AETHERPHON, global theremin family

I think my first encounter with the theremin was a vague recollection of 
a M*A*S*H episode (which I am trying to relocate, BTW, to get a 
soundbite of it) where Hawkeye Pierce is bored and trying to engage 
everyone he encounters into a game of Scrabble, and he plays "theremin" 
against Radar.

As for when I first began listening, it's also pretty vague.  Somewhere 
along the line I was introduced to the idea and I began playing one 
theremin song a week on Escape From Noise, a recurring feature titled 
simply "the Theremin Song of the Week".  I can't remember how I got the 
idea, but since EFN's playlist policy requires vocals, I'm pretty sure 
one of the first artists I played was Project: Pimento.  It's bugging me 
now that I can't remember.

I'm pretty sure, though, that the first theremin track I possessed was 
"Probably Likely No" by Cultural Amnesia, but it took me over a year to 
realize it was a theremin in the song.


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Gerard wrote:
> Well, I can understand David wanting to rename the list. Spellbound is
> a wonderful name, though. But perhaps keep it for the radio show.
> Ethermail is clever, but I would think Theremin-L would be best from
> the simple point of view of making it immediately clear what the group
> is about.
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> Two things... A possible fun thread: where did theremin players first
> encounter the theremin? Or what first turned them on to the
> instrument... I think in my case it would probably be the ?1969 film
> _Captain Nemo and the Underwater City_. Does anybody remember that? I
> don't think it's critically loved, but it was one of my favourites as a
> child and I found the scene where the woman plays her
> golden-tree-type-theremin-thingie enchanting... spellbinding.
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> Secondly, on more mundane matters, how can I control the world with my
> theremin? That is, can I get a midi converter for it? Mine is a
> Wavefront case model. In fact Wavefront (if he is still going) do a
> midi box for the theremin, but it's $600+.
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> Gerard xx 
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