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It's a table. With drums built in. And other percussion instruments, you can swap around. Yey! Need to know more before you buy one to go in your student home? See the video (it's better than the photo.)
The Musical Rumba Series tables are handmade by artist Tor Clausen, and are available in four different sizes, each accommodating a different number of instruments. So, ok, they're probably not ideal for drinking game frolics unless you all club together and try really hard to not spill beer on one: the prices range from $800 to $2,900. [Musical Furnishings via Oh Gizmo]
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well.. this on should be fun!
"one"
anything over $100 isnt going into a student home
Needless to say, with enough booze, any table can do this.
"Yey"? What is that?
They forgot one glaring fact...
People who enjoy drum circles can't afford furniture.
Well, now I can beat off with three other friends!
This is the perfect gift for that someone, with kids, who you really really hate.
@Hiphopopotamus: Matthew McConaughey.
i can jsut imagen what my neighbors have to say after i get this!
it's going to be FUN!!!!
It's the best way for your Donkey Konga team to practice together.
@Hiphopopotamus:
it's true - we often will take our drums and put a board over them to make a table, as we spent all our money on drums.
So when everyone grows up, shaves the dreads, gets respectable jobs, and invests in modern furniture for the the Park Slope apartment they just purchased, they can still wear beards and funky tops and pretend they are still those hip young kids in a drum circle.
Smart idea. I predict it will bring Tor a surprising amount of (patchouli-scented) cash.
@Hiphopopotamus: People in drum circles normally can't drum either from
my experience.
Wow! That looks so fun!!
waaay overpriced though. like nearly everything that gets posted. come on guys, wheres the cheap cool stuff
Throw in one of those drumming robots and you've got a rollickin' good time.
I knew MS Surface wasn't going to meet all the hype but that's horrible.
@nutbastard: How about some more practical table improvements. like non-stick surfaces, irrigation trenches to remove spillage, and a built in Breathalyzer (for competition only)
@92BuickLeSabre: If they make a folding 'card table' version of this... I predict at least 16 of these showing up at the first W'Burg Kickball League game of the season.
No NO NO, thats the perfect way to spill your and your buddies drink all over the table and then lose an eye in the ensuing fight.
All after 16 seconds of melody makin!
@Hiphopopotamus: The new marker of a gentrifying neighborhood...the drums:
Country-of-origin-specific drums --> Struggling drummer's pawn shop drum set --> Sandalwood-oil stained drum circle drums --> Rock Band drum kit --> Drum Table
Come, come Gary! On the kick drum! Come Come on the kick drum Gary!
@nincompoop:
"People in drum circles normally can't drum either from
my experience."
then what the hell were they doing? throwing the drums at eachother?
I've been drumming on random surfaces for many years (im a steering wheel master) and just recently bought a djembe of CL for a very reasonable $40... I highly recommend it for anyone who appreciates rhythm. It's also nice to pair up with a friend who plays acoustic guitar, without being a huge deal to manage/learn like a full kit.
Hey i can't get video here... anyone mind telling me how these sound? (or if you're really nice, downloading the flv file and emailing it to me... anyone feeling generous?)
Someone seems to have cloned Betty Paige...and she's joined a cult of drum loving hippies!
kinda' cool- but how long do you think people are REALLY going to be sitting around drumming on a table?
I could play that table waaay better than that guy.
Sick idea though. I want one.
The guy in the white shirt at the top - He need's tobe LOL'd with the caption, "Invisible Turntables"
I need to get this for my friend. He's an amazing percussionist that bangs on everything when eating. For a while I thought people would get mad at him in public restaurants, but people actually clap for him a lot of the time.
...everyone gather round for a game of "Drum Whitey Drum." Failing at pictionary just wasn't good enough was it?
I was cursed with Druminson's Disease from the age of 7.
My fingers and toes and hands and feet and sometimes elbows and forehead accompanied the entire soundscape of my young life. Continuously.
No stick-like thing avoided my grasp. No surface sound was untested.
I once did a drum solo in my room with toothpicks on a feedbacking microphone.
I especially favoured kitchen implements on anything irritating. I possessed the house... up until I bought my first drumkit at 13 and was banished to the garage for good.
This table makes me wish my Mom was still alive so that I could give her the "Thank You" gift of maybe knowing what all that was like for me ...
WHAT is up with that image? Not a single person is actually touching the table. It's got a creepy ouija vibe to it.
Also, Amelie (Audrey Tautou) apparently sponsors this table.
@ANoel: "No stick-like thing avoided my grasp."
I think there are laws against that.
I don't think anyone with $2900 to spend on this will be able to truly appreciate it.
@Way: And isn't that Frucci next to her? Hmm, i guess all rhythmless white hippies look alike ;)
This is Cool!!!! I Want one!!! LOL, This rules I think, My wife would go berzerk but she does anyway!!!
LOL
Faslane
How are there no "More Cowbell" comments???
Anyhow, you could have an equally functional piece for a fraction of the price using an old Roland drum machine & some triggers.
@varion: @WildWon:
Like, stuff the white people shit, dudes...
[stuffwhitepeoplelike.wordpress.com]
Some of the sickest drummers EVER were white guys ... don't tempt me for the A LIST.
@nutbastard: Yup, that's exactly what it sounded like, were you there, or something?
This is the kind of music that tells me to go out
there and be somebody!
Perfect for all my hippie/green mafia friends.
@ANoel:
How funny!
"White people in the News"
Funny, but ridiculous blog headline......
@nincompoop:
where was this? certainly not in norcal!
@nutbastard: I don't mean to sound like I don't love you or something, but please don't use "norcal" or "soucal". It makes you sound like a Californian. The American equivalent to Canadians from Quebec.
I hate to sound negstive, but this thing sounds a bit fishy to me, the drum sounds come in a bit late after the guy starts banging on the table.
is it just me? the guy in the photo resembles Mr. Frucci.
@nutbastard: [netfiles.uiuc.edu]
you can find the flv in there
They try and they try, and despite the lavish benefits afforded them by racism, they still can't achieve any sense of rhythm...
I'm getting this for my kids, but I'm keeping it at their grandmas house. That's what she gets for buying them that acoustic guitar and recorder.
@dwight-schrute:
"I don't mean to sound like I don't love you or something, but please don't use "norcal" or "soucal". It makes you sound like a Californian."
I AM a Californian. And we DO treat NorCal and SoCal as if they were different states, and people from both regions are mutually offended by being associated with the other.
@illiniguy:
fucking excellent, thanks man!
You would think that the maker of a "Drumming table" could at least get a guy with some rhythm to