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I love authentic vintage pieces. This microphone is about 40 years old. I like this kind of processing, but I can't remember how I did it anymore. Dang.
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Groovy mic...
I performed at a number of Christmas Parties during December. I decided to experiment and take some abstract film shots from the 'stage'.
Canon EOS 1n with Kodak Ultramax 400 (small crop, no other editing)
Made it into Explore!
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A fabulous Apple headset with the microphone as the centerpiece!
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I recognize this story from having seen its counterpart at colonial churches in Peru.
To modern eyes, it might seem that the angels around the periphery are holding microphones on booms.
That's not the case: they're holding two of the Arma Christi, or Instruments of the Passion.
On our left, an angel holds a vinegar-soaked sponge on a reed. The angel on the left appears to be holding the torch.
The second angel on the right holds Veronica's veil.
The crown of thorns is in the hands of the angel floating to the right of God's left shoulder.
However, this leaves a long list of Instruments of Passion unaccounted for. Maybe they're beyond the bottom of the frame. They are:
The pillar or column where Jesus was whipped in the Flagellation of Christ.
The whip(s), in Germany often birches, used for the 39 lashes.
The Holy Lance with which a Roman soldier inflicted the final of the Five Wounds in his side.
The Nails, inflicting four wounds on the hands and feet.
The reed which was placed in Jesus' hand as a sceptre in mockery.
The purple robe of mockery.
The Titulus Crucis, attached to the Cross. It may be inscribed in Latin (INRI, Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum), Greek, Hebrew, or some other language.
The Holy Grail, the chalice used by Jesus at The Last Supper, and which some traditions say Joseph of Arimathea used to catch his blood at the crucifixion.
The Seamless robe of Jesus
The dice with which the soldiers cast lots for Christ's seamless robe.
The rooster (cock) that crowed after Peter's third denial of Jesus.
The vessel used to hold the gall and vinegar.
The ladder used for the Deposition, i.e. the removal of Christ's body from the cross for burial.
The hammer used to drive the nails into Jesus' hands and feet.
The pincers used to remove the nails.
The vessel of myrrh, used to anoint the body of Jesus, either by Joseph of Arimathea or by the Myrrhbearers.
The shroud used to wrap the body of Jesus before burial.
The sun and moon, representing the eclipse which occurred during the Passion.
Thirty pieces of silver (or a money bag), the price of Judas' betrayal.
A spitting face, indicating the mockery of Jesus.
The hand which slapped Jesus' face.
The chains or cords which bound Jesus overnight in prison.
The lantern or torches used by the arresting soldiers at the time of the betrayal, as well as their swords and staves.
The sword used by Peter to cut off the ear of the High Priest's servant.
Sometimes a human ear is also represented.
Sometimes the heads or hands of figures from the Passion are shown, including Judas, Caiaphas, or the man who mocked Christ spitting in Christ's face.
The washing hands of Pontius Pilate may be shown.
The trumpet played for mocking Christ on the Way to Calvary.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arma_Christi
Another difference between the Arma Christi I have seen in Peruvian churches and this Northern European example is that in Peru the Instruments are depicted as a static ensemble (or, in archaeological terms, an assemblage) of objects. There are no beings in the scene.
Here, however, the evidence of the Crucifixion have been seized by the heavenly hosts. (Is that what happens in Scripture?) While I'm not a believer, I am not without empathy. For that reason, I prefer this scene to the evidence-locker approach to depicting the Instruments. It no doubt served and may still serve a purpose in furthering the role of religious art under the dictates of the Council of Trent.
The difference is that this sculpture clearly depicts the passage of time. It is no longer the day of the Crucifixion but Easter Morning. The instruments have lost their sting.
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The Church of St. Francis of Assisi at Vilnius, Lithuania.
From signage in the church:
Between 1764 and 1781 the church was fitted with an ensemble of late Baroque fixtures: the pulpit, confessionals, pews and eleven altars. The ensemble displayed stylistic harmony, as well as a singleness of purpose-drawing attention to the main altar.
[The main altar] now contains the Crucifix that had previously hung above the altar of the Holy Cross. The cross was known to bestow special grace, and it was at this time that the fresco depicting this Crucifix was painted on the façade of the church. The identity of the person who designed the new interior furnishings is not now known. The interior was executed by several joiners (Giotto, Holtzas, Valteris and others are mentioned). Paintings for the altars were done by . . . a person with the surname Motiejus.
Between 1764 and 1768 Mikaloju Jansonas, a renowned organ builder of the day, restored the church organ and moved it from the side nave to a platform constructed at the back of the presbytery (choir). (At the end of the 19th century the organ was reconstructed once again and moved to the old balcony of the Bernardines.)
From the middle of the 18th century until the end of the 20th century the architecture and furnishings of the church remained largely unchanged. When the church was closed during the Soviet years, the painting over the altar, the liturgical vessels and other fixtures were scattered among museum collections or given to other churches.
The altar ensemble, which was disassembled for reconstruction has only been partially restored. In response to present-day liturgical requirements, a new altar created by Rimas Skakalauakas was constructed in 1998 and placed in the central nave of the church. The altar echoes the lines and shapes of the old Gothic belfry.
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From Wikipedia:
The Church of St. Francis and St. Bernard (also known as Bernardine Church) is a Roman Catholic church in the Old Town of Vilnius, Lithuania. It is located next to St. Anne's Church. Dedicated to Saints Francis of Assisi and Bernardino of Siena, it is an important example of Gothic architecture in Lithuania.
History
After their arrival in Vilnius, Bernardine monks built a wooden church in the second half of the 15th century, and at the end of the same century - a brick one.
In the early 16th century it was reconstructed, apparently with the participation of a master from Gdansk (Danzig) Michael Enkinger.
In the beginning of the 16th century the church was incorporated into the construction of Vilnius defensive wall, so there are shooting openings in its walls.
Afterwards it was renewed many times, particularly after the 1655-61 war with Moscow, when the Cossacks ravaged the church killing the monks and citizens who had taken shelter there.
In the times of the Soviet occupation it was closed down and handed over to the Art institute.
In 1994, the brethren of St. Francis returned to the church.
Church and Monastery are some of the largest sacral buildings in Vilnius, although in the 17th and 18th centuries they acquired the Renaissance and Baroque features.
Being much larger and more archaic than the St. Anne's Church, it forms and interesting and unique ensemble with the latter.
Gothic pointed-arch windows and buttresses stand out on the façade. Above them rises a pediment with twin octagonal towers on the sides and a fresco depicting the Crucifix in the middle niche.
A Gothic presbytery is the oldest part of the church. Eight high pillars divide the church interior into 3 naves.
There are many valuable 16th-century wall paintings in Bernardine church and the oldest known artistic Lithuanian crucifix sculpture from the 15th century. [2]
The walls of the naves are decorated with Gothic polychrome frescoes, partly uncovered in 1981 - dynamic, colourful figural compositions on biblical and hagiographic themes, with occasional inscriptions in Gothic characters, floral ornaments, heraldic insignia etc.
These mural paintings date from the early 16th century and are considered unique in the world: their composition and type of presentation of the subject matter belongs to Renaissance, and the stylistics - to the Gothic style. [3]
The Bernardine monastery north of the church, built simultaneously with the church, was renovated and reconstructed several times. Since its founding, a novitiate and a seminary operated at the monastery, a rich library had been accumulated, and a scriptorium operated. There [were] artists, craftsmen and organists among the monks. The monastery was closed in 1864, and the building housed soldiers' barracks. In 1919 it was given to the art faculty of the university, later - to the Art Institute (now the Art Academy).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._Francis_and_St._Berna...
Blue Yeti Microphone - Photo by Larry Brown - This is my First Photo that I have posted taken with my new Canon EOS Mark 3 III - View on Black www.flickr.com/photos/declarationsphotography/6891360802/...
Comprises a black metal microphone with chrome head and chrome handle with an opening at the base to screw into a stand. Electrical cord is attached. Red RCA logo in the middle of the chrome head. Operation method: Electric. Manufactured 1930.
NFSA title ID: 561558
Photographer, Brooke Shannon
A microphone, sometimes referred to as a mike or mic, is an acoustic to electric transducer or sensor that converts sound into an electrical signal.
Microphones are used in many applications such as telephones, tape recorders, hearing aids, motion picture production, live and recorded audio engineering, in radio and television broadcasting and in computers for recording voice, VoIP, and for non-acoustic purposes such as ultrasonic checking.
Several early inventors built primitive microphones (then called transmitters) prior to Alexander Bell, but the first commercially practical microphone was the carbon microphone conceived in October 1876 by Thomas Edison. Many early developments in microphone design took place at Bell Laboratories.
This small dynamic microphone, one of only a few examples of this type of mic that I know of. Not making it into Neumann's production line. Baring only the Neumann Name plate (Badge) logo, without any ID markings or serial numbers on the outer rim of the Tuchel connector mounting sleeve, except for a small paper label on the inside of the connector sleeve that was illegible. Deep research and a special thanks to (the late) Manfred Krauter has led me to this scenario: It was hard times for former Neumann employes that were working at the Funkberater factory in the Pankow section of East Berlin. It was practically forced labor under the repressive yoke of Nikolay Zakharov, Andrey Soloviev and Helmutt Poppe who were the Soviet Labor Commandants of east Berlin From the late 1950's through the mid 1960's. Since this microphone was not going into Neumann's production line, sympathetic Neumann (friends) employes threw the Funkberater workers a bone to help them along during those tough times. Sure enough, and in short order (1960), the Funkberater factory began manufacturing a small dynamic microphone named the MD-30 and within a few years the MD-30 and It's offspring were being produced in several factories. There are a few differences between my Neumann and the East German Funkberater versions: My mic is painted in a translucent silver/green enamel finish and is about 5/8" shorter, having a different kind of threaded Tuchel connector mounting sleeve compared to the Funkberater version. I have only seen two other mics like mine. Today there are many RFT Funkberater PGH MD-30 Dynamic Microphones up for sale. they can range from $100 to $300 bucks apiece. I purchased my Mic for $50 in a NYC pawn shop in 1978. Neumann has no knowledge of, or keeps any records on or about this microphone?.
I wasn’t there when she was born.
I think I was out geaking out on drugs somewhere in Random Town, California.
How shitty is that? What a piece of shit. What kind of asshole parties when his first daughter is born?
Actually now that I’m writing this I thoroughly remember it clearly. I was having sex with a random chick that I was casually dating at the time. And I got the phone call (the next day) that she was born.
If you stopped reading now you’d think I was this big whore dick piece of male trash. Maybe you still will or did or always have. I have my haters, believe me. Here’s a big “suck my cock” to all of you! Yay.
But here is the reality… brother.
I drove to Wisconsin on a whim to meet this random girl who I met off the fucking Internet. I lived in Connecticut at the time and was 23 years old. Got random girl pregnant upon meeting her. Went back to Connecticut. Got delusional and upset. Came to my realizations. Young. Dumb. The last of carefree was hitting me.
Father?!
Familyman?!
White picket fence?!??!
Tied down!!!!!!!!!?????????
Fuck that random girl in Wisconsin! How dare she get pregnant on our first acquaintance? She promised me she couldn’t. I’m so dumb. God damn it.
So I packed my shit and moved to California. I told her to follow me after random embryo was born. “Come with me to California,” I said to random impregnated girl. I will get a job and build a home for our future family!
Well random impregnated girl and I didn’t get along so well over the phone. We wound up braking up and not even talking to each other.
She had the random embryo as I was partying my ass off in California. Yeah I held a job and yes I had my own place. But I was 24 years old and discovering my own.
Well, random impregnated girl turned into random mother actually did move to Random Town, California with me. And random mother turned into my actual live-in girlfriend turned out to be a fucking complete living nightmare.
The random nightmare now?
… gone!
…and here you have it. Walla!!!
Daddy and daughter taking a self-portrait for Day 289 of this project in the year 2009.
7 years later? This “random embryo” turned into the love of my life I am so proud of has saved my existence. I’m not dead. I’m not in jail. I’m not a loser drug addict. I’m still a crazy motherfucker – yes. But this little person gives me a reason to continue to have some kind of structure.
The shot at hand? My oldest daughter and I posing sitting on chairs outside of my apartment. Me? Holding a hammer. How male?
Her? Holding a little girl microphone. How girl?
The album below? It’s so happy, fun, cool, catchy, and otherwise listenable that I totally recommend it to anyone who has smiled today.
Location: Outside of my apartment; Alameda, California
Taken: September 20th, 2009
Posted: October 15th, 2009
Album of the Day: Album by Girls
Or (Feeling Croppy!!) .. a good video from youtube..
and boy…do I love the fucking video as much as I love the song? Totally fits!
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