From the Utne Reader: Some lucky students at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, got to partake in the ritual April 30 in a “Burning Piano” concert attended—and ignited—by the composer herself. The student who instigated the project, Carleton senior Caitlin Schmid, confirmed our impression of the polarizing effects of torching a piano. (Via)
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12 Reader Comments
10:20 am
Caitlin Schmid? Sounds like a scam from the Schmidt’s music store family to get people to buy more pianos.
10:38 am
Bob, I expect a full report about particulate levels emitted from burning pianos, on my desk, at COB today.
10:53 am
Hope someone took advantage and did some grillin’
11:00 am
Heh. You’ll have to settle for this anecdotal information from the jazz musician who started this trend in Japan, baker.
“I did not think I was risking my life but I was almost suffocating from the smoke that was continuously getting into my eyes and nose,” Yamashita said.
5:35 pm
Those crazy Carleton kids. What *won’t* they burn? But seriously, this just encourages kids at the U of M to burn more shit. I disapprove of this project for that reason. For shame, Carleton! For shame!
6:14 pm
Possibly the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard.
6:15 pm
I hope they had a student named Nero fiddling while the piano burned.
6:47 pm
Isn’t this just a spin-off of the Burning Man Project?
The thing they do in the Nevada desert where they burn a big man statue and engage in some kind of wild Bacchanal?
7:54 pm
Kwatt, I find it difficult to believe this is the stupidest thing you’ve ever heard. For example, Kane Ashby being tricked into marriage twice is far stupider.
8:00 pm
I love that Cane is a bad guy! But you’re right, he’s lucky that the two marriages he was tricked into were exposed.
8:09 pm
Also I’m about a week behind so please no spoilers.
9:03 pm
I’ve been freelancing since Friday, so I have no spoilers.