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Comments on MetaFilter post CrankiesFri, 24 May 2013 10:48:24 -0800Fri, 24 May 2013 10:48:24 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Crankies
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"We did our first show in a bar...all of a sudden, the whole room was quiet. <a href="http://wunc.org/post/why-people-freak-out-when-they-see-crankie">And then we got everyone to sit on the floor cross-legged to watch our crankies</a>." <br /><br />Storytelling and song with hand-cranked panoramas were once common entertainments - early motion pictures. Some can still be seen: <a href="http://www.sacomuseum.org/panorama/backlot.shtml">Pilgrim's Progress at the Saco Museum in Maine</a>, or <a href="http://www.whalingmuseum.org/explore/collections/panorama">Whaling Voyage 'Round the World</a> at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. They're being rediscovered for their strangely compelling magic by today's artists and musicians. More crankies can be found at these links, along with some information about making them.
<a href="http://www.hearthmusic.com/blog/what-is-a-crankie-anna--elizabeth-at-the-seattle-folk-festival.html">Lella Todd</a>
<a href="http://www.elizabethlaprelle.com/projects/anna-elizabeth-crankies">Lord Bateman</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSNteECG6JU">Pickett's Charge</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=I2QrfZUOLug">Seattle's First Crankie Festival</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMgbnypYsFw">Frog Went a-Courting</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ4sHylDzBI">Desperate Battle of the Birds</a>
<a href="http://vimeo.com/57861560">Courage</a>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IblXA1pJZ5M">Oran Na Maighdinn Mhara (The Mermaid Song)</a>
<a href="http://www.gis.net/~puppetco/crank.htm">How to Make a Crankie</a>
Much more crankie-philia at <a href="http://www.thecrankiefactory.com/115034642">The Crankie Factory</a>post:www.metafilter.com,2013:site.128374Fri, 24 May 2013 10:06:43 -0800MikomusictheatreartperformancehistorydrawingsingstagecraftcreativitystorystorytellingsongspanoramashandcrankedcrankieshandcrankedBy: Horace Rumpole
http://www.metafilter.com/128374/Crankies#4996772
The<a href="http://library.brown.edu/cds/garibaldi/"> Garibaldi Panorama</a> at Brown University is totally amazeballs.*
<small>*A highly technical term we in special collections use in circumstances such as this one.</small>comment:www.metafilter.com,2013:site.128374-4996772Fri, 24 May 2013 10:48:24 -0800Horace RumpoleBy: Marie Mon Dieu
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These are charming. I especially liked the French Canadian one at the last link.comment:www.metafilter.com,2013:site.128374-4996798Fri, 24 May 2013 10:58:37 -0800Marie Mon DieuBy: emjaybee
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The Pickett's Charge one is an amazing piece of puppetry/animation (in the old-fashioned sense). But the transitions in that particular piece are breathtaking.comment:www.metafilter.com,2013:site.128374-4996803Fri, 24 May 2013 10:59:16 -0800emjaybeeBy: xingcat
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What a terrific thing it is to see something mechanical in a world of more and more frequently digitized art.comment:www.metafilter.com,2013:site.128374-4996820Fri, 24 May 2013 11:06:43 -0800xingcatBy: Decani
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYYRHkYrNAk">Why people freak out when they see a Krankie.</a>comment:www.metafilter.com,2013:site.128374-4996851Fri, 24 May 2013 11:21:04 -0800DecaniBy: sebastienbailard
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It's a bit like <a href="http://www.smosh.com/smosh-pit/articles/kamishibai-crazy-japanese-story-telling">kamishibai</a> (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamishibai">wiki</a>).comment:www.metafilter.com,2013:site.128374-4996861Fri, 24 May 2013 11:23:56 -0800sebastienbailardBy: mmrtnt
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Isn't there a special kind of pants you have to wear to run one of these?<br>comment:www.metafilter.com,2013:site.128374-4996937Fri, 24 May 2013 11:54:44 -0800mmrtntBy: Polyhymnia
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Oh my God. I saw Liz and Anna for the first time a few weeks ago after being a Liz fan for a while. The show was life changing. The entire audience was brought to tears multiple times. I found myself contemplating deep parts of the way I live my life as a result. I'm not kidding. It was incredible. If you get a chance to see them, do it. It will inspire you.comment:www.metafilter.com,2013:site.128374-4996998Fri, 24 May 2013 12:26:28 -0800PolyhymniaBy: PinkMoose
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The Bunyan one is great, because Pilgrim's Progress is something that American evangelicals are so fucking obsessed with, and the interest sort of ebbs and flows--so you can see the culture of evangelical america by the material culture that is used to explain it as a text. It has made a bit of a rise in the last couple of years, and so I have been thinking about it (esp. w. homeschool/great books circuliums) and so I am mostly excited by this because it is another example of that narrative.comment:www.metafilter.com,2013:site.128374-4997190Fri, 24 May 2013 14:02:43 -0800PinkMooseBy: Potomac Avenue
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I didn't even know they had this. Great freaking post.comment:www.metafilter.com,2013:site.128374-4997440Fri, 24 May 2013 17:49:00 -0800Potomac Avenue
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