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10-Year-Old’s Incredible Talent With a Washing Machine Will Leave You Amazed

Dec. 27, 2012 9:00am Jonathon M. Seidl

If you’re a drummer like me, you will most definitely be left amazed and in awe at what you’re about to see. But even if you have no music ability whatsoever, what you’re about to watch will still likely make your jaw drop.

The following video was posted in September, but it’s just now starting to go viral. It’s titled “‘Whirled Beat’ 10-year-old boy drumming washing machine.” Yes, it’s a young boy using a washing machine as a drum. And yes, it is incredible:

It’s unclear who the kid is, but once he’s tracked down you can be sure a couple national TV appearances are in order.

There could be clue, however: The YouTube channel boasting the original video is named “dancarollo” and features videos of a man by that name performing Irish folk music. A Facebook page belonging to a musician of the same name specializing in Celtic-style music says the man lives in Seattle.

(H/T: HuffPo)

This story has been updated with new information.

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Beachmastermax
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 10:15am
See what happens when you take away a smart kids drums. He obviously needs to be put on ritalin.

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- LogCabinRepublican
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 10:27am
  This is what happens when Glenn goes on Vacation for weeks on end – whats really going on in this world? Can i get this months subscription fee back?
  
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- CABERNETQHS
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 11:00am
  Cool kid!
  
  @logcabin…we are still teetering on the edge of the cliff and no mass shootings today.
  
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- Ditto Head
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 11:13am
  It’s not incredible, it’s normal. When a person practices something alot they get quite good at it. Kind of like how TheBlaze reporters practice over-hyping non-stories alot. They’re quite good at it. Obviously this kid’s parents are the liberal “worldbeat” type who probably sit in a drum circle for breakfast every morning and think they’re “elightened” because they enjoy African voodoo drumming and have passed it down to their children.
  
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- DJR
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:00pm
  Lighten up people. Not every story needs to be doom & gloom. You must have been interested in the story. You clicked on it and watched it didn’t you?
  
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- COFemale
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:12pm
  I am sorry but you don’t pay for The Blaze and this article is not part of your subscription to the TV portion. So take your fake outrage and go back to Media Blathers. They are more your speed, clueless morons.
  
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- afishfarted
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:21pm
  LMAO @ COFemale
  That was good
  
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- Ditto Head
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:38pm
  @ColoradoWench
  Why would anyone pay for TheBlaze?
  
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- CABERNETQHS
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 1:06pm
  diphead
  
  you may need an anti-depressant. it’s common this time of the year. maybe a sun lamp would help…maybe not.
  
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- zorro
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 1:08pm
  This is very cool I don’t know about “incredible” and I most certainly wasn’t “amazed.” I think we need to start using these two words correctly.
  
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- Lilybean
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 1:12pm
  Nope he DOESN”T need ritalin he is just a creative young boy.
  
  Thanks for sharing :)
  
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- bearlakemedia
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 2:15pm
  I agree, everyone else is worried about the economy and we have to read crap like this. This has been happening alot.
  
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- bearlakemedia
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 2:20pm
  I would be more impressed to see the kid put some dirty clothes in it and turn it on.
  
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- R-Paulson
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 2:47pm
  Not amazing, very basic. I’m sure there are many 10 year old drumming students that could do as well. I was doing this on empty cans and baking tins 60 years ago. Anything metal and hollow will do as well. This video is just a diversion for the Beck sycophants and mindless lackeys to keep them occupied while Glenn is counting his money. He’s making SSOOOO much money from you idiots and you think you’re getting something in return. All you are getting is a double barrel load of FEAR. Be VERY afraid and be surte to NOT MISS TONIGHT”S SHOW. Iyt will be the best ever, amazing not to be missed. LOL! http://youtu.be/LSJkMBMEwPk
  
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- ConserveChrist
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 2:57pm
  Why in the world is this on the blaze? Everybody does this to house hold appliances.
  
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- danyelle55
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 5:10pm
  Very cool!! That guys is good!! Also, Kudos to the mom! I would never have the patience to let my kid drum on the drum on the washing machine long enough to develop such talent!!
  
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- UnknownUser1
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 5:29pm
  ive done this on every surface i can find ever since i was a kid no one ever video taped me usually just said thats nice , now can you please stop!
  
  http://preview.tinyurl.com/cheaxxe
  
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- obamapoop
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 7:50pm
  Great…now the kids refuse to even use the clothes washer for chores!
  
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- WATER-THE-TREE
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 11:17pm
  This is what happens when you take their Xbox away.
  
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- HappyConservative
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 8:18am
  That was a fun video! But wow – so much anger here over a simple video of a boy drumming on a household appliance. @ R-Paulson and others like you – why not go play in your own schoolyard? If you hate Beck so much why do you bother? I hate liberals and I hate Obama just as much as you hate Beck but I’ll be darned if I am going to spend my free time on a pro-Obama website or some liberal blog. I’m going to hang with like-inded people instead. What is your point? You aren’t going to “convert” any of us. Instead you just further confirm why we loathe people of your ilk. You are truly pathetic.
  
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- loriann12
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 8:51am
  He’s probably home schooled, because the school system squashes any creativity.
  
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- Laymen
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 10:39am
  @Beachmastermax – Ha, the kid is good and very entertaining, nice to see these days in spite of all the creativity stifling gadgets.
  Shoot, back at that age they would have put me if not all my friends on Ritalin for being a normal boy. I used to do that in my boyhood days especially after a parade, start playing the stove. Never got as creative as this kid, probably because my dad’s limit was breached and sent me outside. We didn’t have video games by then, creativity was a good asset for kids. Today, my drums are the graduation instruments from the appliances, seems like this kid well be doing the same.
  Nice article/video to display during Christmas time, we all need something on the lighter side.
  
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- title_of_liberty
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 11:16pm
  Jeez people, chill off will you? It’s called a fluff story and all news groups do them. There is nothing political or at all inflammatory about this story, so I am baffled at all the bitterness.
  
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- Npl1jwj
  Posted on December 29, 2012 at 11:13am
  How sad. This boy has a great imagination to come up with this. Those who criticize this are unhappy and shallow people.
  
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- redfish52
  Posted on December 30, 2012 at 12:10pm
  This is what happens when Liberal Elite Parents that are much more educated and smarter than most let their little, gifted children do anything they want because to stop it would stifle their creativity. Can you imagine being the person who lived next door or in the next apartment had to endure while little Timmy practiced. What a gifted child…I can see him on a street corner beating on a 5 gallon bucket for tips any day now.
  
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term limits for congress
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:50am
his father is the Maytag man

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- Cemoto78
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 7:17pm
  Then he must really be good cause we all know the Maytag man is really bored……
  
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RamonPreston
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:49am
Does he know enough to separate the whites from the colors? When does he use hot water and when does he use cold water? No story here.

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- ijava44
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 10:19am
  I’m leaving unamazed.
  
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- MeMyselfandThree
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:30pm
  I was hoping it was the miracle child who could do his own laundry..
  
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- Lib Whisperer
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 2:28pm
  That’s racist!
  
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- CatB
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 3:50pm
  LOL .. my son certainly did .. the first time he told his mom he didn’t have any clean clothes for school (I was working 3 jobs at the time) he got a lesson and has done his own laundry ever since … what did I get him for Christmas? .. yes .. a new washer/ dryer .. it was what he wanted/needed.
  
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Mikev5
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:47am
You people are so dumb something is not right here this must of been professionally recorded and mixed a washing machine doesn’t sound that great they must have had a quality mic inside it and one just the correct spots outside to make it sound so perfect like it was. Not to take anything away from the kid but something is very fishy with how fantastic it sounds.

Have we become so taken these days by fraud that as long as it sounds great that’s all we need sounds like how Obama got elected all show and no reality to back it up man have we become gullible as a people

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- Mikev5
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 10:56am
  I just re listened to this and now am very sure this has been professionally mixed and is accompanied with some backup drummer mixed in any professionally mixer can do this with ease
  
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- MeMyselfandThree
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:31pm
  Have you tried it with your own washing machine? Perhaps it is that easy.
  
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- libsaredumb
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 1:31pm
  thanks sherlock
  
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- truthnstuff
  Posted on December 28, 2012 at 9:06am
  MIKV5, exactly my thoughts and observations. People will think up anything to get some headlines. They know the 24hr news cycle is desperate for any story. The more dysfunctional or emotionally ginned up as “wow look at that” the better.
  
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Shellback
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:42am
Shish, when I used to do this as a kid, my Mom would yell at me to stop that infernal noise.

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- RamonPreston
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:53am
  When I was a kid the washing machine had a wringer on it.One time my brother ran his arm up to the elbow in it and turned the lever and ran it back out. Ah, moments of nostalgia.
  
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- kadster01
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:53am
  I was just saying the exact same thing. If only I’d grown up a little bit later in our self-absorbed, media-saturated era, I could have had MY 15 minutes of fame, too!
  
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drivendouglas
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:39am
Timing and pitch are the 2 things that can’t be taught. As a musician and worship pastor I can see great talent and potential in this young man. In a society where most children his age want to play video games that mimic musical instruments, this young man has the vision/ear to hear the different pitches on these surfaces and keep time with them. So the cynical small-minds turn out in drives to send him back to the video screen? Keep playing, young man. You have a God-given talent, so go and use it. God bless you!

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- rootytoottootin
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 6:08pm
  DITTO! DITTO! DITTO! Thank you so much!
  
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Brainmuffin
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:37am
When I did this at his age, my mother told me to stop beating on her washing machine.

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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:33am
Yeah I can see the future , everyone has a bone in their nose, jumping up and down around a fire while he pounds on a busted washing machine know one knows how to fix.I saw the preview in National Geographic I wasn’t impressed.

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Murkman
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:32am
Been beating rhythmically on washing machines and dryers long before youtube. This vid is nothing special.

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TheFederalist
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:27am
Somebody get that boy a drum set. He`s got talent!

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- Proverbs17-12NLT
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:51am
  They can’t afford one in this Obama economy
  
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SpankDaMonkey
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:17am
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It would have been more entertaining if he had done that drumming while in the washer on the spin cycle…..

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MistaB
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:17am
Bet he’s good at cup stacking too. Maybe they can put the washing machine on a trailer and he can perform at halftime at the super bowl.

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- afishfarted
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:25am
  reminded me of the movies in black and white of an African tribe beatin’ the jungle drums. Sorta expected Tarzan to do his thing
  
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Molly4561
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:17am
There are a dime a dozen, kids have nothing else to do but try something to get people’s attention,Look at all the young talent on tv, music and movies. They want attention, fame and glory. That’s the world we live in right now.

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kickagrandma
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:15am
Wow! I thought he was wonderful and so young.
Good for him….using what he has rather than whining about not having a set of drums.
You go, little guy!

By the way, I saw a bumper sticker the other day: “STOP GLOBAL WHINING!”
Love it!

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- jhrusky
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:56am
  That’s what you have here … so many ‘regulars’ just frothing at the mouth to criticize someone. What a wonderful group of ‘christians’ the Blaze seems to attract.
  
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- Max jones
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:13pm
  JHRUSKY……There are very very few biblical “Christians” anywhere. And you, dullard, are the very last person I would imagine would recognize any of them. It would be better for you, had you never been born.
  
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- COFemale
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:36pm
  JH not everyone here who professes Christianity are Christians. They are fake and most likely hired by Media Blathers. You can spot them a mile away.
  
  Max – what a disgusting thing to say about JH. We all know Liberals like you would love nothing better to eliminate all the Conservative/Republican/Tea Party through genocide or infanticide. You are the type of person that would pick up a gun and conduct the shootings in Webster, NY or Newtown, CT. and call it justified. Turn away from your wicked thoughts. You obviously need prayers, just not sure you are worthy of them.
  
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- jhrusky
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 6:01pm
  @ max jones
  
  “There are very very few biblical “Christians” anywhere. And you, dullard, are the very last person I would imagine would recognize any of them.”
  
  You are wrong on both counts.
  
  “It would be better for you, had you never been born.”
  
  And why, pray tell, would you state that? What would be better? How could something be better for a person if they were never born, as they would not exist at that point thus there could be no better nor worse. I’ll await your educated explanation.
  
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QC Ghost
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:13am
“Here kid, take this washing machine and beat it!”

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stumpy68
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:12am
Get that kid a drum set he’ll most likely will
grow tired of it but a used drum set is cheaper
than a video game console and talent should be encouraged
but not forced a fine line but one worth keeping an eye on.

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JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:07am
Needs to clean that bleach reservoir fill cup. Oh, this about the drumming. Some of it may have been the boy, but, some of it was from a different source. Any who, that’s my take on it and if you think I’m an idiot, well, consider this, who just spent their time reading this dribble?

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- qpwillie
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:25am
  A musician, (I mean a REAL musician) can watch the boy’s hands and see that every sound you hear is coming from him .and the washing machine of course.
  
  Half-assed (Read wannabe) musicians can only feel jealousy while true musicians can feel a warm “kinship” with this highly talented young man.
  
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BLAZE-READER1
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:07am
Has he thought about using a drum instead of a washer

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RRFlyer
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:07am
The haters are back
oh wait, they never left

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- Aaronman
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:20am
  I’ve been called a “hater” by young and old socialists alike because I wear a suit, have a job, own a home, drive a newer vehicle, pay for their foodstamps and I don’t use their drugs.
  
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woodyee
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:05am
Talented kid on a washing machine!

Give him a set of drums and he’ll be…like any other drummer?

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- chips1
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 12:32pm
  Obama beats us like a drum and there are more videos.
  
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qpwillie
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:01am
Well, I’m impressed!! He never missed a beat and the tempo stayed perfect to the end.

He probably won’t be satisfied with a conventional set of drums after all those cool resonator sources he’s found on that washer.

You can’t teach that kind of talent. Either you have it or you don’t.

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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 8:56am
The future of Blue Man Group….

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:32am
  TIME, LOL. With the headline I thought the kid could do something useful like wash the laundry!
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 10:22am
  LOL…. his reward for using the washer as a drum… Mom washes his clothes for the rest of his life. But the catch is… he has to get his other 15 minutes of fame on a talent show and then turn it into profit, lol.
  
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DougHuffman
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 8:53am
” seems to suggest at least the video’s author spends considerable time oversees.”

DaBlasé blogger seems to spend little time proofreading. So much to read, so little time to read and comment … why spew Pearl Jam before swine?

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- SovereignSoul
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 1:10pm
  Cool…you affected change in the updated version!
  
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Stoic one
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 8:53am
Ah yes…
more bread and circuses.

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Aaronman
Posted on December 27, 2012 at 8:52am
It’s going to be a little difficult to carry that thing around on tour. Hopefully Mom and Dad were smart enough to purchase a set of bongos for Christmas.

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- LIBSALWAYSLIE
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 8:57am
  To be honest, its not that amazing. He’s good, but jaw dropping? I dont think so.
  
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- Aaronman
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 9:12am
  I agree.
  
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- boss_ross
  Posted on December 27, 2012 at 10:17am
  I’m with you. The description is anything but jaw dropping, amazing, or even remotley related to talent. I drum on my steering wheel on the way to work, if it has a rythm and it’s video taped will the blaze report on it? Feels like a slow news day.
  
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