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Looks like an old audio cassette, but actually a memory stick holding 64 megs. Fill it up with tunes and write out the playlist on the accompanying cardboard label, and give it as a very cool gift. details
Tap the drums on the shirt's picture and hear them. Lay down a fat beat. Need proof?
A DRM-free MP3 music store. You may not find the latest Justin Timberlake hits there, but they have tons of great stuff from a wide variety of categories (over 2 million MP3s from more than 90,000 albums as of May of 2007), and you get 30 DRM-free MP3s a month for $9.99 or 50 for $14.99 after the 25 free songs you get for signing up. 8 Belle and Sebastian albums! 11 Howlin' Wolf albums! 12 Charlie Mingus albums! 48 Luaka Bop albums! Gift certificates available. details
E is the most popular key for acoustic blues; play an A harp with that and draw more notes than you blow, and it will sound bluesy. (Or get a D harp to play with a band playing in A, etc.) details
Play them with your fingers, hear electronic drums, record it, loop it. details
Classic amps, weird guitars (like that
Available in "worn cherry" or "worn brown." If you go with the worn brown and then watch the movie
Hendrix on "Voodoo Chile"! Clapton on "White Room!" This is it—the original Crybaby Wah Wah pedal. details
Interesting new way for percussionists to express themselves, or a drummer's equivalent of Edward Scissorhands? You be the judge! details
Car sirens, ringing cell phones, little dog barking, fingernails on a chalk board, and 95 more annoying noises. details
Legendary jazz bassist Charles Mingus' autobiography. More about his sex life than music; chock full of useful tips for the guys! details
1 and 2 and 3 and 4, really big drumsets, an obnoxious Eurotrash accent... Everything you need to master Complicated Drumming Technique. details
This tiny VOX amp is less than three and a half inches long, and hangs right off of your guitar's input jack. Choose from
A classic percussion instrument for latin music at a great price. details
Who played Gretsch drums? Elvin Jones, Philly Joe Jones, Art Blakey, Charlie Watts, Mikey Dolenz, the Linkin Park guy... details
3/4 size, also available in black, which may look cooler, but
Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, and Marky (the sunglasses suggest Tommy, but it looks more like Marky's hair) as 3.75" tall teddy bears. details
Not just a Kool Kat; an iKool Kat. Connect it to your PC or MP3 players, and in addition to to playing your music, it dances to the beat of the music and lights up with millions of color patterns. Also available as
With one 8" speaker, you won't blow any windows out, but you also won't find a better coolness/price ratio in any other amp. (Don't miss the