A man has been found on an island off the coast of Kent, walking along a beach in a wet tuxedo suit - hasn't said a word but plays the piano... hence the name 'Piano Man'. All the labels have been carefully cut from his clothes. They don't know what nationality he is or what language he speaks.
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Found five weeks ago... interesting ...
Found five weeks ago... interesting that they kept it out of the news for so long.
I like the comment in the BBC story:
"The man has since written music, which has been verified as genuine."
Genuine? They could mean genuinely recognised as someone's composition, or they could mean the notes add up. Either way - it's not fake!
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// music, which has been verified as ...
// music, which has been verified as genuine
Good thing it wasn't any of that counterfeit stuff... you have to keep an eye out
"The mystery patient is described as ...
"The mystery patient is described as tall and thin ... in his 20s or 30s"
reporters, eh? They really know how to paint a picture.
There's a marked difference between ...
There's a marked difference between the BBC version and the NZ Herald version - the latter being far more descriptive. Ups yo.
Yeah Piano Man's been getting serious ...
Yeah Piano Man's been getting serious prime time milage in the last few days- I can just imagine Simon Cowell rubbing his hands together in delight...
Hes either a retarded mute or a ...
Hes either a retarded mute or a desperate artist.The Big Question is ,whens he releasing his CD.
Who knows.. but it's pretty ...
Who knows.. but it's pretty intriguing. Ever read a book called K-PAX? (Made into an average movie featuring Kevin Spacey).
// Made into an average movie featuring ...
// Made into an average movie featuring Kevin Spacey
Mr Spacey's career summed up right there.
Usual Suspects! Keizer Soze! Midnight ...
Usual Suspects! Keizer Soze! Midnight in Garden of Good and Evil? Swimming with Sharks?!
actually, i don't think he's earthshatteringly amazing, i just love those films. he's kinda the toned-down american version of David Thewlis, who should be in every film, if possible.
American Beauty. He's pretty good in ...
American Beauty. He's pretty good in that.
YEAH, DON'T DISS THE KEV, MAN! He's ...
YEAH, DON'T DISS THE KEV, MAN! He's my hero.
I reckon. I'm with Heather - Don't ...
I reckon. I'm with Heather - Don't mess with Spacey or your in for a wastey...um yeah
Yeah I'm gonna have to back up the ...
Yeah I'm gonna have to back up the Spacers. American Beauty has premier steez
Swimming With Sharks, one of my ...
Swimming With Sharks, one of my favourite films - he's fucking great in that - plays the perfect asshole boss.
Actually haven't seen Swimming at ...
Actually haven't seen Swimming at Midnight in the Garden of Evil Sharks, and have heard good things about both.
Pay It Forward.
Apart from not liking many of his movie choices, I think I went off Kev pretty majorly when I read Richard E Grant's 'Withnail & I', which paints him as a big time "serious actor" careerist, carefully choosing roles to maximise his chance at getting awards. Well, it also paints him as incredibly funny, great at impersonations and in possession of an encyclopaedic knowledge of Hollywood film history, but there's something that has tainted by perception of anything he's been in.
Bah, I should've just gone with the immature "whatever" response. o_o
Oops, 'With Nails' is the book I was ...
Oops, 'With Nails' is the book I was referring to.
I heard Kevin Space ywas banned from an ...
I heard Kevin Space ywas banned from an exclusive Colorado resort for making unwanted advances on male staff members.
He seems to be one of those diminishing returns actors (see also Morgan Freeman, Samuel L Jackson, Robert De Niro). Great in Seven, SWS and Usual Suspects, pretty good in American Beauty and Midnight..., and hovering between average and complete mud in K-Pax, Pay it Forward, Shipping News and the biggest curly dog turd of them all Ordinary Decent Criminal.
Richard E Grant act alongside David ...
Richard E Grant act alongside David Thewlis in every film, if possible. with Gary Oldman. those three could just remake every film every made and it would all be so great.
sorry about my grammar, i've been ...
sorry about my grammar, i've been thunking all day.
So all you have to do is shut the fuck ...
So all you have to do is shut the fuck up, and you're famous.
It would comment on our society in so ...
It would comment on our society in so many ways if only I could be bothered thinking about it.
um, think you also have to be a musical ...
um, think you also have to be a musical genius too, derek, which i guess rules you out, aye.... ; p
And cut all the labels off your ...
And cut all the labels off your clothing. That's kinda weird, huh!
it all smells like a hoax or similar ...
it all smells like a hoax or similar gag to me.
//it all smells like a hoax or similar ...
//it all smells like a hoax or similar gag to me.
But there's that girl in NZ who lost a couple of hours too - maybe it's aliens....
I thought the 'autistic' call someone ...
I thought the 'autistic' call someone made on the news item I last night sounded the most plausible.
Autistic people still have families......
Autistic people still have families...
//Autistic people still have ...
//Autistic people still have families...
Families like Janine Albury-Thomson?
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// Autistic people still have families...
I reckon the family got fed up with his incessant piano-playing, took him off in a boat, removed any identifying labels, and dumped him over the side.
little did they know that his autism extended to an innate understanding of long-distance ocean swimming.
// it all smells like a hoax or ...
// it all smells like a hoax or similar gag to me.
What about the part where he curls into a ball when anyone approaches him? If it was a hoax, it would get pretty tired keeping that up every time someone comes near.
Apparently the "musical genius" stuff ...
Apparently the "musical genius" stuff is a big overstatement. Apparently he can play a limited number of tunes, including some which appear to be his own, quite well. Plus he is obsessive about pianos.
Autism doesn't sound like a bad call - shuns human interaction, refuses to speak, and obsessed with a single thing.
I bet he can't play "Kumbaya" in the ...
I bet he can't play "Kumbaya" in the nude though.
//I reckon the family got fed up with ...
//I reckon the family got fed up with his incessant piano-playing, took him off in a boat, removed any identifying labels, and dumped him over the side.
Weren't we debating plausability??? Hahahaha
Apparently a polish mime illegally ...
Apparently a polish mime illegally living in Italy reckons he knows who the guy is. I imagine the reason it has taken weeks for this information to come forward is because it takes a lot of time to translate from polish to mime to italian to english.
I still say hoax/stunt.
I say blame the mime! And let's hang ...
I say blame the mime! And let's hang him. I hate mimes.
I think he should have tried to do a ...
I think he should have tried to do a cover of "Sex & Agriculture", would have been far more effective.