The Black Maria

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Husband & wife team, Steve and Dianne Moore have been making music together for over 25 years. As composers, musicians, and producers of all of our own material, our music is available for radio, soundtracks, and advertising. With a simplistic approach to composing, but an unconventional take on subject matter, it puts an interesting twist on a good old-fashioned hook.

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2018

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“THE FIRST MOTION PICTURE STUDIO EVER SET UP IN THE WORLD WAS IN THE YARD OF MY LABORATORY OF WEST ORANGE.  THE BUILDING REVOLVED TO FOLLOW THE SUN.  WE DUBBED IT THE BLACK MARIA.”

ROLL ‘EM!

DECADES BACK IN A TAR PAPER SHACK
EDISON ANIMATES THE PHOTOGRAPH
TIN PAN ALLEY AND TECHNOLOGY MEET
RENAISSANCE, FREAK SHOWS, AND EVERYTHING BETWEEN

IN THE BLACK MARIA...
IN THE BLACK MARIA...

CHIAROSCURO WORLD 1893
BLACKSMITH DEMONSTRATING HISTORY
CAN-CAN, TO CORBETT, CONTORTIONIST ACTS
KINETOSCOPE LAB RATS FOR 20 SECONDS FLAT
BEARS FROM HUNGARY RELUCTANTLY DANCED
STRONG MAN STRIKES AUDACIOUS STANCE
A WEST ORANGE LOT IS WHERE IT BEGUN
IN A BUILDING THAT TURNED TO FOLLOW THE SUN

ROUND AND ROUND AND ROUND SHE GOES
WHERE SHE STOPS, NOBODY KNOWS!

SHOOTERS, AND SPEAKERS, AND BAR ROOM BRAWLS
ALL ANSWERED TO THE FIRST CASTING CALLS
HUMAN SUBJECTS OF SUPER-FLUIDITY
FROM THE GENTEEL TO UTTER STUPIDITY
ROMANCE, VIOLENCE, EVEN BURLESQUE
PORTER WANTED NONE BUT THE BEST
YOU GOTTA HAND IT TO THE GENT SO INSPIRED
TO BOOK CAT BOXING IN THE BLACK MARIA

IN THE BLACK MARIA...

TAKE A KNEE, KIDDO, HERE’S AL WITH THE SKINNY....

“IN THESE LATE 80’S, I INVENTED THE MOTION PICTURE CAMERA.  THE RECORDING CAMERA IS WHAT MOTION PICTURES A SUCCESS.”

AH, WE’RE COOKING WITH GAS NOW!

THE PRICE OF PRODUCTION, THEY SPARED NO EXPENSE
SIX HUNDRED THIRTY SEVEN AND SIXTY SEVEN CENTS
THE WORLD OF MOTION PICTURES
AND ALL ITS PRETENSION
HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU BY
THE FATHER OF INVENTION

THE KINETOSCOPE DOES FOR THE EYES WHAT THE PHOTOGRAPH DID FOR THE EARS!

“MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB, ITS FLEECE WAS WHITE AS SNOW, AND EVERYWHERE THAT MARY WENT, THE LAMB WAS SURE TO GO.”

NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT!






Copyright 2018 Stephen & Dianne Moore

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