classical music How Houston Symphony's percussionist built the 22-pound hammer that delivers Mahler's "blows of fate" in Symphony No. 6 Ellsworth Toohey

music Drum machine actually plays the drums Rob Beschizza

music Adorable and talented drumming doggo could teach me a thing or two! Jennifer Sandlin

music Watch percussionist Josh Harmon join "musical icon" Jon Batiste to create vintage cartoon sound effects! Jennifer Sandlin

music This musician turns vintage televisions into unique percussion instruments Popkin

Spoken Word with Electronics How to spout gibberish with a phoneme generator Ethan Persoff

comedy This drummer-juggler-comedian-clown is astounding (video) Jennifer Sandlin

silent films Watch these fascinating demonstrations of sound effect instruments from the silent film era! Jennifer Sandlin

music Matthew Sweet's album "Girlfriend" celebrates 32 years of "fuzzy power pop perfection" Jennifer Sandlin

medical mishaps Unbelievable tale of a gentleman's unfortunate bottle encounter Mark Frauenfelder

electronic music Klangphonics makes electronic music with everyday objects Jennifer Sandlin

music Archaeologists find 2,000-year-old musical instrument David Pescovitz

music This cool new synthesizer lets you play the keys in three dimensions for more expansive sounds Thom Dunn

music Uniquely in Istanbul: Afro-Arabic Sufi Music  Katherine Hreib

happy mutants I've been obsessed with the "Opossum Lady" for years Jennifer Sandlin

music This ancient temple is actually a musical instrument David Pescovitz

music Watch: Iconic rock and metal riffs played on unexpected percussion instruments David Pescovitz

music First impressions of the new Moog Sound Studio Mark Frauenfelder

music Kool & The Gang co-founder Ronald "Khalis" Bell, RIP David Pescovitz

music THE BUREAU: Part Three, "Assessing Others" — with a Metasonix D-2000 Vacuum Tube Drum Machine Ethan Persoff