Used by travelers to reduce aircraft engine noise, and by others preferring tranquility in their work, these Bose headphones are renowned for their full-spectrum noise reduction and comfortable fit. Both styles feature tiny microphones inside the ear cups that identify unwanted sound and a correction signal prevents the noise from reaching the speakers, ensuring external noise reduction.

This special offer includes a free MP3 player that has voice recording, voice playback capabilities, and comes preloaded with 38 songs. Hurry, as this offer ends June 30th 2007.

Simply plug your audio or video device in the iPod converter with the included RCA connections (add S-video for video conversion), and plug the other end into your iPod or USB hard drive and press the magic button. Voila! Now your media has been converted to digital for you to listen, edit, or watch on your computer or iPod.

I envision this being plugged into a 250GB external hard drive and converting an entire music collection (vinyl, tapes, CDs, etc) plus old family videos (VHS, DVD, etc) directly to the external hard drive. Then plug that external drive into your PC and enjoy. Imagine all the space you can save if you converted all your VHS tapes, cassette tapes, and vinyl to digital format (MP3 for music and MPEG4 for video).

$199.95

Designed for ages 3 and up, this chromatically tuned Schoenhut baby grand has 30 full sized keys, and high gloss finish for that long lasting appeal. Made of hardwood and hardboard this piano includes matching 9″ bench, songbook, and a color-coded learning system that fits behind the keys to guide small fingers.

Also available in Black or White, a baby grand piano makes an excellent gift that incorporates musical learning into the young mind of someone very special to you. The piano might not travel with them throughout the years, but they will be forever changed having experienced the wonder of making their own music.

The simple modular design of this table is what makes it so versatile. Set up this musical table for kids in a circle and 4 kids can face each other while rocking out. You also have the option of moving the pieces in a row as if the kids were on stage performing for an audience. Since the 4 separate pieces are completely mobile you can set up the band however you like.

8 wooden mallets are included with the 8 xylobells, wooden xylophone, 2 Remo drums, and a 3-tone chime and cymbal. This musical table for kids is recommended for children ages 3 and up.

$249.99 (sale price)

With the InstantMusic Vinyl & Cassette Ripper, you just hook it up to a turntable or cassette deck then plug it in into a USB port on your PC or Mac. The included software lets you to convert your music to MP3 files, or burn directly to CD. It also has an awesome feature that detects the gaps between songs to divide old LPs into individual MP3 files. Just a couple years ago I remember lamenting that products like this were really expensive and/or hard to find, but now Think Geek makes them available for a mere $50. Thank you, technology!

The only problem this doesn’t solve is the room that vinyl takes up. If you’re anything like me, even if you’ve got a digital copy of your records, it’s not like you’d even consider getting rid of the originals! At least you can listen to them anytime you get the hankering, and without all that fuss of flipping, flipping, flipping…

$49.99 Windows
$59.99 Mac

This electronic drumpad is a Hammacher exclusive that also serves as a mousepad. Although from the looks of it I’d recommend it for someone who has a wireless mouse. The finger drumming mousepad allows you to play eight different percussion sounds, including bass, snare, two rack toms, a floor tom, hi-hat, crash, and ride cymbals using only your fingers. This fun device requires 4 AAA batterires (the kind most new TV remote controls use) and you can record up to 30 of your own rhythms.

I like to tease, so I think it would be funny to get this for someone who asked for a drum set for their birthday/Christmas/etc. and you let them open this gift first. Then when all the gifts are opened you can bring them out to the garage where the real drum set is set up. It makes for a bigger surprise in the end. Plus when they can’t practice their real drums because of noise, this little finger drum set will keep them busy.

One of the bands featured several times on RMR is Creature Feature, a 2 piece band from Ventura, California that makes us squirm with delight! The first thought that popped into our heads as “The Greatest Show Unearthed” began playing was an easy, if incomplete, comparison. Creature Feature sounds like the soundtrack to a Tim Burton movie. Their lyrics read like one of his poems, and the mood and tone are of the same casual insanity. But beyond the lack of pretense and seemingly perfect aptitude for all things macabe, Creature Feature posesses a greater flexability… more
[via 365 Halloween]