Written by: Joseph O'Connell
Due: 2009-02-15
Uploaded files:
PEANUT_BUTTER_TOMATO.MP3 - Joseph O'Connell
ROWNTREE_ANNE_POSTCARD.JPG - Andrew Myers
Tell a "Rowntree Story."
Did you carve RQH into the drying cement in front of the Landrum Bolling Center? Participate in a masked noise-making procession? Or maybe your car windshield was caved in by a pound of clay that fell from the window of a local drug dealer? Here's a chance to go on record about your own experiences in the topsy-turvy world of Rowntree Records.
Extra credit will be awarded if you upload or link to a multimedia aid, such as an image or audio file. Double extra credit if your response comes in the *form* of an audio recording, such as a spoken narration with background music.
Have fun!
CLASS COMMENTS...
| Joseph O'Connell: | To enter text, I think you can just use "post a comment." |
| Max Doubt: | Like all good professors, be sure to harass your students regularly! |
| Joseph O'Connell: | This might be slightly tangential to Rowntree Records. And it’s more Mike Dove’s story than mine. They were his dreams, after all. One, as I remember, it took place during Chanukah. Mike’s dad got him a gift. It was a “Peanut Butter Tomato.” The Peanut Butter Tomato was essentially a peach (?) whose pit could be used as a wind instrument. The Peanut Butter Tomato pit was indeed a small whistle-like object, complete with finger holes. My first audio example is my idea of what the PBT might have sounded like. Another instrument that Mike dreamt was the Chamberlain (?). He likened playing the Chamberlain to exerting tonal control over the creaking of a large sea vessel. If I remember correctly, the instrument was some kind of oversize monochord. The musician plays it with a giant bow, the hair of which is on the underside of the string. So, the bow is locked in, kinda, and I imagine the musician standing up, sort of holding onto the bow with both fists, and leaning back with all his weight to create the necessary friction to get the string resonating. Example two is my interpretation of the Chamberlain. Correct me if this stuff is totally inaccurate, Mike. |
| Joseph O'Connell: | This might be slightly tangential to Rowntree Records. And it’s more Mike Dove’s story than mine. They were his dreams, after all. One, as I remember, it took place during Chanukah. Mike’s dad got him a gift. It was a “Peanut Butter Tomato.” The Peanut Butter Tomato was essentially a peach (?) whose pit could be used as a wind instrument. The Peanut Butter Tomato pit was indeed a small whistle-like object, complete with finger holes. My first audio example is my idea of what the PBT might have sounded like. Another instrument that Mike dreamt was the Chamberlain (?). He likened playing the Chamberlain to exerting tonal control over the creaking of a large sea vessel. If I remember correctly, the instrument was some kind of oversize monochord. The musician plays it with a giant bow, the hair of which is on the underside of the string. So, the bow is locked in, kinda, and I imagine the musician standing up, sort of holding onto the bow with both fists, and leaning back with all his weight to create the necessary friction to get the string resonating. Example two is my interpretation of the Chamberlain. Correct me if this stuff is totally inaccurate, Mike. |