Thomas Edison Lives in My Kitchen (and everywhere else for that matter)
It’s often been asked of antique phonograph collectors if they have a life outside of phonographs collecting. The answer is yes and no.
Life is fairly busy for me. Most of my time - and my money - is consumed by my horses (horses being a life-style unto itself). Hey, one has to put food on the table and horses are just one means to do so (I train and ride horses, not eat them. I thought that I'd mention that before any PETA types got their knickers in a twist because they are too stupid to understand it right the first time). The horse biz is a highly inefficient means to do so, but a means, nevertheless. Then again, one has to feed the phonograph beast too. Fortunately, my wife is fairly tolerant of my phonograph obsession, antique technology obsession and general distaste for 21st century living......most of the time. But that’s another story.
The phonographs and records are everywhere. a few examples of the pervasiveness of my phonograph collecting:
There’s an Edison Model D cylinder phonograph in the kitchen.
There’s a stack of cylinders behind my Marshall amp.
My dog Angus even has to put up with my phonograph obsession. He’s also a fan of Edison phonographs, preferring Edison products to the lesser products of his lesser cousin Nipper.
If the electricity goes out, not to worry. I have mechanical music. Electric lighting? Screw that. Did I mention that I also collect antique kerosene lamps too?
Life is fairly busy for me. Most of my time - and my money - is consumed by my horses (horses being a life-style unto itself). Hey, one has to put food on the table and horses are just one means to do so (I train and ride horses, not eat them. I thought that I'd mention that before any PETA types got their knickers in a twist because they are too stupid to understand it right the first time). The horse biz is a highly inefficient means to do so, but a means, nevertheless. Then again, one has to feed the phonograph beast too. Fortunately, my wife is fairly tolerant of my phonograph obsession, antique technology obsession and general distaste for 21st century living......most of the time. But that’s another story.
The phonographs and records are everywhere. a few examples of the pervasiveness of my phonograph collecting:
There’s an Edison Model D cylinder phonograph in the kitchen.
There’s a stack of cylinders behind my Marshall amp.
My dog Angus even has to put up with my phonograph obsession. He’s also a fan of Edison phonographs, preferring Edison products to the lesser products of his lesser cousin Nipper.
If the electricity goes out, not to worry. I have mechanical music. Electric lighting? Screw that. Did I mention that I also collect antique kerosene lamps too?
posted by Dan Gilmore at 6:25 PM
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