The movie-theatre musicians didn't like it.
So they started a fascinating but ultimately futile ad campaign against recorded music!
Talking pictures were described as a "monstrous offspring of modern industrialism
Hat tip to Mrs. Angus
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Rage against the machine
When moving pictures became "talkies", the practice of having a group of live musicians at theatres to play during the movie started to die out.
The movie-theatre musicians didn't like it.
So they started a fascinating but ultimately futile ad campaign against recorded music!
Talking pictures were described as a "monstrous offspring of modern industrialism
Hat tip to Mrs. Angus
The movie-theatre musicians didn't like it.
So they started a fascinating but ultimately futile ad campaign against recorded music!
Talking pictures were described as a "monstrous offspring of modern industrialism
Hat tip to Mrs. Angus
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When I was a member of the American Federation of Musicians back in the 70s, their motto was "Live Music is Best".
I would love a poster of that in my living room. A little bit ironic, political pop art.
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