I guess I'm simple minded... I realize the little flecks are probably bug excrement, but it looks as if a few of them are dropping their spots. For some reason that really tickles me.

I grew up with a great affection for the 1917 Thomas Edison stand-up cabinet phonograph of my grandparents. (My mom has it now. Someday it will be my prized possession.)

We would wind it up and thrill to the hottest licks of WWI. There were songs about "over there" and sweet French girls who would be true to the whole regiment. There were ukulele tunes from exotic, faraway Hawaii. There were gospel records and folk songs-- even a protest song about the John T. Scopes trial, "The Old Religion's Better After All." We bounced on the bed to "The Wreck of The Old Southern 97," and "The Runaway Train." We laughed at comedy disks like "Uncle Josh Puts Up The Stove," And "Uncle Josh Takes The Census," in which the protagonist describes the comic types (usually European immigrants) he encounters on his rounds as Punkin Center's official census taker. Some of the content wasn't very P.C. But it sure was a good glimpse at popular culture of the time.

Such great memories... I can still see grandma and grampa's smiling faces as we listened, clapped and sang along.

"Oh the runaway train went down the track and she blew..."

Not nearly as fantastic as these amazing art pieces, but please enjoy my own little Steampunk offering.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPBpXlZumNg

The boing box is great. Mark's little pelvic gyrations are what really sells it.

Do we get to play too? Can we submit "features" 'cause I've got a few clips that I think fit with the style and tone of BBTV. I'm so excited! I can't wait to have my videos rejected by Boing Boing just like all my other stuff.