1888 BLOG!

The year 1888 marked a universal milestone of freedom and discovery – stars and heroes were being born, and the means to disseminate their words, music and images were created...(Click on image to learn more)

Irving Berlin (1888-1989) was one of the most important songwriters in the USA. He was self-taught, but almost everything he wrote was a success. His breakthrough was during WWI with the song "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and one of the battle songs written for his all-soldier show Yip, Yip, Yaphank in 1917: "We're on our way to France"....(CLICK IMAGE TO READ MORE)

The drinking straw is a device used for transferring a liquid - usually a drink from one location to another (such as from a cup, to your mouth). The earliest drinking straws were hollow stems of grass, literally made of straw. A thin tube of plastic (such as polypropylene and polystyrene) or other material, straight or with an accordion-like living hinge, it is employed by being held with one end in the mouth and another end in the drink. Muscular action reduces air pressure in the mouth, whereupon atmospheric pressure forces the drink up the straw. The first straws were made by the Sumerians, and used for drinking beer (as to avoid the solid byproducts of fermentation). Argentines and their neighbors use a similar metallic device called bombilla that acts as both a straw and sieve for drinking mate tea. The modern drinking straw was patented in 1888 by Marvin C. Stone.

Columbia Records is the oldest surviving brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888, and was the first record company to produce pre-recorded records as opposed to blank cylinders. Today it is a premier subsidiary label of Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc.

Just found this:

The revolving door was invented in 1888 by Theophilus Van Kannel of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. in high-rise buildings, regular doors are hard to open because there is a slight vacuum caused by air flowing ...

1888 is back in the studio writing and rehearsing new material for our second full-length album. Unfortunately our dear friend and lead guitarist/vocalist needed to take a significant break from the 1888 family. So we are working hard to adapt what we can from "HONEY, I'D KILL..." as well as develop the new stuff. We look forward to playing soon and hope you dig the new sound....which will make spines tingle guranteed.
Check out this vid of us rocking "There's Always Something There To Remind Me"...We were up for Best Album of the Year and Best Pop/Rock band for the 2007 Portfolio Weekly Music Awards so we took part of the awards ceremony which was themed around the year 1983(which was the year that Portfolio Weekly started). We were asked to pick a song from 1983's Top 100 billboard charts so we picked the above....electronic drums and all. Of course Bobby had to play with one hand due to his recovering from the thumb laceration.

till next time 1888ers!

Our debut album, "Honey, I'd Kill..." is up for best album of 2007 for the Portfolio Music Awards!!!
IF YOU DIG 1888 THEN PLEASE VOTE FOR US!! It's easy...Just click on the picture below and it will take you to the PORTFOLIOWEEKLY.COM website where you must sign up to vote. It just takes a sec!

(pictured above: bobby-our drummer cut his thumb kinda bad...but no worries we will still be performing MARCH 13th at the 2007 PORTFOLIO WEEKLY MUSIC AWARDS even if he has to play one handed!!

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