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Like most people, I had been keen to see Stonehenge at some stage in my life. It definitely lived up to my highest expectations, turning on a magnificent sunset for me.
Actually this this is the $3 million dollars sculpture "Seven Magic Mountains', by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone. Located on Las Vegas Boulevard, but about 15-20 miles south of the strip. For me it begs a performance of Stonehenge, the legendary song my the equally legendary, and punctual band Spinal Tap.
The volume control knob on an electric guitar.
It goes all the way up to eleven. It's "one" louder!
And for those unfamiliar with the Spinal Tap reference... here's a little clip - www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xgx4k83zzc
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Helen... this is my submission to the "MUSIC" photo challenge.
I've been wanting to get some photos in London for years now, and I just haven't been able to get there. Finally, I had a whirlwind 2 day business trip there and managed to get a few hours to walk around the Thames waterfront and get some photos of the iconic Big Ben. There are two classic night shots of Big Ben from the Westminster bridge, one from across the road with the light streaks cutting across the frame and this one from the Big Ben side. The other shot is the more frequent comp, and I was going to try both but it was getting late and I was freezing cold by this time. It wasn't cold at all by London standard (24C during the day and 15C at night), but I've turned very thin-blooded in the southern US, and there was a breeze strong enough to add some windchill. All that to say I didn't get the other shot. And, there are many more shots I'd like to get in London, but didn't have time for this time. Hopefully I get the chance to return again soon.
This is not an especially difficult shot to get, just a matter of having some patience for the right combination of double-decker buses to come along, timing the shot right, and trying to balance the exposure correctly. Nothing to it, only took me about 30 tries ;-) Seriously, though, I enjoyed my night in London a lot.
As for the title, the time on the clock is 10:50, and this classic line from Spinal Tap immediately jumped in to my head (and would not leave). Well, the line is actually "These go to 11" but close enough. Could've called it "Hells Bells" too since as soon as I heard the bells chime on the hour, it sounded *exactly* like the opening refrain from the AC/DC song Hells Bells. I'm too lazy to look it up, but something tells me they used these bells (well, sampled of course, might've been hard to get the bells in to the recording studio).
EDIT: So I was partially right but partially wrong about the bells. The bells in the recording are not Big Ben's bells (snicker): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hells_Bells_(song), but Big Ben still plays a role in the song: answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071025073242AAimxna
347 of 365 - Inspired by "Christmas with the Devil" , one of my favorite Spinal Tap songs. If your not familiar, I suggest you youtube it!
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A freezer ice tray (it plays tricks on your eyes).
Strobist info:
The ice tray was illuminated by two Nikon SB900 speedlights with snoots, placed 45-degrees CL and CR at camera level, 20-inches away from the subject. The CL speedlight had a pink Rogue gel attached and was fired in Manual mode @ 1⁄4 power. The CR speedlight had a purple Rogue gel attached and was fired in Manual mode @ 1⁄8 power.
Both speedlights were triggered by three PocketWizard Plus X's.
Lens: AF - S DX VR Zoom - Nikkor 18 - 200mm f / 3.5 - 5.6G IF - ED[II] with 12mm extension tube attached.
This was taken moments after she decided to dart off and almost get attacked by two dogs -.o
and after she was playing :)
anyways Carly has this sick twisted way f making me do things....and she wants me to post ten facts
so
here i go?
Facts
1. I have one pretty Tramatic life, but i'm hoping that it'll all get better in the end.
2. People always forget about me. It's always been this way like one time when i was a baby my dad almost left me in the house by myself, Why? Because my grandparents got a new van and it had a T.V. in it so they went for a ride. My dad just so happened to be the last one out the door...had my mom not asked where i was who knows what could have happened (I was a very silent baby)
3. I only have ONE friend in my school, because everyone els is bipolar and don't know if they want to hate me or deal with me....
4. I'm supposed to be dead....no really i am! Back when i was three months old i came down with something and the doctors couldn't diagnose it...i went through everything Needles, Spinaltap...all that -.o I'm also a suicide survivor (Multiple attempts) I don't regret it one bit either. We learn from our scars. and although ive stopped it doesn't mean that i might not try again in the future...and that scares me.
5. CANADA! yes! i am....inlove....with....that....country O_O'
I know more about my provinces and their flags than i do my own states....wich is well pretty okay considering we have like 51 or 52 states...not sure >.>
I blame my two best friends <.:|
i'm moving there soon :)
6. I stay positive....well i try being happy is...i can't explain it but i wish i was happy all the time it'd improve my mood alot....well duh -.-
7.I'm a slave at McDonalds....
8.I HATE Hospitals....
Hospitals are where you go when you're dying...
When someone els you love is dying
Where you sit for hours only to find out someones dead.
When someone committs suicide
you sit there
and wait
and wait
When someone is in the ICU
you just sit there...
i hate them :/
i just wish they'd.....go somewhere els
9. I had a little sister....the family doesn't talk about her much...
10.This is the long one.
i suffer from so much stuff...
Deppression-This started when my best friend Kelsey passed away then a little less than a year later i lost dixie and other people.......T_T it really put a really negative impact on my life
Sleep Apnia- Something like that, I'll wake up multiple times in my sleep because i wasn't breathing and thats if i do sleep
Insomnia-This again goes with dixie, i feel like someone ripped away my security blanket and ive found it hard to sleep without her wich often leads to alot of sleepless nights untill i'm wore down and dead exhausted.
Asthma-I can't breathe D:
Anxiety- Oh this is a fun one -.-
i got it back in about Septemeber or Novemeber. Thats how i knew for sure i had depression. It feels like something is trying to eat its way out of my stomach...
Stress- It's easy to stress me out...i mean losing alot of people you care about you start to worry...
Paranoia- Yes folks, I do believe someone and everyone is out to get me.
Headaches- Oh it's torture
And if i'm really lucky.
My Depression, Anxiety, and Stress
will mix and it makes me vomit till no end.
Fun times right?
yes i've tried getting help it wont work
Uhm thats about it :D
now i forgot what i wanted to write D:
hope you're happy carly T_T
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It's my birthday today, I kind of hate it, but I'll put up with it.
Thanks for all the support on my last picture, It made front page! I will probably put up a temporary non-commentable version of it today or tomorrow just to show you guys :D I know it's kind of annoying but it's soo exciting!
I wish my skin were smooth and flawless but I guess this picture kinda shows how my skin is, well kind of, you cant really tell because it's sort of grainy.
And no it's not a tattoo. (:
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From Spinal Tap:
Nigel Tufnel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here, all the way up, all the way up, all the way up, you're on ten on your guitar. Where can you go from there? Where?
Eleven on the guitar volume?
Best shop front, ever: bonus, these go to eleven.
EDIT 13th February 2009: So, this picture has made it to the front page of Digg and Reddit so I thought I would add a little bit of extra information. The store is called The Guitar Store and it is on Commercial Road opposite Southampton Central railway station, Southampton, England.
[Project 365, 37 of 365]
A close-up view of the epic koi pond at the Byodo-In Temple, one of Hawaii's lesser-known jewels, on O‘ahu's windward side.
Camera: Olympus OM-D E-M5
Lens: Olympus M.Zuiko 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3
48mm (96mm full frame FOV), ISO 500, f/6.1, 1/400 sec., hand-held.
For more on this temple, including wide angle landscapes, see my shots in the "Best of Hawaii" set to the right. And I'll post them in the first two comments on here as well.
Thanks for stopping by, and for all of the continued comments, favorites, and gallery adds. I really appreciate you taking the time. Have a great weekend!
My tribute to Spinal Tap. I love this piece because it's big (8"x10"), black and HI-LAR-IOUS.
see it at: www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=19894778
Fender Strat. Converting my photo library from Windows to iMac. Finding a lot of pictures and memories.
Classic Movie Scene - This is Spinal Tap
"But this one goes to eleven"
'nuff said!
More scenes from more movies to come, enjoy!
iPhone photo. Looks like this is--searching with the tag "coffee"--my 53rd photo on Flickr with some connection to "the devil's cup," a phrase I've taken from Stewart Lee Allen's book.
In ancient times, hundreds of years before the dawn of history, lived a strange race of people. . . .the Druids!
No one knows who they were or what they were doing, but their legacy remains, hewn into the living rock. . . . of Stonehenge!
Recent shots of the Irvine illuminations 2017. What a fantastic night that was. Well done to all who made this great event possible.
These are my last uploads for 2017. I would just like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year.
Thanks to all who gave comments and faved and special thanks to all who shared their fantastic photo's.
All the best in 2018!
Cheers!
Donald
After seeing parts of the very first all-purpose digital computer ever (1946) in Washington, DC and in Mountain View, CA, I was excited to see a large part of it at the very location where it was built, i.e. at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, where some nice people guided me through security to enable me to worship ENIAC while a couple of its geriatric nurses were giving it a thorough cleaning...
None of the knobs go to eleven, by the way...;-)
P.S. R.I.P. Gordon Moore (1929-2023)
In ancient times...
Hundreds of years before the dawn of history
Lived a strange race of people... the Druids!
No one knows who they were or what they were doing
But their legacy remains
Hewn into the living rock... Of Stonehenge!
Recent shots of the Irvine illuminations 2017. What a fantastic night that was. Well done to all who made this great event possible.
These are my last uploads for 2017. I would just like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year.
Thanks to all who gave comments and faved and special thanks to all who shared their fantastic photo's.
All the best in 2018!
Cheers!
Donald
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
good
Nigel Tufnel, of the rock group Spinal Tap, would be proud that his "1 Louder" concept of the #11 setting was applied to something other than an amp.
The bigger the cushion, the sweeter the pushin'
That's what I said
The looser the waistband, the deeper the quicksand
Or so I have read
My baby fits me like a flesh tuxedo
I'd like to sink her with my pink torpedo
Big bottom, big bottom
Talk about bum cakes, my girl's got 'em
Big bottom drive me out of my mind
How could I leave this behind?
I met her on Monday, 'twas my lucky bun day
You know what I mean
I love her each weekday, each velvety cheek day
You know what I mean
My love gun's loaded and she's in my sights
Big game is waiting there inside her tights, yeah
Big bottom, big bottom
Talk about mud flaps, my girl's got 'em
Big bottom drive me out of my mind
How could I leave this behind?
[ lyrics ]
Yes, they really do call the valley that Randall WA resides in, from the Glenoma hills to Packwood, "Big Bottom Country". And having been to the annual rummage sale at the Randall Fire Station, I can attest that they do have a few there.
When Spinal Tap performed this song on Saturday Night Live [IMDB listing of episode] David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) sang the line as "I'd like to sink her with my steel torpedo" to stay on the censors' good side.
You're welcome for the Spinal Tap reference, Lawrence. :)
Classic Movie Scene - This is Spinal Tap
"But this one goes to eleven"
'nuff said!
More scenes from more movies to come, enjoy!
kagoshima 08
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I can't believe I get to check off something from my bucket list! Thank you Newport, Rhode Island! ;)
STONEHENGE
Spinal Tap
In ancient times...
Hundreds of years before the dawn of history
Lived a strange race of people... the Druids
No one knows who they were or what they were doing
But their legacy remains
Hewn into the living rock... Of Stonehenge
Stonehenge! Where the demons dwell
Where the banshees live and they do live well
Stonehenge! Where a man's a man
And the children dance to the Pipes of Pan
Hey!
Stonehenge! 'Tis a magic place
Where the moon doth rise with a dragon's face
Stonehenge! Where the virgins lie
And the prayers of devils fill the midnight sky
And you my love, won't you take my hand?
We'll go back in time to that mystic land
Where the dew drops cry and the cats meow
I will take you there, I will show you how
Oh!
And oh how they danced
The little children of Stonehenge
Beneath the haunted moon
For fear that daybreak might come too soon
And where are they now?
The little children of Stonehenge
And what would they say to us?
If we were here... tonight
This line comes from the movie Spinal Tap, and was brought to my attention from a new group that I’m obsessed with at the moment called: Computer Magic.