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The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, OmeganautRegistered User, ClubPA regular
edited March 2007 in PAX Archive
I'm thinking about doing a couple of different wacky things out in the hallways of PAX this year, if I can get the nerve up to do it. Both of them involve music and needing a way to play music that others can hear and hear well.

Now, I have a cheap little MP3 player which can carry my tunage but I need some way to project it outward. Does anyone know of some decent, small, fairly inexpensive speakers that plug into a standard little headphone jack and would be easy to find a way to attach to my person so the music goes with me as I move about?

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  • ctishmanctishman Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    If you striptease, I swear I'll








    probably stick a dollar bill in your g-string.

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  • ViscountalphaViscountalpha The pen is mightier than the sword http://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyIRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    On last years super trip, there was talk of yakity sax being played (the benny hill theme) to an undisclosed movie. We so need to do that.

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  • dyaballikldyaballikl PAX Main Theatre House & Security Manager • PAX Community Cartographer Gold Coast QLD AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    disturbing the peace is always a great idea. especially in an area with 20 thousand people shuffling around. not sure about a powerful, portable speaker system, though. would you be willing to have an extension cord attached to yourself? or possibly a car battery? :lol:

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  • futilityfutility Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2007
    For 2 years now I've wanted to yell out tetsuo at midnight again like I did the first year. But I either haven't had the nerve or was drunk in bed.

    But regardless performance art is the lowest of art forms.


    Now editing the wizard to make it more rocky like...

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  • QuickSnapQuickSnap Professional Beard Grower Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    In a weird sort of way, I want to get a huge sound system and play the theme to Mortal Kombat over and over just to see how the crowd reacts to it. Maybe someone will start fighting.

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  • de4dmeta1de4dmeta1 Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Man, the MK theme (from the movie, the techno bit with the 'Test your might!' bit in it) should be what they open Beat The Pros with.

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited March 2007
    How about one of those backpacks with speakers built in? You'd need a little portable, battery powered amp in there too if you wanted to get some real volume, but you could run while blasting music if you really wanted to.

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  • ViscountalphaViscountalpha The pen is mightier than the sword http://youtu.be/G_sBOsh-vyIRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    futility wrote: »
    For 2 years now I've wanted to yell out tetsuo at midnight again like I did the first year. But I either haven't had the nerve or was drunk in bed.

    But regardless performance art is the lowest of art forms.


    Now editing the wizard to make it more rocky like...


    ok, you need;

    The laser gun and a second person to yell "KANADA!"

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  • LindygamerLindygamer Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    We should all bring Cardboard tubes to PAX and break out into impromptu duels across the city wherever attendees will congregate.

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  • Qs23Qs23 Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Lindygamer wrote: »
    We should all bring Cardboard tubes to PAX and break out into impromptu duels across the city wherever attendees will congregate.

    DUDE!!! That sounds like somthing I could get into. Side note: I'm trying to decide if I want to do the whole WoW quest giver thing again. We still have a ton of the marbles... And I wonder if Guild Wars is going to be back again or not.

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  • dyaballikldyaballikl PAX Main Theatre House & Security Manager • PAX Community Cartographer Gold Coast QLD AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    i'm definitely down for bringing cardboard tubes! i think we all should!

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  • LindygamerLindygamer Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Ya, 20,000 people running around seattle striking samurai poses with brown paper tubes...



    Damnit it needs to august now.

    EDIT: Oh and using used toilet paper rolls as throwing stars.

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited March 2007
    I can see it now, random samurai battles taking place in the halls of every hotel in downtown Seattle.

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  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited March 2007
    dyaballikl wrote: »
    disturbing the peace is always a great idea. especially in an area with 20 thousand people shuffling around. not sure about a powerful, portable speaker system, though. would you be willing to have an extension cord attached to yourself? or possibly a car battery? :lol:
    Moe_Fwacky wrote: »
    How about one of those backpacks with speakers built in? You'd need a little portable, battery powered amp in there too if you wanted to get some real volume, but you could run while blasting music if you really wanted to.

    It doesn't have to be terribly loud or powerful, just something so that people around me can hear it.

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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited March 2007
    Right, but those backpack speakers can't get enough power from a portable cd or mp3 player that is meant to power headphones. I figure a small battery powered amp will give you enough juice to be heard nearby. Back in 05 somebody in line for the Saturday concert had one, and we could hear it, but not as well as he would have liked to.

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  • QuickSnapQuickSnap Professional Beard Grower Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I am totaly up for kicking ass with cardboard tubes.

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  • LindygamerLindygamer Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Alright, Im going to bring this subject up again in july. That way more people will read this forum and have enough time to find some tubes sturdy enough forat least a few duels.

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  • TNTrooperTNTrooper Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    We are gonna end up with organized tournies and shit aren't we?

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  • b0wserb0wser PAX HHL Deputy Manager CanadaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Moe_Fwacky wrote: »
    How about one of those backpacks with speakers built in? You'd need a little portable, battery powered amp in there too if you wanted to get some real volume, but you could run while blasting music if you really wanted to.

    The Osiris G-bag (assumably the one you're talking about) has an amplifier inside the bottom of the bag. Takes 12 AA batteries, but it's pretty awesome. I'm going to look at repairing mine, it may or may not make an appearance.

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  • ChizzerChizzer Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    QuickSnap wrote: »
    I am totaly up for kicking ass with cardboard tubes.

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  • dyaballikldyaballikl PAX Main Theatre House & Security Manager • PAX Community Cartographer Gold Coast QLD AustraliaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Moe_Fwacky wrote: »
    I can see it now, random samurai battles taking place in the halls of every hotel in downtown Seattle.

    it'll be a funny sight in downtown seattle p.d.'s jail when you look in and see a bunch of nerds, then you look in the confiscation bin where they put weapons and drugs and it's just overflowing with cardboard tubes!

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  • BrokenAngelBrokenAngel Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    This thread makes me want to get out my bag of glamourbombing gear soooooo badly.

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