The alternatives are not placid servitude on the one hand and revolt against servitude on the other. There is a third way, chosen by thousands and millions of people every day. It is the way of quietism, of willed obscurity, of inner emigration.
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READIN
READIN started out as a place for me
to keep track of what I am reading, and to learn (slowly, slowly)
how to design a web site.
There has been some mission drift
here and there, but in general that's still what it is. Some of
the main things I write about here are
reading books,
listening to (and playing) music, and
watching the movies. Also I write about the
work I do with my hands and with my head; and of course about bringing up Sylvia.
The site is a bit of a work in progress. New features will come on-line now and then; and you will occasionally get error messages in place of the blog, for the forseeable future. Cut me some slack, I'm just doing it for fun! And if you see an error message you think I should know about, please drop me a line. READIN source code is PHP and CSS, and available on request, in case you want to see how it works.
See my reading list for what I'm interested in this year.
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🦋 Tin-can Cello: seeking precursors
I've been looking around the web for a cello with a washtub body... Haven't found one yet quite like what I'm making, but there are a lot of different takes on the idea...
A washtub cello with a plywood soundboard, seen at the 8th NYC Musical Saw Festival.
A bucket cello made by Joe Rauen, with a long bridge connecting the strings to the back of the instrument.
A couple of washtub basses with strings and bridge, some with a soundboard added to the front of the tub, some using the back of the tub as soundboard.
Paul Snider's junk orchestra includes the trashcan cello pictured above.
posted evening of Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 ➳ More posts about The Tin-can Cello ➳ More posts about Projects
At Daily Dose of Art, Paulina Constancia posts a review of Junk Cellos, the luthiers who make them and the cellists who play them.
