[penguicon-general] The poster in the background... I want it!

[Michael Rudas (computer)]

Steven M Campbell wrote:

> There's a great documentary on (I think) Showtime right now called 
> "Moog" which is about, you guessed it, Bob Moog.   In the interview 
> with Rick Wakeman, Rick describes how keyboard solos pre-Moog were 
> just drab things that were no competition for the guitar solos but 
> after the moog hit the market he started hearing guitarists say "Oh, 
> it's the keyboard player.... oh #!#$!#$ he's got moog!".   BTW, I 
> highly recommend this documentary, quite entertaining. 

If you REALLY want to kick it old school, one of the most fascinating 
documentaries I EVER saw was "Theremin - An Electronic Odyssey" -- 
http://preview.tinyurl.com/2nru97 which includes footage of Moog 
himself, as one of the largest manufacturers of Theremins (the ORIGINAL 
analog electronic synthesizer).

-- Mikey