John Baxindine
@jbax.bsky.social
Old-school note scribbler and ivory tickler • www.jbax.net
Charming. I've received recording equipment packed like that, and I've been lucky that so far nothing has arrived broken.
November 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Charming. I've received recording equipment packed like that, and I've been lucky that so far nothing has arrived broken.
All of June's interactions with people involved in Gypsy must have been pretty weird.
The only weirder case I can think of is the situation with Michael Weatherly, who played Robert Wagner in a TV movie about Natalie Wood's death...only to have Wagner then play his father on NCIS.
The only weirder case I can think of is the situation with Michael Weatherly, who played Robert Wagner in a TV movie about Natalie Wood's death...only to have Wagner then play his father on NCIS.
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
All of June's interactions with people involved in Gypsy must have been pretty weird.
The only weirder case I can think of is the situation with Michael Weatherly, who played Robert Wagner in a TV movie about Natalie Wood's death...only to have Wagner then play his father on NCIS.
The only weirder case I can think of is the situation with Michael Weatherly, who played Robert Wagner in a TV movie about Natalie Wood's death...only to have Wagner then play his father on NCIS.
Please look again. It's directly below the photo.
October 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Please look again. It's directly below the photo.
I'm suddenly imagining "Let the wild rumpus start!" sung to the tune of "Hunt the wild justice down!"
October 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I'm suddenly imagining "Let the wild rumpus start!" sung to the tune of "Hunt the wild justice down!"
*took weeks to get used to
(Good grief.)
(Good grief.)
October 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
*took weeks to get used to
(Good grief.)
(Good grief.)
My Android phone just updated too, with a new layout. At least the icons are recognizable. I don't deal well with icons, and I remember a Windows update that took weeks too get used to because nothing looked the same.
October 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
My Android phone just updated too, with a new layout. At least the icons are recognizable. I don't deal well with icons, and I remember a Windows update that took weeks too get used to because nothing looked the same.
Interesting to note whose name is on the plaque, and whose isn't.
October 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Interesting to note whose name is on the plaque, and whose isn't.
Tausend Dank. Für diejenigen (wie ich), die Deutsch als Zweitsprache können, ist es so ermutigend zu sehen, dass auch Deutsche solche Fehler machen!
October 10, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Tausend Dank. Für diejenigen (wie ich), die Deutsch als Zweitsprache können, ist es so ermutigend zu sehen, dass auch Deutsche solche Fehler machen!
I know you're kidding, but that could be effective: Man A sings the Mame song to Woman A; Woman B sings the Passion song to Man B. The second song would serve as a rebuke to the first.
If I did it, it would be far from the strangest arrangement I'd ever been asked to write.
If I did it, it would be far from the strangest arrangement I'd ever been asked to write.
October 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I know you're kidding, but that could be effective: Man A sings the Mame song to Woman A; Woman B sings the Passion song to Man B. The second song would serve as a rebuke to the first.
If I did it, it would be far from the strangest arrangement I'd ever been asked to write.
If I did it, it would be far from the strangest arrangement I'd ever been asked to write.
Understandable! You might be amused to know that in some old church records, October got abbreviated as 8ber. November was 9ber, December Xber.
October 8, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Understandable! You might be amused to know that in some old church records, October got abbreviated as 8ber. November was 9ber, December Xber.
How have I never heard this before?
Skipping around the tracks on YouTube I'm surprised by the keys. No one would dare do "Do-Re-Mi" in E-flat today; even assuming you found a Friedrich with a solid C5, he might not have it tomorrow!
Skipping around the tracks on YouTube I'm surprised by the keys. No one would dare do "Do-Re-Mi" in E-flat today; even assuming you found a Friedrich with a solid C5, he might not have it tomorrow!
October 7, 2025 at 11:10 PM
How have I never heard this before?
Skipping around the tracks on YouTube I'm surprised by the keys. No one would dare do "Do-Re-Mi" in E-flat today; even assuming you found a Friedrich with a solid C5, he might not have it tomorrow!
Skipping around the tracks on YouTube I'm surprised by the keys. No one would dare do "Do-Re-Mi" in E-flat today; even assuming you found a Friedrich with a solid C5, he might not have it tomorrow!
The rehearsal got written up in the Times: www.nytimes.com/2015/12/21/a...
Dance Machine of the 21st Century Imparts Vintage Broadway Steps to a New Generation (Published 2015)
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The rehearsal got written up in the Times: www.nytimes.com/2015/12/21/a...
I started looking for Gemze de Lappe before I remembered that she did it in London, with Howard Keel.
Some years ago I was behind the piano for four hours while Gemze taught the Oklahoma! ballet to a group of dancers. It was a remarkable experience.
Some years ago I was behind the piano for four hours while Gemze taught the Oklahoma! ballet to a group of dancers. It was a remarkable experience.
October 7, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I started looking for Gemze de Lappe before I remembered that she did it in London, with Howard Keel.
Some years ago I was behind the piano for four hours while Gemze taught the Oklahoma! ballet to a group of dancers. It was a remarkable experience.
Some years ago I was behind the piano for four hours while Gemze taught the Oklahoma! ballet to a group of dancers. It was a remarkable experience.
Jeune vieux, as opposed to being vieux jeu.
October 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Jeune vieux, as opposed to being vieux jeu.
The German word is "stumm." It means silent or mute.
E.g., the German word for "silent film" is "Stummfilm."
E.g., the German word for "silent film" is "Stummfilm."
October 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
The German word is "stumm." It means silent or mute.
E.g., the German word for "silent film" is "Stummfilm."
E.g., the German word for "silent film" is "Stummfilm."
They should have stopped at coffee Jell-O and quit while they were ahead.
October 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
They should have stopped at coffee Jell-O and quit while they were ahead.
The audience response was bonkers. We had 45-minute autograph lines after some performances. I've never experienced anything else like it.
October 4, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The audience response was bonkers. We had 45-minute autograph lines after some performances. I've never experienced anything else like it.
Yes, November/December 2010. We visited Tokyo briefly but didn't perform there. The whole trip was fantastic—Kyoto and Sendai in particular, and possibly the most memorable Thanksgiving of my life in Nagoya (two weird performances followed by turkey dinner with our bemused Japanese crew).
October 4, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Yes, November/December 2010. We visited Tokyo briefly but didn't perform there. The whole trip was fantastic—Kyoto and Sendai in particular, and possibly the most memorable Thanksgiving of my life in Nagoya (two weird performances followed by turkey dinner with our bemused Japanese crew).
I've only been to Japan once, for a six-week tour of the Irving Berlin revue I Love a Piano (I was the pianist). Our last performance was in Nara, and I still have the jacket that one of the deer tried to tear off me while I was opening a packet of rice crackers.
October 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I've only been to Japan once, for a six-week tour of the Irving Berlin revue I Love a Piano (I was the pianist). Our last performance was in Nara, and I still have the jacket that one of the deer tried to tear off me while I was opening a packet of rice crackers.
Treating them kindly is easy.
Getting away with your dignity and clothing intact? Not so much.
Getting away with your dignity and clothing intact? Not so much.
October 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Treating them kindly is easy.
Getting away with your dignity and clothing intact? Not so much.
Getting away with your dignity and clothing intact? Not so much.
"And who gets to see it but the birds, the stars, and the chimney sweeps?"
October 1, 2025 at 6:19 AM
"And who gets to see it but the birds, the stars, and the chimney sweeps?"