This is a video of a banjo player recording a cover of ‘Climbing Rose Mazurka’ on a wax cylinder set up by collector of the antiquated technology, Wyatt Saab. The recording is then played back so we can hear what a wax cylinder recording sounds like (SPOILER: not hi-fi). Will
WARNING: SONG STARTS OFF HOT WITH THE F-BOMBS, DO NOT PLAY DURING A TEAM MEETING Reimagined by Youtuber There I Ruined It (previously), this is a cover of Rage Against The Machine’s ‘Killing In The Name’ in the style of a 1920’s early swing style song. I imagine this would
This is a video of musician Abraham Cupeiro playing the Cornu de Pompeii, a replica of a capital G shaped horn found in the ruins of Pompeii that he and María Ruíz reconstructed. It sounds like…sadness. Appropriate.
These are two videos of Paris circa the 1920’s that have been restored, stabilized, colorized, and remastered at 60FPS. The first predominately features famous buildings and monuments, and the second one more human activity. They were a trip to watch. To think that this was captured over 100 years ago.
This is an almost 100 year old clip from Los Angeles that’s been AI upscaled, enhanced, and colorized so it doesn’t look like it was filmed through a potato sack. I lived in LA for ten years, and I have to admit: I didn’t recognize any of it. Of course
This is the entirety of the 1988 Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special lovingly remastered in 1080p high definition. Now I’d be lying if I said I remember it, but I probably did watch it. What can I say, 1988 was a long time ago, and my memory isn’t what it used
This is a colorized clip from France circa 1923 featuring some gentlemen participating in cycle-skating. Cycle-skates each had one giant wheel on the inside of the foot so you could roll around doing donuts to impress the ladies at the park. And you know how I feel about impressing the
Step into my time machine (sure, it looks like the same closet where we play 7 minutes in heaven) and take a trip back to 1971 and John Lennon hearing the recording of his ‘Imagine’ for the first time. He seems relatively pleased with the result. As he should be,