"its all you can do with them, since theres no money anymore."

July 11, 2012 1:39 PM

Composer Dr. Richard Eigner put together a group of musicians to jam on a bunch of improvised instruments made out of credit cards. slyt via andrewsullivan
posted by andoatnp (10 comments total)

Something something my credit rating something. *plonk*
posted by pyrex at 1:54 PM on July 11, 2012

"....made out of credit cards" and a bunch of other materials. Clever none-the-less.
posted by HuronBob at 2:21 PM on July 11, 2012

Clever. But no running the magstripe data through an amp?
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 2:28 PM on July 11, 2012

I'm surprised how disappointed I waas that this didn't suddenly turn into a cover of the FreeCreditReport.com song.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 2:36 PM on July 11, 2012

Pretty people doing things in a commercial.

Cool, yeah.

But that's what I'm seeing.
posted by clvrmnky at 4:18 PM on July 11, 2012

That was cool!
posted by tuesdayschild at 5:39 PM on July 11, 2012

Clever. But no running the magstripe data through an amp?
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:28 AM

Look again. There is a dude scratching with a credit card and a magnetic reading head.

That was much better than it had any right to be. Visa Blue.
posted by kandinski at 5:47 PM on July 11, 2012

Repurposing as a musical instrument is pretty much the only thing your card is good for if you're a composer, unless you're selling out by acting some postafrican beat music "composition" in a commercial.
posted by yoHighness at 7:52 PM on July 11, 2012

No one should ever take themselves that seriously while playing a shaker.
posted by gally99 at 11:08 PM on July 11, 2012

The best compliment I can give this is that I felt like it ended too soon.
posted by halfbuckaroo at 6:47 AM on July 12, 2012