Blind pilot Miles Hilton-Barber felt euphoric when he touched down at Sydney's Bankstown Airport just before 8am, becoming the first blind man to fly halfway around the world.

Update on an earlier post. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Cambridge-educated economist-... (Pink Floyd, The Clash, Ian Dury And The Blockheads, Billy Bragg) Peter Jenner put a figure on how much each music fan who buys music would have to pay in order for access to every song ever recorded while maintaining or increasing music sales. picked by charbarred 2 years ago

Amazon.com, the internet retailer, wants to launch an online music store next month to challenge Apple and is working on plans to sell music with reduced protection against copyright infringement. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

New restaurant opens in London, Dans Le Noir. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

Want to read and talk better - practice music. A new study found that music exercises improve verbal communication skills. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

Great informatio where download music is legal. picked by inakisant 2 years ago

Bat for Lashes, "What's a Girl to Do".
Cool song, weird video done entirely on bicycles. picked by gnikgnok 1 year ago

Create free sounding piano music with this weird composing machine. Grab the "sound bit" cubes and throw them against the walls to produce a masterpiece picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

Soon we won't be able to short change sightless people anymore. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

A blind student of acupuncture is making a second request for a license to practice in Texas.

That's after Juliana Cumbo's first application was rejected last year because of her blindness. picked by dollyllama 10 months ago

It is the latest must-have gadget for the environmentally aware - and will come in rather handy for the more forgetful among us as well. Dubbed the "greenPod", this is the world's first wind-up music and video player. The brainchild of Trevor Baylis, the inventor of the clockwork radio, it can play music for an astonishing 20 hours before needing to be charged. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Led Zep, The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Britney Spears may have hidden secret backwards messages in their music, but beardy grinning weirdo music man Richard D James (or rather Aphex Twin) went one further and hid pictures in his music. Presumably just because he's clever enough to do it.

A chap who may or may not go by the name of Bastwood goes one further by finding the things. picked by pocksucket 7 months ago

Leonard Pennario was a grammy award winning, very popular pianist who loved to play for an audience instead of insulating himself like so many of his peers. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

University of North Texas (UNT) student John Bramblitt paints beautiful works of art in vivid colors, despite the fact that he's been blind for years. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

An exhibition called "Dialogue in the Dark 2007 Tokyo" is the place where sighted people are guided by blind people through several specially constructed darkened rooms to help dicover the unseen. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

Four hospital workers abandoned a blind patient with diabetes at an Osaka park in September after his former wife refused to take him in. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A blind Iowa man scored a perfect 300 game at the Century Lanes bowling alley on Saturday, The Storm Lake Times reported.

“I can’t see the lane or the pins and have a heck of a time finding my ball sometimes,” Davis told The Times. picked by dollyllama 7 months ago

a new piece of mozart music has been found in a french collection.

Tupac doesnt release as much post death music as he! picked by coolguy04 2 months ago

Maxriter's post reminded me of these people.

Very surreal portrait photos shot by blind people. Their process is pretty interesting. picked by PulsisX 10 months ago

A federal appeals court today upheld a 2006 ruling that U.S. paper money discriminates against the blind. The decision may force the Treasury Department to redesign the currency, which might result in bills that are different sizes or embossed with raised markings. picked by lpoindexter 6 months ago