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SOMERS, N.Y. If you were to ask Ed Liss about an old jukebox, he would tell you he can give H.G Wells creation a run for its money.
A Somers resident and jukebox collector of 36 years, Liss is bringing his time-capturing devises to Bedford via the silver screen. His movie, The Great American Jukebox will be shown in the Katonah Village Library Monday night.
Liss, who had worked with computer information systems for more than 45 years, said the movie has very little to do with a man and his jukeboxes, and more with what those jukeboxes represent.
"Its not about me so much as it is about the history of music, and preserving its natural form, he said. The fact Ive done it is nice, maybe unique. But what I have basically done is restored the experience, and now Im sharing it.
Lasting 55 minutes, the film will move from the years of slavery through the 1960s, with each era of music having a jukebox as its time-travelling companion.
I said, Here is my opportunity to sit down and have a teachable moment, putting together the history of American music by letting the jukebox do the talking, Liss said.
Assisted by videographer Andrew Stein, Liss said hes excited to give his fellow residents of Westchester a quantum leap for a night, using his jukeboxes to their fullest potential.
The jukebox is a creature of its own time because of the way it looks, the way it sounds, the way it moves. Its the ultimate time machine.
The movie, The Great American Jukebox, will be shown at the Katonah Village Library at 7:00 p.m. and is open and free to the public.
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