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Watching Plasma

Look what arrived today from my dad for my birthday, which is coming up soon. A very cool plasma globe! Eric says he’s always wanted to have one of these, so we’re going to share it. It responds to touch and, when the audio switch is set, sound. Thanks, Dad!

Plasma Globe

5 comments September 1st, 2007

His Story Will Never End

Who did this song? Maybe you’ve heard of it, but never heard it. If you’re drawing a blank, catch the reference to a certain city and listen carefully to the voice.

3 comments September 1st, 2007

Pratt Porch Project - Day 14

The insulation is in and the blue board is going up.

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Bernard Herrmann Theremin

Well, let’s see. I mentioned Theremins a couple of posts back, had a post about film composer Bernard Herrmann some months back, and I recently made reference to the movie The Day The Earth Stood Still, for which Herrmann wrote the score with lots of Theremin sounds.

This sequence from The Day The Earth Stood Still came from a 20-year-old LaserDisc played on an equally old Pioneer LD-838, as did the Spellbound clip. Even in this reduced and compressed format I think the virtues of LD compared to VHS are apparent.

4 comments September 1st, 2007