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A college student is attempting to level two "pacifist" characters up to the top of World of Warcraft's character progression, characters he's playing without attacking anything. It's partly to try out the philosophy of pacifism in the violent virtual world, and partly to see if he can do it: Sh... More.
Tim Ellis sez, "Completely inexcusable 'transparency' from the FDIC, releasing hundreds of totally blacked-out docs in response to a Freedom of Information Act request about the closure of Washington Mutual. 'An unprecedented level of openness in Government' indeed." On the plus side, at least one... More.
Each month, I pick a question from a current or former toddler and answer it on BoingBoing. If a toddler you know (or once were) has a pressing science-related concern, email me! Anyone who's watched "Jurassic Park" (and, subsequently, thought up a velociraptor escape plan) knows there were meat-e... More.
Santa Claus was prevented from giving presents to the imprisoned children of asylum seekers at the notorious Yarl's Wood detention centre by private security guards. Yarl's Wood is a privately run prison whose inmates are UK immigrants who arrived seeking asylum, but whose claims have been denied. T... More.
Last week, I wrote about Carl Malamud's upcoming testimony on the need to free America's governmental video archives for public consumption. This material is all in the public domain, but the government sells it through retail partners, to the taxpayers who funded its production. Carl is trying to... More.
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Apparently they make soup out of the veggies after the show. No kidding. I know how much spittle there's in a clarinet after an hour of playing, so this soup is some kind of polite "oh, no, thank you, I've already eaten."
There is an episode of Look Around You with a vegetable orchestra. It's a bit different, though.
This would be relevant to Brian Wilson's interests.
And it consists of mostly weird noises and percussion. How surprising.
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ha! i immediately thought of that too :)
What I want to know is, what kind of vegetable instrument does the fat bassline come from that comes in at about 4:24 and continues to the end of the piece?
If they made a Roland TB-303 out of veggies, I absolutely need to know how it's done.