12.26.2013

Take Care of Your Records

Please do!

Gear


  
*Dital harp. England, U.K. (Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.      









Double Chromatic Harp


Harpsichord
Nineteenth Century Redecoration


  
Harp Guitar made by Joseph Bohmann
http://www.harpguitars.net/history/bohmann/bohmann1.htm


   
Mellotron
http://www.mellotron.com/
Mosrite Danamite Wave

'I Want to Hold Your Hand'

The Beatles

released 50 years ago today on 12.26.63

12.24.2013

Krampus








Krampus- Luke Ramsey



                                      

12.15.2013

Farwell Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole, Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Peter O'Toole, The Ruling Class (1972)

Peter O'Toole Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Peter O'Toole, The Ruling Class (1972)

Peter O'Toole, Stardust (2007)

Peter O'Toole
August 2, 1932 –December 14, 2013

 
architect:

Gustave Eiffel
December 15, 1832 - December 27, 1923


12.09.2013

Eleanor Parker

 Eleanor Parker
 June 26,1922 - December 9, 2013





Interrupted Melody (1955)

The Sound of Music (1965)
Eleanor Parker was an actress whose career spanned over 50 years with some 80 appearances in movies and television series.  She acted along side of Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, Kirk Douglas, Edward G. Robinson and Frank Sinatra. Her versatility led to her being dubbed Woman of a Thousand Faces. Eleanor earned a total three Oscar nominations for her work in Caged (1950), Detective Story (1951), and Interrupted Melody (1955). One of her most famous roles was playing Baroness Elsa Schrader in The Sound of Music (1965). Parker died on December 9, 2013 at 91 years of age due to complications of pneumonia.

11.23.2013

Happy Birthday Boris!

 1920’s silent film publicity photo


  Frankenstein (1931)





The Mummy (1932)

The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932)

The Black Cat(1934)

The Walking Dead (1936)

Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)

as Captain Hook on Broadway (1950)

The Grinch (1966)


Boris Karloff
William Henry Pratt 
(November 23, 1887 – February 2,1969)