06/26/07 03:06 - ID#39814

More Theremin

Howdy,

I was planning on editing my Theremin post down to just facts, after all it was just a crudely constructed fiction around little snippets of vaguely related fact. And then I found this video.

Enjoy children

fellyconnelly writes at 11:30:07 06/27/07 - Comment #20190: james - i come from a one stop light town myself... cracker all the way. But in referring to the urban dictionary i can offer you a few definitions including

1. a term used to refer to a gangsta
2. A prefix given to a person who is held in extremely high regard. They are a g and they are money.
or the ever popular
3. verb - to take a wad of dollar bills and bitchslap someone across the face

james writes at 09:14:46 06/26/07 - Comment #20175: Felly: I am so white. So very square. I am from the suburbs, and these years of city living have no made me any more capable of understanding what a 'g money' is. Please pardon me.

Drew: You have me sir. I am capable of uttering a few hip phrases like a parrot: without substance or understanding. So, you lost me on something about a far out acid trip or another.

And did you say Fishbone? Bonin' in the Boneyard is one of my favorite songs, for reasons I don't want to get into.

Paul: I do not doubt (e:terry). But I have no idea what would make a person excel at the Theremin or not. Other than a good ear and a steady hand I am not sure what the qualifications are. You should check out ebay, there are always Theremin kits on there... hm... I know what I am doing when my tax refund finally gets here!

paul writes at 09:06:44 06/26/07 - Comment #20174: I really want to get one for (e:terry) - it seems like something he would be excellent at.

drew writes at 05:28:39 06/26/07 - Comment #20171: tru dat on da mad crazy yo trip.

tru dat fo sho.

Gonna look fo some Fishbone Theramin online. Seem to remember thier use of said instrument at a show.

thank you for making my day.

fellyconnelly writes at 04:35:28 06/26/07 - Comment #20165: oh, my bad.

mad crazy yo!
g money!
word!

james writes at 04:30:23 06/26/07 - Comment #20163: Felly: it is an understatement, that shit was mad crazy yo.

Zobar: I hear it used a lot by various musicians, but the Theremin sound is almost always made electronically on a synthesizer now.

And the odd thing about it is that the great Theremin players are like the successors to Mohammed. There are only one or two and they probably have followers that hate each other. But I hear of concerts and recordings all over the place of bright young theremin stars. It is like film. A few original people who demand to be referred to as Herr Doctor and a thousnad other people more talented than them.

zobar writes at 04:13:16 06/26/07 - Comment #20160: HOLY SHIT THAT IS FUCKING AWESOME.
I've never heard a lead theremin in pop music before, unless you count the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion [he's not very good and it's not really a theremin].

I have "The Art of the Theremin," which is a collection of classical theremin/piano duets Clara Rockmore recorded with her sister. It was a widely held belief that Rockmore was the only person who would ever be able to play anything resembling music on a theremin [Leon Theremin included]. This, however, is TOTALLY FUCKING INSANE. I am going to go spooge all over this video now.

- Z