From: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org (lucy-list-digest) To: lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Subject: lucy-list-digest V5 #199 Reply-To: lucy-list@smoe.org Sender: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-lucy-list-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk lucy-list-digest Friday, October 10 2003 Volume 05 : Number 199 In this issue: [lucy-list] "Benny", "Larkin", and Kaplansky" being misspelled words [lucy-list] archives of past posts Re: [lucy-list] archives of past posts Re: [lucy-list] archives of past posts [lucy-list] My last post regarding "Benay", "Larkin", and Kaplansky" being misspelled words [lucy-list] Changing to digest and Lucy's dad Re: [lucy-list] Changing to digest and Lucy's dad Re: [lucy-list] My last post regarding "Benay", "Larkin", and Kaplansky" bein... [lucy-list] Lucy in Piermont 10/9 Part 1 [lucy-list] Lucy in Piermont 10/9 Part II ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 06:23:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Gilmore Subject: [lucy-list] "Benny", "Larkin", and Kaplansky" being misspelled words the way to avoid that is to add them to your computer's dictionary. I do that often. Steve Gilmore Charlotte, NC USA ...and who really MUST get around to teaching her new computer not to mark words such as "Larkin," "Kaplansky," and especially "Benay," as misspelled! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 06:41:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Gilmore Subject: [lucy-list] archives of past posts Is there an archive of past posts as there is with the Dar List? If so, how does one access it? SVG __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 10:13:15 -0400 From: Phil Kalina <76106.566@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: [lucy-list] archives of past posts At 9 Oct 2003 06:41:12 -0700 (pdt), Steve Gilmore wrote: > > Is there an archive of past posts > ... There are two: http://www.smoe.org/lists/lucy-list/ http://grassyhill.org/stax/lucy-list/ ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 09:25:24 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Gilmore Subject: Re: [lucy-list] archives of past posts Phil: Thanks for the info on accessing archives of past posts. Can someone tell me how I can get posts in daily digest form instead of indivually? SVG - --- Phil Kalina <76106.566@compuserve.com> wrote: > At 9 Oct 2003 06:41:12 -0700 (pdt), Steve Gilmore > wrote: > > > > Is there an archive of past posts > > ... > > There are two: > > http://www.smoe.org/lists/lucy-list/ > http://grassyhill.org/stax/lucy-list/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 06:32:51 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Gilmore Subject: [lucy-list] My last post regarding "Benay", "Larkin", and Kaplansky" being misspelled words I need to get my OWN spell check--not to mention my eyes tested. Just realized that the name prompted as a possible spelling error was "Benay", and not "Benny." My apology. While I've got you on the line, I have two questions: 1. I'm new to the list (but not new to Lucy, having been a fan of hers almost as long as I've been into singer-songwriters). How do I change how I receive messages from individual messages to daily digests (as can be done with other smoe lists such as Patty Larkin's, Dar's, etc.)? 2. In addition to being interested in Lucy and her music, I'm also interested in contacting her father as well. I am a college math instructor (in my second year, after a year of teaching HS math which was preceded by working 25 years in business), and I want to connect with my mathematical roots and become reacquainted with higher level math topics that I last encountered 30 years ago (the actual college math courses I teach are entry level math courses, rather than true college math courses). Has anyone on this list ever contacted Professor Irving Kaplansky? Likewise, any math teachers (or teachers of anything or mathematicians) on this list? Thanks, and glad to be a part of the Kaplansky Kingdom! Steve Gilmore Charlotte, NC USA __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 09 Oct 2003 14:08:32 -0400 From: "Kristen Myshrall" Subject: [lucy-list] Changing to digest and Lucy's dad Hi Steve, To change from individual to digest just send an email to Majordomo@smoe.org with the following in the body of the message (Change the * to a u ) uns*bscribe lucy-list s*bscribe lucy-list-digest If you want to email Dr. Kaplansky his email address is kap@msri.org He's usually really nice about returning emails...it will probably be addressed Dear Mr. Gilmore :) he's so cute - -K >From: Steve Gilmore >Reply-To: lucy-list@smoe.org >To: lucy-list@smoe.org >Subject: [lucy-list] My last post regarding "Benay", "Larkin", and >Kaplansky" being misspelled words >Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 06:32:51 -0700 (PDT) > >I need to get my OWN spell check--not to mention my >eyes tested. Just realized that the name prompted as >a possible spelling error was "Benay", and not >"Benny." My apology. > >While I've got you on the line, I have two questions: > >1. I'm new to the list (but not new to Lucy, having >been a fan of hers almost as long as I've been into >singer-songwriters). How do I change how I receive >messages from individual messages to daily digests (as >can be done with other smoe lists such as Patty >Larkin's, Dar's, etc.)? > >2. In addition to being interested in Lucy and her >music, I'm also interested in contacting her father as >well. I am a college math instructor (in my second >year, after a year of teaching HS math which was >preceded by working 25 years in business), and I want >to connect with my mathematical roots and become >reacquainted with higher level math topics that I last >encountered 30 years ago (the actual college math >courses I teach are entry level math courses, rather >than true college math courses). Has anyone on this >list ever contacted Professor Irving Kaplansky? >Likewise, any math teachers (or teachers of anything >or mathematicians) on this list? > >Thanks, and glad to be a part of the Kaplansky >Kingdom! > >Steve Gilmore >Charlotte, NC USA > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! >http://sbc.yahoo.com _________________________________________________________________ Instant message in style with MSN Messenger 6.0. Download it now FREE! http://msnmessenger-download.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 12:16:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Steve Gilmore Subject: Re: [lucy-list] Changing to digest and Lucy's dad Kristen: From one member of the Kaplansky Kingdom to another, thanks for the info on contacting Professor Kaplansky. We all love Lucy! SVG - --- Kristen Myshrall wrote: > Hi Steve, > > To change from individual to digest just send an > email to Majordomo@smoe.org > with the following in the body of the message > (Change the * to a u ) > uns*bscribe lucy-list > s*bscribe lucy-list-digest > > If you want to email Dr. Kaplansky his email address > is kap@msri.org > He's usually really nice about returning emails...it > will probably be > addressed Dear Mr. Gilmore :) he's so cute > > > -K > > > >From: Steve Gilmore > >Reply-To: lucy-list@smoe.org > >To: lucy-list@smoe.org > >Subject: [lucy-list] My last post regarding > "Benay", "Larkin", and > >Kaplansky" being misspelled words > >Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 06:32:51 -0700 (PDT) > > > >I need to get my OWN spell check--not to mention my > >eyes tested. Just realized that the name prompted > as > >a possible spelling error was "Benay", and not > >"Benny." My apology. > > > >While I've got you on the line, I have two > questions: > > > >1. I'm new to the list (but not new to Lucy, > having > >been a fan of hers almost as long as I've been into > >singer-songwriters). How do I change how I receive > >messages from individual messages to daily digests > (as > >can be done with other smoe lists such as Patty > >Larkin's, Dar's, etc.)? > > > >2. In addition to being interested in Lucy and her > >music, I'm also interested in contacting her father > as > >well. I am a college math instructor (in my second > >year, after a year of teaching HS math which was > >preceded by working 25 years in business), and I > want > >to connect with my mathematical roots and become > >reacquainted with higher level math topics that I > last > >encountered 30 years ago (the actual college math > >courses I teach are entry level math courses, > rather > >than true college math courses). Has anyone on > this > >list ever contacted Professor Irving Kaplansky? > >Likewise, any math teachers (or teachers of > anything > >or mathematicians) on this list? > > > >Thanks, and glad to be a part of the Kaplansky > >Kingdom! > > > >Steve Gilmore > >Charlotte, NC USA > > > >__________________________________ > >Do you Yahoo!? > >SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! > >http://sbc.yahoo.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > Instant message in style with MSN Messenger 6.0. > Download it now FREE! > http://msnmessenger-download.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 18:35:45 EDT From: Filmbuff2@aol.com Subject: Re: [lucy-list] My last post regarding "Benay", "Larkin", and Kaplansky" bein... Hi Steve, Just like you I've been listening to Lucy for the longest, but am fairly new to the list. I had to respond to your email because, like you, teaching is my second career....after being in business for about 23 years....I'm definitely not a mathematician, rather I'm a special ed teacher...How/why did you get into teaching? I need to go now, but would like to talk to you more. Linda ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 01:16:01 -0400 From: Benay Bubar Subject: [lucy-list] Lucy in Piermont 10/9 Part 1 (Apologies if any of this comes twice, but I think I've again exceeded the single-message size limit, as I am wont to do...so here it is split up...) OK, I'm REALLY gonna pay for this at work tomorrow...um, actually, later today...if I spend too much time writing now, I'm not even sure coffee's going to do the trick for me in the morning. But tonight's wasn't the kind of Lucy show after which one wants to go right to bed (actually, NONE of them are really that kind)..this in particular was the kind of Lucy show after which one wants to come home and GUSH about it. Unfortunately, there's no one here to gush TO right now---hence, I will do a bit of gushing to the list! After an early reprieve from work, I caught a bus to Piermont, about an hour north of NYC, just before the major traffic, so it was an easy ride. Piermont turns out to be a cute little town that pops up almost out of nowhere after the bus goes over hill and dale for a while. I wandered the town for a little while when I arrived (two hours early for the show), just to get the lay of the land. I found the venue, the Turning Point, advertising Lucy's performance, and was startled to see a sign a few doors down the street that said "WELCOME, DARLING LUCY!" Gosh, I thought...they sure get...um...FAMILIAR with the visiting folk singers in these little upstate towns...I mean, I think Lucy's really great and all, but if she were playing in MY neighborhood, I wouldn't exactly go around putting up signs calling her "darling"! Of course, it was then that I spotted the "It's a girl!" underneath the "darling Lucy" commentary. Apparently, somebody in Piermont just had a BABY named Lucy...but it sure did throw me for a few moments there! Speaking of babies, I have to get to that part next even if it's not chronological. Lucy announced very shortly into her show that she and Rick would be going to get their daughter from China in a mere three weeks. You've heard that here already. What I don't think has been mentioned here, although she said she'd been announcing it, is her daughter's NAME. And it is...drumroll, please...MOLLY, after Lucy's grandmother! Some of us had been speculating about how perfect that would be as a name...and so it is! Though I knew my opinion carried absolutely no weight, nor should it have, "Molly" sounded totally right to me the moment Lucy said it. (Though I bet it means a long vacation for the SONG "Song for Molly." Lucy's having enough trouble keeping the tears back with what she calls "the baby songs" already, and I bet there's no way she could get through THAT one before she gets her daughter...and afterward the song might not seem quite large enough to contain its title. Might there someday be a Song for Molly II? Of course, there are other Songs for Molly already---they just have other titles, like The Red Thread.) Anyway, Lucy was positively ebullient making the announcement, talking about shopping for the baby (she told the story someone mentioned here of the mysteriously hooting children's book that mystified Rick when he was home alone and couldn't figure out where the noise was coming from), and describing how they loved Molly the moment they saw pictures of her. Even though I'd already HEARD the news secondhand, it was still emotional to hear it in person, just because of how happy Lucy clearly was---I got teary enough that I could hardly pay attention to the next two songs, though Lucy didn't miss a word in singing them. From the sacred to the mundane...Lucy came on at 7:45 or so, no opener..she was wearing jeans and a NEW leather jacket---brown, with beige accents and really long fringe on the sleeves---over a white shirt with some kind of animal on it. She said she'd bought the jacket somewhere in downtown NYC and had been told that the last couple of those jackets in her size had been bought by Annie Lennox and Debra Messing (of _Will and Grace_), so it MUST be a good jacket to have! She said she'd just finished mixing the new CD this morning, and that it's either going to be called The Red Thread or This Is Home. She explained "the red thread"---as someone mentioned here before, it's the Chinese idea that we are connected to everyone we will ever know by invisible red threads that may stretch and tangle but can never break. I love the concept and would personally vote for The Red Thread as a CD title because it's so all-encompassing and neat, but I can also see why This Is Home might be chosen---The Red Thread is SUCH a fascinating idea, but for lots of people it is going to require explanation that This Is Home wouldn't. To be continued... ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 01:16:25 -0400 From: Benay Bubar Subject: [lucy-list] Lucy in Piermont 10/9 Part II The set list, on scrap paper because I FORGOT my beloved set-list notebook (I'm out of practice!): Cowboy Singer Written on the Back of His Hand The Tide (after which Lucy explained that The Turning Point was one of her very first gigs ever, and that it was where people had first recognized a song of hers, which was this one) I Had Something The Red Thread Don't Mind Me Brooklyn Train (on piano...wow...I finally got to hear it...I can see why everybody said "great song" and then couldn't say any more about it...lots of lyrics for a Lucy song, impossible to memorize in one hearing, but a very subtle and moving piano song, especially for those of us who live in NYC and know those Brooklyn trains) Ten Year Night Ring of Fire (never heard her sing this live before, though I saw it on a recent set list posted by someone else---it was a fun one, with rousing audience participation) Scorpion (people clapped along with the "percussion" parts, which Lucy said no one had ever done before) The Thief (complete with the story of little Ayesha in the U.K. who loves the song, and how Lucy has clearly corrupted this poor child!) This Is Home Land of the Living Song About Pi (by request...with the mnemonic for remembering pi) By Way of Sorrow Turn the Lights Back On Guinevere Encores: Broken Things Just You Tonight (piano) Before the encores, Lucy mentioned that she no longer states that she will sign ANYTHING after a show---someone had her sign a dog somewhere (don't ask me how), and it was unpleasant enough for both Lucy and the dog that she now categorically refuses to sign live animals! The sound was excellent overall, and the venue was intimate...almost too intimate in that a woman sitting near me had to ask me to move my leather jacket across the table because she was violently allergic to leather. (Luckily, by the time she had Lucy sign a CD, Lucy's leather jacket was safely back at the stage---Lucy got hot and took it off halfway through the show.) After the show, I still had some time until my bus left, and I ended up managing to make myself at least a little bit useful---it turned out Lucy was going to have to sell CDs AND sign them, so I volunteered as merch girl so she could spend her time and energy just signing CDs and talking to fans. (Sorry I didn't get to talk to you, Paul---good to see you, albeit briefly---I was just very preoccupied with getting things right!) It was my first official merching experience, but I think I did OK, and I managed to resist the hard sell ("WHAT? You aren't buying ALL of Lucy's CDs? How can you STAND not to have them all? C'mon, you're going to get this one home and wish you had all the others! Why go through all that agony when you can get them all right here and now for only...um...$75?!) All in all, such a wonderful evening that my post-concert reverie was hardly even interrupted by the moderately unsavory characters picking a fight with the driver about the fares charged on the last bus back to NYC from Piermont (I thought it might come to blows at one point...but it didn't). And here I am, back in Brooklyn, up way too late...but it was worth the trip, worth missing Patty Larkin great as she is, worth how tired I'm going to be in the morning that's coming all too soon. A gem of a Lucy show indeed. Benay ------------------------------ End of lucy-list-digest V5 #199 ******************************* This has been a posting from the Lucy Kaplansky mail list digest To unsubscribe send mail to Majordomo@smoe.org with "unsubscribe lucy-list-digest" in the body of the message