#elido

Kontour è lo studio fondato da Sibylle Hagmann nel 2000 con base a Houston, Texas, Stati Uniti..

Elido et sa drôle de couronne Parmentier.

Cette couronne avait été conçue par l’ingénieur horloger J.-R. Parmentier, à l’origine pour équiper la Triton spirotechnique, dont il avait également conçu la pièce articulée (voir ci-dessous, crédit Corsaire75, FAM).

Cette couronne a la particularité de se composer d’un remontoir enfermé sous un capuchon vissé, l’étanchéité étant parfaite par un joint.

On trouve également cette couronne sur quelques plongeuses comme cette Damas (crédit : Fred Chrono) :

ou encore cette Chronofixe (crédit : Yoghourt le Puissant, FAM), également de fabrication Dodane :

@Mickey Finns in Port St. Lucie, FL.

This was nearly a year and a half after my first Dharmata experience. You could probably guess I was dying to see them again by this point. Anyway, they were playing at a festival called Mickey Palooza which was at a bar called Mickey Finns. Luckily, this place is only 3 minutes from my house so there was no way I was missing this event. Elido was playing too! Those two bands were the only bands I cared to see, so I didn't bother planning to see any other bands. Dharmata was scheduled to go on around 6:30 and Elido would go on at 7-something. So I just asked my sister to drop me off at 6 and then pick me up around 8:30. When I got there, within 15 seconds I ran into a friend from high school. We chatted for about 10 minutes but it was hard to hear because it was inside the bar and the band was shit. I walked towards the back door but I waited for some friends to show up before I went outside to the big stage. Once they got there and we met up, we went outside and hung out and chatted for a little while. We spotted the dudes from Dharmata and talked about them. None of us went over to say hi though. Shortly after, my buddy Jimmy and his wife and daughter showed up so I said hi to them and stuff.

Finally Dharmata came on and I left my group of friends and I stayed by Jimmy's side. I wasn't an expert at Dharmata's music, but I had learned the choruses to a few of their songs. (Their music isn't easy to find online). Kevin, the bassist, looked at us at one point and Jimmy pretended to fangirl over it. It was funny! He's really good friends with the guys in the band. I didn't know that at the time, though. Otherwise, I would've stayed by the stage after their set to meet them. I don't know why I didn't anyway! I have no idea what I was thinking. Whateverrrr. Dharmata freaking rocked the place and I left the parking lot an even bigger fan!

I went back inside the bar to check out another band to kill time before Elido. They were a funk-rock type band called Speaking Volumes. I actually really enjoyed them!! Their music is fun and they have a very laid-back kinda style. The dude's voice reminded me of Everlast. I looked over and saw Jimmy and his family having a good time. Apparently, he's friends with that band too! I swear... he knows everyone. Jimmy's wife Steffanne called me over to talk. She asked where my sister was and I told her she was at home. Then she asked where Bill (my sister's husband) was and I said, "Probably sitting on the couch." and she gave me a weird look. She said, "Then who are you here with?!" and I was like, "NOBODY!!" and she gave me a look like 'niceee'. Kinda like a nod of approval. haha. Anyway, if you feel like checking them out, you can find them on iLike and download their entire album for free. My favorite songs are "Funky Fried Chicken" and "Fo Sho".

After Speaking Volumes was done, I went back outside to wait for Elido to come on stage. At this point, my sister and her husband were friends with the lead singer, Russ, from seeing his other 80s rock cover band Metalucious. (Check them out, THEY'RE HILARIOUS!!) Once Elido came on, I rocked out! They blew me away. Still wasn't familiar with their music because they literally have NO music online anywhere. After their performance I walked up to Russ and introduced myself and told him that I was Michelle's little sister. They talked about me before so he kinda knew who I was. So I chatted with him for a few minutes and he gave me a free Elido demo cd (FUCK YEAH!) and then I had to go.

As I was walking I saw Jimmy and I was about to walk up to him to let him know I was leaving, until I realized he was in a huge argument with this asswipe named Mic. This dude starts shit with EVERYONE. So I avoided that and walked back inside and headed towards the front door. I passed by Jay Slim (singer from Dharmata) and I was so nervous, but I turned around and grabbed his shoulder, gave a thumbs up, mouthed "Great Job", nodded, and flashed a nice smile. haha. We couldn't talk because there was a band on and we wouldn't be able to hear each other. So I left and waited for my sister to pick me up.