Strange times: The sui generis Dave Brubeck(the-tls.co.uk)
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Strange times: The sui generis Dave Brubeck
https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/strange-times/
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Dave Brubeck — specifically, “Take Five” — will be forever associated in my mind with “The Secret Life of Machines”
I’ll add a link once I have a chance to search. It’s a delightfully quirky TV program from the 1970s, and which I thought showcased some brilliantly fun, yet simple, mechanical engineering.
I’ll add a link once I have a chance to search. It’s a delightfully quirky TV program from the 1970s, and which I thought showcased some brilliantly fun, yet simple, mechanical engineering.
“The Secret Life of Machines”
My god how I loved that show. Tim Hunkin is such a weird and wonderful person. And though the show sorta predates the modern internet, as soon as the tech was available/undertandable to him, he put the whole damn series online for download (initially on an FTP server) for free.
The episode where he and Garrod make a an audio recording with some rust filings and Scotch tape (sticky tape ;) was simply amazing.
My god how I loved that show. Tim Hunkin is such a weird and wonderful person. And though the show sorta predates the modern internet, as soon as the tech was available/undertandable to him, he put the whole damn series online for download (initially on an FTP server) for free.
The episode where he and Garrod make a an audio recording with some rust filings and Scotch tape (sticky tape ;) was simply amazing.
I think they used the Reggae version by Val Bennet called "The Russians are Coming"
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pzqoqzSZkPs
But yes, great show.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pzqoqzSZkPs
But yes, great show.
That's right. Good memory. I'd never realized it.
https://youtu.be/mDe-T5JayN8?t=1349
(At the end of this episode, he talks about the short life of vacuum cleaners as compared to vacuum cleaners of the past. Hah.)
https://www.secretlifeofmachines.com/the_music.shtml
https://youtu.be/mDe-T5JayN8?t=1349
(At the end of this episode, he talks about the short life of vacuum cleaners as compared to vacuum cleaners of the past. Hah.)
https://www.secretlifeofmachines.com/the_music.shtml
Unsqare Dance will be forever associated with "Baby Driver".
Awesome read. Cool to learn about Charlie "Triumph of the Underdog" Mingus standing up for Brubeck's non-conformity when bop took over.
https://youtu.be/stadqAHRroA
The story he tells at the very end brings me to tears. What a genuinely good human being, and a musical genius.