F1 Styled Piano

I love music and I love cars. So when someone creates a piano that resembles a supercar it’s bound to hit the right high note with me.

Don’t you think this would would look great parked alongside my 599GTB?

Counting Crows Go Solo

The Counting Crows have given Geffen Records (Universal Music Group) the finger after 18 years.

Lead singer, Adam Duritz, says the band will go solo:

“the internet opens a world of limitless possibility, where the only boundaries are the boundaries of your own imagination.” Apparently UMG didn’t approve of breaking down some of those boundaries. Duritz added “Unfortunately, the directions we want to go and the opportunities we want to pursue are often things that our label is simply not allowed to do.”

Counting Crows will join Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and others who’ve explored releasing music outside of the normal label/distributor world. Labels are pushing all of their artists to sign 360 music deals that give them a cut of every revenue source, as CD sales have become pretty damn shaky. Without deals like this, the labels are unlikely to make money from some of their top artists after 2011 or so.

Watch Counting Crows perform Colorblind live in New Jersey

In Memory of Larry “Hokey Pokey” LaPrise

With all the sadness and trauma taking place in the world over the last few years, it’s worth reflecting on the death of a very important person, which practically went unnoticed!

Larry LaPrise, the man who wrote “The Hokey Pokey” died peacefully at the age of 84. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in…

And then the trouble started. Here’s your sure fire guide to doing the Hokey Pokey (best done when drunk):

• Gather several people into a group and form a circle.
• While singing the “Hokey Pokey” song, follow the directions.
• Put your left leg into the circle.
• Put your left leg out behind you.
• Put your left leg in again and shake it all about.
• Put your elbows at your sides with your hands about shoulder height and do the hokey pokey, turning clockwise in a circle and alternately raising your hands a few inches.
• Stop turning and clap your hands while singing, “That’s what it’s all about.”
• Repeat the entire dance, but change the body part to your right leg, then left arm, followed by your right arm, head, and finally your backside.

New Apple iPod Shuffle

Being the complete brand whore that I am, I just love Apple products. In the last few weeks, despite the absence of Steve Jobs, they have released several less significant products. This one however is slightly more revolutionary and popped up just a few days ago on apple.com

It’s the new Shuffle, has 4GB of memory and has it’s controls on the earphones cable. Using three little buttons and VoiceOver feedback you can navigate through your music and playlists. Pretty sweet!

Editing Guru Makes Killer Jam From YouTube Videos

What you are about to see is a mix of unrelated YouTube videos/clips edited together to create ThruYou. So what you see is what you hear – simply amazing! Makes me think of some songs that Herbert spliced together from everyday sounds on the Accidental Records label.