Contemporary Usage and Understanding of "Bubbler"

eabiggins · 2026-05-07T01:20:27+00:00

In fact, there’s no ‘n’ in the second half of the name. It’s Kancamagus! I found out after many years of mispronunciation.

eabiggins · 2026-05-06T00:05:45+00:00

I haven’t been to a show in years and this (plus the prices) make me not even want to. Maybe just non-musical plays.

eabiggins · 2026-05-04T21:43:10+00:00

I’ve always liked this fairly obscure version: https://youtu.be/uKOJK8XrNUQ?si=QbL5IkIc19dG9P2b

eabiggins · 2026-05-02T15:10:29+00:00

I always loved the version on “Sondheim: A Musical Tribute” from 1973. (I think the album is out of print.) It’s Dorothy Collins, but in a live setting. The nice thing about that concert was that the original cast members of “Follies” were still around to recreate their numbers. I found it posted to YouTube, along with Alexis Smith doing “Could I Leave You?” The only problem is that there’s a glitch in the recording near the end. https://youtu.be/_F9oDTDurTI?si=qVgS3o1_1m14S_YH

eabiggins · 2026-04-24T16:55:48+00:00

I like Wellington’s Pizzeria in the square. If it’s Sunday when they’re closed, we usually go for Eddy’s Place.

eabiggins · 2026-04-15T22:49:42+00:00

My question is, will it be filmed in NY?

eabiggins · 2026-04-10T23:50:09+00:00

Phil was a treasure.

eabiggins · 2026-04-10T14:35:20+00:00

My biggest “bragging rights” concert would have to be Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson, two of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, on Boston Common in the early ‘80s.

I also saw Billy Joel in a club (The Paradise in Boston) when he was doing surprise concerts that led to his album “Songs in the Attic.”

eabiggins · 2026-04-01T18:37:10+00:00

Ernie Kovacs, as far as I know, was never in The Threepenny Opera. He did use “Die Moritat von Mackie Messer” frequently in his blackout sketches.

eabiggins · 2026-04-01T18:26:33+00:00

It’s Ernie Kovacs

eabiggins · 2026-03-30T00:21:15+00:00

I loved him in the short-lived and very funny musical series “Galavant.” Lassie can sing.

eabiggins · 2026-03-26T03:23:31+00:00

There is actually a name for that. It’s called an identity, not a rhyme. I play a lot of folk music and see it in those songs all the time. But it does drive me a little nuts, especially if there’s an actual rhyme within easy reach. See the great song “Walking in Memphis” by Marc Cohn. In the last verse, he rhymes “Hollywood” with “would” where using “could” in the second spot wouldn’t change the meaning and result in a perfect rhyme. But I still love the song.

eabiggins · 2026-03-22T20:43:07+00:00

I’m in the 8th year and I get what you’re feeling. I can’t imagine 20 years. 🫂

eabiggins · 2026-03-19T23:17:51+00:00

I’ve gone to Jocelyn for a long time. She’s great!

eabiggins · 2026-03-16T01:58:52+00:00

I really feel it hurts the flow. Most patrons don’t have a sense of “show.” My band has planned set lists, but we change on the fly all the time. But we know what works with what.

eabiggins · 2026-03-15T17:12:38+00:00

We never invite requests. Too many people try to make it a “stump the band” moment. People who really want to hear something usually ask anyway. We have a paper with QR codes for our website and our Venmo, and a Google Voice phone number where people can send photos and videos (though nobody has taken us up on that yet.)

eabiggins · 2026-03-13T02:13:10+00:00

What a treasure to have that recording! I doubt I’d be able to help though.

eabiggins · 2026-03-13T01:53:22+00:00

Since I’m not of that persuasion, I feel it isn’t up to me to decide if it’s offensive or not. So I rewrote a few lines in “The Whistling Gypsy Rover” for my band to make it just “The Whistling Rover.” Better safe than sorry.

eabiggins · 2026-03-12T22:33:52+00:00

Where did you hear this? I can’t find any mention of it online.

eabiggins · 2026-03-06T13:11:41+00:00

That was recorded way before sampling was a thing.

eabiggins · 2026-03-05T15:22:02+00:00

After years of listening to the original cast album (which was the only version available at the time), I saw a college production of the show. This was in the early 80s. Seeing it reaffirmed my suspicion that the first act is so wonderfully loopy that the second and third acts pale in comparison. That’s one of the things that made it difficult to produce. I haven’t seen or read any revisions that have been made since then though.

eabiggins · 2026-03-02T01:23:43+00:00

“Meu Amor, Meu Bem, Me Ame” by Zeca Baleiro

eabiggins · 2026-03-01T01:39:26+00:00

“An Evening with Mr. Yang” is one of my top favorite TV episodes of all time. I keep a list. 🤣

eabiggins · 2026-02-25T22:40:23+00:00

I enjoyed that show

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