Phantoms

[altivo]

We watched the Andrew Lloyd Webber Phantom of the Opera this evening. Gary pulled it out of the discount bin somewhere. I had seen the old 1925 silent film and read the book, but he had neither read nor seen a full telling of the story. I have to say, for a translation to stage musical and then to film, this wasn't bad. Of course Lloyd Webber is a master composer and he does the drama right. The scenery lived up to my expectations from the book, also unusual.

Snow, snow. They can't make up their minds, as usual. First we go up from "Winter Storm Watch" to "Winter Storm Warning" then we're downgraded to "Winter Weather Advisory." Boone County, just ten miles away, still has the storm warning. They've extended the hours though, from 24 to 36, starting at dawn tomorrow. Still predicting snowfall rates up up to an inch an hour (which we've seen before, and believe me, it's impressive.) Possibility of thunder-snow farther west but probably we won't get that. Darn. The predictions on accumulation still vary wildly, but at the moment it looks like five to ten inches are likely, with the extremes of the forecast ranging from three to twelve. I suspect the library will lose its evening hours tomorrow so that no one has to drive home in that, as the peak is supposed to hit right before rush hour.

Gary is set to tune up the snowblower tomorrow morning. We brought it in from the barn tonight so he could work in the somewhat more comfortable temperature. I'll go to work, and probably stay all day. Not my day to work evening, though.

Comments

[marzolan.livejournal.com]

Which version did you see? The late 1980's one or the early 2000s? Just curious.

And feel free to send the snow my way!

[altivo.livejournal.com]

LJ's notify is busted.

The Joel Schumaker version, 2004 I think.

And it looks like you got the rain rather than snow. Rockford broke both the snow record and the rainfall record for Dec. 8, with 6.6 in of snow accumulation and 0.67 in. of rain. If the rain had been snow, they'd have had over a foot total.

[marzolan.livejournal.com]

Gods yes we got rain. Too much at one time. Everything is squishy and saturated, the roads Tuesday night were awful, and I managed to get a small amount of water in my cold air intake that resulted in lots of anxiety over my car not starting and idling like it should that thankfully was nothing serious... Though I thought I wasn't going to make it home once or twice... Th next flash flood warning will find me not going home but camping at a friend's...

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Yes, they aren't kidding when they say not to drive through water on the road. Glad you got home OK.

[deffox]

Looking at the radar it looks like the snow has started there.

Over here it's nice and clear. And -34...

[altivo.livejournal.com]

I'll keep the snow, thanks. I don't do subzero temperatures well at all. ;p

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

After my dad wore out his cassette recording and vhs of Webber's Phantom of the Opera playing it so much (and driven me insane at the same time). I bought him the DVD and CD...which unfortunately wouldn't wear out.

Le Mis' was my favourite.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Les Mis is a bit too mushy for my taste.

I definitely prefer Lloyd Webber's music, too.