BBtv: Freestyle Audio Soundwave underwater MP3 player review

#5 – 12:32 PM December 2, 2008

So... just putting this out there... Why no nudity?

It just hit me as I was watching your review, and in context of the review, I really wanted to see your naked body.

I mean you were naked, are an adult and you are filming yourself in the shower. I think it's a natural urge to want to see the entire shot.

Now I'm sure that you don't want your naked body all over the internet and linked to a spillion people forever, I mean those photos that you took of yourself for that girl/website are still out there and are totally being used by pervs, so I get the whole lets NOT show my nudity to everyone.

But when will we get honest simple nudity to pepper our random information intake, I think if an all-nude tech review site were to come out it would fail, much like Naked News was lame. But if you got some naked action that organically fell into a newscast I think that would be lovely.

This video just reminded me that eventually nudity taboos are gonna become a forefront issue eventually (like teens fashion or violent media) and some people at the forefront are gonna do some cool subtle things, like nudity in a crappy MP3 player review.

Teresa Nielsen Hayden

#6 – 12:37 PM December 2, 2008

Fenrox, are you by any chance a furry?

#7 – 1:00 PM December 2, 2008

@ #6

Man I hope not. Are we talking Furries like the people who dress up in costumes, I am definitely not one of those.

If it means dudes that have hair (not that much...) that want to see Joel naked I guess I am one of those...

But that sounds gay, like sex with men gay, and as a gay, I can say that there is no shortage in super hot gay porn, seriously there is just... SO MUCH. So... its not like i want to fap to him or anything.

Bledsoefilms

#8 – 1:17 PM December 2, 2008

FYI, there was A LOT of editing involved in this piece...

we won't ever be the same

Derek
Series Producer, BBtv

#9 – 1:25 PM December 2, 2008

@fenrox, there will be even more awkward sexual innuendo in joel's next gadget review on boing boing tv. I think you will find this next one most enjoyable.

Noelegy

#10 – 1:32 PM December 2, 2008

That was amusing, if only because he reminds me of my ex-husband in a vague and endearing fashion. But he did hit on the one weakness in the concept of an underwater MP3 player: water in your ears! That can ruin everything.

I'm not sure I understand the need for an underwater MP3 player, anyway. If I want to listen to music in the shower, I turn on the CD player that's in the adjacent bedroom. Then again, I have an iPod nano, second generation, and have missed out on all the nifty gadgets and docks that will fit it, since they've changed the verdammt shape again...

Antinous / Moderator

#11 – 1:38 PM December 2, 2008

That puts the question about the carpet matching the drapes to bed.

Guesstimate Jones

#12 – 1:40 PM December 2, 2008

Never mind the video, I have real question, as a lap-swimmer: Is it actually submersible, or just water-resistant? I have a similar fm-radio, but the problem with it, is: The resistance from the water, as you swim through it, pulls the earbuds out of your ears.

Can you actually SWIM, with the this device?

Tits McGee

#13 – 1:55 PM December 2, 2008

Yummy.

#14 – 1:56 PM December 2, 2008

@ #12, I would imagine it's submersible and suitable for swimming...other wise I'm not sure what purpose the clip on the back of the player would serve. Joel, any insight on the use of the clip? :D

Joel Johnson

#15 – 2:00 PM December 2, 2008

Yup, it's totally submersible. That is, in fact, the point. I just tested it in the shower because I wasn't about to leave the house to go swimming. :)

#16 – 2:33 PM December 2, 2008

Good to hear, Joel, because if it was solely intended for intra-shower use, I shudder to think what you'd be doing with that clip.

Enochrewt

#17 – 2:52 PM December 2, 2008

I've had a tough day, and this completely made it better (but not the naked part). I kind of want to hear music behind water in my ear canal...

#18 – 3:01 PM December 2, 2008

#16, Quick everyone, come up with uses for that clip if it were intended for showers only.

Use #34 - Mobile creepy-AXE-ball-washing-disk holder.

For the reals, is it to hold on to the actual MP3 player? How do you fasten it to whatever to keep it on you?

#19 – 3:07 PM December 2, 2008

Use #42 - Entertainment for the S&M enthusiast while washing up.

Bledsoefilms

#20 – 3:12 PM December 2, 2008

Further uses for the MP3 player clip in shower will be elaborated on in this weeks Unicorn chaser- heh heh

#21 – 3:17 PM December 2, 2008

Xeni, I think you touched on a great idea, "intimate" gadget reviews? I mean if you have ever bought sex toy that has more than one part, you were probably just ripped off and are lamenting your purchase.

I would love to see the companies that make those terrible vibro-rings get some critical reviews, or any reviews. Maybe some sort of blog partnership with babeland, hell maybe I should do this...

#22 – 3:30 PM December 2, 2008

@fenrox, sex toy reviews are not in our forseeable future at bbtv, but godspeed, fellow traveler.

sexually suggestive worksafe reviews of totally nonsexual gadgets? yes, probably soon. they're what internet hits are made of around here.

#23 – 3:45 PM December 2, 2008

I think we've stumbled upon a new niche market with this video...there is now apparently a demand for g33k p33n.

Although how large it is would be anyone's guess. The demand, I mean.

#24 – 3:51 PM December 2, 2008

@Chris The Tiki Guy: well, that or an overabundance of Deez Nuts jokes.

#25 – 4:26 PM December 2, 2008

@Xeni the last Deez Nuts joke I heard was while playing Kingdom of Loathing, and all I could produce was a forced, weak chuckle.

The market had previously been saturated with Deez Nuts jokes, and they'd been devalued. Much like Winnie the Pooh merchandise.

Oh, and @ #8 bledsoefilms, how do you bleach your eyeballs after editing footage like this without losing your sight completely? Is there some sort of sanity check you can roll beforehand? :)

Anonymous Anonymous

#26 – 4:42 PM December 2, 2008

What, not even a nipple?

Bledsoefilms

#27 – 5:18 PM December 2, 2008

@ FENROX

Check out Sue Johanson's Pleasure Chest on the Oxygen Network:
http://oxygen.feedroom.com/?fr_story=9b4ba5fb4bac41e9d6540d02dd6e87d398afc1bc&rf=rss

@ CHRIS THE TIKI GUY

No, these clips come from Joel without warning, and they're going in a direction the frightens me

bibulb

#28 – 6:13 PM December 2, 2008

Say, I wonder if this plays MP3s as well as the MotoroAAAAAHHH MY EYES CLOSING THE WINDOW DOES NOTHING

(Actually, pretty funny. Kudos.)

#29 – 6:14 PM December 2, 2008

@Chris the Tiki guy, an unlimited supply of eyeball bleach is one of the things we guarantee each member of Boing Boing tv production crew. That and whatever that godawful antifreeze-colored red bull knockoff it is that Derek drinks so damn much of. Monster, I believe.