Animals were placed on a drum with 8 cm in diameter that started to rotate in an accelerating fashion, increasing from 4 to 40 rpm in 300 second.
On Saturday, after about 15 minutes, Young, Zazeela, and Choi entered the room, taking their place alongside a drummer.
Rota-rod is a test for motor function, balance and coordination and comprises a rotating drum (Ugo Basile, Comerio, Varese, Italy), which is accelerated from 4 to 40 revolutions per minute over the course of 5 min. Each mouse was placed individually on a drum and the latency of falling from the drum was recorded using a stop-watch.
With a few bit-part exceptions – wives and secretaries – the characters are indistinguishable men of a certain age and class who talk in a pompous mixture of services jargon, "spy" speak ("The place is tight as a drum") and Dylan Thomas pastiche: "So, my old fellow traveller, I poked around and blew air on to the embers, to see what would glow in the dark".
Sometimes he relies on the tiny blippy noises for percussion, but in places he uses a drummer as well, playing thrashing solos over the electronics.
The truck method: Place a 55 gallon (208.2 L) drum next to the casing pipe on the side with the longest run of road or open space.
To secure these drum heads in place, you'll need a simple tool called a drum key.
It's a fixer-upper of a place, with oil drums lined up to make a bar, an uneven tin ceiling spray-painted blue and kindergarten-height tables.
The future of independent music is a place where drums and choruses are deeply out of fashion.
Eastern Woodlands musicians make kettledrums from small wood or ceramic pots covered with a hide and partially filled with water; the drummer may place a lump of charcoal, healing herbs, a potsherd, or other materials inside the pot to symbolize natural elements and forces.
