leadingtone:

1. Sinfonia (orchestra)
2. Recitative: “It’s 9:55 and the Fryers Have Been Dumped”
3. Aria: “I Really Hope You’re the Last Customer”
4. Aria: “But, Sir, I Can Only Pay With 39 Quarters and 3 Dimes”
5. Chorus of the Fountain Drink Syrups: “If You Don’t Fill Us, the Manager Will Yell At You Tomorrow—Also, the Sprite is Flat”
6. The Grill’s Aria: “Hose Me Off and Scrape Me Down”
7. Recitative: “Who in the Hell Did this Horrific Balance Sheet Last Night? Oh, Wait, That was Me”
8. Duet: “Everyone Makes Accounting Mistakes/You’re Not Eligible for Unemployment”
9. Chorus of the Dishes in the Sink: “We’re Still Here and We’re Still Dirty”

Instruments of Robot Repair, featuring over 180 instruments.

(Source: thisiscolossal.com)

leadingtone:

Solresol is an artifical language first developed by the French musician and author François Sudre beginning in 1827. Words in Solresol are composed of between one and five syllables, and the syllables used for constructing words are the seven diatonic solfège syllables which may be used in “long” or “short” versions for variation. 

Each syllable has a simple meaning if used on its own, and another meaning if used after another syllable as a modifier—in this way, small words are formed. The initial syllables of a longer word define that word’s “class;” longer words beginning with sol pertain to the arts and sciences, while words beginning with solsol pertain in particular to the science of medicine. Solresol itself, for example, means “language,” while solsolredo means “headache.”

The chief novelty of Solresol is its ability to be communicated not only verbally, but through the singing of solfège and also through hand signs. 

A stenographic script was developed for the language, with unique symbols for each solfège syllable combined to form words:

classic-jenny:

(via leadingtone)

The Guild: I’m the One That’s Cool

Your black-rimmed glasses are prescription free, whereas me —

I literally can’t see my hand in front of my face.

We Are Designed to Party: The Sherlock Song Compendium, Vol. I →

cptfunk:

So, I’ve been posting songs about the tv show Sherlock for a while now (in addition to other nerd stuff). First here, and then here.

And then I may have mentioned two, three, or twenty times that I was doing a Compendium that would have better song files, lyrics, and chords for the songs in…

This is amazing.