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I have no opinion of the voice; I have quite literally never heard a note.
Music is not currently a big part of my life. I HATE advertising, and go to great lengths to avoid it. The radio stations play the same crap, and are stuffed with ads. Ergo, I listen to NPR in the car. I do not believe in file sharing, and I refuse to pay more for a CD than for a DVD with extras. My musical friends are currently scattered from me (and I from them), so I don't know really to listen for. You can't read about music. I hardly watch television, don't have cable (no MTV), and I mute the commercials. If it doesn't show up on West Wing, Gilmore Girls, or Scrubs, I'm not going to hear about it.
Basically, listening to all the new music out there would take so much energy and money from me, I have given up. I have accepted this. It is something I regret, but I don't see a free, sans-advertising solution at the moment.
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I've listened to tracks 5 and 12, now, and I offer this:
For a 21-year-old, the kid's got potential. He needs to get his voice out of his head and a little more grounded in his chest. And for god's sake, if you're going to sing *this* kind of music for a living, you need to sing your vowels correctly--or at the very least, consistently. Because he shoves his soft pallet into his nose when he enters the passagio, his higher notes sound totally unnatural.
But the potential is there (right now, anyway... his voice is still changing). It would also help if he could improve his phrasing. A lot of his melodies end up the aural equivalent of an ocean wave. Up. Down. Up. Down. I'm bored already.
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Okay, I listened to much of the first album.
Yes, Patrick, that's pretty gay. Sort of like Andrea Bocelli - great voice, but he's an Italian Barbra Streisand. I say that having loved the words to "You're still you." and JG's voice on "To Where You Are."
*still listening* Okay, I LOVE male singing voices.
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Oh, well no wonder I liked the melody. It's Richard Marx. When I was 13, I figured out the melodies to my favorite Richard Marx songs on my flute, and whenever I got frustrated with practicing, I'd default to "Right here waiting for you."
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quote:I know I already told you this, but this is a reminder. I'm coming to the Hollywood Bowl to see you. And I have never been to CA., so now you know how special you are to me.
I will be in the Terrace seating section (good seats) sitting with some other grobanites. So watch for us and I know you will.
(emphasis hers)
*suddenly feeling much better about own level of fan-girl geekdom, having never written anything close to this to Uncle Orson*
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On the 'anything in crepes' thing, I found the most delicious thing the other day in a bakery in Kyoto. It was basically just sweet potato (maybe with a little flour or milk mixed in to make it smoother) wrapped up in a sweet crepe. So good!!!
Well, I actually respect the man's talent and hardship, and there are parts of his voice that are... shall we say, unique... and I even own his sacred arias album.
But that's because they're sacred arias, some of which are hard to come by with decent production quality.
My opinions aren't the most important, though. I'm one of those snobs that can actually list the differences between Luciano Pavarotti and Franco Corelli (Franco is my personal fave, btw).
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Authentic French Crepes: a recipe from Annie with some smug musical advice.
Step one: Turn on Josh Groban
Step two: melt 2 tbsp. butter in a large flat pan (you're melting an ingredient and greasing the pan at the same time.) Pour into mixing bowl where you'll add everything else with a whisk.
Step three: Beat 6 eggs
Step four: Beat your roommate for recommending the Josh Groban CD. Take it out and use it as a spoonrest - you don't want to get batter everywhere.
Step five: Add 2 cups milk, 1 teaspoon genuine mexican vanilla (they don't make vanilla in France), and while you're in the mood, put on some genuine mexican music - by someone who writes their own songs and plays instruments.
Step six: Add a dash of this, 1/2 cup unrefined sugar (it's better for you), and whisk in 2 cups of flour.
Step seven: Pour batter, about 1/3 cup at a time into hot (medium high) buttered frying pan. Rotate pan until it's spread out and thin. Avoid this.
Step eight: You'll run out of music before you get all the crepes cooked. To be authentic, listen to something Breton- hey, they brought us crepes, King Arthur and funny hats. Isn't this better than opera wannabes?
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Crepes 1/2 C all-purpose flour 2 eggs, well-beaten 2 t peach syrup or apple juice (the original recipe calls for brandy or something -- surprisingly enough, I don't keep brandy on hand) 2 T powdered sugar 3/4 C milk 1 t butter, melted
Sift flour and add to eggs and fruit juice. Fold in sugar, alternating with milk. Add butter. Beat well with electric mixer. Cook them in traditional crepe fashion.
Raspberry filling 1 3 oz. package cream cheese 1/4 C raspberry jam 1 T sour cream 1 T powdered sugar 1/2 t vanilla
Mix 'n' chill. You'll probably want to double the recipe, though.
Chocolate sauce 1 12 oz. can evaporated milk 1 6 oz. package semisweet chocolate chips 1/2 C butter 2 C sifted powdered sugar
Mix milk, chocolate chips, and butter. Bring to boil, stirring constantly, till chips are melted. Add sugar slowly. Bring back to boil; boil for 8 minutes, stirring constantly.
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I feel obligated to point out that the Bretons who brought us crepes and funny hats aren't the same Bretons who brought us King Arthur. The former live in Brittany, France, while the latter live in Wales. And what's up with that Breton music? They're speaking French, not Breton!
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The best crepes I ever made were actually Mexican. Actually, I made it up, but it should be Mexican:
Puree a bunch of mangoes Add cinnamon and sugar, so make a mangosauce. You know, like applesauce, but made of mangoes.
Melt some dark chocolate, add cinnamon and cayenne pepper (ole!).
Fill crepes with mangosauce, drizzle with xocolatl caliente, and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Excelente!
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They must not love Josh too much, they haven't come here to defend him.
I don't think writers spur on such fan-girl mania as singers and actors. I mean can you imagine making a banner that said "Become an Orsonite, Spread the Cardness?"
It's just not done. Usually the giddiness is sparked by a character. Who would devote websites to Orlando Bloom if he had never been cast as Legolas? The problem with singers and actors, is they ARE their character to an extent. With an author, there is a separation there.
Most of the hysterical, wait in line at midnight pre-teens describe themselves as Harry Potter fans, not JK Rowling fans.
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Isn't that terrible, though? If someone from Groban's website had come in to hatrack and burniated my geeky buddies, I'd be causing Grobanian Havoc.
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quote: Hey guys, it was just a little fun. A friend dared me, and I took the challenge. No harm intended. I don't even know who Josh Groban is. Anyway, sorry.
Dude... I can't believe you sold me out. Now Josh will never trade crepe recipes with me...
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I second T's comment about using "rimshot" in a thread asking whether you're getting more gay.
Thankfully, Patrick, the fact that you were skillfully able to sidestep your Freudian slip keeps your heterosexual facade intact... Posts: 2945 | Registered: Apr 2000
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Sold you out? I did nothing of the sort. I didn't blame you for it. I felt bad, and I didn't want to do something that would get me banned from Hatrack. But don't worry; I'll redeem my Mini-Pat status at the get-together Saturday.
But you forgot to point out the funniest part of that thread, Pat:
quote:....PS....Please do NOT register at this other board and respond...That is what they are waiting for.. " DO NOT FEED THE TROLLS !!! "
Yeah, 'cause there's a conspiracy by all of Hatrack to lure Grobanites over here and devour them. That's what trolls do, you know.
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*to me, a rimshot was the snare drum followed by a cymbal to signify when something is supposed to be funny.*
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I believe the primary connotations arise from the first syllable, rather than the second. Though once the first's connotations are realized, the second takes a whole new meaning.
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*sits back eating his orange and banana creame filled crepes*
Left over crepes for the morning. Im thinking scrambled eggs, chopped up bacon, cheese, peppers and onions.
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lol - The Grobanites think jatraqueoros are trolls!
What's happening to the internet community, if one message board can't communicate via fluff wih another message board? Especially if the later is exclusively a fluff message board to begin with!
Think about it, though. We may have inadvertently stumbled onto a new hatrack recruiting method. Maybe we should make tracts, too, giving prospective posters a bullet list of choices, running down Hatrack, Ornery, Navoo... and maybe even pweb. Well, maybe not pweb. But we could mock it up with a dental plan and vacation benefits. Free newbie training!
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Music is not currently a big part of my life. I HATE advertising, and go to great lengths to avoid it. The radio stations play the same crap, and are stuffed with ads. Ergo, I listen to NPR in the car. I do not believe in file sharing, and I refuse to pay more for a CD than for a DVD with extras. My musical friends are currently scattered from me (and I from them), so I don't know really to listen for. You can't read about music. I hardly watch television, don't have cable (no MTV), and I mute the commercials. If it doesn't show up on West Wing, Gilmore Girls, or Scrubs, I'm not going to hear about it.
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