Hasta La Gadget!

The Rad Blaster is the “First MP3 player slash boom-box slash recording device that’s a fashion item as much as it is a function item” It also has “speakers, so you can walk around town and share your tunes” and a microphone so you can “spit your rhymes.” It looks wonderful, and costs $60.

We assume that the makers of the Rad Blaster weren’t around in the 1980s, the heyday of the boombox. If they had been, they’d know that the Boombox was named for its boom, the thunderous beat that issued from its big, D-cell-hungry speakers, the vibrations of which could be felt before they were heard. The Rad Blaster has about as much boom as one of those creepy horror-movie monkey toys with tiny cymbals.

In fact, we’re not sure if the Rad Blaster people are even serious about anything. The MP3 player actually comes with a chain so you can hang it around your neck as you cruise around town inflicting your tinny “tastes” on innocent pedestrians, and the OLED screen can show the lyrics to your songs so you can “spit” along with the music.

This is about as “street” as a Segway wearing a phone-holster. Appropriately (or ironically) enough, the Rad Blaster comes from a company named “Suburban Toys”. Imagine this being worn by Napolean Dynamite’s brother Kip, right after he met his wife-to-be, LaFawnduh Lucas, and you know everything you need to know about the Rad Blaster.

Rad Blaster Product page [Rad Blaster]