A musical cucumber that isn't Larry from Veggie Tales

I was never in a band, or at least not for very long. I played the flute for a year or so, then I quit because I couldn't hold a tied whole note for more than six counts (for those of you who don't know, a tied whole note lasts eight counts. I may be loud, but my lungs are little).

Anyway, I saw this on Bizarre News, an e-newsletter that I get.

Apparently in Germany you can buy a ticket for a night of music made from vegetables (maybe C-Whore can go to a performance while she's there). The Viennese Vegetable Orchestra has instruments made from cucumbers, leeks and other assorted vegetables. I guess the musicians have to carve them an hour before their performance, and after they're finished, they make a soup out of the used vegetables.

Cool idea: Making instruments out of vegetables.

Not-So-Cool idea: Making soup out of vegetables that have been blown through and spat into for the last two hours or so.

Maybe this will start a trend. Musicians will not only have to know how to play their instruments, but they'll have to be craftsmen too in order to make them. I play the piano and I have no idea how to go about making one. Wouldn't it suck if you played the pumpkin? You could only play it in the fall, when they're cheap and in season. So maybe this veggie idea won't start a trend.

Anyway, I guess if I ever want to hear the sound of a carrot, I can buy a CD. Here's a review of their album.