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My First Album

Adam Frucci — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:20:00 EDT

The first CDs I got for my first CD player? Why, Blind Melon and the Jurassic Park soundtrack, of course.

After that, I got Dookie, the Blue Album, Soundgarden's Superunknown and Pearl Jam's Vs. I had a crappy CD boombox in my room that I'd lay in front of for hours, listening to music over and over again and making mix tapes from the few CDs I had.

I also had a small CD shelf that held maybe 50 CDs that I would obsessively organize and reorganize everytime I got a new CD. I created a vague hierarchy of merit, with my favorites going up top and it going down based on how much I liked each band. I'm pretty sure I also signed up for a couple of those CD clubs and stretched out actually paying the full $18.95 for the CDs for as long as legally possible in order to acquire my first batch of CDs.

Those were the first CDs I ever bought myself. But if we're being completely honest, the first music I ever owned was a cassette of Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine, which I got as a Christmas present and was super fucking excited about. What can I say, the only music I was exposed to at that tender young age came from hearing stuff in the car with my parents, and my parents have terrible taste in music.

Listening Test: It's music tech week at Gizmodo.

Breaking: Cranky Windows Guy's Day Ruined by "Really Nasty" Trojan on His PC

matt buchanan — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:10:54 EDT

Gizmodo's cranky Windows guy, Adam Frucci, just had the spring stolen from his dance step by a nasty trojan he discovered on his PC. I sure hope it's not it's not Conficker.

Are Macs still too pricey, Adam? Time—what you're gonna spend getting that Trojan off your machine—is money, after all. [Twitter]

P.S. I posted this from my trojan-free Windows desktop.

Watch MTV's College Humor Show This Sunday Night

Jason Chen — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 19:40:00 EST

Frucci's friends over at College Humor just got a TV show on MTV! Why does this matter to you? Because Frucci's gonna be in it!

I'm not sure which episode Frucci's going to be in, but the show premieres this Sunday, so you should watch for yourself to see if it's this one. It's not a huge part, but how often do you get to see Frucci be sexy on TV? Not often enough, I say. Sunday 9:30/8:30 Central.

This Japanese Breast Pillow Is Relaxing and Erotic (Eraxing?)

Jason Chen — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:40:00 EST

The only thing better than sleeping on a woman's lap is sleeping betwixt a woman's boobs. This Japanese boob pillow is the only way most people can do this without actually crushing said woman. [TokyoTimes]

Binaural Beats Audio Played Through Noise Canceling Headphones Supposedly Gives You a Drug-Like High

Jason Chen — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:20:00 EDT

The site I-Doser makes the seemingly remarkable claim that playing binaural beats—pulses of two different frequencies that are slightly different into both ears at the same time—can give you a high that's on par with taking drugs. The Jerusalem Post claims that the concept has been around since the 1830s, but has only been perfected with the introduction of noise canceling headphones and better audio reproduction.

There are actually open source versions of this I-Doser app (which they might have even taken a few assets from), so you can try it out before you sink some cash into this. Their shady looking site also has a disclaimer that says "I-Doser makes no medical, psychological, physical or otherwise, claims to the effectiveness of the I-Doser application, Simulation CDs, and MP3s," which leads us to believe that it's quite bogus and most likely does nothing. Don't you think that if you could get high from a SOUND, kids would have been all over this years ago? These kids sniff cat pee! [I-Doser via JPostvia T3]

It's the Adam Frucci White Guy Dance Robot!

Jason Chen — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:30:04 EDT

You know what you want. You want a white guy dance. You want a white guy dance right now. Unfortunately, our Adam Frucci is quite busy at the moment, which is why you're going to have to settle for this white guy dance robot, complete with green torso, red crotch/legs, and yellow arms. If you think this Adam Frucci replica robot looks silly in the picture, you really, really have to see it in motion after the jump.

[I want that via Nerd Approved]

Comment Of The Day

Christopher Mascari — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:10:16 EST

Today's comment of the day was actually a reply to the worst comment of the day (go figure); and can both be found under another one of our excuses to post pictures of a woman, in Christmas attire, holding gadgety junk. To make sure you get the comments full effect, we'll post the worst comment first, and then the reply after. Oh yea, almost forgot to mention, congrats to Adam Frucci (hmm, sounds familiar) for posting the comment of the day.

BY SANGARTS2 AT 06:38 PM
I HATE this show... I hate music used as comedy.
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BY ADAM FRUCCI AT 06:41 PM
@sangarts2: Comedy hates you right back.

Adam Frucci Talking iPhone on Attack of the Show, Sexing up Cable TV

Jason Chen — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:35:52 EDT

Can't get enough Frucci hotness on Gizmodo? Check out a live version of our Adam on G4's Attack of the Show, talking about the iPhone. The clip's only about five minutes long, but that should be enough for you ladies to finish up. That is, if you look away when Mark McClusky is on the screen.

Blu-ray vs. HD DVD: Frucci Edition

Jason Chen — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:25:09 EST

Our charming and sexy Adam Frucci was a guest on Attack of the Show of G4TV fame yesterday, discussing Blu-ray, HD DVD, and whether consumers really care about the format wars at all. There are some other dudes on there talking as well, but we were just counting down the moments until Fruccimodo came back on screen.

Btw, Fruccimodo is not a dig at Frucci for having a hunchback like Quasimodo. We'd never stoop low enough to make fun of his debilitating high school injury. – Jason Chen