Live Nation has announced a 12-year mega-deal with U2 for the band’s merchandising, licensing rights, and online properties. Live Nation already has a two decade relationship with the Irish band for touring, but will most likely include ticketing when their own system goes live in 2009. The deal does not include recording and publishing, which is...

Thanks to technology, the days of your girlfriend straddling your Peavey 6505 for a little extra “impact” while you practice Running With The Devil are a thing of the past. Some nutters over NOTCOT, decided to hook up their Les Paul to a to a VOX Amplug and and a OhMiBod self pleasure device. The OhMiBod is designed to activate when an iPod is...

From The How To Kill Yourself In 60 Seconds File The folks at Hammacher Schlemmer are now selling a motorized Monocycle for a mere 13 large. According to Hammacher, this monocycle can travel up to 25 mph and is powered by a 31cc, four-stroke, 1.5 HP engine. Based on an original design conceived in Marseilles, France in 1869, this modern version’s wheel is...

Odo Synths has released 38911 Bytes, a virtual Commodore 64 synthesizer for Windows. Features: • Single oscillator synth with 4 waveforms (saw, triangle, pulse and pitch noise) • PulseWidth “noise cutoff” and “noise level” and Octaves from -3 to 4. • 3 BPM sequencers with 7 rates, 2 to 8 steps and end/loop...

Acon Digital Media has released LoopWorx, a new Windows software application for music production. Acon claims LoopWorx makes it possible for users new to computer and digital music production to create professional sounding songs within minutes. Included loops, clips created by the integrated drum computer or recorded material can easily be arranged and mixed...