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...though: Don't put your absolute favorite band in there. At least, not at first. I love Dire Straits. It was a little unnerving to be told what musicians share Dire Straits' musical characteristics. I can handle Robert Cray and Nils Lofgren, but Billy Joel and Toad the Wet Sprocket? Skip...
ENGINE The Wrights couldn't find an engine that met their needs, so they had one built from lightweight aluminum. Propellers were connected to the engine by a chain-and-sprocket transmission that resembled a bicycle...
...check for sprocket damage—it won’t play if there is damage,” Buck said...
...until it folds at each end. It is a piece of 16mm film that must be 40 or 50 years old. Along one side you can see the waveform of the optical soundtrack, a continuous line of jagged ridges and valleys; on the opposite side runs a line of sprocket holes that allow the cogs of the projector to pull the film past the lamp. Letters can be seen between the holes: G, E, V, A, others I can't make out. Maybe they identify the film stock or the source of the print...
...Jetsons," the "Flintstones" of The Future, also came out of this era of optimism. George Jetson and family were used to paint a complex picture of The Future--one that was aided by convenience but also one that subtly showed George as a pawn in the Spacely Sprocket empire--a de-humanization of the American worker through technology...