Right On, Brian...

[poliphilo]

Following on from that last post, I see that Queen guitarist Brian May has recently completed his collection of "diableries"- mid 19th century stereoscopic cards, showing life in hell (they're enormous fun)- and is planning to open a museum of stereoscopy. I dig Brian May: He's 72 and still bouncing around like a young'un. Here's a quote from the interview he gave Hello magazine...

"I think human beings have to keep moving. I think that's one of the big secrets of life and I do keep moving, my head is always moving from place to place. I wear different hats depending on what's going on. I do get tired and probably don't sleep enough, but everything that happens is a bonus, everything is a treasure."

Comments

[razorbladeromance]

Oh! Those cards are really cool.. :D

[poliphilo]

I'd like to get the book- but it's horribly expensive (understandably so).

[razorbladeromance]

I saw Otley on the Google Earth app... it's a lovely town with cmcmck's twisty streets... Now I REALLY want to go to the UK. :D

[cmcmck]

He also loves badgers!

That makes him a ace guy in my book!

[poliphilo]

One of the reasons he won't play Glastonbury is because Michael Eavis supports to badger cull.

[poliphilo]

We have so many pretty towns and villages...

[basefinder]

Debbie read an article about him, somewhere. If I recall correctly he makes (or perhaps invented) a new style of portable stero viewer?

Sets a good example for those of us lagging behind but looking forward to being his age.

[poliphilo]

That's right. He calls it The Owl. You get one as part of the package when you buy his Diableries book.

[basefinder]

How fun! I remember as a young child my grandparents had a stereoscope viewer and a few dozen image cards. Even 50 years ago it was a throwback to another time, but whenever we visited we would sit down and marvel at all the images.

[poliphilo]

My cousin had a Victorian stereoscope- a big, handsome wooden box with a built in viewer, containing a carousel loaded with cards. You turned a handle and a new card came into view. Most of the images were of landscapes, but I remember there being photographs of mid 19th century battlefields- complete with corpses...