| Maid In Aberdeen -- Blackey Allegro |
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This is the oddest little movie, it was
filmed around 1918, I'm guessing, in
Aberdeen, Washington. It's the sort of film
many cities still have made today, meant to
show what a great place Aberdeen is to live
in.
Which meant they must have had some cool dirt
to sweep under the carpet. And boy, did they
ever. Everything from bizarre strike
breaking to a very creepy 'pirate' to general
violence gave Aberdeen a few less than savory
nicknames, like 'city of lost men'.
Obviously, a make over was due. Employing a
small local film company, Aberdeen showed off
how nicely it cleaned up. I'm not sure if it
was recorded at the wrong speed by accident
or on purpose, but yes, it is going too fast.
You'll see a beach motorcycle race featuring
a 1915 Indian, and what looks like several
other Indians, Harley Davidsons,and Cyclones.
The fire department shows off its stable of
what I think are REOs. Which is where I
started to suspect this movie was a little
weird: A heavyset guy goes tear-assing after
a car before the engines show. Hm.
Moving on, the major industry is shown, a
timber mill. The police, the local schools.
You'll see a clip of some early football,
too. The local play house shows off a
bicycle riding monkey, and a banner
proclaiming they will be showing moving
pictures.
Then came the weird. "Little Hippo chasing
an REO The Fifth". Bwuh? Well, here came
the heavy guy from the fire engine muster.
He and another man for no apparent reason go
running down the street. The Fifth was the
name of a model of REO cars, and for some
reason, they mentioned that though the actual
car isn't seen.
I'm assuming Little Hippo was a local
character who really liked chasing cars.
Specifically, REO the Fifths.
This is the city Kurt Cobain came from. This
does not surprise me.
The music is from a series Tedd composed as a
quartet for synthesizer. Deliberately done
in the style of the 1960s synthesizer music,
which was still trying to figure out what it
was and what it could do, it's got that hippo
ballerina quality. It's big, it's spritely,
it's fun.
It's all on the black keys. There is one
note played on the white. You're on your own
to find it.
The synthesizers used in this piece are the
Moog Voyager, the Moog MG1, and the Hammond
S6.
The S6 was a sort of interesting find,
incidentally. A neighbor had it out in their
yard for sale for 50 bucks. It worked. It
looked like it'd sat in a garage for oh,
twenty years.
So three teenaged boys deciding to help out
later, we had most of it loaded in the back
of our PT Cruiser for a short jaunt down the
street.
Safety goggles in place, Tedd fired the old
lady up in the front yard. Tubes lit and he
serenaded the neighborhood with the blues for
a while. He really looks pretty jaunty in
his safety goggles. :D
Just another random oddness off the Mother
Road.
Welcome to Route 66.
Tags : Aberdeen Washington Indian Motorcycle Firetruck Allegro Moog Voyager MG-1 Hammond S6 |
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Affichage : 2123
Durée : 360 s |
| Blackey |
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Appalshop hosted thirteen Indonesians from
Jakarta and Yogyakarta as part of a
multi-phased, international exchange project
made possible by a grant from the US
Department of State, Bureau of Cultural and
Educational Affairs. The project pairs a
growing network of Indonesian media
organizations with Appalshop with a
commitment to cross cultural exchange in a
process of shared learning. The exchange
included workshops and a collaborative
production with Appalshop's youth media
program AMI, the Appalachian Media Institute.
This is one of three videos produced during
the collaboration.
Tags : appalshop indonesia media workshop youth community |
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Affichage : 562
Durée : 243 s |
| KING BLACKEY |
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IAM THE KING OF KINIG IN DALLAS TX BUT ONE
THING I HAVE PROBLEM WITH THAT I CAN'T STOP
THINKING ABOUT SOMEWHERE I CARE
Tags : king OneTrueMedia |
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Affichage : 51
Durée : 261 s |
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