless Woman #1: Karole Selmon Neil: Rob Nagle Cello Donor: Patricia Place Enraged Homeless Man: Ralph Cole Jr. Reception Nurse: Gladys Khan ER Nurse: Palma Lawrence Reed Laid-off Employee: Isabel Hubmann Homeless Woman #2: Bonita Jefferson Winston Street Prostitute: Eshana O’Neal Young Jennifer Ayers: Myia Hubbard Miss Little John: Iyanna Newborn Beauty Shop Girl: Bronwyn Hardy News Editor: Troy Blendell Jennifer’s Son: Nick Nervies Editor: Paul Norwood Sign Spinner (uncredited): Wally Lozano Film Crew: Screenplay: Susannah Grant Unit Production Manager: Patricia Whitcher Casting: Francine Maisler Art Direction: Greg Berry Producer: Gary Foster Author: Steve Lopez Director: Joe Wright Editor: Paul Tothill Costume Design: Jacqueline Durran Production Design: Sarah Greenwood Makeup Department Head: Ve Neill Producer: Russ Krasnoff Still Photographer: François Duhamel Production Coordinator: Robert Mazaraki Hair Department Head: Gloria Pasqua Casny Music Editor: Dominick Certo Director of Photography: Seamus McGarvey Set Decoration: Julie Smith Script Supervisor: Kerry Lyn McKissick Original Music Composer: Dario Marianelli Post Production Coordinator: Adam Cole Stunts: Shirley Smrz Stunts: C.C. Taylor Stunts: Hannah Kozak Hairstylist: Lisa Marie Rosenberg Stunts: Allan Graf Stunts: Jim Wilkey Stunts: Aaron Toney Stunts: Gregg Smrz Stunts: Todd Schneider Stunts: George Marshall Ruge Stunts: Chad Randall Stunts: Robert Nagle Stunt Coordinator: Scotty Richards Stunt Driver: Ed McDermott II Stunts: Marilyn Miller Stunts: Sean Graham Stunts: Jalil Jay Lynch Stunts: Kevin L. Jackson Stunts: Kofi Elam Stunts: John T. Cypert Stunts: Greg Wayne Elam Stunts: Chino Binamo Stunt Driver: Michael Caradonna Stunt Driver: Norman Epperson Stunts: Daniel W. Barringer Stunts: Greg Fitzpatrick Stunt Coordinator: Mickey Giacomazzi Stunts: Peter Weireter Stunts: Hollis Hill Stunts: Keith Woulard Stunts: Angela Meryl Stunts: Danny Wynands Stunts: Kortney Manns Stunts: Michael Maddigan Stunts: Kofi Yiadom Stunt Driver: Allan Padelford Stunts: Thomas DuPont Stunts: Jason Cekanski Stunt Driver: Scott Alan Berk Movie Reviews:

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Benjamin Sherman "Scatman" Crothers (May 23, 1910 – November 22, 1986) was an American actor, singer, dancer and musician known for his work as Louie the Garbage Man on the TV show Chico and the Man, and as Dick Hallorann in The Shining in 1980. He was also a prolific voiceover artist, and provided the voices of Meadowlark Lemon in the animated TV version of The Harlem Globetrotters, Jazz the Autobot in The Transformers and the title character in Hong Kong Phooey.

Crothers was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. He got the name Scatman when he auditioned for a radio show in 1932 at the former WSMK in Dayton, Ohio. The director didn't think his given name was catchy enough, so Crothers quickly concocted the handle Scat Man, although this talent, scat singing, would later develop. He continued to enjoy this talent throughout his career, even teaching scat singing to college students. Later, the nickname was condensed to Scatman by Arthur Godfrey.

Crothers started his musical career as a 15-year-old drummer in a speakeasy band in his home town of Terre Haute. He played a variety of instruments, including drums and guitar, on jazz club band circuits in his early days as an entertainer. Among the people he performed for was notorious gangster, Al Capone. Crothers formed his own band in the 1930s and traveled to California with the band in 1948.

He performed in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, and at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York City. Capitol released several of his singles, including "I'd Rather Be a Hummingbird", "Blue-Eyed Sally", and "Television Blues". High Fidelity Records released his album Rock and Roll with Scatman Crothers. He went on USO tours with Bob Hope. Crothers also performed with bandleader Slim Gaillard. According to the jacket notes of the Let Freedom Sing CD set, Crothers was part of the music group The Ramparts, who sang "The Death of Emmett Till" (1955), a song by A. C. Bilbrew.

Crothers made his official debut in the movie Meet Me at the Fair. He worked in both the movies and television, often taking bit parts. He also made musical shorts and played drums with Slim Gaillard in the mid 1940s. Good friends with Jack Nicholson, he appeared in four of his films: The King of Marvin Gardens, The Fortune, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and The Shining. His later film appearances included the role of a wizened fable-telling convict in the extremely controversial Ralph Bakshi animated film Coonskin, as a train conductor in Silver Streak, as a liveryman in The Shootist, as a ringmaster of a struggling wild west show in Bronco Billy, the Baseball coach and school teacher in Zapped, an angel in Two of a Kind and finally Mr. Bloom, a magician in the guise of an old man in the "Kick the Can" segment of Twilight Zone: The Movie.

Source: Hollywood Walk of Fame/Wikipedia

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“MGM Jubilee Overture” – performed by the MGM Symphony Orchestra; conducted by Johnny Green

This medley overture was performed in 1954 for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s 30th anniversary. In the days of the old Hollywood Studio System, all of the major studios* – MGM, Warner Bros., Paramount, Columbia, RKO, and Universal – had their own symphony orchestras. These orchestras recorded every film score that each studio churned out (feature films and short films alike). As the studio best known for their musicals, the MGM Symphony Orchestra was arguably the best of them all, boasting world-class instrumentalists that rivaled all but the very finest orchestras in the world.

Needless to say, these studio orchestras took on a lot of work and the studios wanted only the best musicians they could get. The composers, lyricists, orchestrators, and musicians were all under contract to the studio. This set-up no longer exists in Hollywood as studios dealt with tighter profit margins in the 1960s, changing musical tastes during that decade, and the fact that modern Hollywood studios produce far fewer movies every year than they did during Hollywood's Golden Age. These days, studios prefer to hire composers/lyricists/orchestrators and musicians on an individual basis.

Almost all of the original conductors' and instrumental sectional scores to all of this music were destroyed in the early 1970s when then-MGM owner Kirk Kerkorian decided to slowly convert MGM into a real estate company. To save costs, he approved of the near-complete disposal of the studio’s music library – thrown into a landfill now underneath a golf course. Kerkorian, for copyright purposes, allowed MGM musicians to jot down piano reductions of one piece of music for every MGM movie before the original scores were to be disposed.

The songs featured in this overture are listed below along with the films they featured in: 1:20-2:09: “Singin’ in the Rain” from various films; first introduced in The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929), best known for its use in Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 2:09-3:19: “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” from Born to Dance (1936) 3:19-3:49: “Broadway Rhythm” from The Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) 3:49-4:30: “The Last Time I Saw Paris” from Lady Be Good (1941) 4:30-5:11: “Temptation” from Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 5:11-5:47: “Baby It’s Cold Outside” from Neptune’s Daughter (1949) 5:47-6:37: “Be My Love” from The Toast of New Orleans (1950) 6:37-7:03: “The Trolley Song” from Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) 7:04-7:30: “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe” from The Harvey Girls (1946) 7:30-7:58: “The Donkey Serenade” from The Firefly (1937) 7:58-8:57: “Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz (1939) 8:57-9:24: Conclusion

Composers: Nacio Herb Brown, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Frank Loesser, Nicholas Brodszky, Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane, Harry Warren, Rudolf Friml, Herbert Stothart, and Harold Arlen

* For those wondering where Disney is among the listed major studios, RKO distributed many of Disney’s films until the 1950s and Disney would not be a major studio until the late ‘80s/early ‘90s.

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: "A Tribute to Ralph Vaughan Williams" Symphony No. 9 in E Minor Sir Adrian Boult.