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You think the steam punk folk would like running into the sort of things found at the start of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6zerBLmC_0 ?? No fantasy there.....
... I was hesitant to work with it due to the high pixelization from the newspaper copy. By blowing it up to 400% and applying some heavy averaging to it...
A site that regularly showcases steampunk is http//boingboing.net. It's a pretty high-quality site which accepts submissions from its readers. It's pretty...
When is the last time anybody here saw Zelig? I got a chance to revisit this fine Woody Allen film today, one of my favorites, and paid closer attention than I...
As mentioned a few days ago, I've been working on my take on the life of James P. Johnson. It is now more or less done, save for any minor corrections needed. ...
Several years ago I tried to assist in freeing up the public television series done by Max Morath in 1961/62. This was a frustrating exercise as PBS, who had...
I remember those shows.. If I'm not mistaken he frequently played a full upright with all the strings visible... And on the PBS side of things:Â PBS *always*...
They would LOVE the steam engines and trains! This actually is a really good venue for Ragtime festivals. The whole locale would be great for steampunks! This...
Very retro - with 3 or 4 B&Bs in the area to stay at, or drive 40 minutes for a real hotel. (Unfortunately, sold out by a fishing contest on the lake south...
Hi Bill, You're welcome. I'm amazed what you did with the photo, it looks so realistic! Until another photo turns up, this is probably the closest we can get...
There are a ton of places that could host ragtime festivals. In the Los Angeles area there is a place right off the Pasadena Freeway that is a historical...
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Reminder from: EliteSyncopations Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EliteSyncopations/cal Ragtime Rendezvous Sunday July 4, 2010 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm ...
great job so far Bill!! Do you have footage of Adam and I on the station platform?? Also, did you have a chance to post my sponsors on the web site? Thanks...
Having more or less completed the Major Composers, Male Ragtime Composers and Women Composers sections, I have moved to the last area for composers, recently...
a couple more have gotten finished: Waiting for the Robert E Lee, and Ragtime Cowboy Joe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jBoJOSsvfU and David Brightbill's...
Bill, I thoroughly enjoyed your revised Arthur Schutt biography and the new photo as well! I didn't realize so much was known about his later life, but I'm...
... Spell check does not always find the occasional date math error, which is all this was. My notes were correct, but the final draft missed a digit. I did...
... There are songs that cover some of these drinks, and lots of use of the name of the last I list, but not in the context of a drinkable potion <grin? so...
Some of you may be inclined to dismiss or deride the person who is the topic of my latest update. However, they were a pioneer in many ways, did compose...
It was a productive day. Forgot how much pending information I had around on Charley Straight, so managed to form it into a better and more accurate story....
Hi all, 60 more MIDI files created from scanned player piano rolls available for free at my website, as of now. Some great stuff this month, including.. *...
Hi Everyone! I'm a ragtime newcomer; I've been playing Joplin for about a year now, and just beginning to branch out. My first non-Joplin rag is Lamb's...
This postcard has 2 musicians described as Classical Raggers. I am not familiar with that term "classical raggers". Might it mean classical musicians in...
Hi All, I'm searching for the orchestra sheet music for "More Candy" by Mel B. Kaufman from 1917. It's arranged by J.S. Zamecnik and was copyrighted and...
Working on William Smith, also known as Willie The Lion. His autobiography stated that his father's name was Frank Bertholoff. A couple of years ago I...
I would suspect, given the times, that they were a team that specialized in ragging the classics. That is, ragging classical music and opera. The concept...
... Thanks for the explanation. I look for postcards and pictures of musicians and vaudevillians from the early 1900's with any mention of Ragtime or Raggers....