Music: it’s all around us. Except when my roommate sings in the shower, that sounds like gravel in a blender. One time I took him to karaoke and the first song he sung they cut the music and kicked us both out, me just for bringing him. This is a

Music: it’s all around us. Except in an airport bathroom, those are just farts. This is a video of musician Nicolas Bras building a four and a half octave PVC percussion instrument to recreate the sound of popping a finger out of your cheek or the top of a bottle,

Because nothing but the absolute hardest hitting news today (and every day), this is a video from a Chicago parking garage (level 3) door that, according to uploader Mr. King, does an impression of Miles Davis from his 1970 album Bitches Brew. That is very specific. I didn’t expect much,

This is a video of Youtuber Mash building a little piano out of popsicle sticks. Although with no strings it could also be considered a wooden kalimba or mbira. He takes the time to tune it and everything and the resulting sound is actually rather pleasant. So pleasant I was

This is a video of Luna Lee covering Pink Floyd’s iconic ‘Wish You Were Here’ on a traditional Korean gayageum. As always with Luna’s covers, it was a joy to listen to. You know, I actually got to see Luna in concert…gosh, what feels like forever ago. It wasn’t forever

Dave Brubeck Quartet’s ‘Take Five’ is easily one of the most recognizable jazz standards ever recorded. Contrary to popular believe, the song was actually composed by quartet saxophonist/long time Brubeck collaborator/boozehound Paul Desmond, and became the first jazz single to sell over a million copies. And this is a video

Living the dream: some people are out there doing it. Living the nightmare: how much longer can I do it? This is a video of musician Paul Barton playing the piano for the crab-eating macaques (aka long-tailed macaques) that live at the 13th century Phra Prang Sam Yot temple in

This is a video of Japanese Buddhist monk and musician Kossan1108 covering Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ with traditional percussion instruments. He also sings, which I was not expecting. The video is almost ten minutes long, but the song is only the first five. After that is five minutes of Kossan meditating.