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home vaudeville & circus shots
These early vaudeville and circus photos: feel like family snapshots -- just pictures of the kids, really -- but from a family of circus performers: […]
aerialist #5
This reminds of me Barrel Full of Monkeys Thanks to gurdonark. […]
Three specially famous lady aerialistic stars
Hubba hubba. […]
aerialist #3
From 1890. I think I'm doing this series of posts on images of trapeze artists/ tightrope walkers because the word "aerialist" is so cool. […]
aerialist #2
Aerialist wearing wings strapped to his shoulders and feet while suspended from a balloon Between 1870 and 1900 […]
aerialist
Aerial daredevils existed in the age of ballooning, as well as the age of powered flight. One assumes this woman was a circus performer who got swept up in the ballooning mania. The image itself has a surprisingly dreamlike quality, which is at odds with its inherent horror. […]
Egyptian Retreat on potato bug
"Egyptian Retreat" is another tune I got from Ellis' Thorough School for the Six or Seven- Stringed Banjo (PDF). In this recording I play the 1st banjo part on the Fairbanks potato-bug mandolin I just got and the 2nd banjo part on my parlor guitar. Egyptian Retreat (MP3) Egyptian Retreat (Ogg Vorbis) Egyptian Retreat (Ogg FLAC) YouTube [...] […]
vintage guitar strings
I came across a set of antique Gibson guitar strings. There's no date on the box. Thinking about how to figure out the date, I don't ever remember Gibson strings at the guitar store since I started playing in the late 1970s. (Long time!) The graphics on the box suggest a time [...] […]
Fairbanks mandolin 1900
Bought from Bernunzio: A. C. Fairbanks - Style 15. 1 at $375.00 ea. - $375.00 good, quality Neapolitan style instrument with 9 rosewood ribs, and colored purfling around the top. There are no cracks or repairs. The neck is straight and true. Set up with Dogal strings for a charming sound from the past. PRICE REDUCED....was [...] […]
photos from Saturday night
Photos by Bona Hong from the Saturday night gig for FORTH magazine at G2 gallery in Venice Beach: […]

TechCrunch is euphoric about Apple giving guitar lessons. With their trademark understatement and lack of hype they say The GarageBand Lesson Store Could Be Apple’s Next Revolution In Music. But I don’t disagree.

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