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SUCKADELIC
A custom-styled “DJ Trooper” toy/artwork, produced by Medicom, 2008
Plastic, cloth and paper. 1:6 scale: 30.5 x 17.8 x 16.5 cm. (12 x 7 x 6.5 in). Signed on original packaging.
This toy is unique and includes matching track suit, sneakers, mini headphones, double turntable stand with two records, and plastic case with twenty-one [...]

RjDj is a music application for the Iphone, that, according to the developer, is a type of digital drug:
It uses sensory input to generate and control music you are listening to. RjDj is mainly consumed with headphones. Think of it as the next generation of walkman or mp3 player. The consumer experience of RjDj is [...]

Remix and M-Audio have announced a potentially interesting webinar on Producing Club-Ready Tracks - presumably with lots of M-Audio gear.
Unfortunately, to watch this “on-demand” webinar, you have to give them permission spam you, and let all their buddies spam you.
Check out the form you have to fill out to watch this webinar:

What you can’t see [...]

This is just plain scary - this video shows Britney Spears performing at a Las Vegas concert with just her voice track - none of the backing tracks or vocal tracks she’s lip syncing too.
View it all the way through, if you can bear it - and you’ll understand why they invented Auto-Tune.

We’ve mentioned binaural beats previously - illusory “beats” that you can hear when pure tones of slightly different frequency are separately and simultaneously presented to each ear.
It’s an interesting psychoacoustic effect - one that at least some people think can help you do things ranging from concentrating to opening your chakras.
Mainstream media has picked up [...]

We’ve talked a lot about Nine Inch Nails recently - reviewing The Slip, praising their new media efforts, etc.
But their official Nine Inch Nails portrait made me do a double take.
Rock stars are supposed to be tearing things up, spewing spittle, wailing in front of towers of flame and flashing lights, biting the heads off [...]

Jack DeYoung has posted his take on the Weirdest Guitars In The World, and after taking a look, all I can say is that guitarists are a pretty conservative bunch.
You haven’t seen weird, until you’ve seen some of the bizarre synth contraptions that keyboardists and electronic musicians have come up with.
In fact, some of these [...]

This is off topic and pretty insanely stupid, but it’s the only thing that brought tears to my eyes today.
And made me blow coffee out my nose.
Pat Metheny plays As It Is live, and reveals why he doesn’t gets a vocal mic.
via the awesome WFMU