OK, "gramophone". Y'all know what I mean.
I never knew it was a real dog, but I bet he wasn't fooled for long with the quality of reproduction of the time.
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
Goodnight, GG! I will laugh at the quote below! It sounds very familiar! 
"The DVD one is covered in arcane symbols and runes and I'm scared to press anything but Play and Stop in case I inadvertantly summon up Beelzebub into my lounge-room, or open the neighbours garage door - which would summon up the next-door neighbour, and I'd prefer Beelzebub!"
"The DVD one is covered in arcane symbols and runes and I'm scared to press anything but Play and Stop in case I inadvertantly summon up Beelzebub into my lounge-room, or open the neighbours garage door - which would summon up the next-door neighbour, and I'd prefer Beelzebub!"
Ever notice that Beelzebub sounds like such a “user friendly” synonym? It conjures up visions of, “How about we take Old Grandpa Beelzebub out to IHOP?” It’s probably just me.
This might interest someone – “Old Nick” and “Old Scratch” are also aliases. Kind of a bum rap for “Old St. Nick”, and don’t have any idea what to make of “Old Scratch”, of than “the itch you can’t scratch”
This might interest someone – “Old Nick” and “Old Scratch” are also aliases. Kind of a bum rap for “Old St. Nick”, and don’t have any idea what to make of “Old Scratch”, of than “the itch you can’t scratch”
Ok, on the same subject, how many of you watched the original American Bandstands? GG, did they have that in AU? Mike, in the UK?
One more quick thought on Beelzebub - his friends might call him Beelzebubba.
Who can forget Chubby Checker?quote:Originally posted by Serenity:
Ok, on the same subject, how many of you watched the original American Bandstands? GG, did they have that in AU? Mike, in the UK?
Yes, Mrs. M. we did have a programme called Bandstand. They did feeble cover renditions of the hits of the time; all very prim and proper. Hosted by a man in a white sports coat and heavy black framed glasses called Brian Henderson.
Beelzebub said to say "Hi".
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
Beelzebub said to say "Hi".
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
Soupy Sales was VERY, VERY popular!
In Baltimore, Md USA we had "The Buddy Dean Show"; it was better the "Bandstand", at least I thought so.
I was brought up on a heavy diet of Wagner, Beethoven, Smetana and Lizst, so even quite young I regarded Rock & Roll as rather trivial.
I enjoyed the music of the late sixties but it wasn't till I heard Deep Purple's "Machine Head" in the early seventies that I started to really sit up and take notice.
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
I enjoyed the music of the late sixties but it wasn't till I heard Deep Purple's "Machine Head" in the early seventies that I started to really sit up and take notice.
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
From the early seventies to about '85 we had a programme called Countdown whcih was probably the spiritual successor of Bandstand.
Being on a government owned network (Aust. Broadcasting Commission) it was able to take liberties that commercial stations dared not, and it copped a fair share of controversy (which just added to the spice).
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
Being on a government owned network (Aust. Broadcasting Commission) it was able to take liberties that commercial stations dared not, and it copped a fair share of controversy (which just added to the spice).
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
I never cared much for classical music until I took a music appreciation course in my senior year of high school. I thought that it would be a quick and easy good grade. Well, I made a big mistake; our instructor, Mr. Anderson, was hard teacher. But, to this day, I prefer the classics to most anything else. Oh, there's some rock from the 60s, and 70s that I like, but not too much of it. Maybe CCR, Iron Butterfly, some Doors; but not too much else. I would have to say that Mr. Anderson fully succeeded in his job, at least with me.
I am a little surprised. I think I expected all of you to say no! The early bandstand, I think came on around 1952. I was fasinated with the dancing. I had had a large dose of ballet and ballroom by then and the classics. It seemed pretty daring to me! How times have changed!
Television hadn't even reached down-under in 1952. They didn't get it until 1956 - and no colour till 1975!
As a new medium in those days I think it would automatically gravitate towards the new, daring and, dare I say it, funky (oooooh... I hate that word!), if only to underline its difference.
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
As a new medium in those days I think it would automatically gravitate towards the new, daring and, dare I say it, funky (oooooh... I hate that word!), if only to underline its difference.
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
quote:Originally posted by Serenity:
Ok, on the same subject, how many of you watched the original American Bandstands? GG, did they have that in AU? Mike, in the UK?
Er, no, I don't think so, Shirl. What was it/were they? Radio / TV programme?
quote:Originally posted by Gardengnome:
From the early seventies to about '85 we had a programme called Countdown whcih was probably the spiritual successor of Bandstand.
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
'Countdown' here was a quiz show, involving numbers!
Our Countdown was a weekly Rock/Pop programme with live acts and vids. Always ended by counting down the top ten even though one week in '75 it was "Convoy" (and yes, I've got that record somewhere).
Instead of the original C. W. McCall however, on this occasion it was covered by a fourth-rate local CW singer - and it was bloody awful!!!
The show was better in the seventies, prob'ly 'cos the music was better. In the eighties it was all flashy video and hair lacquer (for the boys especially).
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
Instead of the original C. W. McCall however, on this occasion it was covered by a fourth-rate local CW singer - and it was bloody awful!!!
The show was better in the seventies, prob'ly 'cos the music was better. In the eighties it was all flashy video and hair lacquer (for the boys especially).
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
Dave; My school didn't cover music appreciation ,or anything remotely arty. They seemed intent on turning out lawyers and doctors (boy, did they miss with me!), and if you couldn't follow Latin then forget it.
I grew up listening to the music but not knowing much about it - adding my own imagery as I went. In later years I discovered that the more I learned about the classics the less I listened - especially opera. The only exception has been Wagner, especially Tannhauser and the Dutchman.
That's probably why I took to Metal, it has that same full-on over-the-top power while the lyrics are also faintly ridiculous.
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
I grew up listening to the music but not knowing much about it - adding my own imagery as I went. In later years I discovered that the more I learned about the classics the less I listened - especially opera. The only exception has been Wagner, especially Tannhauser and the Dutchman.
That's probably why I took to Metal, it has that same full-on over-the-top power while the lyrics are also faintly ridiculous.
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
Talk about “daring” on TV. Don’t forget The Ed Sullivan Show and what they did with Elvis Presley. I doubt any of you youngsters will remember this, but in the really old days (really old), Shakespeare was considered by some (may still be) as to be a bad influence on children (that was of course when they had a Shakespeare-13 rating). And, it created quite the scandal when Abe Lincoln was shot in a theater - a known place of sin and corruption.
Always funny to look back at the standards for daring/morality and think how silly they were. Some day “they” will look back at today and think how silly we were.
Give Beelzebubba my best.
Always funny to look back at the standards for daring/morality and think how silly they were. Some day “they” will look back at today and think how silly we were.
Give Beelzebubba my best.
We got our first TV in 1947. I remember that it cost $900.00. A small amount now, but quite hefty in those days. It had a large wooden cabinet and a tiny screen. It was only on for 3 hours a day!
We had one in 1957 before leaving England. I remember episodes of Robin Hood (starring Richard Greene) and two men dressed in sportscoats singing "Catch a falling star" while little stars floated down the screen.
Earliest song I remember before that damned "Volare" on the ship.
'night all.
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
Earliest song I remember before that damned "Volare" on the ship.
'night all.
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
The big “thrill” was watching “Bonanza”. Imagine - COLOR TV! “What will they think of next?” “Well, they’ll never land on the moon – that’s for sure, by cracky.”
Of course, I can remember, like it was only yesterday, Al Jolson’s historical motion picture The Jazz Singer.
Of course, I can remember, like it was only yesterday, Al Jolson’s historical motion picture The Jazz Singer.
We have all lived in magnificent times, considering the amount of inventions and changes that happened in the 200 years prior to the 1940s and those thereafter. Of course there were some great inventions and changes prior, but nothing tanamount to our experiences.
“Difficulties mastered are opportunities won.” - Winston Churchill
Q: Best invention of the 20th Century.
A: Post-it Notes.
... even though they were an accident. When the adhesive was first discovered, it wasn’t strong enough. It took some Guy singing in a church’s choir to find an application for them – go figure. That’s what I call “divine inspiration”, or “Perspiration” if there was no Air Conditioner (you just can’t ignore something like that).
A: Post-it Notes.
... even though they were an accident. When the adhesive was first discovered, it wasn’t strong enough. It took some Guy singing in a church’s choir to find an application for them – go figure. That’s what I call “divine inspiration”, or “Perspiration” if there was no Air Conditioner (you just can’t ignore something like that).
IMO, some of the best inventions in my lifetime were inside plumbing and homes with electric, including the basics that came with it. And last but not least, permnant press clothes! Before that invention, I recall ironing for many hours!
Toilet paper has to be right up there, and maybe the greatest invention of the 19th Century. Appears that British Perforated Paper Company was responsible for creating the first paper for wiping after “going”. Not the “handy” roll type of today, but in separate squares.
Of course, toilet brushes are right up there.
Of course, toilet brushes are right up there.
So say the British!
(British survey)
And to read the all time 100 greatest: ( I just noticed, also British!)
http://www.scenta.co.uk/100greatest/100greatest.cfm
http://www.scenta.co.uk/100greatest/100greatest.cfm
Nice reading, but there's no mention of Post-It Notes and Toilet Paper, so I doubt the accuracy.quote:Originally posted by Serenity:
And to read the all time 100 greatest:
http://www.scenta.co.uk/100greatest/100greatest.cfm
The British are getting popular, I see. That should please R2 and Mike.quote:Originally posted by Serenity:
So say the British!
"IMO, some of the best inventions in my lifetime were inside plumbing and homes with electric".
I wouldn't want to be considered pedantic (perish the thought!) but I think we may be confusing 'discoveries', 'inventions' and 'applications' here.
The Wright brothers didn't 'invent' the aeroplane, for example. They applied various discoveries in aeronautics with existing technology such as the internal combustion engine. They claimed to have invented wing-warping as an aeronautical control feature however.
Most 'inventions' are merely applications of existing ideas and technology in a new way. Even the wheel evolved from the roller.
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
I wouldn't want to be considered pedantic (perish the thought!) but I think we may be confusing 'discoveries', 'inventions' and 'applications' here.
The Wright brothers didn't 'invent' the aeroplane, for example. They applied various discoveries in aeronautics with existing technology such as the internal combustion engine. They claimed to have invented wing-warping as an aeronautical control feature however.
Most 'inventions' are merely applications of existing ideas and technology in a new way. Even the wheel evolved from the roller.
GG
"Heavy Metal or no metal at all!"
I'd still like to know what toilet paper evolved from.
GG, applications, inventions...I sure hate outside privies!
The Wright Bros. were relatives of mine.
The Wright Bros. were relatives of mine.
“Motion pictures”. Strange how we like to incorporate old terms for new technologies. Even “movie” seems a little odd.
Calling a car a horseless carriage is as weird as calling a buggy an engineless car. “Automobile” means “self-propelled motor vehicle”, but only applies to cars.
Then there’s the Pan Am “Clipper Ships”. They spent a few minutes being ships, but had very limited space for deck chairs and shuffleboard and were a lot faster than the original Clipper Ships. Even today, the “pilots” on commercial flights look like they are wearing Navy uniforms (but the pilots never get pass the rank of “Captain”, at least that’s what the “crew” calls them while they are “stowing” the luggage in the overhead compartment).
And, “aboard” and “all aboard” (not only applies to planes but to trains – not sure about busses) have their origin in ships – I believe it was from “side of ship” which was made of wood, but that may be one of my many residual myths.
Considering that boats/ships (not a seaman so I don’t know the difference) were the first form of mass rapid transportation, all this navy talk would probably explain the term space “ship”.
From the Captain’s log:
Fire photon “torpedoes”!
Aye, aye, Captain!
Engage “docking” procedures”!
Aye, aye, Captain!
“Fire” a warning “shot” across their “bow”!
Aye, aye Captain!
“Ensign”, Contact Star “Fleet” Command!
Aye, aye Captain!
The dry in dry-dock is VERY accurate, although redundant.
Calling a car a horseless carriage is as weird as calling a buggy an engineless car. “Automobile” means “self-propelled motor vehicle”, but only applies to cars.
Then there’s the Pan Am “Clipper Ships”. They spent a few minutes being ships, but had very limited space for deck chairs and shuffleboard and were a lot faster than the original Clipper Ships. Even today, the “pilots” on commercial flights look like they are wearing Navy uniforms (but the pilots never get pass the rank of “Captain”, at least that’s what the “crew” calls them while they are “stowing” the luggage in the overhead compartment).
And, “aboard” and “all aboard” (not only applies to planes but to trains – not sure about busses) have their origin in ships – I believe it was from “side of ship” which was made of wood, but that may be one of my many residual myths.
Considering that boats/ships (not a seaman so I don’t know the difference) were the first form of mass rapid transportation, all this navy talk would probably explain the term space “ship”.
From the Captain’s log:
Fire photon “torpedoes”!
Aye, aye, Captain!
Engage “docking” procedures”!
Aye, aye, Captain!
“Fire” a warning “shot” across their “bow”!
Aye, aye Captain!
“Ensign”, Contact Star “Fleet” Command!
Aye, aye Captain!
The dry in dry-dock is VERY accurate, although redundant.
Here is an interesting site on airplane invention.
http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/air_main.shtml
http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu/air_main.shtml
> What did people use before toilet paper was invented? <<
*Newsprint, paper catalogue pages in early US
*Hayballs, Scraper/gompf stick kept in container by the privy in the Middle Ages
*Discarded sheep's wool in the Viking Age, England
*Frayed end of an old anchor cable was used by sailing crews from Spain and Portugal *Medieval Europe- Straw, hay, grass, gompf stick
*Corn cobs, Sears Roebuck catalog, mussel shell, newspaper, leaves, sand- United States
*Water and your left hand, India
*Pages from a book, British Lords
*Coconut shells in early Hawaii
*Lace was used by French Royalty
*Public Restrooms in Ancient Rome- A sponge soaked in salt water, on the end of a stick
*The Wealthy in Ancient Rome-Wool and Rosewater
*French Royalty-lace, hemp
*Hemp & wool were used by the elite citizens of the world
*Defecating in the river was very common internationally
*Bidet, France
*Snow and Tundra Moss were used by early Eskimos
*Newsprint, paper catalogue pages in early US
*Hayballs, Scraper/gompf stick kept in container by the privy in the Middle Ages
*Discarded sheep's wool in the Viking Age, England
*Frayed end of an old anchor cable was used by sailing crews from Spain and Portugal *Medieval Europe- Straw, hay, grass, gompf stick
*Corn cobs, Sears Roebuck catalog, mussel shell, newspaper, leaves, sand- United States
*Water and your left hand, India
*Pages from a book, British Lords
*Coconut shells in early Hawaii
*Lace was used by French Royalty
*Public Restrooms in Ancient Rome- A sponge soaked in salt water, on the end of a stick
*The Wealthy in Ancient Rome-Wool and Rosewater
*French Royalty-lace, hemp
*Hemp & wool were used by the elite citizens of the world
*Defecating in the river was very common internationally
*Bidet, France
*Snow and Tundra Moss were used by early Eskimos
When and where was toilet paper first invented? <<
*China…AD 1391 - The Bureau of Imperial Supplies began producing 720,000 sheets of toilet paper a year, each sheet measuring two feet by three feet. For use by the Emperors.
*China…AD 1391 - The Bureau of Imperial Supplies began producing 720,000 sheets of toilet paper a year, each sheet measuring two feet by three feet. For use by the Emperors.
I know what you mean Mrs. M.!
We had an ouside dunny for two or three years - in the Winter it was the cold, in the Summer, the smell.
Oh, and the flies........
GG
We had an ouside dunny for two or three years - in the Winter it was the cold, in the Summer, the smell.
Oh, and the flies........
GG