Posts filed under 'Music'
Are you an Audiophile? Are you a bike commuter, mountain biker, or festival goer? If so, this could be the next big thing for you.
The Skullcandy Link Hydro Pack is a backpack that is completely wired, with speakers on the shoulder
straps, a built-in mic, internal laptop case, and a half-gallon hydration bladder. You can put your cell phone in a side pocket, plug it into the wire , do the same with your mp3 player, and take off. As you ride or roam you can answer the phone by pushing a button on the shoulder strap and just talk, no headset required. You can also jam to your favorite music with headphones or through the shoulder straps. Volume can be adjusted, and you can switch back and forth between phone and mp3 using the controls as well.
I used this on my commute last week and flatted out on my bike. I hopped off to change the tire and sat the pack on the ground. I turned the headphones off and turned the shoulder speakers on and listened to music while I changed my tire… or didn’t change it. I forgot my tire changing tool, so… I listened to music while I waited for my wife to come pick me up. It was sweet.
My only worry with this backpack is that I wouldn’t take it on a plane since as it goes through the xray
machine at the airport it might look slightly suspicious with all the wires inside. But, for any other use, this thing is amazing. Pretty soon all our electronics will be wired into our clothing and run through solar panels made into the material on the shoulders. I’m calling it, you heard it hear first folks… 
- Retails for $139.95
- Comes in Orange/Grey or Camouflage (you won’t be sneaking up on anybody while rocking Metallica though…
- AA battery powered amplifier
- 1/2 gallon hydration bladder
May 7th, 2008
Dirt Sweat and Gears is the big mountain biking event in the Southeast US each year. And the Outdoorzy team will be in attendance. It will be happening the first weekend in May, and we have it marked on the calendar and we can’t wait to get down there and have some fun. There will be musical performances, tons of free swag (including bike give-aways), lots of outdoor loving people, oh yeah… and lots of mountain bike races!
Outdoorzy will be giving away loads of gift cards to the Outdoorzy Store so you can load up on cycling gear and any other fun summer outdoor gear and clothing you need. Not to mention lots of other gear and freebies. Just drop by our tent and check us out. It won’t be hard to find us, we’ll be the ones with the big Outdoorzy.com banner. There will be plenty of other vendors there as well.
If you’re looking for something to do that weekend and you’re within driving distance come on up and check out all the excitement in Fayetteville Tennessee.
April 19th, 2008
SkullCandy makes headphones, pretty darn good uns too. You want a pair? Okay, read this to see how to get a free pair. Seriously…
I recently got set of these headphones and at first site I thought, okay…. so. But when I plugged them into my MP3 player and started listening to a little 311 (I know I’m old skool) I could see what the buzz was about.
They have a really clear and powerful sound for a small set of speakers. They were comfortable, and seemed reasonably durable. I wasn’t so sure about the part that wraps over your head yet. It seemed a bit, well plasticy. BUT I gave them a good twist one way, then the other… then did that again. They didn’t even creak or moan. So that test went well.
Now would they stand the test of being packed in my backpack, stuffed under an airplane seat, pulled out, dropped, picked up, squished, mashed, scattered, smothered, covered, diced, and chunked. You get the picture….
And, they did. So, my final verdict is 8.5 out of 10. They are $29.95 over at SkullCandy.com, but hey… you could buy a $10 set, then break them the next week. Or get something that is decent. AND, has a SKULL on it. Sweeet.
And what the heck, we are all about contests this week. You want a pair? Send me the name of the 3 bands you’d listen to first on your new set of SkullCandy phones… Let me know over on the Forum and, well, I’ll pick somebody to take a pair home and rock out.
March 7th, 2008
The line-up for the 2008 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was announced yesterday. The festival will take place June 12th-15th and tickets will go on sale February 16th. This year will be one of the most impressive yet. Here is a short list of the big names announced so far…
Pearl Jam
Jack Johnson
Metallica
Kanye West
Robert Plant and Allison Krauss
B.B. King
Willie Nelson
The Allman Brothers
My Morning Jacket
Death Cab for Cutie
Ben Folds
O.A.R.
Iron & Wine
Robert Randolph
Yonder Mountain String Band
Rilo Kiley
and more…
February 7th, 2008
Genre - Folk Rock/Acoustic Rock
Songs - 11
Recommended Use - Drive Home From Work
Rating - Good Stuff
“Lifeline” is one of those albums that you listen to the first time and you go… hmm okay, I guess that was pretty good. Then you give it a second listen and you’re like, wait, was that song on there the first time. The album was recorded in about a week in a recording studio in Paris, without the use of computers. Old School y’all. Track 1, “Fight Outta You,” starts you off with Ben doing this monotone voice thing, and if you can make it through the first verse without forwarding he gets into some of his trademark voice inflections. Track 3, “Lonesome Train,” has a great blues sound. Track 6, “Say You Will,” reminds me of some of his earlier stuff, fast paced and fun. Tracks 10 “Paris Sunrise #7,” and 11 “Lifeline,” are blended together to make a great acoustic ballad. Paris is all acoustic with quite a bit of Ben playing slide. The Innocent Criminals stand out once again and are one of the tightest bands I know. They form a great backdrop for Ben’s soft and sad voice to tell the story. I didn’t quite give it a “Sweet!” rating mainly because some of the tracks didn’t have enough kick or hook for me. But all in all it’s a good buy. You really can’t go wrong adding any of their albums to your collection.
As Ben was quoted as saying in the most recent edition of Outside Mag, “The outdoors was always just a huge part of my life. And, you know what, someone’s got to be the soundtrack to all of this. It may as well be me.” Well put…
September 21st, 2007
