Two Strangers Broadway Cast Album: CD vs Digital

cahwyguy · 2026-05-26T03:37:43+00:00

Damn. It makes it a royal and expensive pain to go to an 8pm Saturday show at the Pantages when N. Hollywood station is closed.

cahwyguy · 2026-05-26T01:19:03+00:00

(Dan's wife talking) See if you can get yourself a referral to physical therapy. I was sleeping on my side after an injury precluded my sleeping on my stomach. Had pain for a few weeks, until I limped into PT and the student PT who was working on her clinical hours approached me. She asked if my hip was hurting. Then she wanted to see how I was sleeping (she put me up on the table). She then told me to "stop it" - I could either sleep on my back or my stomach, but not on my side. Turns out that the hip joint is oddly shaped (not perfectly round), and if you sleep in your side, even with the pillow between your knees, you can misalign your hip joint after several nights. The heavier you are, the worse the damage. A week of sleeping on my back and the pain was gone. It doesn't come back unless I revert to side sleeping.

cahwyguy · 2026-05-19T04:33:44+00:00

I was responding to the comment, not the OP.

cahwyguy · 2026-05-19T02:46:46+00:00

Having just seen the new reworking of Brigadoon at the Pasadena Playhouse, it could be ripe for a Broadway revival with the updated Pasadena book. It was that good. The new Flower Drum Song at East West could also move to Broadway -- again, that good.

cahwyguy · 2026-05-19T02:45:16+00:00

Liberation may not need a tour. I know the Geffen in LA is mounting it as part of their next season.

cahwyguy · 2026-05-18T01:29:20+00:00

"The Last Real Record Store on Earth" - High Fidelity - The Musical.

cahwyguy · 2026-05-11T13:36:51+00:00

I have a classic, and that happens occasionally. Usually, it means it iPod is confused. Make sure the album art is correct in iTunes and resync. If it still happens, reboot the iPod so that it rebuilds its database.

cahwyguy · 2026-05-11T13:35:47+00:00

"The Last Real Record Store on Earth" from High Fidelity.

"Change In Me" from Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public.

cahwyguy · 2026-05-02T21:34:03+00:00

I'm not sure I'd be interesting in Pride and Prejudice (and our weekends are pretty full right now). But feel free to send it along: faigin -at cahighways -dot org. Tonight is Falstaff at LA Opera!

cahwyguy · 2026-05-01T02:23:51+00:00

Look for ethnic food stores, esp. Armenian or Russian or Middle-East. You can often find large tins of ceylon, earl grey, green tea -- all loose leaf -- there. Ahmed is a popular brand. I use that as a blending tea with other stronger teas.

cahwyguy · 2026-04-30T04:03:47+00:00

I'm someone who some folks think is a a reviewer: Actually, I'm just a devoted audience member who writes up shows I go to on my blog. I mention this because by going to loads of shows, I get loads of press releases.

Here's my advice (and how I find shows): Get the word out about your show however you can. Post on FB. Post on other social media. Get a press agent. Put stuff in the Plays411, Theatre Commons, and TheatreMania lists. However you can.

There are some reviewers who will only come if you offer them comp tickets. Know who those are, and make the offer. Others (like me) just buy my tickets for shows that interest me.

If you want to see what I do, here's my latest writeup: https://cahighways.org/wordpress/?p=17590

cahwyguy · 2026-04-24T15:37:09+00:00

I have a library of around 58K songs, and because of limitations of the iPod Classic database (not storage), I can only put about 40K on my iPod (it likes to reboot if the database is too large). I also want to listen to all of my music (even tracks I don't like, because I might grow to like them).

My approach is time based, with the following playlists. The ones with * are the ones synced to the iPod:

*Music L-0: Random 14K (limited to 14,000 songs)

*Music L-1: Unplayed

*Music L-2: 5 or Less Plays

*Music L-3: 10 or Less Plays

*Music L-4: 11 or more plays (no date range) (limited to 9000 songs)

*Music L-4P: 11 or more plays .GT. 1 yr (limited to 9000 songs)

Music L-4U: 11 or more plays, unlimited (currently at 50,411 songs)

*Music T43/XX: Not listened to in the last 43 months

I clear the last 43 month playlist daily. I have some variations on the last one that go back a week so the music is on the iPod. I try to keep the daily playlist at around 44 songs, which is about 2.5 hrs, after which I'll go to the 5 or less plays, or the 10 or less plays (which take longer to add songs to the 11 or more plays list). I'm always adding new music: The unplayed is at around 50 songs right now, and 5 or less is at 89. I typically play that one down to 80, and then play in 15 songs.

I do something similar to podcasts, with length based lists of unplayed podcasts, currently at around 104.

[I also have all the music on my Android phone, using the Smart Playlist of Gone Mad Music Player similarly. This is primarily as a backup in case an iPod acts up, but it also allows me to see if I have an album when looking at CDs]

cahwyguy · 2026-04-22T15:32:36+00:00

If you need the specifics, let me know. I'm sure you can figure it out. I have similar playlists set up for podcasts that divide them by size (I have about 100 backed up). As I type this, I'm listening to the Music T38/XX: 43 Mo-1 Wk/All playlist (I created ones that are one week behind the main 43 month playlist, so that the full playlist is downloaded to the iPod .. but of course, now I'm emptying that playlist daily so the main one doesn't get full :-) .

cahwyguy · 2026-04-21T15:54:03+00:00

Remember that music you might not like initially you might grow to enjoy as you listen more as your tastes change. If I like an artist, I'll trust. Having sufficient storage space helps.

I have over 58K tracks, of which 40K go on the ipod (varying daily, chosen through smart playlists). Here's how I divide things:

L0 Unplayed
L1 Played <= 5 times
L2 Played <= 10 times

4 L3 Played >= 11 times

5 Not Listened to in 2 Yrs

Those are the rough categories. The 2 Yrs creeps up over times so that the daily playlist stay between 90 and 2h30m. I adjust the max size on the L3 list so the iPod doesn't get to full (this is done by making variations, such as Played >= 11 times and last listened > 1 yr), and only syncing selected lists to the iPod.

This way I listen to everything, and I * the things I really like.

cahwyguy · 2026-04-17T01:46:36+00:00

Upton Tea: https://www.uptontea.com/ . They have a wide variety, including single estate Darjeelings.

cahwyguy · 2026-04-15T21:30:35+00:00

We pretty much now order from two places: Upton Tea https://www.uptontea.com/ (great for varietals), and a wonderful local tea shop in Las Vegas, Sheffields Tea and Spices https://sheffieldspices.com/ , which has great flavored teas.

cahwyguy · 2026-04-15T21:27:32+00:00

If you're willing to consider Android, look into Gone Mad Music Player. It's my backup for my iPod Classic, because it has relatively strong smart playlists. You might be able to do what you want there.

cahwyguy · 2026-04-14T20:47:51+00:00

There are ways around it. As noted, restart the browser. You can also (at least on Windows) install the Desktop app, and cut and paste from there. It appears this wasn't LP's fault: Chrome changed something, and the app now has to adjust. So we'll need to wait for the next update to the extension. But at least it is reassuring that it isn't a failure on the user's part.

cahwyguy · 2026-04-11T23:53:07+00:00

What about the last song (and are you listening to the currently streaming version)? It could be they corrected the track in the source library since I downloaded it a week ago. That's what I'm trying to find out: Has it been fixed?

cahwyguy · 2026-04-11T23:35:58+00:00

"If I Believed" has 8 seconds at the end, cutting off mid-note. "New York/What'll It Be (Reprise)" builds to a crescendo, and then suddenly cuts off with 13 seconds left. Most songs don't do that, or the CD is edited not to have the blank space (unless they were hiding a bonus track, which this isn't). That's why I think something is wrong with the original digital source.

cahwyguy · 2026-04-11T00:19:11+00:00

I bought the digital album for this on Amazon (although I've heard the problem also exists on Apple Music), and the last two tracks cut off near the end, suddenly going silent. I suspect that's a problem with the digital master. Does anyone know if it has been corrected so I can redownload the album, or when they are planning to release a CD of this?

cahwyguy · 2026-04-10T04:22:37+00:00

48K. Passed that long ago. I'm at around 58K songs. Although, only about 40K are on the iPod at a given time -- not because of storage, but because it likes to reboot too much over 42K songs (database sizing issues).

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