This here blogs is going to be all about the American Civil War! No, not the war itself, but it's effects on the landscape and manufacturing ability. No blood and gore on this channel folks! Anyway, some topics I'm going to touch on: Air Conditioners! Steam and Steel! Rat holes! Wait??? What? You'll learn all about it! Now to the next paragraph!
After the civil war, a large amount of farms and buildings had been destroyed by the north, minimizing what already low housing and and food supplies to a bare nothingness. This made the south dependent on the north, making it the manufacturing area of food and supplies. And, until a amazing invention made in 1902, something we will get to later, they stayed. A lot of power went into making steel, and making steel used coal and steam, thus giving this paragraph the name Steam and Steel.
And speaking of steam, it was unbearable until 1902, when a buffalo citizen by name of Willis Carrier made the air conditioners! The air conditioner was a invention that let the south begin producing more items and also let them get more population. This population growth led to the need of water, but that's another blog.
And that's a slightly short blog. But two in one day isn't bad!
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
What I think of the Marx Brothers.
"The Marx Brothers! 2x as funny as before!"-Monkey Business Trailer. I believe the Marx Brothers are funny because they have mix of slapstick and word comedy. (This here is the viaduct. Why a duck?) They do have some 'bad' jokes, but over all are a great comedy team. With the four of them, they had extremely busy day-to-day life. They were filming one movie in the morning while doing shows at Broadway in evening.How ever, the running gags really never stopped. They also never 'changed' their characters. Yes, they had changed the names, but in the main setup, they were always their show characters; Groucho, the mustache and glasses wielding 'smart guy', Zeppo, the 'normal' one, Harpo, the mute horn and harp wielding maniac, and Chico, Harpo's partner and the 'brain' of the operation. They were the Marx Brothers, because all of them were the, well, Marx Brothers.
Zeppo's career was short lived, however. After he and Groucho got into a argument, he quit the show business. Zeppo had great mechanical skills and was largely responsible for keeping the Marx family car running. He later owned a company that machined parts for the war effort during World War II, Marman Products Co. of Inglewood, California, later known as the Aeroquip Company. This company produced a motorcycle, called the Marman Twin and the Marman clamps used to hold the "Fat Man" atomic bomb inside the B-29 bomber, Bockscar.
The Marx brothers were in 14 movies, not including the ones that only one was in. The first movie, Humor Risk, was destroyed, and no one knows why. It was a silent movie, and most of the Marx Brothers depended on verbal jokes. Some speculate that Groucho burnt them, while others say that they were left unattended in a room and burnt out. But, the other 13 quickly wiped it out peoples minds. Here's a list of them:
They made many movies (As you can see) and that's not counting the multiple performances. They were extremely popular, and are united with the word comedy. They are grand at making a otherwise impossible situation probable. I'll leave with a quote from A Night at the Opera:
Zeppo's career was short lived, however. After he and Groucho got into a argument, he quit the show business. Zeppo had great mechanical skills and was largely responsible for keeping the Marx family car running. He later owned a company that machined parts for the war effort during World War II, Marman Products Co. of Inglewood, California, later known as the Aeroquip Company. This company produced a motorcycle, called the Marman Twin and the Marman clamps used to hold the "Fat Man" atomic bomb inside the B-29 bomber, Bockscar.
The Marx brothers were in 14 movies, not including the ones that only one was in. The first movie, Humor Risk, was destroyed, and no one knows why. It was a silent movie, and most of the Marx Brothers depended on verbal jokes. Some speculate that Groucho burnt them, while others say that they were left unattended in a room and burnt out. But, the other 13 quickly wiped it out peoples minds. Here's a list of them:
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They made many movies (As you can see) and that's not counting the multiple performances. They were extremely popular, and are united with the word comedy. They are grand at making a otherwise impossible situation probable. I'll leave with a quote from A Night at the Opera:
"A hermit eh? Then why's your table set for four?""That's nothing. My alarm clock is set for eight."
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Dobro Blog!
The word Dobro is, in popular usage, the generic term for a wood-bodied, single cone resonator guitar. It is also an American brand of resonator guitar, currently owned by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. - WikipediaA Dobro is a type of guitar. Actually, it uses the body of a guitar, but it can be so different depending on the type. Their are three types of stringing for a dobro, let alone the different bodies. The first type is for picking, which creates a singular deep pluunk. The second type is for a slide-rule, which creates a pluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunk. And a type which can be used by both, a pluuuuuuuuunk. And then the different resonators and body types also change.
A Dobro is a much different instrument then a guitar. It can be (and is) very hard to transition from a guitar to a dobro. Guitars strings are half metal, half plastic. Dobro's are all metal and raised from the fretboard so that you can slide them, but not pick them.(Easily.)
All in all, if you need to play loudly without electricity, this is the guitar!
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