Oooh, here's Clara performing on the "terpistone." Which looks to be something like a cross between a theremin and Dance Dance Revolution.
Huh. Theremin World is a pretty cool site.
I wanna die in bed surrounded by fat grandchildren, but guess that's off the menu.
Jenny ,'Bring On The Night'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
DavidS - Dec 14, 2008 9:31:09 am PST #112 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Jon B. - Dec 14, 2008 10:10:34 am PST #113 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
The guy who runs Thereminworld, Jason, is a mensch. Just an incredibly nice guy. He's the one who shot me at the Theremin Camp in Asheville a few years back, doing Video Killed The Radio Star.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2008 12:19:23 pm PST #114 of 6436
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have a release question. I have a compulsive need to correctly ID the release years of the songs in my iTunes library. Compilations throw this off, since they have the album release dates, and I want single release dates.
I'm currently confused by "Pressure Drop" by The Specials. I know this song from the 80s, but maybe that was the Maytals version, and The Specials only recorded it in the 90s.
Can anyone tell me for sure?
Tom Scola - Dec 14, 2008 12:31:19 pm PST #115 of 6436
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
The Maytals would have been recording reggae, not ska, in the 1980s, and The Specials were most active in the very early 80s.
Jon B. - Dec 14, 2008 12:36:29 pm PST #116 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Looks like "Pressure Drop" first appeared on the 1996 reunion(?) album "Today's Specials": [link]
t edit Wikipedia link: [link]
Tom Scola - Dec 14, 2008 12:51:35 pm PST #117 of 6436
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Or, you know, I could be talking out of my ass.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2008 1:04:30 pm PST #118 of 6436
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, Jon. And thanks also to Scola's ass.
megan walker - Dec 14, 2008 1:13:11 pm PST #119 of 6436
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I have a compulsive need to correctly ID the release years of the songs in my iTunes library. Compilations throw this off, since they have the album release dates, and I want single release dates.
I just want to state for the record that there is nothing wrong with this.
§ ita § - Dec 14, 2008 1:16:34 pm PST #120 of 6436
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How else would my Good 80s/90s/00s smart playlists work properly?
msbelle - Dec 14, 2008 1:24:06 pm PST #121 of 6436
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
obsessively correcting/updating/adding to anything on iTunes is not wrong at all.