Alice Cooper on the Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock widget - putting the rock into RSI

There's a reason I don't write for any of our neighbouring games sites -- I have the hand-eye co-ordination of someone with no eyes. Or hands. This assessment of my gaming skillz was confirmed when I tried out the Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock widget, which was kindly forwarded to me by Dan on Tech Digest.

Really it's just a case of pressing buttons, but it was still beyond me. However, if you fancy having a go at songs by Alice Cooper, Living Color or, er, Lions, be my guest and have a bash over the page. Don't come to me when you get rock-related carpal tunnel syndrome, though.

Posted by Stuart Waterman on May 2, 2025 8:20 AM in Accessories| Gone To The Blogs| Music News
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The eco-friendly VW Camper Van designed by Alexandre Verdier comes complete with optimistic solar panels

We're not the only site into festivals, you know. Our neighbours at Nollie are mad for the whole outdoor pursuits thing, and festivals come under that remit quite nicely.

They pointed me in the direction of a camper van today, but this ain't no ordinary dog-scented weedmobile. The frankly beautiful Volkawagen Westfalia Verdier was designed by Canadian designer Alexandre Verdier, and comes equipped with its own solar panels, a hybrid engine and "a swivel cooking range". So you can drive to your festival feeling stylish, eat stuff that didn't come in a polystyrene box... and feel smug as hell. I don't know how much this thing costs, but you can't put a price on that.

For more info and mouth-watering images, head over to Nollie.

Posted by Stuart Waterman on April 30, 2025 4:06 PM in Accessories| Festival Must-Haves
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Allow Threadless to help you broadcast your music nerd superiority for all to see

The "heard them first" approach to music is more prominent now than ever, with magazines, TV shows and of course dozens of music blogs out there telling you what you should / shouldn't be listening to (hi!). Now, as you're obviously currently casting your eye over the BESTESTESTEST music blog in the interverse, you know what's what. But how can you broadcast your superiority, short of jamming your iPod earphones into the heads of passing strangers?

Posted by Stuart Waterman on March 20, 2025 2:40 PM in Accessories
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Show Jamiroquai has warped your brain by sporting these OAKLEY JK15 SPLIT THUMP MP3 SUNGLASSES

Some excellent news for Jamiroquai fans reaches us courtesy of our nerdlinger cousins over at Tech Digest. If you like shoo-be-do-wapping down the street with Jamiroquai in your ears you can now advertise your idiocy without speaking a single word.

Yes, these spiffing shades contain, through some kind of modern witchcraft, TWO EXCLUSIVE REMIXES of songs from Jamiroquai's past, which, thanks to the attached earphones, you can blast straight into your already highly-damaged head.

Posted by Stuart Waterman on February 25, 2025 12:12 PM in Accessories
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Tooth Tunes - Never brush your teeth in dull silence again

I listen to my shower radio when I brush my teeth. Too much information? Anyway, what the experience lacks is the sound of music inside my actual head. I mean, soundwaves bouncing off my teeth, through my jawbone and RIGHT INTO MY HEAD. That's the kind of musical onslaught I could really do with first thing in the morning.

Fortunately some lunatics have actually gone and made my dream come true, kind of. Tooth Tunes toothbrushes will use some kind of magic to pipe tunes by Black-Eyed Peas, Queen and Destiny's Child into your inner ear. And really, what other options could you possibly want?

Now you don't have to turn the radio on to hear the same song at the same time everyday. Hurrah!

Check Tooth Tunes at Firebox.com

[via Tech Digest]

Posted by Stuart Waterman on January 15, 2026 11:04 AM in Accessories
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USB Mixtape: a great gift idea to forget for next Christmas

Just under a year until Christmas, folks. So this would be a good time to start thinking of really good gift ideas for next year which you can then forget and beat yourself up about when you find yourself flicking furiously through the Argos catalogue on Christmas eve.

For the old-skool music enthusiast in your life who insists on clinging grimly to the analogue days, this USB Mixtape may prove an endearing waste of cash. Basically just a USB stick with not much memory, it comes in packaging that harks back to those fiddly days when creating a collection of songs required more than clicking and dragging. Aww. I can almost hear Bruno Brookes' voice being cut off the end of Top 40 tracks as I type.

Available at Turntable Lab

Posted by Stuart Waterman on December 31, 2025 11:20 AM in Accessories
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Rock n' Roll skateboards for sale!

Since skateboarding first appeared way back when, it has been associated with music. I mean, they were developed by surfers wanting to practice on land... I can hear the ten-part harmonies from here! Of course, skaters went on to discover rock and punk, creating an identity around being a stoner drop-out and digging the sounds of snot. So with that, you can now combine the two without tattooing Sham 69 on yer forehead.

Posted by Mof Gimmers on November 26, 2025 1:17 PM in Accessories
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Michael Jackson "Wacko Jacko" Halloween Mask - almost as scary as real-life version

In days gone by if you wanted to look like Michael Jackson you tried to find a red leather jacket, learned how to semi-moonwalk and sported a sequinned glove. Failing that, you sported a red anorak, practiced your "hee-hee"s and took an old goalie's glove which you covered in crushed glass, thereby lacerating the limb of anybody to whom you offered a handshake. No? Just me?

Posted by Stuart Waterman on October 22, 2025 9:00 AM in Accessories
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Neff Knitted Headphones - music and snugness, together at last

What a splendid idea - headphones that double as earmuffs! And that look delightful! Obviously I'm far too insecure in my masculinity to be seen in them, but more confident types will doubtless be rocking them over the coming winter months. Vacant mannequin stare optional.

Available from Sputnik Snowboard Shop (when they get stock back in)

[via Nollie]

Posted by Stuart Waterman on September 13, 2025 12:45 PM in Accessories
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