Norstein/Svankmajer


Yuri Norstein or Yuri Norshtein (born September 15, 1941) is an award-winning Russian animator best known for his animated shorts, Hedgehog in the Fog and Tale of Tales. Since 1981 he has been working on a feature film called The Overcoat, based on the short story by Nikolai Gogol of the same name.
Jan Švankmajer (born 4 September 1934, Prague) is a Czech surrealist artist. His work spans several media. He is known for his surreal animations and features, which have greatly influenced other artists such as Tim Burton, Terry Gilliam, The Brothers Quay and many others.

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The Tuning Of The Celestial Octochord


The Anthology of American Folk Music is a six-album compilation released in 1952 by Folkways Records (catalogue FP 251, FP 252, and FP 253), comprising eighty-four American folk, blues and country music recordings that were originally issued from 1927 to 1932.
Each of the three two-record sets carried the same cover art, a Theodore de Bry etching of an instrument Smith referred to as the “Celestial Monochord,” taken from a mystical treatise by scientist/alchemist Robert Fludd.

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Homemade Gourd Banjer




Neck was made out of the leg of an old broken chair, the pot is made out of a gourd my mom gave me, canvas is stretched over that, whittled down violin tuning pegs are used ($1.00 each) and fishing and weed whacker line are the strings.

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Show at Victrola Coffee on 15th


Music will be provided by the Gullywhumpers who will be playing Woody Guthrie style Americana and Old Tyme Music. There might even be a spoons player by the name of Ian Peepcoat.

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Roslyn Brewery and Fish Measurement


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Medieval Water Systems


This demon guy in the clouds is the medieval Mulholland.
William Mulholland was a water-services engineer in Southern California.
He was born in Belfast, Ireland and immigrated to New York City in the 1870s. Mulholland worked as a miner in Arizona Territory before moving to the city that would build his reputation, Los Angeles. He was fictionalized in the best movie ever made…Chinatown. written by robert towne, directed by roman polanski, produced by robert evans, starring jack nicholson and faye dunaway and john huston, soundtrack by jerry goldsmith. 1974.

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