Archive for the ‘Musical instruments’ Category

Giant panda, playing the flute!

Posted on September 14th, 2007 in Animals, Musical instruments | 2 Comments »

Yeah! Play “Comin’ Home Baby”! Jazz flute rocks! Wait a minute, I’m assuming that she’s playing jazz flute. Doesn’t every flute player know “Comin’ Home Baby”? I suppose she might be into something else. Not really cool of me to make such an assumption. In any case, consider it a respectful request, because jazz flute totally kicks everybody in the ass!

Giant flying V guitar!

Posted on September 12th, 2007 in Musical instruments | 1 Comment »

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This is so frickin’ sweet! Look at this badass! Look at that guitar! And just listen to him play it – proof positive that if the instrument is large enough, you don’t have to worry about tuning it. I think I would pay an exorbitant amount of money to see Foreigner’s “Hot Blooded” played on this. Got a fever of 103!

Giant guitar!

Posted on September 7th, 2007 in Musical instruments | 1 Comment »

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Three words, my friends: giant guitar solo!

Giant trumpet!

Posted on August 30th, 2007 in Musical instruments | 1 Comment »

This guy at work was talking the other day about his “butt trumpet.” I don’t know what in the hell that is, but I hope it isn’t this thing, because that would hurt! Also, this trumpet is notable not only because it is huge but because it is white. Most trumpets are not white but that shiny gold brass color. Except the cheap ones, which discolor easily.

Giant bear wearing a hat and playing guitar!

Posted on August 24th, 2007 in Animals, Musical instruments | 1 Comment »

If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand times: If they can teach dogs to play poker, why can’t they teach bears to entertain us? Well, for once science has listened to the people and somehow engineered a singing and guitar-playing bear. Nice fashion sense on this one, too.

I am curious about his tuning – looks like he’s got some some sort of open tuning going on, which makes it easier to form chords with large fingers. That comes in handy in his case, no doubt.

Giant slice of pizza playing Guitar Hero!

Posted on August 16th, 2007 in Food, Musical instruments | 1 Comment »

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Who says video games cripple the social skills of our youth? Who says that spending all your time learning to play a fake plastic guitar is a shallow waste of time? Not this giant slice of pizza, which has modded two Guitar Hero units into one, in order to do some wicked Steve Vai-type fretwork.

Oh, wait, but it’s Guitar Hero, so there are no frets. And no real music comes out of it. And it doesn’t work unless it’s plugged into a video game. But other than that, yeah, just like Steve Vai.

Giant chicken atop accordian player’s head!

Posted on August 15th, 2007 in Animals, Musical instruments, People | 1 Comment »

Hard to decide exactly what is the most disturbing aspect of this picture. I’m a little worried about this fella’s posture – as any accordianista can tell you, he’s got his straps a little bit high on the shoulders, which is going to result in some back pain if he’s not careful. I worry that he’s dressed a little bit too warm for what appears to be a sunny day – you need to make sensible choices with your apparel during warm days! You don’t want to risk dehydration or heat stroke.

Also, part of me is concerned about the unnaturally large chicken sitting on his head.