Mellotronists

Gosh...I didn't realise a number of you have names for your units.
Sure I knew of the Pindertron and a few famous ones, but what kind of
a unique name can you give yr standard stock M-400? Maybe I'll call
mine Vinson Massif cause it's big and white. Or something that
revolves around the little penguin feet. I thought naming things mass
produced like this didn't go much beyond naming Volkswagens.

Grandma had a '52 VW Bug named Gus (short for Gesundheit), and I had a
'64 VW bus named Amon Duul 3. AD3 died of colon cancer in 1976. Also
had a blue '64 Pontiac Bonneville Safari SW tank drubbed Tarkus, and
another car with a dent smack dab in the middle of the front end that
caused the headlights to cross beams before hitting the road. Despite
this, they hit both high and low beam perfectly, so I didn't adjust it
(that one was Cross-Eyed Mary).

When I brought my M-400 home in the back of a pickup camper, I hit
some black ice. I figured if the 'tron wasn't back there over the rear
wheels, I would have lost traction and spun out big time, but then
again--if I hadn't gone out to pick it up, I guess the slippery mishap
wouldn't have happened in the first place.

___________________________________________

Why do people say "VW" instead of "Volkswagen?" It takes one extra
syllable to say VW. What a waste of hot air in these energy-conscious
times.

Oh, Mellotrongirl, I was sure you would know that most of us have names for 
our units...




> Gosh...I didn't realise a number of you have names for your units.

Rumor has it that my 400 was once lost by Bobby Sherman in a divorce,
and Mrs. Sherman used it for a hamper for dirty diapers, hence its
original name; the "Smellotron".  I bought it from Dave Kerzner (who
sampled it for some of the Sonic Reality library) and between the two of
us, we did quite a bit of cleanup, hence the new name; the
"Swell-o-tron".  

Stan

M400 #174
Orchestron D

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From: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of mellotrongirl
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:45 AM
To: Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Mellotronists] "Mark" the 'tron

Gosh...I didn't realise a number of you have names for your units.
Sure I knew of the Pindertron and a few famous ones, but what kind of
a unique name can you give yr standard stock M-400? Maybe I'll call
mine Vinson Massif cause it's big and white. Or something that
revolves around the little penguin feet. I thought naming things mass
produced like this didn't go much beyond naming Volkswagens.

Grandma had a '52 VW Bug named Gus (short for Gesundheit), and I had a
'64 VW bus named Amon Duul 3. AD3 died of colon cancer in 1976. Also
had a blue '64 Pontiac Bonneville Safari SW tank drubbed Tarkus, and
another car with a dent smack dab in the middle of the front end that
caused the headlights to cross beams before hitting the road. Despite
this, they hit both high and low beam perfectly, so I didn't adjust it
(that one was Cross-Eyed Mary).

When I brought my M-400 home in the back of a pickup camper, I hit
some black ice. I figured if the 'tron wasn't back there over the rear
wheels, I would have lost traction and spun out big time, but then
again--if I hadn't gone out to pick it up, I guess the slippery mishap
wouldn't have happened in the first place.

___________________________________________

Why do people say "VW" instead of "Volkswagen?" It takes one extra
syllable to say VW. What a waste of hot air in these energy-conscious
times.





 
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In a message dated 7/27/2005 12:46:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
mellotrongirl@... writes:

When I  brought my M-400 home in the back of a pickup camper, I hit
some black ice.  I figured if the 'tron wasn't back there over the rear
wheels, I would have  lost traction and spun out big time, but then
again--if I hadn't gone out  to pick it up, I guess the slippery mishap
wouldn't have happened in the  first place.



Perhaps you could call yours "Lucky"
 
A couple of years ago I had three of them in my shop and in my music  
(studio? place? room?). Whatever. I was getting them ready for the Anglagard  show at 
NEARfest. I referred to them at the time as Huey, Dewey, and Louie.  I still 
think of # 1562 as Louie, but I don't ever say that out load. It was OK  when 
we were dealing with three machines, as it was easier than calling them by  
their respective serial #s. Now sometimes I just refer to it as '"... you m****r 
 f***ing piece of s**t. But rarely.

Of course, he calls it "Jon" because it's 6'2" and 200 pounds...

and it's all muscle

I suppose that it's a common tech practice, the
naming of things.  I know many engineers who name the
damnedest things.  Usually stuff that is mysterious
and quirky.  
     I, myself, have an Echoplex named Justine, my
multitrack machine goes by Lucinda, a 1920's wax
cylinder recorder that's often referred to as Richard
(or Dick as in Dictaphone) and a 50's Harmony acoustic
that came with the name Poonch scrawled clumsily in
sharpy on the back.  Humanization is an odd thing.

Jack Younger
EMI103S "The Bastard, The Promiscutron, The EMI'tron" 


--- mellotrongirl <mellotrongirl@...> wrote:

> Gosh...I didn't realise a number of you have names
> for your units.
> Sure I knew of the Pindertron and a few famous ones,
> but what kind of
> a unique name can you give yr standard stock M-400?
> Maybe I'll call
> mine Vinson Massif cause it's big and white. Or
> something that
> revolves around the little penguin feet. I thought
> naming things mass
> produced like this didn't go much beyond naming
> Volkswagens.
> 
> Grandma had a '52 VW Bug named Gus (short for
> Gesundheit), and I had a
> '64 VW bus named Amon Duul 3. AD3 died of colon
> cancer in 1976. Also
> had a blue '64 Pontiac Bonneville Safari SW tank
> drubbed Tarkus, and
> another car with a dent smack dab in the middle of
> the front end that
> caused the headlights to cross beams before hitting
> the road. Despite
> this, they hit both high and low beam perfectly, so
> I didn't adjust it
> (that one was Cross-Eyed Mary).
> 
> When I brought my M-400 home in the back of a pickup
> camper, I hit
> some black ice. I figured if the 'tron wasn't back
> there over the rear
> wheels, I would have lost traction and spun out big
> time, but then
> again--if I hadn't gone out to pick it up, I guess
> the slippery mishap
> wouldn't have happened in the first place.
> 
> ___________________________________________
> 
> Why do people say "VW" instead of "Volkswagen?" It
> takes one extra
> syllable to say VW. What a waste of hot air in these
> energy-conscious
> times.
> 
> 
> 
> 



		
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In a message dated 7/27/2005 8:13:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
e4103s@... writes:

I  suppose that it's a common tech practice, the
naming of things.  I  know many engineers who name the
damnedest things.  Usually stuff that  is mysterious
and quirky.  
I, myself, have an  Echoplex named Justine, my
multitrack machine goes by Lucinda, a 1920's  wax
cylinder recorder that's often referred to as Richard
(or Dick as in  Dictaphone) and a 50's Harmony acoustic
that came with the name Poonch  scrawled clumsily in
sharpy on the back.  Humanization is an odd  thing.
 
Nah, Jack. You're just as big a dope as  the rest of us. (like the font?)

I never implied not being a dope, just that we have
more company.  And no. No, I don't like the font. 
It's creepy.  Stop it.

--- lsf5275@... wrote:

> In a message dated 7/27/2005 8:13:45 P.M. Eastern
> Standard Time,  
> e4103s@... writes:
> 
> I  suppose that it's a common tech practice, the
> naming of things.  I  know many engineers who name
> the
> damnedest things.  Usually stuff that  is mysterious
> and quirky.  
> I, myself, have an  Echoplex named Justine, my
> multitrack machine goes by Lucinda, a 1920's  wax
> cylinder recorder that's often referred to as
> Richard
> (or Dick as in  Dictaphone) and a 50's Harmony
> acoustic
> that came with the name Poonch  scrawled clumsily in
> sharpy on the back.  Humanization is an odd  thing.
>  
> Nah, Jack. You're just as big a dope as  the rest of
> us. (like the font?)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 



		
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On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Jack Younger wrote:

> I never implied not being a dope, just that we have
> more company.  And no. No, I don't like the font.
> It's creepy.  Stop it.


font? what font. [hint: i don't read html email - don't even see it]

still cranky jeff
[who feels that html is for web pages... port 80 on a webserver...]

i am taking a much needed week off next week.
maybe some of the crankiness will pass. maybe not.
i'll be turning 45 in a couple weeks.
if that don't make ya cranky i dunno what will :(

> --- lsf5275@... wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 7/27/2005 8:13:45 P.M. Eastern
> > Standard Time,
> > e4103s@... writes:
> >
> > I  suppose that it's a common tech practice, the
> > naming of things.  I  know many engineers who name
> > the
> > damnedest things.  Usually stuff that  is mysterious
> > and quirky.
> > I, myself, have an  Echoplex named Justine, my
> > multitrack machine goes by Lucinda, a 1920's  wax
> > cylinder recorder that's often referred to as
> > Richard
> > (or Dick as in  Dictaphone) and a 50's Harmony
> > acoustic
> > that came with the name Poonch  scrawled clumsily in
> > sharpy on the back.  Humanization is an odd  thing.
> >
> > Nah, Jack. You're just as big a dope as  the rest of
> > us. (like the font?)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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In a message dated 7/27/2005 10:11:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
e4103s@... writes:

I never  implied not being a dope, just that we have
more company.  And no. No,  I don't like the font. 
It's creepy.  Stop  it.



Jeez, you only have to tell me once.
 
Frank

In a message dated 7/28/2005 2:33:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jimanderson@... writes:

had a  cat that tried to "mark" my 'tron once


Jim, I guess that means you have a Mark 1nce.
 
Frank

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 lsf5275@... wrote:

>
> In a message dated 7/28/2005 12:07:44 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> jeffc@... writes:
>
> i'll be  turning 45 in a couple weeks.
> if that don't make ya cranky i dunno what  will :(
>
>
> It gets worse.



oh joy of joys. something to look forward to.
anticipation is the better part of valour ;0)


...jeff

jeffc@... wrote:

On Wed, 27 Jul 2005, Jack Younger wrote:

>> I never implied not being a dope, just that we have
>> more company.  And no. No, I don't like the font.
>> It's creepy.  Stop it.


>font? what font. [hint: i don't read html email - don't even see it]

>still cranky jeff
>[who feels that html is for web pages... port 80 on a webserver...]

I always liked the quote a friend of mine used to use at the end of 
his emails (I don't remember the source):

"HTML in emails is for those people who still consider crayons to be 
an indispensible tool in the communication process."

Jim Bailey
Mk00 #0000
(retreating back to the shadows of my non-'tron world)

I like that quote.  But, I like burnt umber too.  I'm
confused now.


--- lsf5275@... wrote:

>  
> In a message dated 7/28/2005 3:01:49 P.M. Eastern
> Standard Time,  
> jimab@... writes:
> 
> "HTML in  emails is for those people who still
> consider crayons to be 
> an  indispensible tool in the communication
> process."
> 
> 
> 
> I always liked "burnt umber"
> 



		
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In a message dated 7/28/2005 9:19:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
jonesalley@... writes:

Yeah, it's great on  Triscuits.



I've seen your picture, Jon. With all due respect, you might consider  
changing your diet. Now I'm not necessarily one to talk, but I stopped eating  
crayons when I went away to college. That's when I stated eating acid and  Tang. 
mmmmmmmmm

--- LSF5275@... wrote:

>  
> In a message dated 7/28/2005 3:01:49 P.M. Eastern
> Standard Time,  
> jimab@... writes:
> 
> "HTML in  emails is for those people who still
> consider crayons to be 
> an  indispensible tool in the communication
> process."
> 
> 
> 
> I always liked "burnt umber"

I prefer burnt toast, myself.

Jim

----- Original Message -----

From: LSF5275@...

To: jonesalley@...

Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 6:24 AM

Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Re: "Mark" the 'tron

In a message dated 7/29/2005 12:49:14 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, jonesalley@... writes:

But I've been working out! Now, as one who has seen my picture, you should well remember that the tang part is still an extremely important part of my diet...

Yes, I've heard that you've been consuming PruneTang.... The laxative of the astronauts .