These are a few videos I'd like you to "experience". Make sure you take the time to listen to a little bit of the recording medium examples (wax cylinder, 78 record and 45 album). The first video is of the classroom whiteboard and the scribbled notes that I made based on our in-class discussion on the history of sound recording media. Follow the helpful annotations (programmed by video superstar Arno Konings) as I talk you through the mess on the board. (Hint, hint: this is important stuff for next week's quiz.)
Here is a very cool rendition of "Stars and Stripes Forever", coming to you through the magic of 19th century technology: wax cylinders!!
And now for something completely different. A jukebox playing 78s:
And now, The Righteous Brothers with their hit single, "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" on a 45:
I found out that shellac is a plactic made out of a lac bug's droppings. People scrape the droppings off a tree and heat them over a fire to create a liquid shellac. Then the mixture would be strained of bug parts and bark. After that the material would be dried into sheets that were sold to consumers. People could now heat the sheets up again to create the shellac covering. Shellac was used for many things including wood stain and protection, dental intruments, and also candy coatings.
ReplyDeleteDental instruments made out of bug droppings? That's gross.
ReplyDeleteYea ha. It even covers skittles.
ReplyDeleteNice, Nick! Thanks for the info (I assume this is your own research and put into your own words, yes? Oh, and I agree with Ryan...gross (particularly that skittles use!)
ReplyDelete-Mr. Hoban