Playlist For Sunday, January 29, 2023: Walking in the rain, running with ...gorillas

 Brain droppings on a dank-tarn-of-a-day in January:

1.) Danny Kaye was a knight and a king...knighted by Denmark, "kinged" by Brooklyn. Not too shabby for a high school drop out.

2.) I don't think I'm "taking down" Christmas this year. These light strings and village set-ups and RED ribbons are all too pretty to remove. I'll just keep 'em all up. No one will notice.

3.) Note to self: Senior Discount at Goodwill happens on Wednesdays. Not Tuesdays. Put it on the calendar. (I mean it: $2.00 vs $4.00 for a jump suit. With spangles. Who could resist?)(And, no...they don't card me.)

4.) Should I buy a Fit Bit? One of those highfalutin' watches that keep track of your steps? I sure as heck walked 5 miles a day when I was in Philly (and NYC) last time. Of course, all that walking was off set by the cheese steaks consumed. And gin. Nahhhh...my OCD mind can count 1 block of steps and multiply by...what, 57??

 

 

4.) Never pack a suitcase so full that you can't lift it BY YOURSELF. (And no, the weight of your bag should not be used as an excuse to ask a tall dark stranger to help you. The ones who notice me at this stage of the game are weaker than I am.) Also remember that the fewer clothes you take, the more you can BUY once you're "there". Annnnnd you can always ship all those new goodies back via some sort of mail, not stuff 'em in your suitcase. (I also in no way trust handles. Or zippers. The entire thing will break or explode if I add one more vintage blazer. Samsonite, where ARE YOU?) 

 

My parents gave me (starting at the age of 7) one piece of Samsonite Luggage each and every Christmas. 

I even had a "makeup case".

At the end, I was the proud owner of 5 pieces of sky blue luggage,

with nowhere to go.

 

Hardly profound, but then again I did call these "droppings". 

More profound (perhaps) is this week's playlist. Because speaking of steps, we're going to Walk, Run, Jump, Shake, Fly, and Sail through 2 hours of Broadway. Yup, locomotion is our theme of the day, or as I like to think of it: The Run, Don't Walk Edition of 2 On The Aisle.

Like Walking Happy, Runnin' Wild, Shakin' The Blues Away, Let's Go Fly A Kite, and Sail Away... and that reminds me. I will indeed be locomoting away (again) for the month of February. The Gritty City calls me (and Upstate NY says go ahead, get outta here), so off I'm flying. I'll be back LIVE on March 5...but meanwhile recorded versions will broadcast out to you for 4 non-LIVE Sundays. Hopefully, you won't even be able to tell the difference. 

Meanwhile, let's walk happy. And get somebody else to carry the damn luggage.

Walking Happy (Louise Troy, Norman Wisdom, Walking Happy)

Walking Among My Yesterdays (Robert Goulet, The Happy Time)

Love Walked In (Bobby Short, Bobby Short Is K-Ra-Zy For Gershwin)

When I Go Out Walking With My Baby (John Davidson, Kathryn Crosby, State Fair)

The Lambeth Walk (Robert Lindsay, Emma Thompson, Me & My Girl)

If He Walked Into My Life (Angela Lansbury, Mame)

I Don't Want To Walk Without You (Elaine Stritch, Stritch)

Walking My Baby Back Home (Johnny Ray)

Walk Like A Man (John Lloyd Young, Ensemble, Jersey Boys)

You Walk With Me (Jason Danieley, Romain Fruge, The Full Monty)

Walking Happy (Peggy Lee)

Double Talk Walk (Instrumental, City Of Angels)

Runnin' Wild (Company, Bullets Over Broadway)

Running In Place (Karen Ziemba, Steel Pier)

Run, Freedom, Run! (Hunter Foster, Urinetown)

Run Along Joe (Siubhan Harrison, From Here To Eternity)

My Cup Runneth Over (Mary Martin, Robert Preston, I Do! I Do!)

It's A Helluva Way To Run A Love Affair (Shirl Conway, Plain And Simple)

Run And Tell That! (Corey Reynolds, Danielle Eugenia Wilson, Hairspray

Bounce (Richard Kind, Howard McGillin, Bounce) 

Shakin' The Blues Away (Ann Miller, Easter Parade)

The Joint Is Jumpin' (Nell Carter, Ken Page, Ensemble, Ain't Misbehavin')

I'm Flying (Mary Martin, Peter Pan)

Let's Fly Away (Lee Wiley)

In Other Words (Fly Me To The Moon)(Kaye Ballard)

What Do We Do? We Fly! (Elizabeth Allen, Stuart Damon, Ensemble, Do I Hear A Waltz?)

Poor Butterfly (Julie Andrews, John Gavin, Thoroughly Modern Millie)

Never Swat A Fly (Anne Morrison, Scott Shafer, Good News)

When I See An Elephant Fly (Cliff Edwards, Ensemble, Dumbo)

Let's Go Fly A Kite (David Tomlinson, Dick Van Dyke, Mary Poppins)

When Our Ship Comes Sailing In (Ensemble, Oh, Kay!)

I'm Sailing On A Sunbeam (Des Toohey, Frank Coughlan's Orchestra)

Sail Away (James Hurst, Sail Away)

I Will Go Sailing No More (Randy Newman, Toy Story)

 

 

Playlist For Sunday, January 22, 2023: Dark... Followed By Widely Scattered Light

So I'm sure most of you have seen the 12 Seasons of the Year Meme, which goes something like this:

Winter

Fool's Spring

Second Winter <<<< YOU ARE HERE

Spring of Deception

Third Winter

Mud Season, alternatively called Construction Season or The Pollening (which sound much more ominous)

Actual Spring

Summer 

Hell's Front Porch

False Fall

Second Summer

Actual Fall

 

Even though we really can't complain about having a harsh winter (YET), I'm really looking forward to the Spring Of Deception, aka The February Thaw, that infamous set of 2.5 days of 55 degrees (or more). Plus I love the name. Like a recent musical I discovered called Revenge With Music. Music? Revenge? Perfect pairing. Like baloney and whipped cream.,

                      George Carlin's weather forecast plays on repeat in my head.

                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1uaw3WIOlc

 I'm also looking forward to Ground Hog Day and all holidays west of that. I actually visualize the year as a clock face, with Jan/Feb/March at the bottom, dripping with icicles and snowflake icons, weighed down by all the extra clothing required (mucklucks, detractive parkas, and oversize earmuffs that reek havoc with dangling earrings). Summer, at the top of "the clock" (in shades of in-ground pool blue and turquoise), simply skips by (in flip flops and not much else). So Spring (deceptive or not) shines like a beacon in the night.

And speaking of night...(what a lead in!)...this Sunday is a Night and Day edition of 2 On The Aisle. Yeah, I know, I've done a Night and Day theme before, but it's tried and true, and I like to think this version is new and improved, abounding in additions, novelties, and whoa-where'd-she-find-that sort of treasures. So Radio Gals, South Pacific, Pippin, Yip Yip Yaphank, Spamalot, and assorted surprises to keep things interesting. A sunrise, an evening, and nights spelling 2 different ways. Just because.

Meanwhile, I gotta get more rock salt. My supply is NOT going to last Third Winter. I also need to pick up more deception...and revenge. BOGO at Aldi's, I'm sure. :)

 

Night And Day (Ginger Rogers)

Sunrise Melody (Klea Blackhurst, Mike Craver, Bob Birdsong, Emily Mikesell, Radio Gals)

Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning (Michael Feinstein, Over There)

Morning Person (Sutton Foster, Shrek The Musical)

Good Morning (Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Singin' In The Rain)

Your Good Morning (Lester James, Fia Karin, Parade)

Morning Glow (John Rubinstein, Pippin)

Happy In The Morning (Eivind Harum, Woman Of The Year)

My Own Morning (Leslie Uggams, Hallelujah, Baby!)

Tomorrow Morning (Robert Goulet, The Happy Time)

Each Tomorrow Morning (Angela Lansbury, Dear World)

It's Today (Ann Hampton Callaway, Liz Callaway, Sibling Revelry)

Nowadays (Renee Zellweger, Chicago)

It's A Lovely Day Today (Dick Haymes, Eileen Wilson, Call Me Madam)

Been A Long Day (Bonnie Scott, Robert Morse, Claudette Sutherland, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying)

Coffee In The Morning & Kisses In The Night (Gus Arheim Orchestra, Jimmy Newell vocals)

You And The Night And The Music (Enric Madriguera Orchestra, Tony Sacco vocals)

Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland (Judy Garland, In The Good Old Summertime)

I Wonder What The King Is Doing Tonight (Richard Burton, Camelot)

The Night They Invented Champagne (Karin Wolfe, Maria Karnilova, Daniel Massey, Gigi)

Some Enchanted Evening (Ezio Pinza, South Pacific)

Night Of My Nights (Richard Kiley, Kismet)

A Lovely Night (Julie Andrews, Alice Ghostley, Kaye Ballard, Ilka Chase, Cinderella)

Goodnight, My Someone (Jessica Molaskey, Make Believe)

The Way You Look Tonight (Ann Hampton Callaway, Jazz Goes To The Movies)

Forever Starts Tonight (Tony Danza, Rob McClure, Brynne O'Malley, Honeymoon In Vegas)

The Night Dolly Parton Was Almost Mine (Mark Hardwick, Pump Boys And Dinettes)

Seven Drunken Nights (The Dubliners)

Knight Of The Woeful Countenance (Don Mayo, Man Of La Mancha)

My White Knight (Barbara Cook, The Music Man)

Knights Of The Round Table (Tim Curry, Sara Ramirez, Company, Spamalot)

Night And Day (Frank Sinatra, The Best Of The Capital Years)

Playlist for Sunday, January 15, 2023: City Gritty!

Urban Gorilla Kim reporting in from Philadelphia, the home of Mummers, cheese steaks, Septa, tattoos, vintage, and Gritty!

I just spent almost a month being a Phaux Phillian, taking the "47", the "57" and more Ubers than I should have (and definitely got "my steps" in, pounding pavement), and made it all work. Especially when it came to pronouncing Passyunk and Schuylkill properly, jay walking, not making eye contact, and all that shopping/eating. Seven vintage blazers, shoes, pants, earrings in a pear tree (of course), used books...plus after 27 days of incredible food, I feel like a proper sack of custard. 

But I've now returned to the farm, the gym, vegetables, and...Jazz90.1, so expect a LIVE broadcast on the 15th. It's January, that gulag of a time in that gulag of an upstate, so what else is there to do but a comical edition? We've got 82 days to get through (as I type this, anyway) til April 1st, which is my landmark to fling off winter coats, mufflers, and all things thermal. This doesn't always work, but I've used this as a fling off-able date since time immemorial, and I ain't changing it now. 

 

Sara Lee...nobody doesn't like it.

 

But 82 days is 82 L O N G days, and to last it we need a little laughter! So we've got Bloop Bleep, Shipoopi, Stepsisters, Sara Lee (that love song to frozen pastry), Ulla from The Producers, Michael in the Bathroom...plus mini birthday salutes to Gwen and Ethel...and a 42nd Street anthem or 7 to rouse us from our January doldrums. 

 

Thanks to Getty, we have Gwen AND Ethel...

perhaps celebrating their birthdays together?

So "mum" along with me on Sunday; I'll bring the cheese steaks, and we'll reminisce about all that city grit I enjoy so much! :) 

 

Make 'Em Laugh (Donald O'Connor, Singin' In The Rain)

If My Friends Could See Me Now (Gwen Verdon, Sweet Charity)

A Little Brains, A Little Talent (Ray Walston, Gwen Verdon, Damn Yankees)

Erbie Fitch's Twitch (Gwen Verdon, Redhead)

Whatever Lola Wants (Gwen Verdon, Damn Yankees)

Stepsisters' Lament (Alice Ghostley, Kaye Ballard, Cinderella)

Sara Lee (Robert Cucioli, And The World Goes 'Round)

I Can't Be In Love (Don Ameeche, Goldilocks)

Bloop Bleep (Danny Kaye)

Shipoopi (Iggie Wolfington, The Music Man)

Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop (Little Anthony And The Imperials)

Good Morning Star Shine (Caissie Levy, Hair)

The Hostess With The Mostess (Ethel Merman, Call Me Madam)

Anything Goes (Ethel Merman, Anything Goes)

Make It Another Old Fashioned (Ethel Merman, Panama Hattie)

Heat Wave (Ethel Merman, Alexander's Ragtime Band)

Paducah (John Bartis, Shoestring Revue)

Rhode Island Is Famous For You (Jack Haley, Inside USA)

Chapter 54, Number 1909 (Tommy Tune, Ken Howard, Michele Lee, Seesaw)

I'm Calm (Jack Gilford, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum)

Michael In The Bathroom (George Salazar, Be More Chill)

I Could Be Jewish For You (Alysha Umphress)

When You Got It, Flaunt It (Cady Huffman, The Producers)

Sexy (Kate Rockwell, Mean Girls)

There! Right There! (Laura Bell Bundy, Christian Borle, Michael Rupert, Legally Blonde)

Natasha (David Garrison, Peggy Hewitt,  A Day In Hollywood, A Night In The Ukraine) 

I Don't Know What I'd Do Without You (Lisa O'Hare, A Gentleman's Guide To Love And Murder)

You'll Be Back (Jonathon Groff, Hamilton)

The Song That Goes Like This (Sara Ramirez, Christopher Sieber, Spamalot)

Shuffle Off To Buffalo (Joseph Bova, Carole Cook, Karen Prunczik, 42nd Street

You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me (Tammy Grimes, 42nd Street)

Lullaby Of Broadway (Jerry Orbach, Wanda Richert, Company, 42nd Street)