February 6th, 2005

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Mounted in Croakies

Via Large Hearted Boy, I found a couple of bootleg Charlotte Martin shows (who I know very little about, but she sure is perty). The source listing–meaning how the bootlegger captured the audio–for one of the shows reads like this:

Source: SP-BMC-12 (mounted in croakies) -> SP-SPSB-1 @ 160Hz Bass Roll-off - > Nomad3

Huh? Mounted in croakies? After a bit of googling, I learned that croakies are a type of sunglasses, and that bootleggers sometimes mount microphones in them. Who knew? I’ve enjoyed many a bootlegged concert over the years–how many of them came via surreptitious eyewear?

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hilary
February 7th, 2005
5:56 am

actually, i think “croakies” are a sunglasses accessory, not the glasses themselves. from what i recall, it’s a polypropylene tube with an adjustment bead in the middle. on each open end of the tube, you slide in a sunglasses arm to hold it to your face when playing light sports. you can also use it to dangle the glasses around your neck when not using them.

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Darren
February 7th, 2005
1:29 pm

Quite right, actually–that rings a bell.

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