{"id":1004,"date":"2010-04-06T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.digittante.com\/wp\/2010\/04\/06\/reading-for-april-6-2010\/"},"modified":"2010-05-17T11:59:13","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T18:59:13","slug":"reading-for-april-6-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digittante.com\/wp\/2010\/04\/06\/reading-for-april-6-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading for April 6, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"scrd_digest\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~3\/kb5CvNGgFls\/\" rel=\"external\">Interview: Ben Folds Talks Chatroulette and Merton [VIDEO]<\/a>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/04\/05\/interview-ben-folds\/&amp;service=bit.ly\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"51\" height=\"61\" src=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?url=http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/04\/05\/interview-ben-folds\/\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/reader\/link?url=http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/04\/05\/interview-ben-folds\/&amp;title=Interview:%20Ben%20Folds%20Talks%20Chatroulette%20and%20Merton%20%5BVIDEO%5D&amp;srcTitle=Mashable&amp;srcUrl=http:\/\/mashable.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.mashable.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-digg-this\/i\/gbuzz-feed.png\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/benfolds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/benfolds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a>When Merton the <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tag\/chatroulette\">Chatroulette<\/a> Piano Guy burst on the scene last month, a considerable number of people believed him to be musician Ben Folds. Folds, in turn, started making like Merton at concerts, uploading his <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/03\/21\/ben-folds-chatroulette\/\">\u201cOdes to Merton\u201d <\/a>to <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/youtube\">YouTube<\/a>. Mashable recently sat down with Folds via Skype to talk about Merton, Chatroulette and whether he is, in fact, the man behind the hood.<br \/> <span><\/span><br \/> <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/03\/15\/chatroulette-piano\/\">Merton the Chatroulette Piano Guy<\/a> garnered his fair share of fame from going on the video chat site and composing improvisational songs on his piano about the people he encountered there. Mashable recently <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/03\/23\/exclusive-merton-the-chatroulette-piano-guy\/\">spoke with the man<\/a>, who prefers to remain anonymous, about his musical aspirations as well as striking resemblance to Ben Folds.<\/p>\n<p>Many of you (including some Mashable staffers) remained unconvinced that Merton and Folds are not one-in-the-same. After Folds released his final <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2010\/04\/02\/ben-folds-chatroulette-2\/\">\u201cOde to Merton\u201d<\/a> last week, we decided to contact the musician and get the lowdown on his foray into the infamous social site.<\/p>\n<p>After speaking with Folds, I\u2019m pretty much 100% sure that he and Merton are not the same person. Check out the interview below if you\u2019re still not convinced, as well as our original interview with Merton himself.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><\/p>\n<h3>For more <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/video\/\">web video<\/a> coverage, follow Mashable Web Video on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/mashablevideo\">Twitter<\/a> or become a fan on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mashable.video?ref=sgm\">Facebook<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Reviews: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blippr.com\/apps\/336650-Facebook\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blippr.com\/apps\/337174-Mashable\">Mashable<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blippr.com\/apps\/336651-Twitter\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tag\/chatroulette\/\">chatroulette<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tag\/music\/\">music<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tag\/viral-video\/\">viral video<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?a=kb5CvNGgFls:ied6jSO_jO8:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?i=kb5CvNGgFls:ied6jSO_jO8:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?a=kb5CvNGgFls:ied6jSO_jO8:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?i=kb5CvNGgFls:ied6jSO_jO8:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?a=kb5CvNGgFls:ied6jSO_jO8:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?i=kb5CvNGgFls:ied6jSO_jO8:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?a=kb5CvNGgFls:ied6jSO_jO8:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?a=kb5CvNGgFls:ied6jSO_jO8:_e0tkf89iUM\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?d=_e0tkf89iUM\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?a=kb5CvNGgFls:ied6jSO_jO8:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?i=kb5CvNGgFls:ied6jSO_jO8:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?a=kb5CvNGgFls:ied6jSO_jO8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?a=kb5CvNGgFls:ied6jSO_jO8:P0ZAIrC63Ok\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?d=P0ZAIrC63Ok\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?a=kb5CvNGgFls:ied6jSO_jO8:I9og5sOYxJI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?d=I9og5sOYxJI\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?a=kb5CvNGgFls:ied6jSO_jO8:CC-BsrAYo0A\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?d=CC-BsrAYo0A\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?a=kb5CvNGgFls:ied6jSO_jO8:_cyp7NeR2Rw\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Mashable?i=kb5CvNGgFls:ied6jSO_jO8:_cyp7NeR2Rw\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/kb5CvNGgFls\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"scrd_credit\">Digest powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/geekfactor.charrington.com\/projects\/rss-digest\">RSS Digest<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interview: Ben Folds Talks Chatroulette and Merton [VIDEO] When Merton the Chatroulette Piano Guy burst on the scene last month, a considerable number of people believed him to be musician Ben Folds. Folds, in turn, started making like Merton at concerts, uploading his \u201cOdes to Merton\u201d to YouTube. Mashable recently sat down with Folds via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digittante.com\/wp\/2010\/04\/06\/reading-for-april-6-2010\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Reading for April 6, 2010\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":2219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27,26],"tags":[450],"class_list":{"0":"post-1004","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-27","8":"category-reading","9":"tag-reading","10":"h-entry","11":"hentry","12":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.digittante.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/6FingerHand-Small.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pBlcz-gc","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digittante.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digittante.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digittante.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digittante.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digittante.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.digittante.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1036,"href":"https:\/\/www.digittante.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004\/revisions\/1036"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digittante.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digittante.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digittante.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digittante.com\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}