Wow that is a long time ago, and where humans were thinking about that!  Tom Cruise believes in aliens, he built an underground bunker to protect himself from E.T.


Tom Cruise may be a popular actor but he also has very unique beliefs!  Perhaps aliens are already here spying on us!  Did you know that humans are a minority  on the internet, being outnumbered by bots? Perhaps some are there collect info for their home world? LOL


Lol!!  I did not know that!  Starting to get me thinking now!  I do know I am one of the 7% that do try my best to read the full terms when buying something on the internet.  lol


I buy from a few online vendors who's terms I have read.  While I may find a cheaper price at an unknown ecommerce site, is it real and what are the terms.  Online, I do occasionally play chess with other players from around the world.  Did you know the president of the world chess federation believes that chess was invented by aliens?


No I did not!  Seems like a lot of people out there believe in alien life!  Well anyways, it was nice talking to you!  Have a great day!!


The internet may have a dark side, but I like the positive things it has done, like facilitating the sharing of knowledge.  I like using the online star charts to help understand the night sky from time to time.  I might do that tonight!  Take care...


Yea cats are awesome, in japan and taiwan they have cat cafes where you can have drinks and pet cats


That is pretty cool.  It is crazy to think that when a cat reaches 15 years old it has spent 10 years of its life sleeping.


Sound like the life to be able to be able to sleep 10 years out of 15 like cats too


They are pretty lucky that way.  There is a cat that is published, but only because a physicist listed him as the co author so he could write in first person.


Lol thats pretty cool but not as cool as Talkeetna Mayor Stubbs


Mayor Cat?  Hmm...  hed probably put nap time as mandatory.  I could get behind that.


He has been a mayor since 1997 so he has spent at least 10 years of his tenure sleeping


He probably has, that is crazy.  I wonder how that happened?


Maybe there is a large feral cat population up there


That is partly how the cat in the opening scene of the Godfather was a stray on the set.


Yea there are a lot of cats, the only pet with higher numbers are fish


Kinda crazy, to think that there are that many cats in the world.


Theres a lot of cats and they are successful in many environments despite of 80 percent of the earth's natural forest being destroyed


I know for the short time humans have been on earth we have certainly destroyed a lot of the earth.  There wont even be any helium left at the end of the 21st centruy


I wonder what is causing the earth to be helium-free by the end of the century, i guess there won't be many ballons left


True, we should probably conserve that now.


Maybe the UN should try to do something about, sounds more important than appointing an official ambassador to extraterrestirals


I wonder if that position will ever be used.  I would feel somewhat silly telling people that is my job.


An extraterrestrial ambassador sounds like a sweet job, or a good bar story


You could win tons of bets.  Tell people you have the most outlandish job. Wins everytime


lol i guess so. Well i got to go, nice talking with you


Hi, how are you? What do you think of this planet of ours?


Hello, Great! Its very interesting!! Its upsetting about our natural forests being destroyed!


Ithink that we will destroy them all within the next 100 years. We cannot slow down. We want more and more


Soon we will run out of helium. Earth will be virtually helium-free by the end of the 21st century. Where will it all go?


I know, where? Interesting when the earth was formed a day was only 5.5 hours long!


Now it's longer and getting even longer. Soon the workday will be 20 hours. I will retire then.


lol, good idea!! We have a time change on the 10th of March!


I totally forgot. I guess that I will lose an hour of sleep. Doh.


Yeah, spring forward.  Do you like superhero's like Wonder woman?


I like Wonder Woman. I did not see the recent film. I heard it was good.


I didn't either, Gal Gadot was unaware she was auditioning for wonder woman, she thought it was for cat woman!


That's great! She looks like Wonder Woman. She is in great shape and has the look.


I think so. She's perfect for the part! I do like cat woman though too!


She would do well in that too. When wonder woman first appeared as a member of the justice society in 1941, the group made her their secretary. That is pretty sexist! But typical for the day.


I was thinking the same thing! In 1953 Winston Churchill won a Nobel prize in literature.


I guess he was good at telling stories. I never knew that. He was quite a leader. I guess I should check out his works.


Yes, he was half American and half British!


Yes, I believe he got honorary citizenship or something. I dont remember. Anyway, great chat!


Yea, Patty Jenkins did a great job directing Wonder Woman


Yea, Gal Gadot was a perfect casting choice to play Wonder Woman


Yes she is perfect. during audition she was not aware that she is auditioning for Wonder woman


I never knew that. I also didn't know Wonder Woman's first film appearance was in the Lego Movie


Gal gadot has seved in israel defence force . I thought she was paegent queen


That is pretty cool. Did you know Wonder Woman was the justice Society's secretary in 1941?


no but it was the highest superhero origin movie. may be marvel movie may break this record soon


Probably. Do you read literature? It used to be an olympic event


Yes had read few .  but FDA has burned 6 tons of literature in act of censorship. I dont think that was a good act


That is very strange, not as strange as the heavy metal as a form of literature course taught at Texas A&M


not they are in electronic form and burning is not that easy poor FDA


That is odd, I wonder if it had to do with the recent development of Romantic Kissing in literature


do you know that Winston Churchill won a nobel prize for literature


No, I figured he would win for peace, not literature


some things are hard to believe . Earth;s day was 5.5 hrs long when formed


That's pretty crazy, plus earth's magnetic field reverses every 200,000-300,000 years


Gravitional interaction between Earth and Moon gradually slows its rotation


Crazy, did you know earth is 4x as dense as sun? well nice talking with you


. We even have a ambassador for extra terrestrials .Nice talking to you


Hi. I think it's so fascinating to learn facts about the earth. Earth will be virtually helium free by the end of the 21st-century. I wonder what is causing that?


Good question! Humans only represent 1 minute and 17 seconds if the entire earths history was viewed as 1 day!


Wow that is hard to believe. And back when the earth was first formed a day was only 5.5 hours long.


That is wild! Over 80% of Earths natural forests have been destroyed!


That is quite sad. Only 20% remaining, well I hope we can conserve that at least.


Hopefully! Do you think extraterrestrials will ever make contact with us?


I don't know that is a good question I think at some point but I don't know if it will be in my lifetime. There is definitely a lot of sightings in the literature but no specific evidence. The FDA once burned 6 tons of literature in an active US censorship.


That is absurd! I love how there is a literature contest that challenges people to come up with the worst opening sentence to a novel.


That is very funny I would love to read some of those sentences. One surprising thing is that romantic kissing is a fairly recent development and is rarely mentioned even an ancient Greek literature.


Very interesting. Love how Churchill won a nobel peace prize in literature and not peace.


Yeah that is very interesting and something I did not know. He was a very smart man. Pretty cool he was  able to accomplish that back in 1953.


Yes I have it I thought it was really cool. Gal Gadot did a great job. DC comics must've been very impressed.


Definitely! She actually served in the Israeli Defense Forces for 2 years.


Wow she is really an amazing woman. Explains why the fight scenes were so realistic. When wonder woman first appeared as a member of the Justice society in 1941 the group made her their secretary. Oh how times have changed.


I did not know it was the highest grossing superhero origin movie!


Yeah that is a huge accomplishment wow. It is also the highest grossing world war one movie.


Very impressive. I really did like that movie.


Yes it was a great one. 2017 was also a great year for movies and it was the first year since 1958 that the top three highest grossing domestic films were female lead.


Makes sense! Gal did not even know she was auditioning for wonder woman. She thought it was Catwoman!


Ha ha that is hilarious.Patty Jenkins was a great director of that movie. Well it was nice chatting with you have a good day.


What are your thought on Tina Turner? I think she is really talented


I remember her from childhood,  I definitely think she is super talented!  Such a unique voice.  Have you ever been to her concert? I hear Linkin park did 324 concerts in one year!


Thats a lot like 1 concert per day if you exclude holidays, seems like a big toll on the band


I know right!  crazy!  also the ramones played a total of 2,263 concerts!


A total of 2,263 concerts! wow, that must have taken them years,


Yeah its basically like they toured for over 20 years!


Oh that makes sense but still, 226 concerts per year is a lot, I wonder why they made it


Probably for the money lol that must be taxing on your body and mental health too,  thats like a non stop party for 20 years ugh.


Yeah, sounds demanding, so do you like the Walt Disney Company?


I love Disney as well, one of my favorite movies Big Hero 6,


Nice!  I have so many,  little mermaid, aladdin,  lion king, inside out,  wreck it ralph,  incredibles, frozen, moana.


Those are awesome movies as well, interesting fact about Big Hero 6, the movie was made with a super computer, 55000 cores


wow!  Thats amazing.  I like the city it is based in, san fransokyo lol


I like it too, a lot of creativity in the movie, another interesting fact is that minnie mouse is short for minerva mouse


I guess that makes sense!  Never thought it was short for anything lol


That was a new fact for me as well, do you remember Bill Nye the science guy?


Yes,  I do remember him,  they guy who looks like steve martin haha


Yeah the same one lol, well he was the science consultant in the movie Flubber


Thats awesome! The wall-e movie name is a tip of the hat to walt disney.


It is, I didnt like that movie much but the name is nice.


Have you ever seen the film Wonder Woman?


Yeah, it's an ok film, it's actually produced by DC Entertainment, I think I'm a fan of Marvel more though.


I think I like Marvel better too.  My favorite of all time is Deadpool though.


Oh, I love that character! But surprisingly even with how not good it was, Wonder Woman managed to be the highest grossing superhero movie!


Yes, and it's even considered a WWI movie, I wonder why though. Perhaps its because the actress, Gal Gadot, served two years as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces?


That is cool that she served.  She seems to be a good role model for young girls.


She really does. It's not a superhero thing, but Earth will be helium-free by the end of the 21st century, I wonder what kind of impact that would bring, do you know?


I am not sure, it is probably something I should know.  Humans have done a lot of damage to the planet.


Yeah I agree, especially when the FDA burns through six tons of literature in an act of US censorhip


That is so wasteful.  Did you know winston chruchills prize was in Literature, not peace?


Oh really? Did he publish something to warrant the prize?


There's an annual literature contest that challenges writers to come up with worst possible opening sentences to novels, I wonder why, any guesses?


I think there is a contest for that.  Man, that must be fun to judge.


Yeah seriously and very entertaining too! Romantic kissing was only a fairly recent development! How is that possible!


I dont know! I thought that was around for ages.


Seriously! Maybe that's why the FDA burned six tons of literature! But why does the FDA have jurisdiction over censorship of literature?


Thats a good question. I am against all censorship.


Me too, but maybe times have changed since then!


To be honest yes and I was born and raised in the country.


I am afraid of snakes too so no judging here, I think its a rational fear


Yes, I have a close friend raise snakes, he or she wouldn't never have to worry about me visiting, Hahaha.


Yeah I would stay as far as possible as well lol, a place to go if you hate snakes is New Zealand


Yes you are right, some snakes are poisonous and some are helpful, they eat other snakes and Insects.


There is a breed of flying snakes, that would be really scary like 5 times more scary than a regular snake


Yes you are right, I heard a friend of mine that worked with wildlife said that snakes are more afraid of human as well.


Are they? maybe there just pretending lol, so enough of snakes, do you like music? concerts?


yes hahaha, I like concerts give me Bruce Springsteen, Elton John and Phil Collins, first three.


I went to a Linking Park concert once, it was a long time ago, and also to a Ramones concert, but other than that no


I used to live in Las Vegas, that where I saw Elton John, can you imagine linkin park doing 324 concerts in 2001.


I cant, thats a lot of concerts, thats almost a concert a day if you dont count holidays,


Where do these performance get their energy from, I am tired after doing one song when I am in church.


Probably a lot of drugs, that can be really helpful or so Ive heard


Yes I agree with you, I am not familiar with the group "The ramones" is this an all male group or male and female?


It was a male band, they all had Ramon as one of their names, not sure if they were family or if it was because of their artistic names


Wow that's embarrassment in 2002 a creed concert was so bad four concert doers filed a lawsuit against the band.


I used to like that band a lot, too bad the concert was so bad they got sued, the band used to have a lot of talent and a couple of great songs


They must have party all that night before the concert, many of these band members have problems like everyone else, sometime we all have bad days.


I guess they all had a pretty bad day the night or evening of the concert, I still like their songs though.


Yes I know who she is. I heard she's coming out with a new book.


Yeah she is an amazing women in history. I loved the song what's love got to do with it.


That's a really good song as so is "Proud Mary."


Yeah i like that one too along with nutbush.


Did you ever read her first memoir "I, Tina?"


I have not but i did see that movie it was riveting.


I haven't seen it nor read the book. I need to check them out.


Do you feel like Ike was the worst thing that's happened to her?


Worst thing meaning her relationship with Ike?


Yeah. I will say this he is a part of who she became. Am i not giving him credit for anything, look at joe jackson.


After they got married in Tijuana Ike took her to a show without her consent.


Yeah I don't like him, i'm just impressed at how she became a butterfly.


She showed her courage and became an inspiration for many women.


Indeed! I'll have to read that book i'm sure it's good! Do you know Kim .K?


What do you think of her Hollywood career?


She's made a name for herself. Everyone knows who she is now.


Snakes are elongated, legless creatures. do you know there is a lizard with no legs? Wouldn't that just be a snake?


It seems like it would be called that. Someone told me there's several in my area, but I've never seen one.


I would not want to. I hear there are snakes that appear to fly. Is that true?


I should probably move to new Zealand, they don't have any snakes there.


That would be nice. Well I have to run. It was nice chatting with you. Have a good night!


I used to. I don't now. As of October 2018, Netflix has 137 million total subscribers worldwide, including 58.46 million in the United States. Amazing!


I know, a lot of people subscribe to the service, still Netflix has a huge deficit


I guess they have been spending tons of money. I know that Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth.


I wonder why? isnt there whole business model online?


I guess some parts of the country have little bandwidth. People need DVDs and such. Still, many online users. From 9pm to 12am, Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in north america.


So Netflix also has the DVD service, interesting, I guess every subscriber counts, still seems a bit excessive, 20 more times!!!! and wow 33% really?


It seems to work. Netflix is now worth $2 billion.


They have $21.9 billion in debt, not sure if its a giant anymore, theres also new streaming services out there that are a threat to Netflix


I expect them to have competitors. After racking up a $40 late fee on a vhs copy of Apollo 13, Reed Hastings was inspired to start netflix. Someone else will get inspired to take on Netflix.


Blockbuster gave Reed the knife then, they did charge excessive fees.


Probably a big part of their business model. Then they thought they could beat Netflix at the online game. Now they're gone! Bye bye, BB


I guess the lack of vision really affected the company in end, tech keeps on advancing and businesses have to adapt in order to survive, but anyways do you like the Star Wars franchise?


Yes, I do. It's interesting that James Earl Jones spent only 2.5 hours recording all of Darth Vader's lines and was paid $7,500


Seems like someone got screwed over lol, only $7500 wow, his voice was terrifying


In 2013, Star Wars was dubbed in Navajo, making it the first major film to be dubbed in a Native American language. I wonder if James Earl Jones was involved with this.


I dont think so at least not for the $7500 he got paid originally, do you have a favorite Star Wars movie?


The second one, Empire. That one is my favorite. Then the first one.


Mine was the Return of the Jedi, do you also like Transformers?


I don't know them very well. Anyway, thanks for the chat! Have a good night!


I do like Netflix but not as much as I use to. It doesn't seem like they have been adding new shows lately


I used to like it better also. I only use it because we get it for free with T Mobile.


No not really. I tried to watch a couple of the movies but I couldn't get into them like some people do.


Did you know Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth usage in North America from 9pm-12am?


I didn't know that but it doesn't surprise me. I guess its pretty popular around the world.


I guess so. Netflix and YouTube make up half the peak internet traffic in North America.


I watch more youtube than I do Netflix. Which do you prefer?


I prefer YouTube as well. Netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth


I think Neflix is over rated these days. It use to be pretty neat being able to stream movies. But then the cost went up and its not as awesome. Youtube is free and I can find lots more videos on random stuff.


I agree. Netflix is worth $2 billion though so they must be doing something right.


That is true. Do you like the movie Transformers?


I have never seen it, but I like Megan Fox. She's easy on the eyes. What about you?


I never watched it seemed to be pretty popular back in the day


I think it was popular. In the 2007 film, there are 1.53 explosions per minute.


Well it was distributed by Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks. I think DreamWorks is the company that made Shrek.


I think they are as well. I love DreamWorks films.


I think they are a very good company also. Their animation keeps me pretty entertained.


did you know between 9pm -12 am netflix accounts for a third of the bandwidth in north america


I can believe that. My son watches movies all the time along with TV shows and Netflick originals. He got me hooked on Stranger Things.


a guy racked up $40 in late fees on a vhs so he started netflix


I remember the days of rentals. What a pain that was. Now we sit at home and just stream everything. I still like to get Netflix dvds cause I don't understand how to stream. My son laughs at me.


well apparently netflix spends 20 times more on postage than bandwidth so maybe you aren't the only one!


Yes, there's a lot of us old fogeys around. I liked them better before they changed their homepage. I find it very hard to find films anymore.Amazing that they are almost totally world-wide.


I agree. I hate the new set up. I didnt realalize netflix started its own content in 2012. I thought it was much more recent than that


Well at first I'm sure everyone thought that their self production shows would be like Japanese sci-fi films, not worth watching. but some of their shows are very highly rated.


do you like star wars? james earl jones only spent 2.5 hours recording all of darth vaders lines and was paid $7500 i cant decide if that was a lot or a little in the 70s


It was low for voice actors then but he certainly made the character more evil than anyone else could have. That series has made so many people rich. Especially George Lucas.


in 2018 the total value for the star wars franchise was $65 BILLION. Thats insane


Yes and that launched the career of many people, the most notable being Han Solo. The acting in the first was atrocious but got better as more movies were made. All told a great movie.


I think its great that george lucas' wife marcia won an academy award for editing while george didn't win any for directing


He got his through notoriety. I think everyone knows his name. Some of the lingo has worked it's way into our language. Did you know that watching that movie was what made James Cameron go into directing?


I did not know that. In the original transformers movie there are 1.53 explosions per minute lol. Michael Bay must love to blow things up


I think so! Special effects have become a huge part of action movies now, along with CGI of course. I guess the dept. of Defense has big ideas about transformers.


well those CGI effects took 38 hours to render one frame of movement


I'm not a computer whiz but I have watched my son do his tricks as an IT expert and sometimes it takes him hours to resolve issues. I know that it would take me years to do one frame.


I think the same is true for monster inc it took like a huge amount of hours just to make sullys arm move. I dont think I'd have the patience


I hear that Bey's latest production "Bumblebee" is getting great reviews.


I cna't believe there are still movies considering optimus prime has died 25 times in the last 30 years


I haven't kept track but I'm going to remember that fact as a trivia question. I guess Bey actually appeared in one of the films by being a person who gets swatted away.


Hi I'm good, did you know that only one black man has ever won the us open tennis tournament?


Arthur Ash? I did not know that though. Thanks for sharing?


it might be, I'm not 100% sure, do you like tennis though? I do and I play actually


I like it and used to play. I do not play any more though. how often do you play?


I play in the summers we play a couple times a week, we play this game called pickleball a lot too its similar to tennis, did you hear that in 1969 they used helicopters to dry off the grass tennis courts, thats funny


I had no idea. I am in parks and recreation and pickleball is a huge sport for us. At least compared to some other sports.


ah nice have you ever played? its more action packed and easier than tennis I think


I have not but it does look fun. I am usually working when they are playing and would feel like too much of a slacker if I played instead of worked.


haha ya you have to work so thats fair, can you believe the longest tennis match ever lasted 11 hours spread over 3 days, I would be so tired


oh I'm not sure, I would hate to be the loser of that match though? It does seem like you know a lot about tennis players


I watch way too much sports. If it is a big moment in sports, I know about it. I wish I watched less tv though but I love sports so much.


ya I agree, do you know the origin of the polo shirt? like who invented it and such?


well it was created by a tennis player named Rene lacoste actually, and his nickname was the crocodile


I think I did know that, or at least now that you explain it to me it make sense. Lacoste is popluar attire for tennis.


ya you're right, do you know any soccer facts? thats one sport I never watch haha


European soccer is on before college football and the nfl so I watch it on saturday and sunday mornings. I also watch the MLS. I do not know a ton of trivia though. Do you?


well I do know the city that will host the 2022 world cup doesn't exist yet, they have to build the whole city


Qatar. Im going to quit while I am ahead. Nice chatting with you!


Hi there do you like association football?


Hi there I actually do. Do you know why it is called soccer in the US?


Yeah it is actually just a slang that stuck around


Yeah pretty interesting. Jon Steward used to be a soccer player too


Yeah he represented the US in the panamerican games in Brazil back in the day


Yeah pretty cool. It is a good sport to be in, they make more money than many other sports combined.


Yeah it seems that way. Did you hear that German player donated his earnings from the World Cup?


Yeah he helped 23 little children in Brazil, what a human being


Yeah very heartwarming. Did you know there is a variation of soccer with 3 teams


Wow that would be interesting to watch. Do they need three goals then?


I am curious too. Do you know where the World Cup will take place in 2022?


I know that it is going to be in Qatar but I do not think they have the city ready for it yet


Yeah that is strange indeed. The US men's team got third place once in 1930


Yeah but after that it was all down. But the women's team is doing pretty well


Yes they have never placed below 3rd. so good for them


Yeah they sure are good. THere are no economic gains though for the host countries


And yet they bid to have it there, Hmm does not make much sense. Do you like tennis ?


I do , as much as I like polo shirts and we have tennis to thank for that


Yes that is true, Rene Lacoste to be more exact. Glad the other adopted the style too


Yes very true. Do you know how long was the longest match?


yes it lasted 11 hours and they had to stretch it over 3 days


Hey! Did you watch FIFA World cup the last summer?


Hey yeah I caught some of it. I love it because it is an international competition!


I'm wondering about 2022 in Qatar. They even didn't build city for the final. It's small country actually.


Yeah they better get going. They promised air conditioned arenas that would reduce temps by 30 degrees celsius!


But I guess the decision to make it not in the summer 2022, but in low season like February or November. However, there is conflict with major championships. Anyway it would be fun. Do you watch tennis?


Yeah I definitely enjoy watching tennis. Back in 1978 they could use anything for a racket-that would make it more interesting!


Do you know that the longest match in history was 11 hours or about 3 days to play? It's incredible!!!


Wow they must have been exhausted. Whereas the longest point was a 643 point rally lasting 29 minutes!


I guess if in 2019 they make video how a helicopter is used to dry the glass tennis courts, it is going to be viral everywhere! haha


Oh that is so cool I wanna look that up! Ping pong is like tennis but it isn't the sports name. The sport is actually called table tennis.


Yes I do it's a fun sport. you? I think it's funny how some people consider grunting before a tennis shot to be cheating.


True. I used to play a lot in my school years, but just don't remember when I played the last time. I didn't kniw that Lacoste was invented for tennis players. I was always sure for polo players, but they just adopted it.


Yeah same. I never knew the tennis ball was covered with felt, I thought it was a different type of material.


I've read something about it. Anyway despite all, soccer makes much more money that football, basketball, baseball, golf, tennis and hockey combined. I'm not surprised.


Yeah it is such a global sport! On average soccer players run 7 miles per game. No wonder they are in such great shape.


Yes, it's quite average for 90 min game. I honestly say football, not soccer, because I more interested in this sport and all people in the world call it football. It was slang in US and this is why we call it this way.


Interesting. Yea I always wondered that. Oddly enough Greenland can't join Fifa because not enough grass grows there.


haha. It's nice. They are part of Denmark actually. Do they have enough men for 1 team? haha


Good question! What's even crazier is the superbowl is smaller than soccers (or football for you) 3rd biggest event.


Yes, I can believe in it. It was nice to chat with you. Have a great day!


You too! Have fun watching the next world cup in qatar!


Have you ever seen Keeping up with the Kardashians?


Yes, I know bits and pieces. I know Kim was born 10-21-80.


Yeah, it's basically just her and her family doing everyday life things. Did you know she named her baby Chicago?


I did know. It is a nod to Kanye's hometown and the city is special to K & K  so the name is perfect because baby Chicago was hard to conceive so she is extra special as well.


That's a pretty sweet meaning. Did you know Kim used to be Paris Hilton's personal assistant?


I did know. That is how she first gained media attention but after her 2003 sex tape was leaked in 2007 she really became popular.


I know one of my kids used to play the Kim Kardashian app on their phone. I think it came out in 2014.


Sorry about that, I accidentally pressed enter. I haven't used the app, but I have heard of it. She was also in a fall out boy music video. I wonder which song?


I did not know she was in a music video. I know after the 2007 sex tape leak she and her family began appearing on E! reality TV show Keeping up With the Kardashians.


Yeah, that's a really lucky break for releasing a sex tape. I'm pretty sure her mom released it on purpose.


Maybe. I know Kim is on the 2015 Time Magazine's list of 100 most influential people.


She definitely has a lot of influence. She recently met with trump to discuss prison reform.


I did not know that, but good for her. I know she also has a book about how she is a trailblazer of the selfie movement.


Yeah, she's definitely a busy and hardworking person. Speaking of celebrities, did you know Judge Judy makes $123,000 an episode?


Holy cow! That is a lot of money! I wonder where she rates on Hollywood's likability "q score"? I know Tom Hanks rates a 48, while Kim's is a -71, which is hilarious.


I've never heard of a q-score, but it sounds really interesting. I think most of the Kardashians are probably not good in relations to likability.


I would have to agree. I know critics and admirers have described her as exemplifying the notion of being famous for being famous.


Yeah, she doesn't have a lot of actual talents. Just being wealthy and now famous. They are always coming up with new ways to stay in the spotlight.


Yes, I agree. Although she is reported to be the highest-paid reality personality of 2015 with her total earnings exceeding $53 million.


Yeah, I guess I would do some silly stuff like that if I was making that much money off of it. It was nice chatting with you!


What's up? Are you into pop music? It originated during the mid-1950s


Until the 1960s rock and pop were considered the same


right ! and do you know that korea has its own k-pop band which is the most popular musical group in the country


yes thats right. and another cool fact is that the president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office ?


Lol that's nuts. I didn't know Ricky Gervais was a pop singer in the 80s, it's hard to imagine


i know ! i never would have thought that either!


Apparently scientist voted "We are the Champions" as the catchiest pop song, I wonder how they came up with that


im not sure , but they are probably right.


I guess they concluded that pop has grown louder and increasingly musically homogeneous since the mid-1960s


yes and in  2002 CREED ocncert was so bad that four concert goers filed a lawsuit against the band! wow !


I don't blame them, I don't much like Creed myself.


yes they are !, it was great talking to you about music, i loved it , thank you


No problem. Did you know the Ramones played 2,263 concerts? That's wild


Apparently they toured non-stop for 20 years


cool! and did you know that when eddie van halen recorded the guitar solo for Beat it  that he literally set the speakers on fire


Lol, no but that's awesome. Pink Floyd recorded a live concert with no audience


I don't think so, they did it in the ancient roman amphitheater in pompeii.


thats really interesting , thank you for the conversation. good bye


Hello, I am good. How are you?  Do you listen to jazz music?


I like all music. Did you know jazz originated in the African American communities of New Orleans in the late 19th and early 20 century.


i think I did know that.  Seems like I've seen a movie that referenced it.  Didn't they combine jazz with some brass band marches or something?


It has roots in blues and ragtime.  It is now recognized as a major form of musical expression.


I'm glad.  It's world wide now too.  Pakistan has a jazz orchestra!


Cool jazz actually originated in the 1940s. It introduced calmer smoother sounds and long linear melodic lines you hear in todays jazz.


i like that. There's a lot of good music from the 40s.


Were you aware that Clint Eastwood is a lifelong jazz enthusiast.


No I wasn't.  i guess going by the characters he plays in movies I just never made the connection.


Oh he is a big fan. He even scored several films including million dollar baby. That is a great movie.


I think he played a few different instruments. There is a woman in Harlem who has held free jazz concerts at her apartment every Sunday or over 20 years.


That's cool. I bet she's pretty good to last that long.


She occasionally has top performers stop by. I wonder if Clint has ever checked it out.


You never know.  He's a top performer if he can do a movie score.


I just figured it would be something that would interest him. Did you know jazz trumpeters grow out their goatees because it provides comfort while playing their instrument.


No lol! I just assumed it was for fashion.


So what do you think about Judge Judy making 123000 dollars per episode. I heard she retired not to long ago.


That surprises me. I mean, i'm shocked she made so much money and that she retired.


She was the highest paid celebrity behind Lebron James. I cant believe she made that much.


I can't either.  I knew her show was popular but not that popular!  Well, I've got to go for now.  It's been nice chatting with you!  Have a great day!


Hey did you know that Queen's guitarist has a PHD in astrophysics? thats crazy


Wow.  That's cool.  Much cooler than,  say, playing the accordion...


Do you play any instruments? I gave up videogames and started playing the piano a couple years ago, and I haven't looked back since haha


No, unless you count an mp3 player.  I do love music except of stuff like accordions.  I definitely wouldn't pay $25 a ticket for that kind of music.


No, and it's shocking that a creed concert was so bad that people filed a lawsuit against them, on the other hand I don't really like creed so I'm not that surprised haha


Wow, they must have been really buzzed.  I don't know if Creed is considered pop but I mostly like alternative and stuff off the beaten path.  You?


I really like classic rock and 80's, I can listen to almost anything except country, I do like pink floyd a lot and that's awesome they did a live concert to no audience haha


I do like 80s stuff like REM and the B52s... I even go back further once in a while and listed to Pink Floyd as recorded on a floating recording studio.


ha I would love to do that, I do like Queen, I didn't know their guitarist uses coins as guitar picks, did you see the new movie that came out about Queen?


Loved Freddie and his band... I haven't seen the movie yet but want to... Did ya know that scientists declared "We Are the Champions" the catchiest pop song of all time.  Scientists?


haha like how do you measure that? It is catchy but I would think it would be another song, ti's scary that lincoln park has done 324 concerts in 2001, that's almost 1 per day that sounds exhausting


Yep.  That's crazy.  They must like doing it cause that has to take its toll.  I guess performers like that go all the way back to ancient Greece and Rome.  We still use their acoustic designs for venues/amphitheaters.


Yes that is probably why Pink Floyd played the live concert in that Roman amphitheater, even though there was no one their the acoustics must have been amazing, it's shocking they didn't record a video at least


No kidding... I would like to see that.  Pink Floyd is very creative but on the dark side.  While I'm not big on pop at least it's mostly upbeat albeit mind numbing...


ya it is, pop music is good in small quantities for me, I like more complex stuff but pop music is good to pass the time and for parties


Yeah… I prefer guitars and amped up stuff to most R&B, rap and hip-hop.


I can't believe that the Ramones played a total of 2,263 concerts so far that is a massive number.


Yeah, makes ya wanna get sedated huh?  That's cool... Can't believe Eddie Van Halen set speakers on fire... Something tells me there's more to it that his playing like maybe he had it turned up to "11"


Ya see that is awesome, I can't believe teh president of indonesia has released 3 pop albums, I want to see trump release an album just to hear what that would sound like haha


Something tells me that Trump singing may be accompanied by an accordian.


haha ya I wonder what instrument he would play, did you know that Ricky Gervais was a pop singer in the 80's?


No, don't even know who he is? I thought it was weird that the CIA sponsored a music event (Coupe Mondiale).


Hey, how's it going? Are you a fan of Phil Collins at all?


Yea Phil Collins is a pretty good singer, I never knew he was in the beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night"


Yeah I liked Genesis in particular, back when he was paired up with Peter Gabriel. Though they've both had solid solo careers.


Yea, it's crazy Collins sold 100 million in Genesis and as a solo act


Do you have a favorite song from Phil Collins or Genesis?


I really like the 1984 hit "Against All Odds"


I'm a big fan of Invisible Touch. That was after Peter Gabriel left and it more just Phil Collins leading the way. Right before he went solo.


Yea, "In the Air Tonight is also a great song, it's cool that Collins 17 year son gets to play concerts with his dad


Are you more a fan of pop or rock music?


Probably Rock music but they were basically the same thing until the late 1960s


Did you know Rick Gervais was a pop singer in the 80's? I can't picture it lol


No, that's pretty funny. In Japan they have 100 % cgi pop stars


Pop music is huge in Asia. Especially k-pop. I think there's a boy band from Korea even going around in the US now


I wonder if their songs use the same 4 chords as most pop hits in the US


I bet it does. Do you remember that band Creed? Man they were awful.


Yea they were, they sounded much worse than the 4 chords always used in pop songs


Apparently once they were so bad that four of the people that attended a concert sued them for being bad.


Lol that's pretty funny. Did you know Deep Purple broke the record for the loudest concert?


Nope, that's pretty cool! Loved that song Smoke on the Water.


Yea it's a great song. It's weird Abba turned down 1 billion dollars to do a reunion tour


That is weird. It was nice chatting with you!


I am not a super Phil Collins fan-are you?


Hello there, I am not but he does have a few good songs.


He has done a lot of stuff. I am more of a Mick Jagger person. I think the era of mega stars like that is over. Too bad.


Yeah Mick was awesome, the Stones had so many great hits over the years.  I can't believe they still tour!  That is impressive!


He is my age and I can't even get out of bed in the morning. He's a marvel.


Lol, yeah and their shows are like 2 hrs i'm pretty sure, that is so nuts.  Do you attend many concerts these days?


Not now-too expensive. The first time I saw Led Zeppelin was at a place called The Boston Tea Party. They had just come to America and no one knew who they were. It was a small Club so I got to see them up close.


That is awesome, they were one of the best ever, very jealous of you.


I saw a lot of people there. Andy Warhol was a sponsor. I think I liked BB King the best. But I don't remember Phil Collins.


Wow, that sounds like an amazing time.  BB King would be awesome to see as well.  I have only been to smaller bands, I did see Radiohead play though, that was pretty cool, but to be honest I mainly went to see the opening band!


It was easy to see everyone in the Sixties. Tickets were cheap and a lot of people played on the Boston Common. Judy Colling and Joan Baez used to sit on the sidewalk in front of the Harvard Coop and play for free.


Wow, that is so awesome, most of the music I listen to comes from the 60's, I would have done anything to see Marc Bolan or Syd Barrett perform live.


I like Pink Floyd! I don't see that We are the Champions is the catchiest tune ever. That makes no sense.


Good call! Yeah I don't agree with that at all.  There are plenty more catchy tunes from the 50's and 60's I would say.


I would have liked to see Pink Floyd in a Roman Amphitheater. I bet the sound was really good.


Yeah that would have been cool, so many concerts over the years that would have been amazing to attend.


I used to like the music really loud but I saw Led Zeppelin (after they got to be famous) at the Boston Garden and it was too loud. Ever one lit little candles-you couldn't do that now. The Fire Marshall would have a heart attack. lol


Yeah imagine them trying to do things like that now, no way!  So, be glad you got to experience it like that I would say.


Everyone was friendly and there was no trouble. Can you imagine?


Yeah exactly, now days there are always people to ruin everything, and it can't just be fun and simple anymore.


You are right. Sad but true. Nice talking to you.


Yeah same here, hope you have a good day.


This is interesting..Even though spartacus had a cinematographer, stanley kubrick took the camera away from him and did it himself.


You have to do it yourself, he was very talented, I saw some of his films, but never Spartacus, is it good ?


It is! But this is interesting too..even though he did almost none of the work, when spartacus got the academy award for best cinematography, it went to the credited cinematographer, and not kubrick.


Probably, some kind of union thing, like he was not an official cinematographer.  I wonder if they gave him something for it.


Thats a good question! No woman has ever been nominated for the academy award for best cinematography.


I guess it is because there is not many female cinematographer because they would not hire them. Sexism still exist.


That is terrible. A woman has never even been nominated.


Yeah, do you see movies made by a woman ?


I haven't paid attention to that. I'll have to now. Cinematographer roger deakins has been nominated 13 times for the best cinematography oscar, and has never won.


He was good but not enough, did he do any comedies ? I like those kind of film.


I don't think he did. Do you like Bill murray? Bill murray thinks kung fu hustle is "the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy".


I like Bill Murray, Chinese comedies can be really funny. But I never saw kung fu hustle. Did you ?


no, not my type of movie! I do like Jack black though. The green lantern film was originally going to be a comedy starring jack black


That would have changed the tone of the movie, he is very slapstick.


Some of his stuff is good, Some bad. Did you watch 3rd rock from the sun?


I did when I was young, it was good but not memorable, not like Seinfeld.


3rd rock from the sun won the golden globe for best comedy series in 1997, beating seinfeld, friends, and frasier.


That is surprising and not surprising at the same time, we don't know what will stand the test of time, disco was not forever.


True! Wow! Comedy central has cancelled over 100 shows since its creation in 1989


You have to try new thing and not be afraid to admit your mistakes. Comedy central would have been bankrupt if they continued to produce those 100 unfunny shows.


True, I learned this the other day..The creator of the python programming language named it partly to honor british comedy group monty python


Do you like Monty Python ? I like absurd comedy, so I like them.


Not really, I never really understood it.


Don't worry I don't think I would find funny an ancient greek comedy. Everyone has his own tastes.


Very true. Do you know anything about plantes?


I don't know I know we live on Earth. have a good day.


Yes. I love Jazz music but I also have a love for Kanye West songs.


Jazz is amazing. I love how it maintained its core essence, yet amalgamated with local musical culture to generate countless distinct styles


Yes. I listen to it every night when I eat dinner. I have really gotten into Modal jazz. Most people like Jazz-rock, but I'm more of a 1950's guy.


I think all you mentioned are great, but personally I enjoy how cool jazz has developed


Are there any particular cool jazz groups you like?


Not in particular, but I do enjoy the calmer smoother sounds and linear melodic lines. Looking at jazz overall, my favorite probably would be frank sinatra


Kanye West often compares himself as the modern day Frank Sinatra.


I will admit both made their mark on music, but I like Sinatra more


Do you see yourself jealous of Kanye's success? I sometimes do. He has Kim Kardashian, hot and a money maker.


Well I won't deny I would desire money and success, however, their lives of living under the microscope and being stalked by paparazzi sounds too stressful


Even if you get all the tea's in the world? I guess it's bad for their children who have to be subjected to the awful names and filmed. I can't believe they named their child Chicago.


I don't think that is too bad. I know a family whose last name is trout so the father named his sons red and brown


Were their English limited or do they have some psychological problems...? Do they not understand the damage they can cause the children? These odd baby names, although originated from somewhere is really bad for the kids.


They said that it was terrible when young, but very helpful when they became adults since everyone remembered them positively. I think it's better than hashtag


I guess so. The kid can build character based on these names/nick names.


There are also a lot of people trying to name their children after celebrities or characters in films like rocky


I wish i had Celebrity income. Judge judy makes $123,000 per episode.


True. I mean Kim Kardashian had earnings of 53 million to date


I would also get special access, did you know pixar studio has a secret room visited often by celebrities?


That's cool I wonder what is inside. In any case, thank you for the amazing chat.


I do, I like Queen myself. Did you know that it's been scientifically proven that "We Are The Champions" is the catchiest pop song of all time?


I did not but I love Queen. Are you familiar with K-pop?


Me too. There are several songs that stick in my head It's catchy. There is a K-pop band called Moranbong Band that is the most popular music group in the country. I am not familiar with their music.


I've never heard of them before. I heard that rejection letters from Sub Pop Records to aspiring artists start with "Dear loser." That's kind of disheartening.


Wow! I new they were an edgy company but that's harsh. Did you know that Ricky Gervais was a pop singer in the 80's? I cannot picture that.


I've heard that and I can't believe it. I'm glad he stuck with comedy instead of that.


I do, I'm actually attending one next weekend. I wish I could have been at the Foo Fighters concert that was so loud it showed up on New Zealand's seismic monitors!


I didn't know that happened. I do love the Foo Fighters though. Did you know that in 2001 Linkin Park played 324 concerts because their album was so successful?


Oh wow, that's alot of concerts. That album is one of my favorites. Have you heard about Deep Purple breaking the record for the loudest concert in 1972? Three audience members were rendered unconscious!


I did not. That seems excessive to me. I'm surprised Deep Purple would be the ones to play a concert that loud. Did you know that The Ramones played 2,263 concerts over the span of their career?


That's a lot of concerts! Wow. Did you know that Abba turned down $1 BILLION to do a 100 concert reunion tour?


I did not. Wow! They must still have a lot of money saved to be able to turn that down. I don't like to laugh at the misfortune of others but I find it amusing that concert attendees filed a lawsuit against Creed because their concert was so bad.


That is pretty funny. It must have been towards then end of Creed.


I would assume so. I also recently learned that Pink Floyd held a concert in 1972 with no audience. I wonder why they did that?


Oh wow, that's kind of odd. I heard that in 2010 Lou Reed and his wife held a high frequency concert for dogs. I'm sure they enjoyed it.


Lou Reed is a weird guy so I'm not that surprised. There is an ancient Roman amphitheater in Croatia that is used as a concert venue. I bet that would be amazing.


That would be an amazing experience seeing a band playing there.


It would leave you with a story to tell for sure. I would take so many pictures.


I do like pop music, I also like accordions though, did you hear about the big accordion Festival that is happening in Virginia?


I didn't.  Could you tell me more about it?


Yes it takes place in Falls Church, Virginia and there are going to be about a hundred and fifty people celebrating with accordions there


That would be interesting to see.  Did it have anything to do with the 80th anniversary of the American Accordionists Association?


Yes I think so. And that one of the people among them is Lou Coppola, he's been doing this and playing the accordion for about 28 years now


He's originally from Bridgeport, Connecticut, speaking of music though what kind of pop music do you like


I like all kinds.  I grew up in the 80's so that pop music era is my favorite.  I was surprised to find out that the actor Ricky Gervais was a pop singer in the 80s/


Yeah that is shocking! It's also shocking that scientists determined the queen song, We Are the Champions, to be the catchiest song of all time LOL


lol That is funny.  I remember hearing that song so much at sports games while I was growing up.  The president of Indonesia has released 3 pop albums while in office. I wonder if they were any good? lol


Wonder if one of those is the catchiest song of all time LOL I would guess not, did you know that North Korea has a K-pop girl band? And it is the most popular group in the country?


LOL You're probably right! hahaha  Do you like going to concerts?


Yes I do like concerts. One of my favorite concerts I wish I could have gone to was Pink Floyd, what about you


I love going to concerts.  Used to go to tons of them back in the day when they were more affordable and played in areas that were easy for me to go to.  Pink Floyd recorded a live concert at an ancient Roman amphitheater in Pompeii with no audience. lol Wonder why they did that?


Yeah I hope they recorded that it's probably an amazing concert haha. What do you think about Creed though? They were sued because their concerts were so bad back in 2002


That must have been a really really bad show! lol  The Ramones played a lot of shows over a 20 year span...a total of 2,263 shows!


It is a lot of shows!  I do think that Lincoln Park is more impressive though, they did 324 concerts in only one year


Wow.  That is alot.  In Croatia, there is an ancient Roman amphitheatre that is still used for concerts.  That would be cool to see a show in a setting like that.


I agree with you! I want to see some guitar playing in that Amphitheatre haha, Have you ever learn to play the guitar


I used to play but wan't good.  lol  Brian May from Queen uses coins as guitar picks!  That's unique.


That is really cool. Also cool is that Van Halen actually set a speaker on fire when he was playing a guitar solo LOL that's so metal


Do you tend to follow elections in the country?


Yes I plan to, it heard to decide who to vote for, I almost gave up on voting at one point.


I know how that feels; sometimes it seems like there's no good option. I can see why voter turnout has been under 70% in the past hundred years.


Yes that's true, are you plan to vote in next election?


I try to vote every time. I missed the first election when I was eligible, but the last presidential election was very interesting, so I try to research and vote every time now.


Not being personal but do you that your entire voting was negative and no positive with the president?


I definitely felt like I was voting against someone more than I was voting for someone. Was that how you felt too?


Well, I felt a little like that, My main concern is that I knew this country is going down hill with killing, drugs, rich, poor, I just wanted a change.


That's how I felt too. I think the influence of the media was a major factor. According to actual rates, it's safer than it ever was in the past, but we're able to hear about so much more.


Yes, you are right and nothing to very little is been done about it. We really need a strong and respectful leader.


Most of all we need a leader that can unify us. Elections seem so polarized lately that it will be hard to find one, though. Nobody wins if they campaign as a compromiser.


That's true, but it doesn't matter what kind of president we get, he or she will not satisfy everyone, so that's why I always say do what best for our country, this is just my opinion.


I agree with you completely, and I appreciate the way you say it in a respectful and nonpartisan manner. The best for the country is something that everyone should strive for.


That's true such as jobs, health Insurance and so many other things.  I thinks a leader like that will be hard to find.


The difficult part is that everyone has their own idea of what's best for the country, and sometimes the politicians they agree with don't fulfill their promises.


You are right, since I was voting, Presidents speak of good things that people want to hear and after 8 years nothing change and this was going on for years.


I think it would help to get some new faces in politics and reform some of the systems that may have worked decades ago, but aren't as functional in modern times.


Did you know since 1900, the tallest candidate has won us presidential election 75% of the time?


In that case, maybe the next candidates should invest in some stilts.


Hahaha, you are right, voters turnout for president election hasn't breached 62.8% in the last 100 years.


Hopefully elections will take a turn to inspire people to vote more. It was good talking to you and finding a like mind about things!


Have you ever heard of the civil rights lawyer Michael Trister?


That is my understanding, I believe he was forced from professorship in the late sixties, probably because he was black.


oh ok, how about john macain, he was a jeopardy contestant in 1965


He was, I wonder how he did?  With the length of that show, and it's weekly showing there must be lots of now famous people that have been on it.


probably, he also made a cameo in the movie wedding crashers


Interesting that if you are born around the Panama canal you can be American, do we lease or own the land for the canal.  I know we pretty much built it.


not sure, mccains mom is still alive and took race car driving classes in her late 90's!


They sound like an adventurous family, he must have got his courage from his mom.


yeah! speaking of politics, voter turnout for presidential elections has not breached 62% in the last 100 years


That's kind of sad, people can't complain if they don't vote,  In some countries, Australia for instance, you get fined for not voting.


interesting, neveda is the only state that has "none of these candidates" voting option for pres elections


Do they keep a tally of how many times people check that.  I wonder what they'd do if that got the most checks.


i wonder, and what if all the states had that option?


The lawyers would have a field day, remember all that fuss in 2000 with the hanging chads.  If every State had none of the above win it would be chaos.


definitely, funny fact, the taller presidential candidate has one 75% of the time since 1900


I'm six four, maybe I missed my calling, I could have been president.  My height comes in useful at concerts, people are always complaining about me when I stand in front of them.


funny, and who would think of keeping that data


There's always someone keeping track of data, just ask Facebook.  Maybe one day out elections will be done over Facebook, it sounds like it has a higher participation rate than Presidential elections.


Have a good evening.  Have a good day.  Have a good morning.  Or as they do in Nevada, none of the above.  Bye


did you know that john mccain was once on jeopardy 1965


No I didn't know about that. Have you ever heard of Michael Trister by the way? He was a civil rights lawyer and died recently


yes, pancreatic cancer. he did a lot of work with desegregation.


Yes he sounds like a great guy, also he lived until he was 77, which is a good life I think


i loved that he was a lawyer for planned parenthood and unions too.


He also helped a lot of people, for instance he created guidelines about lobbying and what each other's about election Law and Order to do the best job for advocating for the different causes


yep. and he did so much worked with Mississippi Center for Justice. they do so much work opposing racial and economic injustices.


Back to John McCain no, did you know that he voted against a Federal holiday for Martin Luther King


I did. he had some problematic votes and opinions while he was serving as a senator.  i think he is also one of the few senators to cameo in a movie.


Yes you're right he made a cameo in that movie"Wedding Crashers" I always thought that movie was pretty funny


i wonder how many people voted the "none of these candidates" option when he ran on the nevada ticket.


Yeah I wondered about that too. I probably would not use it myself because I would just vote for someone that I liked. Did you know with John McCain that you was actually born in the Panama Canal Zone


Yes I think he was. He also had a media reputation for being called a"Maverick"


i recall that was a big part of the 2008 elections where obama prevailed.


Yep I think you're right. He was actually a former military officer and served as a US senator from 1987 until he died in 2018


in the current turmoil it stung to lose an unlikely semi ally. in ancient athens there werent elections cause they thought it would lead to oligarchy. they did it by a lottery system. imagine that


Yeah I don't know about using a lottery system that sounds very dumb to me, but it is interesting that 75% of the time the taller candidate will win the presidential election


thats an observation for sure. i wonder how that would change with voter reform and fairer votes in the electoral college.


Yes I'm not sure, but it is an interesting statistic, what are your thoughts on the fact that in 2012 us International election observers were banned from viewing the polls in 9 US states


Yes I wonder why that happened, it also makes me sad that our elections max out at 63% turnout that seems low


I love the piano!  I am not able to play well though.


I took lesson but dropped out. Its been around since 1700


There are pianos everywhere.  There was even one on the Hindenburg.


Wow, thats nuts.  Did you know there are aluminum pianos?


I heard they weigh 356 pounds.  Seems like a lot but pretty light for a piano.


I wonder if those are also at the top of mountains, like the one in Britain?


I heard about that in 2006 when climbers found it


I wonder how it got there.  I mean it is not like they are small...


Definitely not carrying that up in my pack, even if my girlfriend insists on taking it with us.


Amazing sound though from strings being struck by hammers.


Yeah, tons of intricate parts.  Did you hear that Freddie Mercury and Paul McCartney both recorded some of their famous music on the same piano?


Yes, hey jude was performed and recorded with that piano


Such talented musicians, the both of them.  I would have loved to see Freddie in concert!


Yes nothing like live music in front of an audience.


Not like the one concert Pink Floyd recorded Live, no audience!


Yes, that is right!  Great chat, have a good night.


Hi, are you interested in Google, Amazon, or Artificial Intelligence?


All three of those actually. They are two of the biggest innovators we have and one of the most interesting scientific fields.


Yes, I agree. I really enjoy AI although all three of these topics are probably so interrelated that we don't realize it. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is sometimes called machine intelligence (which is actually demonstrated by the machines) in contrast to human intelligence.


Yes it is amazing what we can hopefully apply AI to in the future. It can really help out with some difficult tasks.


I took Computer Science in college and it is defined as the study of 'intelligent agents' or any device that perceives the environment and takes actions that maximize its chance of successfully achieving its goals.


I only took a basic Computer Science course, we never delved into Artificial Intelligence. I don't know too much about it besides some basic reading.


I learned some stuff in Master's level courses and colloquially, the term 'artificial intelligence' is applied when a machine mimics 'cognitive functions' that humans associate with other human minds such as 'learning' and 'problem solving'.


What do you think the biggest priority should be in the application of Artificial Intelligence?


Actually, the scope of AI is disputed as machines become increasingly capable, tasks considered as requiring 'intelligence' are often removed from the definition, a phenomenon known as the AI effect, leading to the quip in Teslar's Theorem, 'AI is whatever hasn't been done yet.'


I know some people are afraid of AI and think machines will become too self aware. I don't think we will ever run into that problem, science fiction has made people too paranoid.


I totally agree with that since machines are run on computer programs that humans wrote.  Modern machine capabilities generally classified as AI include successfully understanding human speech and competing at the highest level in strategic game systems such as chess and Go.


I know I have lost my fair share of chess games to a computer, I even saw a computer compete at very high levels at Jeopardy. It only slipped up when questions were worded somewhat ambiguously.


Yes, computers could NEVER actually think like humans can although they can autonomously operate cars, provide intelligent routing in content delivery networks and military simulations.


Yes they can really help us out when the task is something that lends itself to automation but not when there are moral or ethical complications.


Very true. Did you know that Stanford's free AI class uses Google plus Hangouts to help them teach more effectively?


I did not know that, I have used Google Hangouts for interviews and meetings. We even used it once for a fantasy football draft that a lot of people couldn't attend in person.


Awesome use of it. Did you know that there is a non-profit organization for the advancement of Artificial Intelligence?


That's great, it's an area that we should definitely fund as there are a lot of great applications of the technology. Just the medical field alone could immensely benefit from it.


I agree, even Facebook is developing an AI designed to understand user emotions, identify objects in photos, and predict user actions.


Facebook may be the one company I don't trust with AI after all their recent data scandals. It was very interesting to chat AI with you and I definitely learned a few new things.


Its crazy how Google and Amazon have grown


It's hard to even believe Google has been around for over twenty years.


I know right, seems like its been around forever


And Amazon has been around even longer, since 1994.


Its a long time, Amazon started as an online bookstore right?


Yes, but now it's largest Internet retailer in the world!


It is, it sells everything from books to groceries to pet supplies you name it, I love the company


It also sells low-end and affordable products under its own brand called AmazonBasics.


Have you tried the Amazon Basics products?


Sure. I used Amazon for practically everything, but I also used Google. I guess I'm not alone because when Google went down for about five minutes in 2013, 40% of the web traffic went down with it.


I love Google as well, you know it was founded by two PHD students in Standford University


Yeah, and together they own 14 percent of the company, and control about 56% of the stockholder voting power.


I thought they owned a bigger percentage of the company, I heard the company wants to reoganize some of its interests in a company called Alphabet Inc


Yes, they actually announced that several years ago. Most recently, Larry Page was removed as the CEO of Google and is now the CEO of Alphabet.


A guess that makes sense, Google is a big company and it must have more than one CEO for different divisions, have you ever used the Maps app?


Yeah, it's interesting how they determine the borders of countries with disputed borders.


I agree, interesting and they also calculate traffic using android devices that are in movement on the road, thats just genius and bit invasive


Definitely, though everything is invasive these days, so what are you going to do? Did you know it takes more computing power for a Google search than it did for Neil Armstrong to go to the moon? That's insane!


Yeah if you have nothing to hide then theres nothing to worry about right? and no I didnt know that, thats an amazing fact


They care a little about the environment, I imagine, too. Once, they hired hundreds of goats to mow the laws at Googeplex instead of people.


Thats an efficient way to get things done lol


Yeah, they're located in California, unsurprisingly since its founders went to school there.


Hi are you a big fan of google?  They have really became one powerful company.


I use Google every day.  It is hard not to.  When Google is down, almost all web traffic is down also.


Yes!  I can't believe they have been around over 20 years already since be founded in 1998.


An innovative company, they are.  They once used live goats instead of people to mow their lawns!


That is kind of neat.  I'm surprised I haven't seen that happen before.  When there is a disputed border, google maps will tailor their maps to the claims of each country where the interenet browser is located.  Weird and kind of odd fact.


Technology is progressing so rapidly.  I think it is an interesting that what we refer to as AI constantly changes.  What was considered AI before is normal now.


AI has really come on strong in the last 2 years.  AI crushed all human records in the puzzle game "2048".


I think it is an important idea to focus on the human aspect as we become more technologically advanced.  That's the focus people in Silicon Valley are taking.


I agree.  Facebook is developing an AI desinged to understand user emotions, identify objects in photos, and predict users actions.


I admire John Doerr for writing a book about how to make people work together more productively.


I'm going to have to look that book up.  I'm not familiar with him or the book.  Speaking of books, I didn't know Kristen Stewart co-authored a paper about AI.


Yeah, you should read the book.  Learning how to make teams work together more productively is useful because companies perform better when their teams are more motivated I guess.


I'm going to look it up when we're done here.  Are you a big Amazon user?  I am.


Yes, I use Amazon all the time.  I suppose it's hard not to use Amazon either.  They are the largest internet retailer in the world.


I agree.  I didn't know that they also owned IMDB since 1998.  Probably so they could direct people to buy the movies over at Amazon. lol


Yeah, it seems like they are grabbing the market anywhere they can, from books, entertainment, and much more.


They even have their own in-house brand called AmazonBasics, which sells low-end products.


They even control more than it seems because they are a cloud provider.  It's almost like they are becoming the internet.


It's kind of sad that all these brick and mortar stores are closing because of all this technology.  Amazon has a contract with the US postal service to deliver packages on Sundays now too.  Pretty soon groceries will be coming to your doorstep too.


I think we should maintain a keen perspective on all the technologies that we are creating.  Risks and dangers should be constantly assessed.


I agree.  I'm surprised at how many people are using the grocery shoppers now.  I was in Walmart the other day and I was amazed at how many workers were picking items for customers.  We know someone who does it and the Walmart they work at there is enough demand for 4 full time employees to do nothing but shop all day.  That to me is just craziness.  I have to get running.  I had a good time chatting with you.


Yeah I had a good time too.  Have a good day.  Bye!


Hi there, did you hear that Amazon pulled out of its decision to build its second headquarters in NY today?


I didn't hear that.  They have so many locations, and such a wide reach.  Jeff Bezos certainly has vision


Yes, it's crazy that they started out as an online bookstore and now it's so big it's the largest internet retailer in the world


I guess it makes sense that once they had that property, they'd move into streaming video and producing their own content with Amazon Studios


They certianly have capitalized off their success, even getting USPS to deliver packages on sunday


Yes, and their own workers move a lot of packages, too. A warehouse workers walks between 7 and 15 miles over the course of a daily shift.


That seems like a lot, I wonder how soon before they start replacing them with AI?


It's only a matter of developing the technology to a point where the automation is cheaper. There is actually a non-profit organization for the advancement on AI, I wonder what kind of people contribute to that!


Facebook is even in on the development of AI, trying to understand human emotion, and predict user actions.  It is almost there with the fact when you search for something you start to see ads for it on Facebook.  Re-targeting as become amazing that way


Yes, we're at the point where tasks like OCR are often excluded from AI because they've become such a routine technology.


I personally am excited to see further development in the self driving car type of technology.


I love driving, so I'm not personally excited to use that, but I think it's better than dealing with all of the distracted drivers on the road because they're looking at their phones. Google actually calculates traffic using the movement of Android devices on the road!


I didn't know that.  Thats pretty cool, I was wondering how they got that info, I knew it couldn't be just people logged on to maps.


Yes, I guess you have to watch what you agree to! I bet the some agreements are even drafted by AI


Probably, those things I never read and now I owe them not only my soul, but all the winnings if I were to ever hit the lotto.  lol.  Ive heard Kristen Stewart co-authored a paper on AI


That seems a bit ironic haha. Maybe she took Stanford's free class on AI that uses Google Plus Hangouts and shared her lovely personality.


Yes, it's a good thing Facebook has so many users and photos with which to train its AI to understand emotion and recognize objects


It always gets me when I post photos that automatically tag me or my friends.


I guess the cost of a "free" product is privacy! Maybe part of the next frontier with AI is using it to create believable fake identities to trick other AI algorithms with lol


That would be crazy.  Its been great chatting!


I do, I listen to classical music when Im working what about you?


I enjoy listening to classical music in a serene space, but did you know classical music concerts originally had loud wild audiences?


I didnt thats a cool fact, another cool fact is that a computer composed a classical music master piece back in 2011


I wonder if it was any good? In any case, classical music isn't just music. Cities are using it to successfully deter crime in public space with remarkable results


They are? that application is suprising and new to me have you attended any good concerts lately?


I recently attended Joe Hisaishi's concert. He has amazing melodies and it would be perfect music to listen to in a beautifully scenic place in nature


I haven heard of that artist I might look him up in Youtube later today, there is a roman amphitheatre in Cratia that its still used for concerts, it would be amazing to attend a concert there


did you know creed concerts entered into 4 lawsuits, I think I would be fine


Thats too bad Creed used to be a great band, do you like Linking Park?


They are pretty good and they even had 300+ concerts in 2001 alone due to their sucess


Thats a lot of concerts for a year, I loved their first album it was a success indeed.


Speaking of concerts have you ever listened to the ramones? They played a total of 2000 concerts and toured for nearly 20 years


I have too bad I didnt make it to any of their concerts, they are a really talented group.


I agree. Personally I am a fan of the piano for most songs


Piano is a great instrument I really like it, it has such a relaxing tone, in the 30s the BBC network decided to broadcast piano music instead of the news


Did you know a group of climber reach britain's highest mountain peak and found a piano. Someone must really like the piano


I agree I would be too busy getting freezed to play the piano, that must require a lot of hard physical work though.


I sure respect Bartolomeo for inventing such a beautiful instrument so far back in the 1700s.


Wow that was 300 years ago! the piano is an old instrument, there is also an aluminum grand piano


I didn't know that. In any case thank you for the chat. I am going to look up what the aluminum grand piano looks like after this chat.


Have you ever visited Silicon Valley? I know that it's in California


I haven't. I am sure it is something to be seen.


You been to Google's headquarters? It is in Silicon Valley, they are the largest search engine in the world


No, but we have a big distribution center in my city and I have been there. Can you believe Jeff Bezos built a clock into a mountain that should run for 10,000 years?


No that's a really crazy thing to build. What do you think about the fact that the first customer to buy something on Amazon got a building named after him


I wish I was that person! When I was at Amazon I walked miles. Did you know that the workers walk between 7-15 miles each day. I believe it!


Wow that is crazy that's a lot of calories to burn in a day! I'm just glad that Amazon has an exclusive contract with USPS to deliver on Sundays, that makes me happy


Me too! I see them out delivering all the time!


Yeah I've seen them too, do you ever use the site IMDb by the way?


Yes. When I want to find out more about a person who is in the entertainment industry.


Yep I use that site almost everyday, it's crazy that Amazon owns them, they own almost everything LOL


Yes they do. Do you think it is crazy that instead of hiring a lawn crew that google had goats mow the lawns.]


I do think that's crazy. But I guess it is environmentally friendly. corraling hundreds of live goats to mow a law is a crazy thing to try to do


But effective! Did you know that google maps calculates traffic on how fast android devices are moving on the road. WHat about Apple people?


That is really interesting. I love how these companies can use AI now, do you know who Kristen Stewart is by the way?


She's the actress from the Twilight movies. Apparently she even wrote a paper about artificial intelligence which I did not think she would be interested in


I agree! I know who you are talking about now. That is kind of crazy! I heard that there is a non-profit org for the advancement of artificial intelligence.


Yeah I think you're right. It's all so crazy that Facebook is creating its own artificial intelligence to identify objects in photos


They are on the cutting edge. That is really cool.


Yes I agree, they also want to be able to predict their users actions which is scary to me


Yeah I like movies. Im particularly fond of Stehpen speilberg films.


Do you have a favorite?  We just watched Empire of the Sun, it had a very young Christian Bale in it!


I like the jurassic park movies a lot. Me and my son like watching stff like that he loves dinosars.


My son too, he keeps telling me when the new Jurassic movies are coming out, 2020 apparently.


Thats awesome. I hadnt heard abot a new one. Fnny thing about Speilberg. When he rode the jurassic park ride he asked to be let off before the 84 foot drop. I can nderstand what he is going through there thogh. Im not a big rollercoaster fan.


Same here.  My son loves Cedar Point in Ohio, we take him and he goes on all the big rides while I sit and watch.  I guess everyone seeks their own entertainment.


Yeah I went on a roller coaster when i was little that did a flip. Then it went backwards and did the flip again. I have hated them ever sense.


I think I'll stick to the movies.  Have you ever seen the movie Moon?  It's about ten years old now, it was made by David Bowie's son Duncan Jones.


It's interesting in a small movie way.  Clever story with a nice twist at the end.


Ill have to check it out. One of the earliest movies I an remember seeing is ET. My mom liked it when I was a kid.


I remember that one when I was at school, I had to wait until it was on VHS.  I also recall be scared by Close Encounters, it took me nearly ten years to watch it.


I wasnt one for scary movies either. My sister loved them even when she was a little kid. Did yo ever see Schindlers list.We watched that one in school.


Yes, I remember going with my dad.  It almost felt like we had to go.  It's amazing how a movie maker can go from big popcorn movies like E.T. to a serious movie such as Schindler's List.


Yeah that movie was deep. I took an elective class in high school on the holocaust and we watched it. That was a screwed up time in history. Man the way they lined p the Jews and shot them in rows to save bullets. That always sticks out to me as a prime example of how sick and screwed up the Germans were at that time. Not worried about the lives they took at all just how many bullets they used doing it.


I know, it affected me a lot at the time.  I'd also recently been to Germany and seen one of those concentration camps.  I don't know how people can become like that.


I also remember the goonies. That ones a classic in my book. Speilberg flew the entire cast to Hawaii after they were done shootiIng Man they have made some money off that movie.


We just showed that one to the kids.  We had forgotten about all the swearing in it.  It's funny how memory works.


Yeah it is. Well its been good talking to ya this morning. I got to be gettin ready for work. I dont want to though. Its cold out there.


What forms of entertainment do you enjoy?


I like movies.  I really like Steven Spielberg movies like E.T. and Indiana Jones.  What do you like?


I like most types of entertainment designed to give pleasure and delight such as storytelling, music, drama, and etc. However, I too like Steven Spielberg's movies.


Entertainment definitely takes all forms.  Back in 50bc people in Britain bred chickens for entertainment.


I wonder if that has anything to do with the mass produced meaty chickens of today? Personally I spent a lot of time with the Nintendo entertainment systems.


I like Nintendo too.  I don't care that the NES could only display 54 colors. It's enough.


Too bad it was finally discontinued in 2003, but it has had a long run. Aside from the NES, I also watched Bill nye the science guy when I was younger too


I watch him now with the Planetary Society.  Did you know he won a Steve Martin lookalike contest?


I would have never know. I also enjoyed many steven spielberg movies like ET, which you previously mentioned.


Yeah, Spielberg is an excellent director.  This is a little known fact but he also directed some shows on tv.


Did you know he still makes millions for a star wars on a bet with george lucas in 1977


I didn't know that but I have to admit that it says a lot about George Lucas to still be paying on a bet from so long ago.


I mean it really shows how close both George Lucas and Steven Spielberg are as friends. It probably also helps that they are filthy rich.


That's true.  Spielberg is a nice guy.  He flew the whole cast of goonies to Hawaii and had a cookout.


I mean his hits are so amazing that he change the very concept that summer was a bad time to release movies due to historically low sales by releasing jaws and we both know how that turned out


Now it's a major thing to release movies in the summer.  I just wish he'd go back to making the kind of movies he did before. I know he likes addressing issues in movies currently but I like adventure and fantasy.  Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a fanastic movie! I can still hear the "musical communication" with the alien ship!


Speaking of jaws, did you know he personally played the clarinet in the jaws soundtrack? I really like it when the creators participate directly in their creations.


I didn't know that. I had no idea he could play an instrument for that matter.  I like it too when they do that.  You know Jaws is considered the first summer blockbuster.


I did not, but it makes sense since it changed the very perception of best times to release movies.


It really does.  Jaws planted a flag so to speak.  Just like NASA planting one on the moon.


Indeed. In any case, it was a enjoyable chat, especially about Spielberg.


No I haven't but I have memories of friends who did when I was growing up.  How about you?


Yes, I have had pet birds. I've had cockatiels, parakeets, and some fancier parrots when I was a kid. Did you know the famously extinct Dodo bird, is closely related to the pigeon?


That is awesome, so you are quite the bird expert.  I didn't know that, very interesting though.


Haha! I know a few fun facts about birds. Such as in most birds the bones are so hollow that the feathers weigh more than the entire skeleton!


That is awesome, I guess it makes sense though when you figure they have to be able to stay airborne.


Apparently, humingbirds steal spiderwebs to construct and repair their nests. I was always curious how they built such strong little nests!


That is so cool, I love learning about how different species in nature interact with each other to help themselves.


Yeah, we are learning so much about so many things, these days! There are birds in Australia that can mimic the sound of car alarms, cameras and chain saws. I wonder if they are mockingbirds.


That is awesome, and yeah good one.  I wonder why they would mimic them as well?


It's interesting, but I also find it kind of sad that they mimic human made objects. Birds are amazing to me! Some birds fly from Alaska to Mexico, without sleeping when migrating!


That is amazing for an animal to do that, sleeping is necessary, some animals sleep for crazy periods of time!


It would be pretty neat if we evolved wings from our forelimbs! Birds are called Aves sometimes, which makes sense since we call large bird houses, aviaries.


That would be really wild, and I didn't know that, it does make sense though with the aviaries.  And, aviation is air stuff too.


Ah yes, aviation as well! That one slipped my mind somehow! My favorite birds used to be penguins, but they almost don't even seem like birds to me!


I would agree, penguins seem like a different breed in general. I think birds are the closest living things to dinosaurs to be honest.


Yeah, in hindsight and without DNA, if we'd have known that some have feathers and some fly, and some lay eggs. Maybe we could have put two and two together, after all!


That is probably true, I just think you can really tell when you look at a birds feet, they look like how dinos did.


Oh yeah and their cute little legs! They all kind of remind me of tiny dinosaurs! Emus remind me of pretty big dinosaurs! I'd love to have one as a pet! Their eggs are huge compared to a chicken's eggs!


Yeah good call they sure do to me too!  And yeah those eggs are massive, I know people eat those and ostrich eggs.


Yeah, it would be really interesting to taste an ostrich egg! Hey, it has been so nice chatting with you! I've got to get some chores done. I hope you have a wonderful day!


Ok sounds good, yeah it was fun, I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!


Do you enjoy dining at interesting restaurants?


Hello there, I do enjoy going yes, how about you?


I do when I can. I'd like to visit Mi Vida, a beautifully designed restaurant in Washington DC.


It sounds really nice, and DC is a really fun place to visit I will say that as well.


It's got torches on pedestals and it faces the water on the Wharf. The drinks sound yummy too.


Yeah they do, and fresh guacamole is always so good.


I'd try chipotle infused tequila with my guac and chips!


Yeah that also sounds super good, I love tequila!


Have you had queso fundido? It's like Mexican fondue, yum!


Yeah I have tried that before and it is really good I would agree!


Unfortunately it seems the service at the restaurant is not so great. That is one of the most important things, for me.


Oh for sure, I have worked at a restaurant and it takes some skill to be good, but if not, bad service is the worst!


I'm getting hungry. I'd love some chicken. Chicken is the only bird I would eat, even at a fancy restaurant.


I like chicken as well.  Speaking of birds, did you know that they have regional accents?


That is funny. I think I had heard that about cows, too. So like moo, meh, mewww? Haha Speaking of birds though, hummingbirds are smart. They steal spidewebs to fix their nests and to make new ones.


I think I have read about that, very cool, would be fun to watch video of them doing it.


I bet they are really light. Most birds' bones are so hollow that the skeleton weighs less than the feathers.


That is very interesting, I think they are the closest relatives to the dinosaurs as well.


Neat! And the dodo is also a close relative to the pigeon.


Yeah it is!  Oh the dodo, I remember watching old videos of the dodo years ago.


Birds are persistent too. Some can fly from Alaska to Northern Mexico without sleeping when they are migrating. Speaking of sleep, I'd love to take a nap! It was nice talking to you!


I do like them, it saves me a lot of time, I usually listen to one on the way to work, Katharine Graham memoir seems like a good pick


Yes, it looks very interesting. I think I will enjoy it. All the cover-ups!


I agree, theres a lot of interesting stories in her memoirs, like anecdotes about ''The Post'', ''The Iron Lady'', I might buy it and pick it as my next audiobook


Thats good. The Wife Between us sounds like a drama! Would have to be in the mood for that.


I like the plot, it seems a bit dark, an abused ex-wife  stalking her former husband, thats an odd couple


yes, I like period pieces, so the Revolution of the Moon sounds interesting!


That is a great book and Andrea Camilleri is a great author, I like her style,,


Good, I love anything on the solar system, the moon, saturn etc. Do you?


I am in love with the moon, its so beautiful, I envy the astronauts that could see earth from up there, a unique landscape indeed


Agree, So glad Nasa made the right choice putting the US flag and not the UN flag!


Yeah, after all NASA is American and its our achievement, you know there might be life on Titan


I saw that, I think there are other earths out there, so exciting!


That is exciting! there must be other moons like ours then, you know that moon dust cuts through kevlar and is extremely harmful to us


I know, can't imagine surviving that moon hay fever.Have you road the Jurassic park ride  or jaws?


No seems like a scary ride, too much for me, why do you ask?  I bet you have


Yes, love the rides and the movies. Especially when my kids were little.  Star wars opening soon at Hollywood studios. Do you like the movies?


I do like Star Wars and also movies one of my favorite directors is Steven Spielberg, he has so much talent


Agree, did you play Nintendo? didn't know Bill Nye was a look alike for Steve Martin?


They look alike thats funny lol, and Yeah I play nintendo I have the original system at home I bought one before they discontinued it back in 2003


I actually do!  Love music and going to concerts!  Do you like Linkin Park?  They played 324 concerts in 2001 alone.  That's a lot of shows in one year!


Yes it is. I don't like them though. I'm more of a country person.


Country is good too!  I was never much of a Ramones fan but they toured almost non stop for 20 years playing a total of 2,263 concerts.  That's a crazy high number of shows.


Definitely! I've never heard of them though. Did you know that Creed was sued in 2002 because their concert was so bad?


I didn't know that!  They must have been really really bad. lol  There's an old ancient Roman amphitheatre in Croatia that's still used as a concert venue.  That would be neat to see.


Yes it would. Do you play piano. I love it but can't play it.


I like it and tried several times when I was younger but couldn't get the hang of it. In 1930 there was no news worth reporting so the BBC decided to just play piano music instead.


That is something. I am astonished that someone managed to get a piano on top of Britain's highest mountain lol.


Wow.  Wondered how in the heck they did that?  I couldn't even imagine taking on that task.  Both Freddie Mercury and Paul McCartney used the same piano to record their hits "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Hey Jude".  That's kind of neat.


Yes it is. I love both those songs. I love Paul McCartney on the piano. He can make those keys sing I think. Imagine putting an aluminum grand piano on an airship and it weighing only 356 pounds. Wow!


That's neat that it was made out aluminum!  I wonder if it was on the Hindenburg when it crashed?


That's probable. I don't know a lot about the violin but there are definitely a lot of variations of it.


Yes.  It country music they call it a fiddle!


Yes. That's about the only thing I don't like in Country music lol. The music from them just hits me the wrong way.


It does give it a distinctive sound though.  lol  There is violin that is made out of stone that is playable.


Wow! makes you wonder how thats possible. I'm very surprised that Einstein played both the violin and piano. I never knew that.


He was a genius.  Joseph Haydn, who was a classical composer, one wrote a piece where the musicians gradually leave the stage until only 2 violins are left.


I wonder what that piece is like. And in blind tests modern violins were preferred over million-dollar stradivarius violins when sound tests were blind.


That would be hard to tell apart I would think.  Larry Fine from the 3 Stooges burned his arm as a child and took violin lessons to strengthen his arm.


That's horrible that that happened. I love the three stooges. It must take a lot of strength in your arms to play that then.


I love them to!  I still will try to watch them from time to time just to get a good laugh.


Yes I know. My kids don't know what to think about black and white tv shows. I love them though.


I think they're still good.  I enjoy the Little Rascals too.  It was nice chatting with you today!


Hey there have you ever been to a concert before? I know I go to them all the time


Unfortunately I've never been to a concert! I would love to go to one soon.


Wow you've never been to a concert? you need to go to one ASAP LOL, maybe go to a The Ramones concert Sunday? Apparently they've been touring for almost 20 years straight, I bet their show is really good


That is crazy! My mom really likes them, maybe I'll be able to take her.


Yes you should! She would love it LOL. I would also go to a Linkin Park concert, although I think they're singer passed away, back in 2001 they did like 324 concerts in only a year, that's like one per day almost


I grew up listening to Linkin Park and it hurt me when I found out Chester died. That is a lot of concerts, wow.


Yep I agree with you. Would you ever watch a concert in an ancient Roman Amphitheater? Apparently Pink Floyd did a concert there, and there is one in Croatia that still does concerts to this day


That is insane, I think I would watch it just to experience it. I don't know if you know who Creed is, but apparently they were sued by four concert goers because their 2002 concert was really bad.


That's pretty funny haha. I would actually be embarrassed if I were them, do you play any instruments by the way? I personally play the piano


I know right! I don't really play any instruments, I use to play on a piano when I was a kid though.


Yeah I play the piano, I start to learn as an adult, I actually like it a lot. I didn't know that back in 1930, there was a day where there was literally no news and so the BBC just played piano music instead haha


Oh cool, I'm glad you enjoy it. I'm surprised there was no news, that is crazy.


I know right. You would never see that today, they're always coming out with news about something, do you like Queen by the way?


I agree with you! Apparently the piano used in Bohemian Rhapsody, is the same one Paul McCartney used for the song Hey Jude, I do like both songs haha what about you


I do too, it's really cool to know the same piano was used. If you ever think about climbing a mountain, maybe try Britain's highest mountain, you can play piano up there!


I should do that! And put it on YouTube haha. I wonder how it got up there too, do you know what the Airship Hindenburg was?


It was that giant blimp thing, remember it like exploded in the air, but apparently they had a piano on it and since it had to float, they used aluminum to create the piano, it only weighed 356 lb., I know that a real piano weighs a lot more than that


Wow, that is so interesting, I really had no idea that happened! I knew about a violin that was made out of stone, and guess what, it's playable!


That's cool! I always wanted to play the violin, I just heard it's really hard, it makes sense that Albert Einstein would play both the piano and violin haha


I listen to music whenever I can! I haven't been to a concert in a minute, but I tend to really enjoy those when it's an act I'm a fan of. I can appreciate orchestra, too, though.


Same, I do like some orchestra stuff like John Williams and the guy who does the Game of Thrones music. Can't say I would ever go to an orchestra festival like Shift though.


Festivals can be very stimulating but also very underwhelming or disappointing if they're not organized correctly. It sounds like Shift was not executed as well as it could have been, even if it was well-intended.


I think I haven't been to a concert myself in over 5 years, the last one being the Foo Fighters.


I saw REO Speedwagon and Chicago back last summer, and it reminded me that those shows are NOT fun if the music isn't loud. I heard the Foo Fighters played a concert so loud in New Zealand that it registered on seismic monitors!


That's awesome! I saw the first Global Citizen concert in Central Park that had Foo Fighters, Black Keys and Neil Young. That one was amazing. Huge venue in the park.


That sounds fun--I guess that's kind of the ultimate venue for a festival. I was invited to a house concert last month and turned it down because it didn't sound fun, but there's a huge range in the kind of places you can have one. I suppose intimate venues work well for solo performances or ensembles involving instruments like pianos or violins.


Have you ever been to cgbg in NYC? The Ramones used to play there back in the day pretty often.


I'm familiar with both, but I think I'm too young to have experienced either of those things live haha.


Me too, but I've been to cgbg before it closed down. I imagine the Ramones played a lot of similar punk rock scenes. I think I'm too old for a venue like that now haha.


I guess the concerts that take place today aren't really the stuff of legend. For example, in 1972, Deep Purple broke the world record for loudest concert, in which three audience members were rendered unconscious. I can't see that happening today.


Oh, God, I remember them being popular back in the day and people not realizing that they were basically Christian rock haha.


Haha yeah it was so obvious they were Christian rock even with their hits but it took people a while to catch on. Apparently they were so bad that after one concert they were sued by 4 people who went for it going so poorly lol


I guess those people really didn't know what was up! Although musicians can be tricky; once Dave Matthews was picked up by an audience member on the way to his own concert when he became stranded riding his bicycle.


Haha that's seems like something that would only happen for a Dave Matthews concert. Is Dave Matthews still around?


I assume he's still alive--God knows he'd be able to sell out a tour as Gen Xers become nostalgic for the 90s. DMB would make a ton of money, although I'm not sure they'd get a $1 billion offer for 100 reunion concerts like Abba did.


Haha what? Abba got offered a 1 billion for 100 reunion concerts? No way. I can't even name one Abba song.