Ooo My Design pays tribute to the humble cassette, stringing several of them together around a light bulb to create a lamp to be reckoned with. According to the designer’s site, you can even switch the included tapes out with your own, in case there are a few sentimental-value-infused mixtapes from special-someones past lying around your home. Unfortunately, this lamp doesn’t play the music on the tapes–you’ll have to find an old stereo system for that…

One doesn’t generally think of Ozzy Osbourne and fresh air in the same sentence. For those who do, there’s this lovely promotional air freshener featuring the Black Sabbath frontman’s face outlined with a vaguely religious-looking glow.

Personally, I’m afraid to find out what the thing smells like. Given his rumored taste for biting the heads off rodents, or even his later reality-television career, I don’t think I’d want any related odors in my car.

[via Rockstar HQ]

We’ve seen a lot of things done with recycled vinyl records, but these awesome bracelets from Wrecords by Monkey are probably the most fashionable. The company collects scratched and warped vinyl from DJs and distributors, ensuring a sustainable business model. Wrecords by Monkey recently expanded its production to include other kinds of jewelry, and now even makes t-shirts and other apparel items.

Need more good reasons to support the designers? More than half the profits from their recently released “NYC Artist Collection” go to local artists or to supporting art and music education in Brooklyn schools.

[via Inhabitat]

Even Michael Jackson fans in the corporate world can embrace their love of the star during business hours. If you can’t live without a little “Bad” or “Beat It” in your office, this roll of Michael Jackson promotional packing tape is a great idea. Spice up your packages, or use it as a swanky alternative to dull beige masking tape. The same company also offers a set of two clear custom MJ file folders, to hold all those documents that regular folders aren’t cool enough to handle.

There’s something a little ghoulish to me about using dead pop stars on office supplies, I think. At least they aren’t opening Michael Jackson themed restaurants…yet.

Since Michael Jackson’s death, the music world has been flooded with merch bearing his name, his face, and even his iconic silhouette. Some of this memorial swag is on the “normal” side–t-shirts and hats featuring MJ graphics and promotional slogans can still be found in most casual apparel shops–but some of it is downright weird.

Here, we have two styles of Michael Jackson sleep masks from NCSX, one adorned with his signature sunglasses, the other just his eyes. These promotional sleep masks are sure to produce, uh, sweet dreams of some kind. At least, we’ll take their word for it.

Imagine: one of your favorite recording artists suffers from terrible, cheesy, dated-looking cover art. What’s a fan to do? Artist and illustrator Logan Walters redesigned the covers of early-’90s Wu-Tang Clan albums in the style of the hip, sophisticated jazz records released on the iconic Blue Note label during the ’60s and ’70s. Interestingly, these look much less dated than the originals.

If the Wu-Tang Clan or its individual members plan on re-releasing any of their music soon, they should definitely get in touch with Walters–these “remixes” are gorgeous. They could accompany the reissue with a new line of promotional apparel, or print posters of the new retro cover art, the rest of which can be seen here. Who would have thought Ghostface Killah could look so…refined?

Ah, the corporate day job–bane of musicians everywhere. Fortunately, the rock star confined to an office from 9 to 5 need not sacrifice his commitment to music. These cleverly customized ties are made from 50% recycled cassette tapes! The other 50% of “sonic fabric” is boring old cotton, but it’s the knowledge that you’re wearing an album that counts. Designers Alyce Santoro and Julio Cesar prerecord the tapes with experimental sound collages, but if anyone asks, you can pretend yours was made specifically to promote your music.

You can recycle an old Walkman to produce a tape-head-based “reader” for your necktie that actually makes sound, too–check out this informative clip. Sony should pick this up and run it as a promotional video to position themselves as eco-friendly–there must be millions of unused Walkmen languishing untouched and unloved, destined for the trash bin.

[via CoolestGadgets]