C.<p>I occasionally post what I call a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/5SecondMovieReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>5SecondMovieReview</span></a> - essentially a quick yes/no recommendation with no spoilers. I try to highlight stuff that you may not have run into or seen ads for, at least some of the time.</p><p>This doesn't fit that mould, because I actually want to describe the content of this one.</p><p>"The Wrecking Crew" (2008) is a documentary about a loose-knit group of session musicians in LA that came to prominence in the 1960s. They recorded a huge slice of the hit early rock 'n' roll records that were nominally by the acts shown on the album covers. Literally everyone who has ever listened to music from this era has heard them play, almost certainly without knowing it.</p><p>The music side of this documentary is great, even if (like me) you're not a fan of this era of rock music. I can't stand the Beach Boys and all kinds of pre-British-invasion USA pop music.</p><p>But where this really shines is in showing the human side of the events and the business. It's touching and funny and warm.</p><p>Highly recommended.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WreckingCrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WreckingCrew</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/SessionMusician" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SessionMusician</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/HiredGun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HiredGun</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/session" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>session</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/recording" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recording</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artist</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a></p>
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C.<p>We watched "Late Night with the Devil" (2023) tonight. I posted a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/5SecondMovieReview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>5SecondMovieReview</span></a> of it earlier. We enjoyed it.</p><p>However... one little thing about it is nagging at me, like a splinter in the mind's eye.</p><p>It's a period piece, set in the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/1970s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1970s</span></a>. The major thread of the story includes a psychologist and her sessions with a patient, which are <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/recorded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>recorded</span></a>. Part of one is played back as part of a <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/television" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>television</span></a> show, and onscreen during that <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/playback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>playback</span></a> is an open-reel (aka reel-to-reel) <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/tape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tape</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/deck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deck</span></a> playing a tape.</p><p>1970s, open-reel recording - it's <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a>, it's <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/cool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cool</span></a>, it's period-authentic, right?</p><p>I can't shake the feeling that whoever put the visual together has never actually seen an open-reel tape recorder in operation. This picture is lousy, because it's a screencap from the movie, which is supposed to be showing a television broadcast in good old analog SD - but it gets the point across.</p><p>See anything wrong?</p><p>The takeup <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/reel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reel</span></a>, on the right, turns clockwise, the opposite direction of the (normal) direction of the supply reel. So the tape wraps onto the inner side of the takeup reel, and ends up "inside out".</p><p>There's also no tension arm on the supply side, and an apparent <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/tension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tension</span></a> arm on the takeup side, but it's not actually in the tape path.</p><p>I don't think any machines were actually made like this, but I'm not an <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/expert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>expert</span></a>. Can anyone identify the deck they butchered or digi-simmed to create this <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/sin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sin</span></a> against nature? 😉 </p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/OpenReel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenReel</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ReelToReel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReelToReel</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/audio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audio</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/audiophile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audiophile</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/TapeDeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TapeDeck</span></a></p>
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