Abracadabra

If you want your music to literally disappear into your decor, the iHome Speaker Lamp with iPod dock is for you.

Mid Century Modern

For those who embrace technology but favor a more classic design aesthetic, the wooden Crosley iPod Dock’s classic styling is perfect.

Old School

If you’re longing for the days of the Beastie Boys or Ton Loc, the Lasonic Ghetto Blaster with iPod Dock will take you back to your youth.

Candy Coated

If you want your dock to be as playful as your music, the iCrado Dock comes in 10 fun colors.

Bad to the Bone

If anyone in your household prefers ultra-modern surroundings with a little bit of an edge, Skull Candy’s Pipe Audio Dock is sure to satisfy.

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Michael Jackson Billie Jean Costume $150

Although it may pale in comparison to the $49,000 you’d have to pay for Michael Jackson’s infamous bejeweled glove, this fantastic Michael Jackson Billie Jean Halloween Costume will still set you back $150. And that’s about $100 over budget, according to the latest findings from the National Retail Federation’s Consumer Survey about this year’s Halloween spending. The survey states that this year, shoppers will probably be spending about $56.31 on Halloween, about $10 less on average than they did last year.

Let’s see. Award-winning Halloween costume + copious amounts of candy + spooky Halloween lighting + outdoor tombstone (complete with sound effects and dry ice fog) + cold medicine for when the kids get sick afterward = WAY MORE THAN $56.31…what do you think?

Well, just in case you have budgeted for Halloween this year (and even if you’re not, it’s worth a look), take a gander at some of Halloween 2009′s most popular costumes at our Halloween Shop!

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And if you’re in for a night in with some Halloween thrillers, DeepDiscount is having a HUGE sale of up to 65% off Halloween movies right now, get Poltergeist for $6.99!.

The Sold Out Beatles Stereo Box Set is Available Here

If you haven’t yet heard, the new Beatles Box Stereo box set is pretty extraordinary. Beatles fans have long been clamoring for a definitive catalogue of the best Beatles music around, and now they’ve got one. The box set includes all 12 studio albums, starting with their first album Please Please Me through their final album Let It Be, plus the two Past Masters albums that have been condensed into one album, for a total of 13 remastered albums.

The Past Masters album is especially noteworthy because it’s got the Paul McCartney-approved version of Let It Be — not the overdubbed and over-stringed Phil Spector approved version that appeared on the original album. The tracks are raw and extremely clear — and the sound far superior to the 1987 remasters. The packaging seems to have gotten mixed reviews — some love the elegant look of the box and the cardboard sleeves (as opposed to the plastic jewel cases some find wasteful), while others complain that the packaging is flimsy and looks more impressive than it is.

Either way, there’s no doubt that The Beatles’ albums were definitely due for an overhaul to keep up with modern advances in stereo music technology. And with the span of brilliant tracks from a brilliant band in this new set, you’d do yourself a favor to get this one now. Especially because the next release of box sets may not include some of the extras, like the mini-DVD documentaries that discuss the making of each of the 13 albums.

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I’ve been listening to Michael Jackson all day. Not only was he my hero as a child of the 80s growing up (along with being everyone else’s), but his song “Black and White” totally changed my young adult life in that I finally felt like a conversation about racial equality in entertainment was starting — I loved the part where he danced next to the Indian Bharat Natyam dancer. That’s only part of the reason I, along with the rest of the world is so affected by his death, or as John Mayer so eloquently Tweeted about it, “A major strand of our cultural DNA has left us.”

While this week has been tough for entertainment, it’s been booming for music retail. As I write this blog right now, Michael’s 25th Anniversary Thriller album remains at the top of Amazon.com’s music bestseller list, followed by Off the Wall, Bad, Michael Jackson: The Ultimate Collection, and the list goes on and on. Not the Transformers 2 soundtrack, not the new Green Day album — just our beloved King of Pop’s classic chart-topper filled albums.

And that’s no surprise — after all, Thriller is the best selling album of all time with all 10 of its tracks making Billboard’s Top 100 list. Now fans are reported to be scrambling to hold onto something from Michael whether it be an album, music videos, or even the books he’s written — his autobiography Moon Walk, his essays in Dancing with a Dream, or Moonwalker: The Storybook, the children’s story he wrote.

Michael Jackson’s albums have climbed to the top of Apple’s “Top Albums” list, the search for his name has devastated the internet world, dominating Twitter and Google and practically breaking both sites, and his page on Wikipedia has been viewed more than a million times in the last 2 days, not to mention it’s undergoing an editing war — just take a look at its editing history.

With all this Michael Jackson craze, I’m tempted to go out and find some comfort in the part of my childhood that died along with MJ by purchasing an album or a music video DVD that I don’t have. But I’ve decided that I’m perfectly content to dig out my old glittery silver Michael Jackson glove belt and watch YouTube all day…

If you don’t know who Jeff Buckley is, please drop EVERYTHING you’re doing and listen to and/or watch this. It’s only the most amazing version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” ever from Jeff Buckley’s album Grace. Besides being one of my favorite musicians, Jeff Buckley was notable for his amazing range, fantastic falsetto, and ability to combine a folksy sound with a melodic, soulful one. He drew his inspirations from musicians that ranged from Edith Piaf and Bob Dylan to Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and The Smiths.

Sadly,  Buckley died early at age 31 in a drowning accident and we never quite got to see where he was headed with his career, but his albums Grace and Sketches for My Sweetheart the Drunk were well-received and now a brand new documentary DVD and CD taken from his past Grace world tours has just been released. The DVD features 2 discs with 29 tracks under the Sony Legacy label and retails for around $20. Curl up with some candles, a glass of wine, his music on your stereo, and call it a night…

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