ATDDTA(10) "Is That An East-Man Kodak In Your Pocket, Or.....?" [292]
Keith
keithsz at mac.com
Wed Jun 6 23:51:29 CDT 2007
Time stops to pose for a crew of Japanese choir boys entering the
Cosmopolitan. Once they begin ordering exotic drinks, action resumes
with pale eyes accompanying the movement of Bob's finger towards his
hair-trigger. While he attempts to discern which Son of Nippon is the
son of a bitch putting his lips on La Blanca, the mob of Asian look-a-
likes arc around him with their photographick instruments popping
out, the symbolism of which only fuels his ire. He commissions those
eyes of Frank (not to mention his piece) for some back watching, and
Merle offers linguistic cross-cultural mediation.
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[292:2] "enormous brand-new beaver sombreros"
Beaver Felt Sombrero with four pinch crown ($1500)
http://www.nuevosantander.com/sombrero-JG9.jpg
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[292:3] "chirping and singing"
a double of Lupita "singing like a bird" [289:10]
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[292:4] "pocket Kodak"
Probably not this one because it has no bellows [292:32]:
First produced in 1895, these tiny wood box cameras were made for the
amateur market. Historically significant for their popularity and
boost to retail sales, they also made use of aluminum for the first
time in camera construction (inside structures). The first models had
sector shutters mounted on removable boards, round viewfinder
windows, and as shown, some 1895 versions were finished in red
leather instead of the more tradition brownish-black. After 1895,
there were no red versions, the viewfinders were square, and
permanently mounted rotary shutters were used. All models could use a
tiny plate holder instead of roll film, but these are almost never
found. The Pocket Kodaks were only made for five years, but were very
popular. Few remain.
http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/pp/kodak/1895.htm
Probably these:
The original Folding Pocket Kodak came out in 1897, and had brass,
instead of nickeled struts. The brass-strut models are highly coveted
prizes for collectors today, but in reality, all early FPKs are
significant since these are the cameras upon which fifty or so years
of pocketable folding bellows cameras were based.
http://www.boxcameras.com/fpk1898.html
Also: http://www.boxcameras.com/no1afpk.html
[292:6-8] "the Hieronymous wheel stopped short, and the ball took a
bounce and then hung there in midair"
A roulette wheel with Bosch's painting of the Seven Deadly Sins on
the wheel? Or an identification of gambling with such seven deadly sins?
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bosch/7sins/7sins.jpg
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[292:9] "Dieter the barkeep"
DIETER: "Warrior of the people." Old German name composed of the
elements þeud "people, race" and hari/heri "army, warrior."
_The Castle in the Forest_ is the new novel by writer Norman Mailer.
It is the story of Adolf Hitler's childhood as seen through the eyes
of Dieter, a demon sent to put him on his destructive path.
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