Geoff Edgers
@gedge1.bsky.social
Too slow, no hats, 1920s moralist.
Reposted by Geoff Edgers
Look out for our next Behind the Story episode, as host Amanda Ulrich chats with @gedge1.bsky.social about everything music and pop culture — including Edgers’ recent story about a group of diehard Kinks fans (www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...) sundaylongread.com/podcast/
May 22, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Look out for our next Behind the Story episode, as host Amanda Ulrich chats with @gedge1.bsky.social about everything music and pop culture — including Edgers’ recent story about a group of diehard Kinks fans (www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...) sundaylongread.com/podcast/
Reposted by Geoff Edgers
Discoveries like this are fascinating to me.
"With home players not available until the late 1890s, Vasnier performances would have been heard on the wax cylinders installed in coin-operated jukeboxes." Amazing this survived.
Thanks, @gedge1.bsky.social, for highlighting this.
"With home players not available until the late 1890s, Vasnier performances would have been heard on the wax cylinders installed in coin-operated jukeboxes." Amazing this survived.
Thanks, @gedge1.bsky.social, for highlighting this.
The earliest known ‘country’ recording has been found. The singer? A Black man.
A new release of an 1891 song by Louis Vasnier deepens what we know about the genre’s origins.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:59 PM
Discoveries like this are fascinating to me.
"With home players not available until the late 1890s, Vasnier performances would have been heard on the wax cylinders installed in coin-operated jukeboxes." Amazing this survived.
Thanks, @gedge1.bsky.social, for highlighting this.
"With home players not available until the late 1890s, Vasnier performances would have been heard on the wax cylinders installed in coin-operated jukeboxes." Amazing this survived.
Thanks, @gedge1.bsky.social, for highlighting this.
For example, this is the amazing bowling trick I pulled off and always believed should go viral and never has. youtu.be/mjsY8jX_V64?...
Boston Style Bowling Trick
YouTube video by Sean Wainsteim
youtu.be
November 14, 2024 at 12:34 PM
For example, this is the amazing bowling trick I pulled off and always believed should go viral and never has. youtu.be/mjsY8jX_V64?...
The only real way to make this thing work - like Twitter did in the golden days - is to post amazing things AND for Steve Martin to join. I’m going to try to post once a day.
November 14, 2024 at 12:33 PM
The only real way to make this thing work - like Twitter did in the golden days - is to post amazing things AND for Steve Martin to join. I’m going to try to post once a day.
@jamieleecurtis.bsky.social hey JLC. I only have 18 followers and I miss Norm, who will forever be stuck on X and like bananas. Thanks for being here and follow me so I can be the first you’re following. It’ll impress my kids.
November 13, 2024 at 3:54 PM
@jamieleecurtis.bsky.social hey JLC. I only have 18 followers and I miss Norm, who will forever be stuck on X and like bananas. Thanks for being here and follow me so I can be the first you’re following. It’ll impress my kids.