May 8 2008Hood.e Hoodie Features Integrated Speakers
The hood.e is the brainchild of Tim Dubitsky. It is currently being prototyped, as Tim continues to work out the kinks (like if you should wash speakers on the hot/cold or warm/warm setting). Tim has this to say about music and how it should be listened to:
There is a soundtrack to life, and now it's not just in your head. Throw on your hood.e, plug in your favorite mp3 player, and you're ready to roll (and rock). The embedded speakers make it possible for you to share your latest favorite track without the awkward ties of a tethered earbud. After all, music should enhance your life, not shut it out.
There's a soundtrack to life, huh? If that's the case mine would be filled with tracks about being in a dead-end relationship with yourself, having an ex-wife and two kids that hate you, and trying to kill yourself in the oven but failing because you can't afford to pay the gas bill. I'm sure people would love listening to that soundtrack.
Another picture of the hoodie after the jump.
"hood.e" puts mp3 speakers in your hoodie hood! [core77]
Thanks Shawn, you think I could borrow $80 to get my gas cut back on?
Reader Comments
1. twang twang - May 8, 2008 1:59 PM
That soundtrack has been out forever man, it's called country music.
2. boredom - May 8, 2008 2:10 PM
ok this has been posted as new tech on more than just this site but Burton not only has hoodies with speakers AND Ipod controls with blue tooth access to your phone but they have beanies and Snowboard jackets as well. I mena I'm saying OLD but not because I didn't expect old stuff here but didn't expect it elsewhere.
3. Jumpin_J - May 8, 2008 2:13 PM
"If that's the case mine would be filled with tracks about being in a dead-end relationship with yourself, having an ex-wife and two kids that hate you, and trying to kill yourself in the oven but failing because you can't afford to pay the gas bill".
Ah, listening to Morrissey again, are we?
4. j shlong - May 8, 2008 2:42 PM
#1. Funny
5. mike - May 8, 2008 2:48 PM
I wont buy it unless it plugs into a cd player. that way i can annoy every living person on the train by bumping b*tch please II AND show that I cant afford an ipod. but somehow i have enough money for ridiculous clothes... something like that...
6. someone else - May 8, 2008 3:44 PM
#2 I understand why you're saying "old", but have you considered the overwhelming considerations in favor of not saying "old", such as no one gives a shit?
7. cuddly toy - May 8, 2008 3:53 PM
the seperated E in the name, the assertion that you use it to roll, and, most tellingly, the stupid-looking faux graffiti symbol on the front-- this thing was designed exclusively to give white raver kids a new way to annoy me on the bus.
8. butterbee - May 8, 2008 4:35 PM
At first I misunderstood the picture and saw a glorious vision: Remake the old tux printed on a tee with a hoodie printed on a tee... hmm.. Print the drawstrings and a zipper on the front. Print a hood in down position on the back.
Anybody seen that before?
9. hnb - May 8, 2008 5:28 PM
Excellent, now I can be the modern Radio Raheem and annoy the world with my sound track to life.
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10. AlreadyGotoNE - May 8, 2008 5:43 PM
Like Boredom said... Burton has had this tech for years. I'm actually wearing mine now. It's call an audex Bonded Fleece and they retail for like $125 fully bluetooth intergrated. Sorry.
11. pickle - May 8, 2008 7:10 PM
that's fucking retarded. if i see anyone with one on i will immediately attempt to jam those speakers as far down their throat as my arms will reach. then when it comes out the other end i will pull the drawstring through and a make a bow with it and their intestines.
the song playing on that god-awful thing will inevitably be eye of the tiger.
12. wiinja - May 8, 2008 8:29 PM
"If that's the case mine would be filled with tracks about being in a dead-end relationship with yourself, having an ex-wife and two kids that hate you, and trying to kill yourself in the oven but failing because you can't afford to pay the gas bill"
great, throw in some cutting and you've got an emo album
13. susan brinker - May 10, 2008 9:15 AM
I think this is a great idea for anyone, but especially for the teens who love to take their music everywhere !! I would love to purchase a hood e just to get those ear buds out of my teens ears !!! Awesome and I will be buying !!!
14. susan brinker - May 10, 2008 9:19 AM
Great ! Get those earbuds out of your ears. They are harmful to hearing.