What character does the pianist of Ninja Sex Party play?
Brian Wecht Brian Wecht is a theoretical physicist, comedian, musician, a member of "Game Grumps", as well as the co-founder of "The Story Collider", a live science-based story telling podcast. He plays the character Ninja Brian in the comedy rock musical duo Ninja Sex Party. He attended UCSD for his Ph.D. in particle physics. Wecht held research positions at Harvard University, the Center for Theoretical Physics at MIT, the Institute for Advanced Study, and the University of Michigan, prior to becoming a faculty member at Queen Mary University of London. While there, Wecht worked on string theory, supersymmetry, and quantum field theory. In 2009, he joined Ninja Sex Party with singer Dan Avidan. Six years later, he left his long time career of academics and theoretical physics, with an extensive record of very highly cited contributions, to join the comedy gaming YouTube channel, "Game Grumps".
Playing the Piano Playing the Piano is a concept album by Ryuichi Sakamoto which was first released in Japan in 2009. The album is completely instrumental and features Sakamoto covering his earlier work, such as the soundtracks to "Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence" and "The Last Emperor", and also pop songs such as "Thousand Knives," by rearranging them to be played on a single piano. Sakamoto himself refers to the album as a "Self covers" album. In North America it was released as a deluxe double album along with the experimental album "Out of Noise" on 28 September 2010. Sakamoto promoted the album in North America with an 11-date tour in October and November 2010.