Day: October 9, 2010

SFM

In the same building is the Science Fiction Museum (SFM). Enjoy!

Most of the items on display are from the early 50’s or so but every so often we saw something that we remembered from our youth…

From the 1982 film E.T.: The Extr-Terrestrial and mother ship; which is shown at the end of the movie. I loved this movie when I was kid! Have to admit… I cried.

From the 1984 film; The Terminator.
Isabel thought he was cool and shiny. “Why does he have teeth, Daddy?” she asked.

Robbie the Robot from the film Forbidden Planet (1956).

Twiki from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV 1979-1981) was voiced by Mel Blanc.

Created for the TV show, Lost in Space (1965-1968) and only known as “Robot” but was famous for saying …“Danger, Will Robinson! Danger!”

“Muffit” from TV series, Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979) and was worn by Evolution the chimpanzee.

Phasers from Star Trek (TV 1966-1969).
Look like early Wal*Mart scanners!

Gun (center) used by Bruce Willis as Major Korben Dallas in the film The Fifth Element (1997). Gun (bottom – BTW looks like a glue gun!) is an ear-piercing gun used by Lori Petty in Tank Girl (1995).

Model of spaceship used in the film “*batteries not included” (1987).

…the next 2 photos are for my Dad, who enjoyed this movie when it came out…

From the film, The Rocketeer (1991) outfit worn by Bill Campbell as Cliff.

Rocket-pack worn by Bill Campbell as Cliff.
(see above)

Props used in the film Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991).

Sunglasses and gun used in the film Waterworld (1995).

Entrance to the EMP (on the right) and SFM (on the left) building as we were leaving.

EMP

We headed to Seattle and the Experience Music Project (EMP) and Science Fiction Museum (SFM). I’m going to break it up into 2 different postings, this one will be about the music. Enjoy!

When we arrived, the EMP was just setting up for a private event, so we got to walk through the Sky Church before access was denied to anyone not invited.

Inside the Sky Church. The pink wall on the left was a giant screen behind the stage. The “flower’s” hanging from the ceiling were moving up and down, like jellyfish.

We went through the Guitar Gallery: The Quest for Volume (no flash photography in here), which was really cool room. Celebrates the work of innovators as Orville Gibson, Leo Fender, and Les Paul. I should have taken photos in here but there were so many people, I kept bumping into them or them into me. Crazy. We also walked through the Jimi Hendrix: An Evolution of Sound, room but again that was so crowded, we didn’t stick around. We quickly walked through the Northwest Passage, which traces the development of music in the Northwest. Following the early years of jazz and R&B and later garage bands.

Roots and Branches sculpture. Mostly guitars; but if you looked closely you could see other instruments as well. This was located on the 2nd floor and reached to the ceiling on the 3rd.

Drumming in the sound lab.

Strumming in the sound lab. Isabel says that her favorite part of the whole day was playing the guitar’s.

Tapping the drum table in the sound lab.
A cool “table” that changes instruments every so often.

Hitting the “ivories” and she’s loving it!

Later we entered into one of the “private” jam rooms and had a jam session…