Margaret Atwood playing the theremin
Yes, this is a picture of Margaret Atwood playing a theremin. And it's Margaret Atwood! And she's playing a theremin!
I took this last summer at Harbourfront. The band is from Brooklyn and is called One Ring Zero. They solicit lyrics from well-known novelists and then write songs around them. The song Ms. Atwood was soloing on was in fact co-written by her.
Atwood. Theremin.
I was reminded of this picture, and inspired to post it, when I discovered that fellow Flickrnaut Ranjit has invented a theremin-playing robot named Lev. "Lev is made out of an old floor lamp, some plumbing supplies, a few empty mint tins, and some microprocessors." Go look. I'm getting back to my essay now.
posted by Nadia at 12:22 p.m.
3 Comments:
holy pluck.
as in, holy unpluck.
HA! The only other time I've seen a theremin in concert (or rather the only time, since this is just a photo) was Fishbone. This is pretty much the exact opposite.
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