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A picnic victrola, 1929 style

  1. adam78 Ω 2

    adam78 Adam @ ΩF Staff Member Jul 4, 2015

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    A beautiful 4th in Chicago...I somehow got an urge to bring one of my portable phonographs outside for a little concert, next to a landmark Art Deco apartment building called the Powhatan (built in 1928).

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    tamura, cristos71, Tritium and 5 others like this.
  2. Alpha Ω 2

    Alpha Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega Collector Jul 4, 2015

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    Thanks for this beautiful post, :thumbsup:
     
  3. Time Exposure

    Time Exposure coordinates his cast with his car's paint job Jul 4, 2015

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    I hear Chicago was invaded by tie-dyed-wearing DeadHeads at Soldier Field this week-end. A different kind of concert I imagine!
     
  4. adam78 Ω 2

    adam78 Adam @ ΩF Staff Member Jul 4, 2015

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    Yes, that's true, and for the next two nights as well. ::facepalm1::
     
  5. gatorcpa Ω 2

    gatorcpa ΩF InvestiGator Staff Member Jul 4, 2015

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    And also by Marlins fans...both of them!

    I'm going to a simulcast party at a local theater tomorrow, courtesy of Sirius/XM.

    I expect the concert to last all night.
    gatorcpa
     
  6. toddle321

    toddle321 Jul 4, 2015

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    Love it :thumbsup: Thought I heard some sweet tunes coming from Hyde Park today! You should hear the fireworks right now in Humboldt a bit west of me, it sounds like a war zone :confused:
     
  7. Time Exposure

    Time Exposure coordinates his cast with his car's paint job Jul 5, 2015

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    Just heard Bobby and Donna sing in my head before a saxophone sprinkled a few notes:
    "The music never stopped..."
    They truly are a band beyond description.

    Yes adam78, sorry to inform you that I, too, am a DeadHead. Although to be honest I would have enjoyed a Victrola picnic too! Love it!
     
  8. Impondering

    Impondering Doesn't actually ponder all that much. Jul 5, 2015

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    Looks like you and Nipper were having a great time!

    The sound is so clean and scratch free. How does that happen?
     
  9. adam78 Ω 2

    adam78 Adam @ ΩF Staff Member Jul 5, 2015

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    Thanks. as with watches, it's condition, condition, condition! :) Of the shellac, that is...
     
  10. Hijak

    Hijak Jul 8, 2015

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    Very nice Adam...great location and great music on a beautiful day!:thumbsup: