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Gerontius

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  • Gerontius
    Drinking coffee and slowly rehabbing a broken watch. How's your Saturday going?
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    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    Another example is John McCormack, Irish tenor, whose records are still considered quite good today. Or Chauncey Olcott who wrote "My Wild Irish Rose" (I have the 1913 Columbia recording Olcott made) and it's got that same basic style, but each singer (especially tenors!) put a special touch on it.
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    Baritone singers were able to just pretty much do the same stuff they always did but tenors had to adapt to the phonograph. Sopranos had a very rough time of it which is why female singers are sadly underrepresented on disc and cylinder.

    Dalhart is pretty good for an introduction to early country music. Ives isn't bad (I have one of him singing "The Foggy Dew") but "The Prisoner's Song" is a Dalhart vehicle.
    Tired
    Tired
    @Gerontius I don't think I have time for that, this is a small project I do just for myself, it's also calming to draw and color them.
    Gerontius
    Today I went out and got a decent haircut and it turns out the barber was autistic too which was pretty cool. And I no longer look like a bipedal poodle dog which is nice.
    Gerontius
    Filled the entire living room floor with household items to sell. I'm having a hard time uncluttering but it's getting better. Right now though I'd like an ice cold beer or something.
    Gerontius
    Well I've gone and finally bought an electric phonograph. Ms. G likes modern music so we needed something that'll play LPs, and I still like my 78rpm collection, and we both like FM radio. So I got us a 1948 Bendix radio with an automatic changer.
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    It doesn't work but I can't take care of that--amplifier hums badly so I'm going to replace the capacitors and look into putting an inexpensive jukebox cartridge on there instead of the old Rochelle salt type. I still prefer my 1928 Brunswick as the ultimate compromise between smooth sound and reliability but the Bendix does offer good value as a record player we can both enjoy and don't have to wind up.
    Gerontius
    Yesterday at the thrift store I ended up with an old typewriter from 1950 for free because the clerk said it was too broken. It needs a main spring but should be all right apart from that. It's the model I used as a kid but without the rust and mouse nests.
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    Seriously my first one had a platen made out of bicycle tire and a shoelace for a drawband, corrosion eating the diecast frame and rust quietly wrecking the inside. This one's in far better shape and should actually function nicely if I fix the spring.
    oregano
    oregano
    I have my dad's 1965 Royal Futura. He used to lug it all over Sacramento State University when he attended 1965-68. How I don't know. It works well but the typeface looks really weird.
    Gerontius
    My cat is taking her toy catnip mice and tucking them in to her basket under the gramophone.
    Gerald Wilgus
    Gerald Wilgus
    My cats put things under the rugs. Once I left my new hearing aids on my nightstand and in the morning they were gone. The cats got at them and we found one under a rug in our bedroom and the other under the living room rug.
    Gerontius
    Today at a cafe someone drew a sketch of me working which was both kind of odd and kind of funny. Guy's name is Austin & he is a hospital orderly as well as an author & artist.
    Gerontius
    Sorry I don't get to catch up with everyone on here much anymore! You all still are cool. I'm just swamped.? Love y'all
    Mr. Stevens
    Mr. Stevens
    I hope you're doing well, Gerontius. I sometimes think of your bike riding and typewriters.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Living life to your best. What's not to like. My guy is moving in one month, just daily things will cut my time here too.
    Gerontius
    My cat is meowing at outdoor cats she can see through the windows. Last time she escaped and joined them she came back home disgusting and covered in fleas. Not this time.
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    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    I feel like I have to say this, she's not supposed to have a long tail because she's a Manx cat and happens to have the characteristic bunny tail that is common for the breed. Some are longies but she's more of a rumpie/stubbie Manx
    tree
    tree
    If she can't have beans & rice, I hope
    she gets a little sweet potato or squash.
    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    I'm a total pushover when it comes to my cat! If I'm eating something that I know is safe for him to eat, he always gets a little bite :)
    Gerontius
    Listening to my "new" CD of the remake soundtrack for The Producers (2005). Very funny, and a genuinely delightful performance by people having fun.
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    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    @Forest Cat it's pretty funny! I like how Leo and Max end up winning in spite of themselves; it's just Dumb in a smart way. And I enjoy the love-letter to classic musicals that it is. Mel Brooks had a whimsical sense of humor.
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    The 2005 recording is pretty good, but I'd be ok with a copy of the original one too. I'm not picky about music like people think I might be. It's actually pretty great having a CD player now too, don't have to crank it up or change needles, no 78 to flip over or wax cylinders to drop on the floor, no spring to break or horn to bump into. And used CDs are cheaper than old records.
    Gerald Wilgus
    Gerald Wilgus
    i first saw it when I was channel surfing and clicked on it when Springtime for Hitler was on. I could not believe it and happily found it was a parody.
    Gerontius
    Mozart on radio, 1934 Parker Vacumatic in hand, tabby cat dozing on writing surface, ink on paper, lamp turned down low - if I don't start doing this more instead of being miserable and slacking, I will miss out on true pleasure in life.
    Gerontius
    Sitting up tonight listening to the WSM broadcasts on 650 kilocycles--quiet and relaxed, as I like it.
    Gerontius
    One of these days I want to have a house of my own where I can listen to music late at night without risk of upsetting people with the noise.
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