October 22, 2007
Proving age is indeed just a number.
When I was in Las Vegas, for my 30th birthday back in April, I stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel for the first two nights and at the Wynn for the second two. My take on the Hard Rock was that I was way too old for it. The non-stop rock music (and as our room was "upgraded" to pool view that meant blaring music from about 10am) was just too much, the people at the hotel were in total party mode and the whole place was just too dark. When I tell people I'm over the hill for the Hard Rock, I usually add "but both of my parents would completely love it." They love loud, happening, party-all-the-time kind of scenes. It's really baffling as my brother and I just tend to be really laid-back (though he loved the Hard Rock, perhaps because of the famous pool).
This is a conversation I had today with my father on the topic of meeting for dinner tomorrow:
Me: I'm going to see a show at 8pm at the Gershwin Hotel, a friend of mine is performing. So, I can do it before then or you can come to the show with me if you'd like. I invited a bunch of my friends but none have responded in the affirmative yet.Posted by Karol at October 22, 2007 05:29 PM | TrackBackHim: What kind of show?
Me (totally excited at the possibility my father will come with me): My friend plays this instrument called the Theremin! It was invented in Russia! It was the only instrument invented last century! You know, like in the Beach Boys "Good Vibrations" the woooo woooo sound.
Him: Uh. Huh. So, he plays and we just...what, sit there?
Me: Uh, yeah.
Him: Yeah, no thanks. No dancing or anything?
Me: No, it's sort of a quiet instrument.
Him: Quiet?! Definitely no, then.
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"One of the most persistent theremin myths is that The Beach Boys used one in the 1966 recording of "Good Vibrations". Brian Wilson did request that a theremin be included in the studio orchestra for this recording, but neither the instrument nor a musician to play it were available at the time. Instead, Paul Tanner was brought in with his homemade device called an Electro-Theremin, which featured mechanical controls that could mimic the theremin sound. For concert appearances, a slide-controlled oscillator was designed and built for Wilson by Robert Moog."
from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin
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p.s. oh... and vote ron paul!!!
Judging from the photos on the MySpace site, it looks like the theremin is 40-50% of the show.
Posted by: Shawn at October 22, 2007 06:33 PMOut of curiosity, upon reading this blog entry, looked up the instrument in wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin. Some Youtubes I seen of it too. Seems really cool. This thing sounds like it is from a science fiction movie. I should get one at home to entertain the neighbors.
Posted by: StuLongIsland at October 22, 2007 07:35 PMI even get irritated by blaring music which gets played at music stores, such as at Best Buy or Tower Records (R.I.P.).
I'm just slightly older than you, so it's not an 'old fogey' thing---I've been that way since I was a teenager.
By the way, if you want to hear a cool theremin in a 'Brit Pop' song, go listen to a song called "Richard III" by Supergrass.
(it appears on their album called, "In It For the Money.")
