I just thought of something strange, (normal for me). This Oregon home-grown is really inspiring.
Those of you who are still alive and not suffering from dementia who are old enough to remember back in the good ole’ days, besides radio, before cars had tape players, every home had a “Record Player”. From the simple one that closed up like a tiny suitcase, to the exotic for that time, a “Stereo” system before it became a household name.
My father-in-law built his own system over time beginning in the 1950’s.
Grand-Poppy’s system included a massive 20” diameter single speaker in a black Naugahyde cabinet. Probably one of the first “powered” subwoofers in existence back in the good ole’ days.
His subwoofer served as a side table to his old easy chair that he designed and built himself long before the invention of the “recliner”.
I asked Poppy one time, when did he build his easy chair, and he responded, “Oh, you like my chair that you’re not allowed to sit in.
It was in the Summer of 1956. I know the material looks ratty, since it’s the original fabric the former lounge chair came in. I think it adds character”. I said, Poppy….you ARE a character”. Hahaha! We both laughed.
Big FYI here! In 1959, Daniel F. Caldemeyer patented a recliner as owner of National Furniture Mfg. Co based in Evansville, Indiana. The Barber chair (reclining) goes way back to around 1850. The first Dentist’s chair goes much further back to 1790, but it didn’t recline.
The first reclining dental chair was invented in 1832 by London dentist James Snell. I digress. Of course there were “Hi-Fidelity” speakers throughout the house and in his garage as well. I gave the honor to Poppy’s powered sub-woofer to give you a hint as far as how great and before its time, his sound system was.
So, having established for all the younger folks the era I grew up in, for all you older farts like me, you’ll remember the 78RPM large round black vinyl discs with grooves in it that we all called a “Record”.
Remember how we all use to fuck around when we were stoned by playing some band’s album backwards to listen to the hidden message that we knew was there because we saw it on television?
Tonight I watched a movie that was not worth writing a review. The story was great, the way it was written and filmed, not so great.
So I thought, what if I watched this movie BACKWARDS? Would I discover a hidden message in this mediocre movie?
Who wants to volunteer to sit with me and watch a movie in reverse whilst getting stoned?
You know, from the end where the donkey shits all over the baby sleeping in “The Manger”, all the way to the beginning where we see a enormous alien spaceship circling the Earth and one of the pilot aliens says to his alien crew, “I think we’re going to check out that area first” as he’s pointing at Australia.
I wonder how long a normal person can last watching a two-hour, good OR bad movie in reverse?
Like this movie that was a complete waste of my time watching it in the first place.
I’m open to suggestions as far as what movies would be great in reverse. Please let me know in the comments. Thanks!
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