14||0|3443|0| 0|0|0|||||TFLF ch 4|Dwaggy||05:09:38|10/10/2014|Wow. Awesome. And I couldn%27t remember the %27Baba%27 song%2C looked it up with that link- and the video doesn%27t work with my iPhone. So I found a version by Blue Man Group- and went %27Ooooh THAT. Song%21%27 Their version is fun%2C but I%27ve heard the original one many times- I really thought it was called Teenage Wasteland%21 Ha shows what I know.%0D%0A%0D%0AThanks for another awesome read. 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A TFLF ch 4|BobSchroeck||08:45:03|10/10/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Oct-10-14 AT 08:47 AM (EDT)]%3Ea version by Blue Man Group- and went %27Ooooh THAT. Song%21%27 Their %0D%0A%3Eversion is fun%2C but I%27ve heard the original one many times- I really %0D%0A%3Ethought it was called Teenage Wasteland%21 Ha shows what I know. %0D%0A%0D%0ASo many people make that specific mistake %28I among them for so many years until I heard a DJ announce it and I said to myself%2C %22say what%3F%22%29. It%27s not by coincidence that it%27s the pull quote at the top of the All The Tropes page %5Blink%3Aallthetropes.orain.org%2Fwiki%2FRefrain_From_Assuming%7CRefrain From Assuming%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0A%3E %22Good sound%2C too. I love these old transistor organs. Nothing else sounds %0D%0A%3E quite like them.%22%0D%0A%0D%0AFeh. I grew up with a Hammond %5Bi%5Delectromechanical%5B%2Fi%5D organ in the house. Now %5Bi%5Dthat%5B%2Fi%5D had a sound.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22Electromechanical%3F%22 some of you may ask. Yes. Fully one third of the inside was taken up by a huge motor-driven axle on which were disks%2C one for each key on the keyboard. The disks were... serrated I guess is the best word%2C with a different number of serrations for each note. When a key was pressed%2C current flowed through the corresponding disk to a brush contact that that touched its edge%2C generating a basic square wave of the appropriate frequency. Which was then fed through a massive amount of tubes and other electronic gimcrackery -- which took up another third to a half of the interior -- to get whatever sound you had the organ set to produce. %0D%0A%0D%0AIn the case of the organ my family owned%2C the entire back was open so that the tubes could get air circulation for cooling%2C and so you could easily reach the little funnel things on top of the housing covering the axle and rotors%2C into which you had to occasionally drip oil to keep the entire mechanism lubricated.%0D%0A%0D%0AIt was a pain to maintain%2C but by god did it sound wonderful.%0D%0A%0D%0A%0D%0AGreat installment as always%2C Gryphon. The episodic approach seems to work very well for this story.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite. 2|2|1|||1||RE%3A TFLF ch 4|Gryphon||12:43:32|10/10/2014|%3E%3E %22Good sound%2C too. I love these old transistor organs. Nothing else sounds %0D%0A%3E%3E quite like them.%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EFeh. I grew up with a Hammond %5Bi%5Delectromechanical%5B%2Fi%5D organ in the %0D%0A%3Ehouse. Now %5Bi%5Dthat%5B%2Fi%5D had a sound. %0D%0A%0D%0AKate likes tonewheel organs too%2C but a%29 the transistor ones have a distinct sound as well%2C b%29 the thing about futzing with the pot on the repeat board to simulate the %22Baba O%27Riley%22 sound on an organ that doesn%27t have the Lowrey TBO-1%27s %22marimba repeat%22 function is %5Blink%3Ayoutu.be%2F6ZwOq0tTEPE%7Ca real thing%5D%2C and c%29 if the one in the Light Music clubroom was a Hammond%2C left standing there neglected for that long%2C it wouldn%27t have worked when Kate tried it%2C and the whole scene would have died a death. %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 4|3|2|||1||RE%3A TFLF ch 4|BobSchroeck||13:26:11|10/10/2014|%3EKate likes tonewheel organs too%2C but a%29 the transistor ones have a %0D%0A%3Edistinct sound as well%2C %0D%0A%0D%0AThat they do. We just didn%27t have one during the years my sister and I took organ lessons. %0D%0A%0D%0A%3E c%29 if the one in the %0D%0A%3ELight Music clubroom was a Hammond%2C left standing there neglected for %0D%0A%3Ethat long%2C it wouldn%27t have worked when Kate tried it%2C and the whole %0D%0A%3Escene would have died a death. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C there %5Bi%5Dis%5B%2Fi%5D that. %3Cgrin%3E%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A%28Bravely resisting the urge to throw in a joke about livers and kidneys...%29 %0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite. 8|2|1|||||RE%3A TFLF ch 4|Dwaggy||15:19:35|10/10/2014|My grandmother had an old organ in her house%2C I had an older one in mine...%0D%0A%0D%0AI... wish I knew what they were%2C now. It%27s been so long. I%27m pretty sure they%27re gone now. Darn my teenage not-caring what I used to practice on. %3A%28 13|3|8|||1||RE%3A TFLF ch 4|Gryphon||20:35:27|10/25/2014|%3EMy grandmother had an old organ in her house%2C I had an older one in %0D%0A%3Emine... %0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI... wish I knew what they were%2C now.%0D%0A%0D%0AIndeed.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhen I was little we used to visit my mother%27s grandmother in Connecticut sometimes. She had a console organ in her house - I think it was a Hammond%2C as I remember it making a mysterious mechanical rumbling sound when switched on but not being played%2C which I now know was the tonewheels turning. My great-grandparents are long gone now%2C of course%2C and I%27ve no idea what became of the organ%3B my great-grandmother sold that house ages ago%2C after her husband died%2C and moved to Arizona for the last few years of her own life. I doubt she took it with her%2C as it was enormous and heavy. I%27d like to think that whoever lives in that house now is still enjoying it%2C though the odds are against that.%0D%0A%0D%0AOn a related note%2C today I visited my own grandparents in the assisted living complex they recently moved into%2C and this was standing in the hall by the elevator%3A%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FB01N1AiIYAAQfPa.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0AIt%27s a Wurlitzer Funmaker Special%2C and%2C sadly%2C it did not appear to work%2C but man alive%2C on some level I really%2C really want it. You%27ve got to love those %2770s console organs. So many beautiful switches.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 14|4|13|||1||RE%3A TFLF ch 4|BobSchroeck||09:29:08|10/26/2014|%3EIt%27s a Wurlitzer Funmaker Special%2C and%2C sadly%2C it did not appear to %0D%0A%3Ework%2C but man alive%2C on some level I really%2C really want it. You%27ve %0D%0A%3Egot to love those %2770s console organs. So many beautiful switches. %0D%0A%0D%0AOh%2C wow%2C and it has the cassette data player for that primitive digital %22player piano%22 mode. That was something that didn%27t seem to last long -- IIRC they were almost obsolete when they were first made%2C and were gone in just a couple years. Wow%2C that brings back memories.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- Bob%0D%0A-------------------%0D%0AMy race is pacifist and does not believe in war. We kill only out of personal spite. 3|1|0|||1||RE%3A TFLF ch 4|Gryphon||12:49:31|10/10/2014|%3EWow. Awesome. And I couldn%27t remember the %27Baba%27 song%2C looked it up %0D%0A%3Ewith that link- and the video doesn%27t work with my iPhone.%0D%0A%0D%0AHmm. I didn%27t realize it was disabled for mobile %28not sure there%27s any indication of that if you%27re %5Bi%5Dnot%5B%2Fi%5D on mobile%29. Sorry about that. There are a number of different copies of the 1978 Shepperton performance on YouTube%2C and I encourage you to have a poke around and see if you can get one of the others to work for you sometime - it%27s a very different performance to the studio take on %5Bi%5DWho%27s Next%5B%2Fi%5D%2C particularly in terms of John Entwistle%27s bass playing. For whatever reason%2C Entwistle usually played his parts very conventionally in the studio cuts%2C and only indulged his lead guitarist lobe when they played live. The difference is really striking%2C and the latter is a lot more like the way Mio plays %28as I noted in another thread%2C I suspect that is a deliberate design decision on the part of the people who did the music for %5Bi%5DK-On%21%5B%2Fi%5D%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AAlso%2C there%27s %5Blink%3Ayoutu.be%2FpGEsPQF_1t8%7Cthis video%5D%2C which includes a sample of him playing his %22live%22 bassline for %22Baba O%27Riley%22 in amongst some other interesting information about the making of the song. %28The clip of Townshend in the orange shirt is from the %2778 Shepperton live recording.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 12|2|3|||1||RE%3A TFLF ch 4|Gryphon||00:34:28|10/13/2014|%3E%3EWow. Awesome. And I couldn%27t remember the %27Baba%27 song%2C looked it up %0D%0A%3E%3Ewith that link- and the video doesn%27t work with my iPhone.%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EHmm. I didn%27t realize it was disabled for mobile %28not sure there%27s %0D%0A%3Eany indication of that if you%27re %5Bi%5Dnot%5B%2Fi%5D on mobile%29. Sorry about %0D%0A%3Ethat. There are a number of different copies of the 1978 Shepperton %0D%0A%3Eperformance on YouTube%0D%0A%0D%0AI found a higher-rez one tonight and replaced the link in the story file with it. Don%27t know if it works on mobile either%2C but still.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 5|1|0|||||RE%3A TFLF ch 4|DaPatman89||14:11:58|10/10/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Oct-10-14 AT 02:30 PM (EDT)]%3E%22OK%2C I guess Stupid Guitar Tricks will have to wait%2C%22%0D%0A%0D%0AI clearly play too much Dwarf Fortress%2C as the first thing I thought of upon reading this line was %5Blink%3Adwarffortresswiki.org%2Findex.php%2FDF2014%3AStupid_dwarf_trick%7CStupid Dwarf Tricks%5D. I imagine%2C however%2C that the two have very little in common%2C especially since I doubt there are any Stupid Guitar Tricks that could accidentically flood the school with magma. 6|2|5|||1||RE%3A TFLF ch 4|Gryphon||14:27:34|10/10/2014|%3E%3E%22OK%2C I guess Stupid Guitar Tricks will have to wait%2C%22%0D%0A%3E%0D%0A%3EI clearly play too much Dwarf Fortress%2C as the first thing I thought %0D%0A%3Eof upon reading this line was Stupid Dwarf Tricks.%0D%0A%0D%0AI would assume that they%27re both references to the old %22Stupid Pet Tricks%22 %2F %22Stupid Human Tricks%22 segments on %5Bi%5DLate Night with David Letterman%5B%2Fi%5D. I mean%2C I know %5Bi%5Dmine%5B%2Fi%5D is.%0D%0A%0D%0A%28I%27ve also got an %22Art of Noise vs. Clay Pigeons%22 playlist entitled %5Bi%5DStupid Band Tricks%5B%2Fi%5D.%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 7|1|0|||1||RE%3A TFLF ch 4|Gryphon||14:51:17|10/10/2014|[updated:LAST EDITED ON Oct-11-14 AT 01:24 AM (EDT)]Speaking of the version of %22Baba O%27Riley%22 from %5Bi%5DThe Kids Are Alright%5B%2Fi%5D%2C I just realized something about this bit of official artwork. There are unsurprisingly a number of images from the %5Bi%5DK-On%21%5B%2Fi%5D movie %28in which the girls go to London%29 that feature Union-flag themes in some form or another...%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2FUF%2FFI%2FOOTR%2FGFX%2FHTT%2Fhtt-tkaa.jpg%0D%0A%0D%0A... this one %28actually a frame from a half-second-or-so flash in the movie%27s brilliant%2C poignant end title sequence%29 is specifically based on the cover art of %5Bi%5D%5Blink%3Awww.amazon.com%2FThe-Kids-Are-Alright-Who%2Fdp%2FB000059N1T%2Fref%3Dsr_1_4%3Fie%3DUTF8%26qid%3D1412966977%26sr%3D8-4%26keywords%3Dthe%2Bkids%2Bare%2Balright%7CThe Kids Are Alright%5D%5B%2Fi%5D.%0D%0A%0D%0ASo there you go%21 %3A%29%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 9|2|7|||||RE%3A TFLF ch 4|Croaker||16:46:41|10/10/2014|Those kids aren%27t just alright%2C they%27re downright adorable. %3A%29 11|3|9|||1||RE%3A TFLF ch 4|Gryphon||22:44:02|10/10/2014|%3EThose kids aren%27t just alright%2C they%27re downright adorable. %3A%29 %0D%0A%0D%0AI know%2C right%3F Ritsu%27s on record as thinking she looks goofy with her hair down%2C but%2C I mean. Tellin%27 you.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 10|1|0|||1||RE%3A TFLF ch 4|SpottedKitty||20:21:09|10/10/2014|I laughed like a tickled hyena all the way through the first few paragraphs. If only they knew...%0D%0A%0D%0AA delightful read%2C and the last bit started me laughing all over again.%0D%0A%0D%0A-- %0D%0AUnable to save the day%3A File is read-only.