You’ve Heard Of Burning Man, Now How About Burning Piano?

Ahhh…Nothing like the smell of Napalm in the morning… Yosuke Yamashita, a Japanese pianist, recreated his 1973 Burning Piano performance for the YouTube age. Yamashita donned a fireproof suit, yet without hand protection, on March 8th to play a ditty until the piano couldn’t produce any more sound. We particularly liked the very Japanese “oohs and ahhs” from the crowd when the cover slammed...

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Songkick Attempts To Rank Band Popularity

Songkick, a concert listings website, has introduced a new online application that attempts to rank a band’s popularity online. The site measures band popularity by gauging activity levels on MySpace, blogs and Amazon sales rankings. The results are heavily swayed towards currently touring rock bands, but it’s entertaining to pit your favorite bands against each other. Unfortunately, the technology is somewhat clunky. In...

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