ldyjocelyn

It's not just on Clay boards either.... Those of you who use gmail and run late all the time will like this one: http://mail.google.com/mail/help/customtime/index.html And regular Google's entry for April 1: http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html

aikim, I don't think you have to worry about that here -- two of the three admins are still in jet lag mode, and who knows what kind of trouble the third can do (especially after the thread title poll debacle this weekend *g*). I just wanted to say that I'm home, and I had a blast in NYC! I accomplished all I set out to do this weekend: take a cab, ride the subway (once alone even!), see Clay several times (he was fantastic -- more on that later), and get an autograph from Clay. Bonus attractions: seeing Eric Idle at the stage door Friday night; getting autgraphs and to talk to both Rick Holmes and Hannah Waddingham Sunday night; sitting directly behind the two young children in the front row for the Sunday afternoon performance and watching the entire cast play to them; and getting a copy of both the March and April Playbill. Yeah, it was a fantastic weekend. And now, reality comes crashing back, as in I must be at work in a few minutes. Sigh. I'll try to work on a recap and have it posted by tonight. I'll also reply to everyone as I try to backtrack!

Greetings again! I'm still trying to process everything from last night, but I'll try... First of all, couchie did report that Eric Idle was there last night. He came out of the stage door just as Clay was finishing the autograph lines. I think only me and one other person recognized him. If I had thought fast enough, I would have pulled out my program and called out his name for an autograph! I sat in row C center mezzanine, on the right hand aisle (facing the stage). Really a great seat, for a couple of reasons. One, you really do get an entire view of the stage, and it's so cool to be able to see how Clay interacts with the rest of the cast, and the rest of the cast with each other. I think my favorite example of this is Find Your Grail, the slow motion scene. Everyone is hysterical -- Clay trying to hold on to his horse for dear life, Rick spitting into the wind, and the new Gallahad (can't remember his real name at the moment) holding his hair out of his face and smiling like crazy. Plus the signs in the back held by the chorus -- "Support the Troups," "I :::heart::: Arthur," etc. I need to be quick here, so I'll post the "weird" experience of the night. As I said, I was in the mezzanine, and there were two rows of high schoolers behind me. Several guys in particular were really getting into the show during the first half. During intermission, all of a sudden, they were gone -- I heard the one of the guys say something like "all the rest of you in the theater, have a great time." I heard later that ONE student in the group was offended by the play...so the entire group had to leave! Man, does that suck. OTOH, probably just as well that they left before the "His Name is Lancelot" song.... The other thing that was funny as the the rest of the entire mezzanine then moved up two rows! The other reason the seat I had was great -- I was able to zoom out and get to the stage door really, really quickly! I had a perfect view, literally right in front of the stage door. The funny thing that I saw was that I was next to a couple of people who joined the crowd, but who had come from A Chorus Line, and were coming to the show today. They didn't have a Spamalot playbill...but they had the one for A Chorus Line. So, when Clay came through, they handed it to him. He looked at it, and handed it immediately back to them. They said "we'll be here tomorrow!" and he kind of rolled his eyes and said "You'd better be!" And then he signed the Chorus Line program! It was funny! OK, gotta run, others are waiting for the computer. See ya later. :F_05BL17blowkiss: to playbiller -- see ya tomorrow!

HUBBY?!?!?!? Why on earth did you think I was bringing my hubby? Actually, I would have brought him if we could have afforded it. *g* I'm in the hotel lobby, using the hotel's business center, to say "HI!" from me and muski! muski is actually snoozing at the moment in the room, but we'll be out the door shortly to catch the subway for Times Square, the Shubert, and CLAY!!!!! muski says that she had a fabulous time with Gibby the other night, and had a blast at her virginal time with Spamalot. Meanwhile, I break my Spamalot cherry tonight. I'm so excited I can't contain myself. Although, I do need food first! FromClaygary, sorry to hear about your surgery....hope you are feeling better soon!

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{keepingfaith}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} Take care of that family....and take care of yourself too! My flight leaves in exactly two hours! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! See ya'll!

I think I'm going to try going to bed now. As if I can sleep. Heh. As far as I know, everything is packed. I'm not taking the laptop, but will confiscate muski's for a few times, and I can post from my PDA too. CG, see how close that Better Burger place is from the theater. I thought that menu sounded great, and would love to go there if you and muski are agreeable! See you Sunday! And I get to see playbiller Sunday too! EEEEEEEEEEE!

Oh couchie, how cool. I'd do that in a heartbeat too.... "Daddy always gets the big piece of chicken" is still one of the funniest comedy lines for me ever. *watches the clock tick to get out of work* Boyfriend is waiting for me! Nope, I'm not excited. Not at all. :manynanas:

*nudges 00lsee out of the way* That smile is MINE, darn it! Hee. Glad you have a new avatar. (And I'm surprised that my avatar, from the picture discovered the other day, ISN'T Clay smiling....Hmmm....what's wrong with me?) The March 26 Stage Door video from Austenfan (last night's show) is worth it for the 2:15-2:30 segment of the clip. I would love to know what made him laugh like that. (If anyone sees that on a different board, please post it!)

24 hours from now....I'll be on a plane to Minneapolis! Which will then take me to NYC! Which will allow me to see my boyfriend! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Tons of recaps (I pull these from getclayaiken, thanks footloose and laughn!): canuck2010 at CV wrote: regaled by clay at CV wrote: AustenFan at CB wrote: ClayIzzaQT at CV wrote: AustenFan at CB wrote: bbandit31 at CB wrote: LOVE THE GRIN PICTURE!!! Glad to hear muskie and Gibby had a great time last night!

And I think I'm the only one who skips Clay's "Alone."

Yes, that's the one. Here's a blog that has a link to all the performances from last night.... Top 10 Performance Recap

keepingfaith, you and your family will be in my prayers. Have you had a chance to talk to your sister? Didn't she see Spamalot last night? I'd love to hear her recap! I'm loving the discussion this morning, unfortunately, I don't have time right now to add to it. Maybe later today....

I'm not really watching the show this season, but I did get to hear a snippet of Billie Jean last night (during a commercial break from Keith Olberman). I was impressed, if nothing else, because it took me almost the entire time to figure out what the song was. So, the arrangement got me. Thing is....didn't AI go through this a few seasons back with DAUGHTRY!!!!!1!!1!! ? Except that they didn't credit the arrangement.... At least it sounds like they learned their lesson.

CG, that actually is a very good question, and honestly, it's one I can't answer. But it leads me to a story -- something my semi-musician husband and I go around and around about all the time. I was telling my husband that OMWH was coming out soon, and it was all "originals." He said, "so Clay wrote the songs?" To him, "originals" means something that the singer wrote; something written for Clay, or something selected by Clay, isn't an original, it's just "songs chosen by Clay." TOA was a bonus track, if I remember correctly. And yes, the song suggested by Kipper, "Everything I Don't Need," left-of-center, sounds fascinating to me. Didn't Clay say in the WRAL clip that it had an R&B vibe? Sounds cool to me. YSRN, you're amazing. And you have good eyes too. *g*

I haven't listened to the other versions of the songs....ya'll that like to do that, have a good time, though. I mean that. I think that bio is outstanding. Loved reading about his two families... Bravo dear couchie! Actually, I was thinking today (probably a dangerous thought)...and it's something that some will probably not agree with at all. I think the whole RCA stuff in 2005/2006 was probably good for the fandom in the long run. IMO, before that point, Clay had a pretty charmed existence, and the expectations from some fans was that Clay would continue to have things handed to him on a silver platter. Well, that didn't quite happen. Things turned out differently, and I totally think Clay learned a lot from the experience. At the same time, some in the fandom had a "reality check" -- Clay has an amazing talent, to be sure, but business is business, and things do NOT always go the way fans want them to. My hope is that a lesson was learned, and, as couchie says, we can move past that. But, I'll say too -- please don't trash ATDW in the process. I still love the album dearly. I'm looking forward to the new album, but I love all Clay's albums like children, and I don't want ATDW to be the bastard stepchild. OK, I'm shutting up now. couchie -- AOL Webisode about On My Way Here. The link was originally posted about 3 pages ago.

So couchie -- is that a valid Scrabble word? I love that sweater too, and I do think of it the same way you do. I think we all have a piece of clothing that we just can't stand to get rid of, because it's pilling, or has a tear in it....as long as it's comfortable, I'll wear it. I can see this sweater being Clay's outfit like that. *off to revive my promosquad account*

Wow what a day! I'm pretty sure Eric Ogden has photographed Clay before, back in 2003. I used to run regular searches on the photographers Clay has worked with, and I remember his name quite vividly. I'll have to wait until I get home to figure out which photoshoot it was. ETA: Nevermind, I found it, through the archives of the CH. Eric Ogden has photographed Clay twice before...and if someone has a picture or two to post regarding this, please add them... 1) The Infamous "Page 50" People magazine picture. You know, reclining on the bathroom floor.... 2) He did the tour booklet for the NAT. Which means he also did the cover of LTS. GUH. I see YSRN beat me by a bit.... Did I get a new avatar first? *g*

***Sniff*** You'll be seeing me too, but I guess I'm not important..... **Walks off and pouts, feeling inadequate....** Aw CG, I'm sorry....I was just thinking about the people I could possibly see on Friday. Sunday is two days later, and my mind is working really screwy at the moment.... Um....yeah... New banner is beautiful (IM), and courtesy of 00lsee!

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Ok, I'm done now.

You know play, I've wondered how the different looks would influence Clay as well, but then when I see Brad Pitt, he looks different constantly. of course that's probably comparing apples and oranges since Brad does not have a singing career. Don't know. After seeing the constantly changing CD covers, I had the same thought as well. I wonder if people get confused by his looks. I know my husband has said those kinds of things to me -- he's seen a few episodes of AIR with me, and I've had to tell him that Clay is now blonde. OTOH.... That's a very good point. See: Madonna. Talk about someone who reinvents herself every few years. If you find that article jmh, I would definitely be interested in that! Gibby -- I have a feeling I won't be seeing you this weekend. But I know I'll be seeing muski, I just hope I can see treenuts as well! EEEEEEE! CG, thank you for bringing that blurb over from the CH regarding the "buzz" on Clay in the Broadway world. That was very neato-keeno to read! merrieeee -- I wish variety shows were "cool" to the media, because I do truly think that Clay's talent would so fit the variety show format. I wish more people could see how multi-talented he is, and I think that would be the perfect vehicle for that. Someday, I hope.... BWAH!! And yeah....this hair (style wise at least) seems to be Clay. Or at least Clay at this moment. Tomorrow will probably be different!

More recaps from last night:

{{{{{aikim}}}}}}}}}}} So sorry all this happened at once over the weekend! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNAZ!!! It's interesting when those EW pictures were brought up yesterday. I'm positive that I was one who was drooling, and squeeing, and back to drooling again, when those pictures first appeared. Looking at them again yesterday....I was like "who IS that guy? I don't even feel like it's the same person." Know what I mean? And I do that with a lot of the early pictures now. Ones that I thought were so very gah-worthy back then now sometimes make me go "eh." I find that rather strange, actually... For the record, I love the cover picture (I thought that was a clever way to catch the hysteria around Clay at that time), and still love the two pictures with him and the dog (and remember how some interviews then thought that dog was Raleigh?). My favorite, though, of the early photo shoots with Clay, are the Time magazine shots, especially this one (made into a wallpaper for me by Betty897x): I've always loved his pose in that picture -- confident and cocksure (heh). I also love the outfit they've got him in, I think this is a fantastic suit. And the way the tie is loosened up a bit....gah.

Happy anniversary kf! Bunches o'recaps, via the CH (thanks MsMarm!): March 22nd/23rd