that TR was great Tippster, thanks for posting
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that TR was great Tippster, thanks for posting
Saw that on washingtonpost.com this morning... Couldn't believe it haha. Props to them, I don't think many people had a clue.Quote:
Originally Posted by TeleHoar
Awesome pictures tipp.
I was just listening to an interview with yoyo ma, and he was saying that they were not actually playing during their inaugural performance. It was prerecorded audio, they used resin on the cello strings, and disconnected the hammers from the piano to make sure they didn't make any sound (I guess the guy with the clarinet just doesn't blow)
Awesome Tipp, thanks for sharing that.
I for one am hugely disappointed regarding the recorded playback. These are world class musicians, some of my favorites, and yes, while the conditions were rough, I would have tolerated a less than perfect performance rather then a deceiving portrayal of one. It really pisses me off.
Nice work!
That must have been incredible.
And your view was definitely better than mine...
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-...36233_7535.jpg
Read the article - it was colder than hell, and at the very least Perlman's violin and YoYo Ma's Cello could have suffered immensely. Since those two instruments aren't exactly easily replaced (likely antiques, and priceless) I'll gladly give them a pass.Quote:
Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark
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Ma's primary performance instrument is the Domenico Montagnana 1733 cello built in Venice and nicknamed Petunia. This cello, more than 270 years old and valued at US$2.5 million, was lost in the fall of 1999 when Ma accidentally left the instrument in a taxicab in New York City.[6] It was later recovered undamaged.
21 degree temps aren't conducive to playing. Fingers don't work, instruments are out of tune...prerecorded was the right thing to do.Quote:
Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark
awesome pics! thanks!
Clarinet probably would have cracked too if actual (ie, warm) air was being blown through it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tippster
Hey Tippster where are you in this one?
Great shots.
http://gigapan.org/viewGigapanFullsc...648c2b4b06233c
Could you hear the crowd response when W filtered in?
cool tr tippster.
Also, playing a clarinet gets a surprising amount of saliva running through the instrument. I could see issues with that freezing up once it runs down to the bell. Now a professional level clarinet only clocks in at $2-6k, but I still wouldn't want to take that out in 20 degree weather. (Though the do make some out of wood by-product and resin for situations like that, but that didn't look like one of them.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tippster
That there tip is some proper shit.
Wandering around that whole area you realize how big it is and how much distance is between the lincoln and the steps of the cap for example. Then you get higher level photos, an overview if you will, and REALLY realize you had no idea how big you thought it was.
Nice work.
^^
I did walk from the Capitol to the Washington Monument on Inauguration Day to watch from the base of the monument. When I looked over towards the Lincoln Memorial after the swearing in and saw even more people in that direction, I was blown away once again. I have an idea how big everything was, but not so much ability to comprehend what I had involved myself.
Every person in that crowd has many stories to tell from that day and even more to tell about what brought them there.
It's about 2 miles as the crow flies from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial.
Great TR, thanks for posting that!
Nice TR. I liked the picture of Obama during the swearing in, though Roberts bald spot keeps drawing my attention.
I'LL BET YOU WERE USING A REALLY LONG LENS!!!! WE ALL KNOW WHAT YOU'RE OVER-COMPENSTING FOR!!!! LOOK AT MEEE!! LOOK AT HOW LOOONG MY LENS IS EVERYBODY!!!!! I'M A REALLY BIG MAN!!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Tippster
....actually, I am a really big man..
There is also an Avery Johnson (former Spurs PG and coach of the Dallas Mavericks) sighting in this pic. See Dude to the left of the guy with the red scarf on.Quote:
Originally Posted by Woodsy
Sweet TR.