On the Sea Organ post a number of people asked why it was considered the first of its kind when they already knew about the Wave organ, so I investigated. Turns out the Sea organ is tuned and able to play chords, whereas the Wave organ amplifies natural wave sounds.
Sounds like the SF organ should be considered the first of its kind. Somebody should write to the folks at OddMusic.com. I'll look into the history of the SF organ and put up a post on it later in the day if I find enough info and (hopefully) a picture.
"sometimes you can trust what people say in an online community"
Right -- if you know who they are and where they got their info. That's why I went with what Cerebral Soup said, because I got a clear idea of where the info was coming from. The major media sources have still not backtracked, so so much for waiting around for them to correct themselves.
Tithonus, when you've read as many Weird News stories as a lot of bloggers and journalists have, the number of ignorant people in any given population would not surprise you. Two thousand people in Japan not knowing what a sheep looks like up close? Not hard to swallow when you spend your whole day reading about people all over the world who don't know their ### from a hole in the ground.
My friend Sean tells me: "I don't have any idea if that's true either, but $1600 US is about 40 times what a light weight sheep costs in Australia right now so the scam would sure be worth the trouble. "
Sydney Morning Herald is usually a reliable source, though. They pick up a lot of stories from East Asian media and relay them to the English speaking public.
Right -- if you know who they are and where they got their info. That's why I went with what Cerebral Soup said, because I got a clear idea of where the info was coming from. The major media sources have still not backtracked, so so much for waiting around for them to correct themselves.