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spacebug ([personal profile] spacebug) wrote2008-03-06 10:26 am
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Yay, geeky date day!

My afternoon meeting got postponed tomorrow, and S4 has a random 4-day weekend from working a bunch of overtime. So I'm taking the day off and we're going to go to the Bakken. We've been meaning to go for years. The timing is especially good, as we just watched the documentary Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey about Leon Theremin and his life and the history of the instrument last night. The Bakken owns one of the original RCAs. The documentary, incidentally, is worth watching- lots of time given interviewing Theremin himself as well as Clara Rockmore, Robert Moog, Paul Shure (he played the theremin for the score of The Day The Earth Stood Still), Brian Wilson, and others.

Anyway, I'm excited!

Back to work. It's busy, in a good way, lots of interesting calls this morning.
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[identity profile] springbok1.livejournal.com 2008-03-06 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
The Bakken's theremin is awesome. Be sure to hit 'go' on the little video next to it, if you've never seen someone who's really good play it.

[identity profile] spacebug.livejournal.com 2008-03-06 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
The documentary has a lot of footage of Clara Rockmore and Theremin himself playing. It's pretty fascinating, watching the minute gestures required.
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