http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuWjRFiVzFk

This group is performing at a local concert my friend Richard Amromin is helping to put together in June, I think.

I agree with you about the impressive of huge cranks. Funny thing is, I’m dead sure that if were to use a huge giant crank that took real physical stamina to turn, it would way more impressive, then if I used the little knob I used at the GEL conference, for the same purpose.

And yet they perform the same function. There’s something odd about the way our brains perceive the value of the crank depending on the effort it takes to produce or to revolve the crank, regardless of what the crank is actually accomplishing.

Bizarre.

If you have any ideas how I might procure an incredibly large crank, let me know. I know, I know… I get emails with suggestions about that all the time!

I have always been fascinated by all things mechanical, and I can’t wait to see you moving a huge crank that powers a real live whitney.