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Bother me tomorrow, today I'll buy no sorrows
Doo, doo, doo, lookin' out my back door.
Southwest Arizona, USA. View from the back porch.
Full frame. No crop. No post processing.
There seems to be magic in this record. The soft crackle of the needle hitting the vinyl transports me to another time and place. :)
Lyrics
Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell
Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high
Mama's dancin' with a baby on her shoulder
The sun is settin' like molasses in the sky
The boy could sing, knew how to move, everything
Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for
Black velvet and that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that slow southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please
Up in Memphis the music's like a heatwave
White lightning, bound to drive you wild
Mama's baby's in the heart of every schoolgirl
"Love Me Tender" leaves 'em cryin' in the aisle
The way he moved, it was a sin, so sweet and true
Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for
Black velvet and that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that slow southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please
Every word of every song that he sang was for you
In a flash, he was gone, it happened so soon
What could you do?
Black velvet and that little boy's smile
Black
velvet with that slow southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please
Black velvet and that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that slow southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please
If you please
If you please
If you please
Source:
The picture of the flowers is painted inside an antique 1880's /90's Victrola ? record player horn... And it’s raining here in Bellefonte
Kingsburg, Ca.
Found at the Kingsburg Historical Park.
Back story: There are tens of thousands of artifacts at the Kingsburg Historical Park www.kingsburghistoricalpark.org
Today, fellow Flickrite, Bob Dass arrived at the park to do some photography. He drove all the way from Ukiah just to do that. So, once again, I had motivation to do a bit of photography.
This thing still plays, and Bing Crosby was on the record.
„A giant doing cartwheels, statue wearing high heels. Look at all the happy creatures dancing on the lawn. Dinosaur victrola listening to Buck Owens. Doo-doo-doo, looking out my backdoor.“ [CCR]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Cembalo Sonatas for 4 Hands
www.youtube.com/watch?v=241C58kqZXM
Camera: Firestorm snapshot, unedited
Windlights: did use windight water so will check my setting next time I'm in SL.
Location: Nykus
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nykus/239/234/5
Note: it'll take you to the landing point first probably. If you click it again, it'll take you to the underwater room.
2nd Note: if you decide to visit and go out into the water, piranhas lurk near the octopus so give that a berth unless you like to get eaten. Fair Warning.
Credits: I do credits because I don't have the time to make everything and would rather take photos anyways. It's only fair to credit the creators just as they do in movies, books and magazines. One of the special things about Second Life is how much of it is really a giant collaboration with everyone taking part in Second Life.
Setting:
Setting and landscaping designed by Kayla Woodrunner
In the Water:
Abyss, Purple Jellyfish NPV by Aley (AleyMart on MP, free)
--- the jellyfish are animated and float around in the water
Abyss, Whale skeleton by Aley (AleyMart on MP, free)
HydroLab Atrium Unfurnished by Aley (AleyMart on MP, free) --- the hydrolab is unfurnished but it is carpeted with various rugs
In the HydroLab:
"The Empress III" Double Manual Harpsichord by Alchemy Immortalis (alchemyimmortalis.cyannis)
The Blue Parlour Sofa and Table by Gothic's Musing (Penny Dreadful (gothicmuse)
Note: The table has the victrola and lamp on the table as one piece. The victrola plays a bagpipe tune if you touch it. I got it ages ago on a hunt.
GG Cafe Chair by Twistia Twine
Harpischord player: Winter Phoenix
Her Master's Voice is a take off on the old RCA Victor ad, shortly after the Victrola was invented nearly a century ago. I remember it well.......
I've posted the ad in the first comment for those who weren't around back then.
HSS
Johanna is enjoying her book while listening to music on the victrola. A relaxing way to spend the evening at home.
Blythe a Day - 3/2/23 - old stuff day
The victrola was a Salvation Army find a few months ago. I touched up the paint a little bit. The armchair was from another thrift store several years ago. I thought about recovering it (but I'm too lazy) and I'm glad I never did because it works here for an old parlor type setting.
Blythe Joana Gentiana
Dress- Ebay
Apron - vintage Barbie
pink shawl - doll Baby bonnet
chair - pincushion - thrifted
Victrola, tall cabinet, screen, cats - thrift store finds
clock - Avon, flea market find $1
Table - 1:12 scale dollhouse
tea - Hobby Lobby
Book - made by me
Stool - antique show
Slippers - Etsy
We had one of these when I was a kid. It finally gave up the ghost but I tore out the mechanism and refinished the cabinet and I still have it.
His Master's Voice (HMV) was the name of a major British record label created in 1901 by The Gramophone Co. Ltd.[1] The phrase was coined in the late 1890s from the title of a painting by English artist Francis Barraud, which depicted a Jack Russell Terrier dog named Nipper listening to a wind-up disc gramophone and tilting his head. In the original, unmodified 1898 painting, the dog was listening to a cylinder phonograph. The painting was also famously used as the trademark and logo of the Victor Talking Machine Company, later known as RCA Victor. The painting was originally offered to James Hough, manager of Edison-Bell in London, but he declined, saying "dogs don't listen to phonographs".
Barraud subsequently went to The Gramophone Co. of Maiden Lane in London where the manager Barry Owen asked if the painting was for sale and if the painting could be revised to show one of their own latest Gramophone models. This was done and The Gramophone Co. in due course made a formal offer to buy the painting from Barraud for £100.
In the 1970s, an award was created which is a copy of the statue of the dog and gramophone, His Master's Voice, cloaked in bronze, and was presented by the record company (EMI) to artists, music producers and composers in recognition of selling more than 1,000,000 recordings.
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This gentleman restores old gramophones at his workshop in Istanbul's Grand Bazaar. And maybe the only person in the whole of the Bazaar that wasn't hustling to make a sale.
I love some of the cool minis I find on Etsy. Lins and I, both, have Victrola turn tables for our vinyls.
the dog barks, the cat stalks, a whale swims by and while I indulge in Mozart unaware of the quiet listener behind me
Music: W. A. Mozart: Fantasia for harpsichord [or fortepiano] in D minor (KV 397) / F. Caldara
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEBXmBhY7rg
Camera: Firestorm snapshot, unedited
Windlight water: [Tor] Subtleties
Location: Nykus
maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Nykus/239/234/5
Note: it'll take you to the landing point first probably. If you click it again, it'll take you to the underwater room.
2nd Note: if you decide to visit and go out into the water, piranhas lurk near the octopus so give that a berth unless you like to get eaten. Fair Warning.
Credits: I do credits because I don't have the time to make everything and would rather take photos anyways. It's only fair to credit the creators just as they do in movies, books and magazines.
Setting:
Setting and landscaping designed by Kayla Woodrunner
In the Water:
Merfolk Commoner - Candy by HEXtraordinary (Corwin Lacourte)
Kelp Forest with sounds and fish by Aley (AleyMart on MP, free)
Blue Whale by Aley (AleyMart on MP, free)
Coral Reef 3D with bubbles by Sapphy Rotaru
HydroLab Atrium Unfurnished by Aley (AleyMart on MP, free) --- the hydrolab is unfurnished but it is carpeted with various rugs
In the HydroLab:
"The Empress III" Double Manual Harpsichord by Alchemy Immortalis (alchemyimmortalis.cyannis)
The Blue Parlour Sofa and Table by Gothic's Musing (Penny Dreadful (gothicmuse)
Note: The table has the victrola and lamp on the table as one piece. The victrola plays a bagpipe tune if you touch it. I got it ages ago on a hunt.
Music Box - Faberge Egg Carousel by Land of Nodd (Noddington Schmooz)
GG Cafe Chair by Twistia Twine
Wiggling-Witty Cats by Mutresse (Eeky Cioc)
Plushie Pals: Ocho the Pacific Octopus by Intrigue Co. (Katharine McGinnis)
Model: me
#8 Mykonos / COMMON / Satin Robe - Maitreya - Tan by Blueberry (blueberryxx)
Black Jeans (Maitreya applier) by Lageeny Fashion (Geeny Silverblade)
Lace Up Heel_Maitreya by ROC (roscee)
Hair: Blueboy by Lamb (Lamb Bellic)
Skin: Adore by Lumae
Lara mesh body by Maitreya
Aria mesh head by Lelutka
An iconic Victor Talking Machine. Made in 1921 by Victor Victrola Co. Taking us back in time to the "Roaring 20's" when jazz and big bands ruled. There's lots of jazz 78's for this wind up phonograph. It plays 78 RPM vinyl records. It isn't rare since about 185,000 were made. It was made before the company was bought by RCA, becoming RCA Victrola. This wind up phonograph plays surprisingly good music. #TimeMachine #VictorTalkingMachine #Victrola #78RPM #vinyl #HandCrank #WindUp
~ “MACRO MONDAYS ~ “ANACHRONISM” ~ “2/12/24” ~ "2 1/2"X 2 1/2" ~ "VICTROLA" ~ "MUSIC" ~ "PENCIL SHARPENER" ~
Such terms as graphophone, phonograph, victrola, "talking machine" and others were used to describe a mechanical gramophone record player.
Antique Store - Mae Sot, Thailand
She got a phonograph...
Now we played it on the sofa
We played it side the wall
My needles have got rusty
And it will not play at all
Beatrice I go crazy
Baby I will lose my mind
And I go crazeeeee
Honey I will lose my mind
Why dont-ya bring your clothes back home
And try me one more time
Robert Johnson 1936
This is what has been taking up most of our time of late.
We are pulling out all the things we have stored over the years and are beginning to sell it off. A daunting task! This is a layered look at my dining room! LOL! The large stuff like beds, vanities, dressers, Victrolas, etc are stiil in the attic.
THE GAME: If you've followed me for a while now, you've seen my roving telephone booth (a red English type wood phone booth) that I place in different backgrounds. Well, it's in here if you care to try and find it! The color may have changed as not to stand out.
Have fun.
Some of us remember these. Do you? Located in the Vicksburg Depot Museum and Historical Village.
It's raining here so I thought this looked like a cozy thing to remember.
This will surely become black velvet ... ;-)
Iridaceae / Schwertlilien (Iris)
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Nikon Micro-Nikkor-P / 1:3.5 / 55 mm
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Black Velvet / Melissa Etheridge
Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell
Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high
Mama's dancin' with baby on her shoulder
The sun is settin' like molasses in the sky
The boy could sing, knew how to move, everything
Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing for
Chorus:
Black velvet and that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that slow southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please
Up in Memphis the music's like a heatwave
White lightening, bound to drive you wild
Mama's baby's in the heart of every school girl'
Love me tender' leaves 'em cryin' in the aisle
The way he moved, it was a sin, so sweet and true
Always wanting more, he'd leave you longing forchorus
Every word of every song that he sang was for you
In a flash he was gone, it happened so soon,
what could you do?
(Solo)chorus repeats 2x
If you please, if you please, if you please
Tonight's program comes to us from the public domain by way of the 1958 RCA Victor promotional Living Stereo (plus leader and space sounds).
Drum 'n' Bass by Symbiotek, from their 12.08 studiomix.
Come on, now! Everyone has tattoos...do you think you're so unique? Really? Go to Portland, Oregon, then, because there you look like the strange one if you don't have a tattoo! It's the modern age! It's 2017. Everyone has tattoos! It's not such a big deal anymore so you can stop taking photos of them like you're someone special.
Are you some sort of ink addict? Do you think your skin is actually a wall? Does it prove you can tolerate pain for longer periods, like you have some sort of tolerance or threshold others don't have?
Is it because you live in a society damaged and consumed with violence against women and this was a way to control your own pain? Is it because you see your identity not merely as a woman but as mobile force of art and creative consciousness in the world?
Or is it because you've been told since you could walk that a woman's beauty caps out at 21 so you remember looking in the mirror on your 21st birthday and coming to terms with the idea, "This is as good as it gets." For years, you obsessed over every hint of a wrinkle as you hit 30 and beyond-so much so that you feel now you didn't really enjoy being young. And now finally, FINALLY, you see your body as a work in progress instead of a work in depletion. You are the culmination of all the lyrics and literature quotes you love, of all of the images that define you and no one will be like you. The next time someone says you look like someone else, you'll just smile to yourself because this is now no longer actually possible. And, this is not as good as it gets. It gets better. It gets better...you're a mobile museum and every year is a visible mark you've approved of and made sense of. It's no longer possible to live in this world unmarked. It's no longer possible to live in this world unscathed. Take note, take note. You are a work in progress and not a body in decline. If anyone doesn't understand that, they can check out your skin.
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Current tattoos on self:
Cat on right upper arm with the lyric "How Strange to be Anything at all" by Neutral Milk Hotel cat design by Cinchel
Surrounding leaf designed by me inspired by Indian, Iranian, and Persian henna patterns as well as Nature.
Right forearm: words inspired by Rilke's "Autumn Day": house design by Cinchel
"Whomever has no home will never have a home" Better photo of this here: www.instagram.com/p/BMM4kJMBsL_/?taken-by=kirstiecat_photo
Left upper arm: When the Flowers Turn into Victrolas design by Cinchel.
Better photo of this here: www.instagram.com/p/BMwE4LpBNz1/?taken-by=kirstiecat_photo
Left forearm: EVERYTHING WAS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURT from Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five with a design I created around it inspired by Persian, Iranian, and Indian henna patterns. Photo of just the words before surrounding design here: www.flickr.com/photos/kirstiecat/28430847062/in/photolist...
Not pictured here-filled in camera tattoo on my back inspired by the work of the brilliant Krysthopher Woods:
www.flickr.com/photos/krysthopher_woods/
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All photographs are copyrighted because these tattoos are on my body, not yours! Don't use without permission!
No. 6 Record player, from April 2019.
I've been waiting for this single set for months. It's really cute, but so small. Definitely more toward 1/12 than 1/6. I have little developing collections of radios and record players/victrolas, so these will be great for those. Still would have liked them bigger.
Note: I measured the radio and it would be (in 1/6 scale) 3 inches tall and 6 inches wide....what?? In 1/12 it would be 6 inches tall and 12 inches wide.
Mohini and her new Asahi Pentax K1000 (her first film camera, yay!) and brand new Domke strap. Lattes and photos. A wonderful afternoon.
Victrola Coffee
Polaroid SX-70
Artistic Time Zero
Building 17, RCA Victor Company, Camden Plant (also known as the Nipper Building) was constructed in 1909 for the Victor Talking Machine Company for the construction of victrola cabinets. It was designed by Ballinger & Perrot. The tower was noted for its four stained glass windows depicting Nipper the dog. These windows were removed by RCA when they did away with the victrola and dog as their trademark in 1969. The company replaced the windows in 1979, but by 1986 they had fallen into disrepair again. They were replaced again in 2003 when the building was converted into condominiums. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places #02001253 and also in the National Register listed Cooper-Grant historic district #87002229.
Photo of a Victrola display at the Burnaby Village Museum.
I don't know why I spent so much on my camera and lenses. By the time I'm finished cooking the photos in Photoshop, they might as well have been taken with a Kodak Instamatic.
(looks better viewed large + on black)
Early 1920's Victrola manufactured by the Victor Talking Machine Company, Camden, New Jersey. In 1929, the company merged with RCA (Radio Corporation of America) and became RCA Victor.
Seen in Coe Hall Mansion on the 400 acre estate known as Planting Fields.
The photo of the horse was one of William Robertson Coe's thoroughbreds, Pompey, who won the Woods Memorial in 1926 and was a 4 generation ancestor of Secretariat.
Planting Fields Arboretum, Oyster Bay, New York (Long Island).
How an image can change with that bit of experience and knowledge ,thanks Tina , I have left the before and after so it serves to remind me that i can always get better ..
Green Consolidated School, #99, Est. 1916
The last consolidated school in Barnes County, North Dakota
April 2022
"The school opened in September 1916. There were three on the faculty: E.L. Bow, the principal and teacher of 8th grade and all of high school; Clara Larsen, who taught the intermediate grades; and Amy Evenson, the primary grades teacher.
The total enrollment that first year was 79.
Because there was no teacherage, the principal, his wife and daughter lived in the school’s science room and library, and Miss Evenson lived in a classroom’s cloakroom; Miss Larsen lived at home.
Books, desks and two Victrolas were purchased from the schools which had closed for the merger. Aladdin lamps were used at first. A Delco light plant was installed later. The Rural Electrification Administration brought electricity to the school in 1939." (Article from "The Forum") - So there wasn't any electricity for awhile!
The high school closed in 1956, after this students finished out high school at other schools. The last student to graduate was in 1953, she was the only student in the class