Yesterday, we gazed upward and fell awestruck as the Sun was obscured by the Moon. Day turned hastily to evening, temperatures dropped dramatically, light streamed across the sky around the silhouette of the moon and we insignificant humans with our small feet planted on planet Earth were overwhelmed with an understanding of the vastness of the cosmos and how we are but small spectators in the great cosmic ballet. Those who watched the total solar eclipse from Third Man Records in Nashville, Tennessee, also heard the eclipse thanks to Quintron's Weather Warlock, a weather activated synthesizer. Light, temperature, wind, electricity, and moisture all effect the sounds emitting from the condition-controlled analog instrument, providing viewers with a musical experience that was dictated by the solar eclipse itself. With an invocation from Third Man Books poet Janaka Stucky, and a street packed with our awestruck fellow man (and a few four legged friends), we shared an experience that united and inspired. Have a look at Occulting the Sunn in the recap video above...
...And, listen to Nashville Public Radio's piece on our event here.
photos by Jamie Goodsell
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I cant believe I missed this! I had no idea third man was hosting an event. I got to experience totality a few hours north… but I would have loved to have made it down to TMR for the day!
INVOCATION?……….. Blessed is the Lotus…..the days bleeding wound…….blessed are we who flock from the mud to the soil to the grassto the trees……. blessed is the transformation of air to fruit to meat to spirit……. blessed are the bees….. blessed is their hive returning through each law of reign in revealing the heirophany of their nectar in the fresh light of the clouds empty womb…… 8-21-2017… J.Stucky at the Occulting of the Sunn in Nashville TN
A truly amazing event … i always knew that TMR would get it together for this one in a unique way…. Great to see everyone again and i look forward to saying hello again!!! my data from the barometer/hygrometer/thermometer will be prepared soon and as a matter of thanks to TMR the link will be posted here so folks can see what i had been talking about in chat that day…. I like what you did with your glasses there Jack…. its a good look…. a person can almost see the reflection of the eclipse in your eyes in that photo!!!! i love this plce!!!!
I was there and it was spectacular!!! What a great event. I drove down from Detroit. 8 hours there and 15 hours back. But worth it. So glad I went. It was awesome to get to shake Jack’s hand and say hi. Thanks Jack!!!
Thanks for the chat, Jack! As always, you’ve made my day!
Wonderful event, thank you Moon and TMR for an unforgettable day.
It’s always so appreciated when you share these re-caps with us, Third Man. For the hundreds (thousands?) of us who couldn’t be there, they’re a taste of what it was like. For those who were, they’re a refresher when memory of the event begins to grow dim. It was also awesome of weatherfortheblind.org to stream the Weather Warlock from Nashville yesterday— The moment when it slowed to a heartbeat pace during the totality was when I fully felt what a tremendous event the eclipse really was. So even in an area of only 80% coverage, y’all and Quintron helped to make it more special.
Some really great photos.