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> WARNING: Do not look directly at laser with remaining eye!


As an ILDA member for many years, that's where I stole it from!

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, jonesalley wrote:

> > WARNING: Do not look directly at laser with remaining eye!
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> As an ILDA member for many years, that's where I stole it from!



aaah - should have known...

so when i saw tangerine dream back in 77, they were touring with
the "laserium" light show. were there really any "lasers" involved?

or was it just a cool marketing/name thing?

the show WAS dazzling [and the chemical embellishment didn't hurt...
thank you dr. hoffman for adding to the show inadvertantly ;0) ]

...jeff
[who does not do that stuff anymore... really i don't!]

Late 70's is when I first started to see real lasers on rock stages - I 
believe Blue Oyster Cult was the first live show I saw with lasers, about 
1977-ish.  "Laserium" as far as I know, is a trademark, so was probably the 
real thing.

Timothy Leary's dead...

> aaah - should have known...
>
> so when i saw tangerine dream back in 77, they were touring with
> the "laserium" light show. were there really any "lasers" involved?
>
> or was it just a cool marketing/name thing?
>
> the show WAS dazzling [and the chemical embellishment didn't hurt...
> thank you dr. hoffman for adding to the show inadvertantly ;0) ]

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005, jonesalley wrote:

> Late 70's is when I first started to see real lasers on rock stages - I
> believe Blue Oyster Cult was the first live show I saw with lasers, about
> 1977-ish.  "Laserium" as far as I know, is a trademark, so was probably the
> real thing.


it WAS intense.
like nothing i had seen before [even discounting the "enhancement"].


i think TD was using 3 mellotrons on that tour?
sure sounds like it... and appears that way from the pics i have seen.
i bet their roadies were just glowing with joy.
[and the piles of modular synths... ugh!]


> Timothy Leary's dead...


nah... he just smells funny ;0)



...jeff

A friend of mine worked for the Laserium years ago and they were real. What 
else could develop "coherent" light and be easily directed?
The giant laser system (water cooled) that Yes toured around the same time 
was something to see also.

Tony
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> Late 70's is when I first started to see real lasers on rock stages - I
> believe Blue Oyster Cult was the first live show I saw with lasers, about
> 1977-ish.  "Laserium" as far as I know, is a trademark, so was probably 
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> real thing.
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> Timothy Leary's dead...
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>> aaah - should have known...
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>> so when i saw tangerine dream back in 77, they were touring with
>> the "laserium" light show. were there really any "lasers" involved?
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>> or was it just a cool marketing/name thing?
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>> the show WAS dazzling [and the chemical embellishment didn't hurt...
>> thank you dr. hoffman for adding to the show inadvertantly ;0) ]
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