It's a-door-able!


Also, this:

110-year-old color motion pictures:

Small things that produce very low notes: http://www.contrabass.com/pages/rackett.html



The larger one goes as low as a contrabassoon. (5-string bass for those not orchestrally inclined.)

And "great bass rackett" is a winful name for an instrument.

President Warren G. Harding and his sousaphone:

Sharpwriter is probably my favorite contemporary artist.

Audiovox Model 736 Bass Fiddle:


This would be the first electric bass guitar. Short (30.5") scale. 1935.

The Russians had so many awesome bad ideas.

Besides the Russion lettering on the Van, you can't miss that thing is Russian, looks like a with a Russian hat (ushanka???) on the front of that thing....

hmmm is it too obvious?

Disassembling Whales:

Perfect. For city riding, OR for the endtimes/zombieapocalypse.

That is an historically accurate depiction of General Washington upon his trusty steed, Petunia.



Also, on the subject of US Presidents: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/question-7-who-would-win-in-a-fight

Wait, what exactly am I looking at here? At first I thought it was a super-awesome prosthetic leg, but there's no joint. Then I thought "tattoo?" but you can see the texture of the surface beneath, so... Photoshop job, or something strange and not actually on a living human?

Hmmm never saw Grant as a trem guy. Woulda thought hard tail.

Also, in the end, I still would have money on Roosevelt, but a tag team of Teddy and Andy-Jack would be epic.

Something about the beard makes me think Les Paul or Explorer, too.

I like the image of FDR waiting stealthily underwater. I think LBJ would have hung in there pretty well, too- he was a pretty big dude with a foul attitude, and seemed to have an extra helping of fuck you with whatever it is they eat for breakfast in West Buttfuck, Texas. Rocks and gila monsters or something along those lines. Here was a guy who championed civil rights in no small part to piss off his enemies.

Also, this charming anecdote: