Top 10 Freakishly Specific Lists from The Onion A.V. Club

Everyone loves a good list. The writers of the arts and entertainment arm of the satirical newspaper The Onion more than most. In their new book Inventory (Scribner), they've put together a compendium of their most hilarious, obscure and frighteningly precise lists. Here's a sampling of our favorites.

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You Got Your Moog In My Keytar!

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10 Highly Pretentious Musical Instruments

1. The Eaton-Moog-Multiple-Touch-Sensitive-Keyboard (a never released keyboard where each of its 49 keys responds to "five different kinds of movement")
2. The Chapman Stick (a guitar/bass played with both hands)
3. Children's Choir (self-explanatory)
4. The Pikasso Guitar (three-necked, 42-string behemoth)
5. Bagpipe (it's funereal, not fun)
6. Keytar
7. Flute
8. Vibes
9. Grand Piano
10. Electric Guitar (enough with the solos!)

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