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OMG! How cool are these stained glass drums? Answer: So effing cool! While they are not playable, they sure do light up the room — quite literally! Stained glass artist Paul Heller created this gorgeous lighting fixture by emulating a four piece kit made up of a kick drum with two mounted rack toms and a floor tom, which appears to be a stand-alone unit. Even the cymbal is glass! Sweet! Continue reading Illuminated Stained Glass Drumkit
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The Green Violin (Grune Geige), 1974, was created by a collaboration between artists Joseph Beuys and Henning Christiansen. It is a multiple, being one of 293 identical pieces, with this one being part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
Here’s an updated, well-lit, photo of The Green Violin taken in December of 2024 at LACMA.
Pictured: Johnny Ramone’s Personally-Owned and Stage-Used 1965 Mosrite Ventures V1 Guitar
Johnny Ramone’s Mosrite Guitar will be featured at a live auction event by Boston, MA based RR Auction this month. The personally-owned and used red 1965 Mosrite Ventures V1 guitar is signed on the body in black felt tip, “Best always, Johnny Ramone, 5/22/90.”
Continue reading Johnny Ramone’s Mosrite Guitar Goes Up for Auction
Another fun idea for upcycling old drums! And I bet it keeps great time!
Other than finding a source (not necessarily the “original source”) for this image, not much else is known about the Drumkit Bathroom Fixtures seen above. It sure is a clever and well-executed idea though and would be both fun and functional to have in any musician or music fan’s bathroom. Another observation is that it doesn’t take up much space, therefore, it would make your bathroom look bigger.
