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Dan
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To this day, "canned laughter" for sitcoms is the same recordings from the 1950/60s.
Godzilla's roar, too; (click on link. scares the heck out'a cats and dogs, hehe)
"It was actually a double bass, using a leather glove coated in pine-tar resin to create friction," Aadahl says. "They'd rub it against the string of the double bass to create that sound."
http://www.npr.org/2014/05/18/312839612/whats-in-a-roar-crafting-godzillas-iconic-sound
Godzilla's roar, too; (click on link. scares the heck out'a cats and dogs, hehe)
"It was actually a double bass, using a leather glove coated in pine-tar resin to create friction," Aadahl says. "They'd rub it against the string of the double bass to create that sound."
http://www.npr.org/2014/05/18/312839612/whats-in-a-roar-crafting-godzillas-iconic-sound
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Dan
Staff
Note to selfs; Yard protection, motion activated alarm. Instead of a car alarm sound, use
;http://soundbible.com/1720-Godzilla-Roar.html
;http://soundbible.com/1720-Godzilla-Roar.html
GearNut
Active Member
Lightning strike or thunder sound effect: take a 4x8 sheet of thin gauge sheet metal and drill holes in the corners of one 4' end. Suspend in the air with rope. Hit the panel with a rubber mallet for a strike sound. Shake the panel from the bottom for a distant rumble sound.
Ludwig II
Well-Known Member
You may know the phrase about someone stealing somebody else's thunder. I has a historical base.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/steal-ones-thunder.html
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/steal-ones-thunder.html
I also ran into him at a book store, 'The Tattered Cover' in Denver several years ago. I said hello, he smiled and put his finger to his lips as if to say, "Shhhhhh" Really a nice guy. He looked exactly like he did in that screen shot that I took from a video.Ran into Crosby once in the All American bar in Breckenridge.
Don't know who the other guy is, but he sounds like cheap wine
chased with sandpaper
The other guy really never had a great singing voice but he wrote a lot of lyrics that he and others made famous. Hint: He played a character named 'Alias' in a western movie.
Tom
Otero
Member
When I met him he was 30 yrs. younger than that pic. It brings to
mind when they used to celebrate 'Ullr Dag' in Breckenridge. Due to
a map glitch, Breckenridge fell neither in the Louisiana Purchase nor
Mexican territory, so each year for a few days it became the Kingdom
of Breckenridge. College kids from allover Colo. then converged to ski
& get thoroughly debauched. I was there the night the Hoosier Pass
Cafe closed forever, hiding under the bowling machine with a bota of
Boone's Farm* & some skinny chick while the place got destroyed in a
full on John Wayne barroom brawl. My roommate stole my '57 Chevy
and the skinny chick & left me to freeze on the ski area road .
*actually Thunder Bird, just couldn't remember the name right off.
mind when they used to celebrate 'Ullr Dag' in Breckenridge. Due to
a map glitch, Breckenridge fell neither in the Louisiana Purchase nor
Mexican territory, so each year for a few days it became the Kingdom
of Breckenridge. College kids from allover Colo. then converged to ski
& get thoroughly debauched. I was there the night the Hoosier Pass
Cafe closed forever, hiding under the bowling machine with a bota of
Boone's Farm* & some skinny chick while the place got destroyed in a
full on John Wayne barroom brawl. My roommate stole my '57 Chevy
and the skinny chick & left me to freeze on the ski area road .
*actually Thunder Bird, just couldn't remember the name right off.
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Dan
Staff
Wow Otero! Hunter S. Thompson would have made that a novel! As should you!!! Seriously, get that down on paper (or text in an email to your self)
I'd dang sure love to read it
Otero
Member
Should I add the part where I surprised Steve Tyler in bed with a
friend off mine,(same gender).
He'd been busted in Boulder with THC & was sentenced to the hospital
for the criminally insane. He fasted & escaped thru the bars to New York
and ended up as a concert promoter, dead now, car crash.
I was a schlepper in the Aspen area for years, much of the time as
the resident homeless guy. I've got tons of Celeb dirt. Did you
know that before becoming a star, Gary Cooper was Aspen's
resident homeless guy. I was just upholding the tradition. Not a
dime to my name, but I lived like a prince, good place to be
homeless if you're resourceful enough.
P.S. I've partied with Hunter Thompson.
friend off mine,(same gender).
He'd been busted in Boulder with THC & was sentenced to the hospital
for the criminally insane. He fasted & escaped thru the bars to New York
and ended up as a concert promoter, dead now, car crash.
I was a schlepper in the Aspen area for years, much of the time as
the resident homeless guy. I've got tons of Celeb dirt. Did you
know that before becoming a star, Gary Cooper was Aspen's
resident homeless guy. I was just upholding the tradition. Not a
dime to my name, but I lived like a prince, good place to be
homeless if you're resourceful enough.
P.S. I've partied with Hunter Thompson.
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Dan
Staff
I wanna buy you a beer. or 12. Just to hear the stories
Am told Hunter was not real fun to hang out with?
Gotta love the interweb. Like the Honda scooter. You meet the nicest folks http://www.hondanews.com/channels/p...os/honda-s-1963-you-meet-the-nicest-people-ad
Am told Hunter was not real fun to hang out with?
Gotta love the interweb. Like the Honda scooter. You meet the nicest folks http://www.hondanews.com/channels/p...os/honda-s-1963-you-meet-the-nicest-people-ad
Otero
Member
That would be fun, Dan, but I don't drink anymore. It's probably smart to
keep my mouth shut. There's more than couple people that would be very
unhappy with me if word got out including some 'big time' politicos. I'm not
talking about John Kerry; he was just another ski bum like me who married
well. I kinda feel sorry for him in a way. Having an ambitious wife has made
his life considerably more complicated.
keep my mouth shut. There's more than couple people that would be very
unhappy with me if word got out including some 'big time' politicos. I'm not
talking about John Kerry; he was just another ski bum like me who married
well. I kinda feel sorry for him in a way. Having an ambitious wife has made
his life considerably more complicated.
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Otero
Member
Ah gee, maybe I can get round without mentioning names.
In my life I've had well over a hundred jobs mostly of the hard,
dirty, dangerous variety that no one else wanted. Either that
or they were just plain boring.
Back in the early 70s I worked as a jug hand on a Wyoming
seismograph crew for Haliburton.(ring a bell?) Among other
things, my boss' job was to 'persuade' ranchers & sheepherders
to 'play ball' with big oil. Perhaps you've seen the movie,
"Oklahoma Crude" with George C. Scott & Faye Dunaway.
I could compare my boss' duties with those of Jack Palance's
character. Nuff said.
P.S. No, Hunter Thompson was not an especially fun guy, but
the guests were certainly interestin', and the Hors d'oeurves
were other worldly.
In my life I've had well over a hundred jobs mostly of the hard,
dirty, dangerous variety that no one else wanted. Either that
or they were just plain boring.
Back in the early 70s I worked as a jug hand on a Wyoming
seismograph crew for Haliburton.(ring a bell?) Among other
things, my boss' job was to 'persuade' ranchers & sheepherders
to 'play ball' with big oil. Perhaps you've seen the movie,
"Oklahoma Crude" with George C. Scott & Faye Dunaway.
I could compare my boss' duties with those of Jack Palance's
character. Nuff said.
P.S. No, Hunter Thompson was not an especially fun guy, but
the guests were certainly interestin', and the Hors d'oeurves
were other worldly.
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Keep it goin' guys, very interesting. Don't remember a lot of specifics (for some unknown reason) so I won't try to remember exactly who, but in the 70's I was part of the electrician/sound crew at an outdoor concert venue in Ohio. Got to meet and party with many of the performers. The "70's Blurrrrrr"
Dan
Dan
Ahhh yes, those glorious 70s.
Every generation has their favorites and I'm old enough to have lived through (survived) several of them but the 70s..................
I was old enough to know better but young and dumb enough to have enjoyed what they offered. Many fond, and heartbreaking, memories of that decade. I'm glad I'm still around to enjoy those memories. They pop up quite often and there seems to be more of them the older I get. They make me smile, most of the time.
Tom
Every generation has their favorites and I'm old enough to have lived through (survived) several of them but the 70s..................
I was old enough to know better but young and dumb enough to have enjoyed what they offered. Many fond, and heartbreaking, memories of that decade. I'm glad I'm still around to enjoy those memories. They pop up quite often and there seems to be more of them the older I get. They make me smile, most of the time.
Tom