Category Archives: Music

Metal bands per capita

Posted on 04/09/2012 by Zed

From Reddit user depo_ comes this map of metal bands per capita map. Sweden and Finland win hands down! Source: reddit via flowingdata

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Ennio Morricone conducts “Ecstasy of Gold” (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly)

Posted on 04/06/2012 by Zed

Ennio Morricone conducts “Ecstasy of Gold” from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Source: blameitonthevoices

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2,300 year old musical instrument comes to life

Posted on 03/30/2012 by Zed

The broken and burnt remains of the 2,300 year old lyre instrument. Photo credit: PastHorizons. Archaeologists have found the remains of the earliest stringed instrument ever found in Western Europe. The broken and burn fragment of the lyre instrument was … Continue reading →

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Inside musical instruments

Posted on 03/09/2012 by Zed

Art directed by photographer Bjoern Ewers, the new print campaign for the Berlin Philharmonic orchestra features macro photographs taken inside musical instruments like a violin, cello, flute and pipe organ. At first glance the photos look like the inside of a … Continue reading →

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Circus Galop: A composition to stress-test automatic pianos

Posted on 02/03/2012 by Zed

The video above shows a mechanical piano playing Circus Galop, a piece written by Marc-André Hamelin to stress-test automatic or player pianos. It is impossible to be played by a single human as at some points all the piano staves are played … Continue reading →

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Chinese stereotypes for cars

Posted on 11/15/2011 by Zed

Just as stereotypes exist in America for various cars, the Chinese auto market has its own. New York Times has an article about the new and emerging stereotypes the Chinese have about various imported cars. In China, for example, BMW … Continue reading →

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The Starbucks Rant Song

Posted on 09/21/2011 by Zed

I don’t patronize Starbucks that much, but every time I go in I feel sorry for the people working behind the counter. Now I know why. You should definitely listen if you are a Starbucks regular. There are a few … Continue reading →