Gizmodo: danger mouse

Danger Mouse's Next Album Will Be A Blank CD-R

Dan Nosowitz — Sat, 16 May 2009 18:00:00 EDT

Danger Mouse, the amazing mashup artist, producer, and half of Gnarls Barkley, is unable to release his newest album due to legal battles with his label, so he's embracing piracy to get his music heard.

After "legal battles," Danger Mouse's new album has been shelved by his label, EMI. But fearful that his work would never be heard, Danger Mouse came up with an idea to get his music out there while at the same time showing his anger at EMI. The album, entitled Dark Night of the Soul, will be sold as a "100+ page book" of photographs inspired by the music and taken by David Lynch, and will include a blank CD-R to be filled with torrented mp3s. All copies will be clearly labelled:

'For Legal Reasons, enclosed CD-R contains no music. Use it as you will.'

Danger Mouse made his name with a mashup of The Beatles' White Album and Jay-Z's Black Album titled, of course, The Grey Album, which was only available through non-commercial means, so this is a guy who despite his success is very aware of the state of music sales. Dark Night of the Soul is already available to stream for free from NPR, so it looks like Danger Mouse is going all out with his plan to thoroughly infuriate his record label. [via Boing Boing]

Red, Not (RED), Peripherals

gadgetmatt — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:30:18 EST

Other Red is not affiliated with the Bono-approved, AIDS-eliminating effort Product (RED). Unable to jazz up philanthropy with the big boys, the participants of Other Red are a few smaller tech companies attempting to jump on the charity bandwagon with crimson gadgets of their own. Still, 10 percent of the $30 you pay for a Danger Mouse Red from MacMice or a $100 Tahorng GarageKey Red USB keyboard goes to the Peace Village School & Orphanage in Kenya—a seemingly appropriate recipient of smaller amounts of your largesse. – Matt Schneiderman

Other Red [via MacMinute]

MacMice Danger Phone: Featureless Design Plays It Safe

Charlie White — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:28:45 EDT

If you're looking for the best, the greatest, the ace, the amazing, strongest, quickest, and the greatest secret agent in the world, this is not it. You need that cartoon superhero, DangerMouse. But if you're feeling like Thoreau and want to simplify, check out the $30 Danger Phone, a VoIP handset from MacMice, the same company that brought you the Danger Mouse.

The Danger Phone's claim to superiority is its simplicity, where the company says it's distinguished by what it doesn't have as much as what it has. There is no display, no flashing lights—just easy-to-press buttons and a minimalist design. So goes the marketing concept.

But we like flashing lights and displays. Maybe this is a bit too simple. It looks like a call button in a hospital. – Charlie White

Product Page [MacMice]

Danger Mouse Now Shipping

Jason Chen — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:40:16 EDT

If you've preordered the black Danger Mouse, you should be getting yours soon. MacMice has just started shipping the USB laser mouse with the matte black shell to your doorstep. The mouse has a laser sensor, a "microscroll" wheel and 1600dpi tracking.

The mouse works in both OS X and Windows XP, so Windows users aren't left out. Available now for $30. – Jason Chen

Danger Mouse BLK [MacMice]

Danger Mouse Now in Black, Still Better than Mighty Mouse

Travis Hudson — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 13:04:51 EDT

Remember how much that damn Mighty Mouse sucks feet? MacMice have released a Mighty Mouse competitor that will indeed match your Apple computer, work better and even be cheaper than the POS Mighty Mouse. The Danger Mouse has been available for a couple weeks in white, but it just recently got announced in black, so yes it will match your damn black MacBook.

The Mouse itself features a laser sensor, microscroll wheel and 1600dpi tracking mechanism. It is small, smooth and unfortunately, corded. Essentially, MacMice took the flaws of the MightyMouse (yes, all of them) fixed them and released it for $30—or less than half of that MightyPOS. The white model is currently available and MacMice is taking pre-orders for the black model. – Travis Hudson

Product Page [MacMice]