You Know You're Old When You Feel Nostalgia...

[teddy_radiator]

sempraseverus' superb drawings of carousel animals has me thinking of the days when the Myrtle Beach Pavilion was a magic place you went to ride rickety amusement park rides, take a turn on the Full Menagerie Herschel-Spillman carousel, and listen to the German Band Organ. When I was a little girl, I used to stare at this for hours.

Now the Pavilion is only a memory, but the Organ and the Carousel were taken to another tourist attraction in Myrtle Beach called Broadway on the Beach. If you're ever there, go and listen to this lovely old organ which by the looks of it here, has gone through major renovations. At the Pavilion, it was sadly allowed to fall into a terrible state of disrepair. Now it's all shiny and beautiful. It is the sound and vision of my childhood, and even through my jaded teenaged years, I would stop and watch the band organ play. The top is just a nice set of shots, the bottom vid shows it in all it's jingling, turning, cherubic, bleating glory:

This one is sort of long, but worth it just to see the closeups!

Comments

[teddyradiator.livejournal.com]

You would love Charleston. It has its own unique beauty, but to be perfectly honest, you would THRIVE in Savannah, Georgia. They are close together and are about the same age, but Savannah is a decadent, louche city, whereas Charleston is a little prim and elitist. Don't get me wrong, I love it, but Savannah is almost like New Orleans without the shit.

It is super friendly, it has this old world decadence that just turns me on when I'm there. The riverfront is so secretive and sensual. It's a very sexy city. Charleston is more austere in its beauty. But hey, it's all the South, and the south is about heat and hope and bright colours and hidden desires....

[howlingmojo.livejournal.com]

I see a lot of words I really really like. Decadent, louche. Hmm.

However, when I think about Austere beauty, something in my goes "boom boom baby". Something that has very little to do with cities...

Ah, heat. I could do with a lot of that actually. Give me heat. Yes.

[sandlappershell.livejournal.com]

We should have our LJ friends come see us and we could start in Savannah or Myrtle and work our way to the other end...I bet between you and I, we could find some LOVELY things to do and eat and drink and see -
I really love where I live...three hours to the beach and three hours to the mountains!! Brilliant!