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Who is Bar Karma's Mystery Band? (UPDATE!) Posted by Jim_Goldblum | Production Blog | FEBRUARY 17, 2011

UPDATE:

Congratulations to @laurenlush16 and @Itsbatman_Durr for discovering tonight's mystery band, 6BROOKS. And thank you to everyone who did an incredible job on this riddle! If you want to learn more about the band's upcoming EP "5 Smooth Stones," and download their single with Bella Boncat, "Slow It Down," head over to freethealtonido.com.

Please enjoy 6Brooks' music video:

 

And here is an explanation for the riddle:

The columns on a chess board are called files, the rows are sometimes called brooks. There are eight brooks on a standard board but a pawn begins the game on the second brook and only has to move six spaces forward to reach the end of the board. Once a pawn has moved six spaces, or "crossed six brooks", it can become anything it wants. It can even become a queen, the only chess piece more valuable than a rook. That is, once a pawn crosses six brooks, it can "trick rooks". In Through The Looking Glass the Red Queen tells Alice that, to become a queen, she has "to jump the first of six brooks," which she winds up doing as a pawn on the chessboard. Of course, a brook is also a stream, which is why she might be "wading on fish hooks" while she's jumping the brooks of the chessboard.

The "five smooth stones" is a reference to David and Goliath. When David is asked what he needs to fight Goliath, he asks for only five smooth stones. This brings us back to the original pawn metaphor. David needs five smooth stones to defeat Goliath and become royalty, just like a pawn needs six brooks to defeat a rook and become royalty.

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Some of you asked about Bar Karma's mystery band whose song was over the closing credits of the first episode. Well, you're in luck, because our mystery band is BACK with more music in episode 102 which premieres Friday, February 18 at 10/9c on Current TV. 

And they're here, with a video riddle - just for you.  Solve the riddle, and you'll have the band name. 

 

The first two Current TV Creation Studios community members to crack the riddle and discover the band's name  AND POST A LINK TO THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE IN THE COMMENTS get some Bar Karma swag.

So what are you waiting for? Solve the riddle, get some stuff. Have at it.

We'll announce the winners and have a nice surprise right before the episode airs!

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