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War of the Worlds YouTube Video

themetfairy Aug 30 2008 06:35 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Sep 04 2008 01:42 PM

I already posted this on the YouTube thread in the NBF, but I decided to post it here as well. I created this video in order to promote the David Sarnoff Library's celebration of the 70th anniversary of Orson Welles' historic War of the Worlds radio broadcast. I was floored that thereminist Kip Rosser composed and performed music specifically for this project. Watch it. Enjoy it. Post it on your blogs. Share it with your friends. I'm hoping to make this a viral video -

cooby Aug 30 2008 09:07 PM

My one cat doesn't thank you for that music, but we enjoyed the video...good luck with your project :)

themetfairy Aug 30 2008 09:11 PM

My apologies to your cat - I can see how theramin music wouldn't appeal to felines. And thanks for the good wishes - I'm glad you liked the video :)

cooby Aug 30 2008 09:13 PM

It appeals to me though, I've listened to it three times, lol...

themetfairy Aug 30 2008 09:16 PM

Kip Rosser is amazing - I'm still stunned that he composed original music for the project.

TheOldMole Aug 31 2008 06:51 PM

I loved it. Have you ever seen the wonderful (but, as later history discovered, not quite accurate) documentary about Leo Theremin?

themetfairy Aug 31 2008 07:57 PM

Thanks Mole :) And no, I haven't seen the documentary.

TheOldMole Sep 01 2008 01:36 PM

Netflix it.

themetfairy Sep 01 2008 01:50 PM

I don't have a Netflix account, but I'll keep an eye out for it.

TheOldMole Sep 04 2008 02:36 PM

Get it from interlibrary loan.

themetfairy Sep 04 2008 02:48 PM

Great idea! Is this the one?

themetfairy Sep 15 2008 03:08 PM

Information about the War of the Worlds 70th Anniversary celebration events taking place in Grover's Mill, New Jersey is available here.

themetfairy Sep 27 2008 07:32 PM

[quote="TheOldMole":2eyu88jz]I loved it. Have you ever seen the wonderful (but, as later history discovered, not quite accurate) documentary about Leo Theremin?[/quote:2eyu88jz] We picked up a cheap copy of the DVD on Amazon, and just watched it. Fascinating stuff!

TheOldMole Sep 28 2008 09:29 AM

The not-quite-accurate part (although believed accurate at the time) was about Theremin being perhaps kidnapped and mysteriously whisked back to the USSR. We now know that he actually was a KGB agent, and that he left America hurriedly because of pressing debts. The rest -- his imprisonment in the USSR, etc. -- seems to be true. But the movie is such a tribute to creativity -- and Clara Rockmore is a treasure.

themetfairy Sep 28 2008 07:44 PM

Agreed.

cooby Sep 28 2008 08:23 PM

Just emailed this to a friend of mine, metfairy.

themetfairy Sep 28 2008 08:48 PM

Thanks cooby :)

Herb Gardner Oct 01 2008 06:54 PM

Pretty cool

themetfairy Oct 01 2008 07:26 PM

Thank you Herb :)

themetfairy Oct 02 2008 01:50 PM

If you scroll down towards the bottom of this week's American Libraries Direct newsletter, there's a link to War of the Worlds information. It was very cool seeing the event listed when I was scrolling through the newsletter.

themetfairy Oct 25 2008 02:59 PM

Today is the War of the Worlds celebration. The afternoon show was a great success, and a little later I'll head back for the evening performance and dessert reception. Watching the re-enactment of a radio play is fascinating in its own right. Watching this one near Grover's Mill, New Jersey and hearing so many local sites mentioned in the radioplay is a unique experience, to say the least. Listening to the performance being aired live on refurbished antique radios is also pretty cool (in an uber-geeky kind of way, of course).

Zvon Oct 25 2008 08:31 PM

This is awsum TMF. Great work. I didn't even know what a thereminist was so I looked it up. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theremin Learned some amazing stuff.

themetfairy Oct 25 2008 09:14 PM

Thanks Zvon. This is thereminist Kip Rosser in action this evening -