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  While on the road with their Riot Act world tour, Pearl Jam’s been cranking out bonus tracks in the form of bootleg releases. Hear “Alive” as it was recently performed in Perth, Australia. And visit the iTunes Music Store to hear and rank your favorite Pearl Jam bootlegs recorded in Australia, Japan, or North America.   Are we really happy here, with this lonely game we play? George Benson’s lyrical interpretation of “This Masquerade” is just one of 19 memorable songs in the new collection “George Benson: The Greatest Hits of All.” Enjoy the best of Benson from start to finish in a special listening party from Rhino Records. Can’t get enough of Benson? The iTunes Music Store has over 30 albums and partial albums by Benson for immediate download.  The Boston trio Guster passes the hat around Holland’s capital in the new video “Amsterdam” from the album “Keeping it Together.” Click on Multimedia to see the video and to hear other songs from the album. Muster even more Guster at the iTunes Music Store, including “Amsterdam” and other tracks.  Rolling Stone calls Supergrass “among the best of a long line of UK eccentrics, stretching from the Kinks to Robyn Hitchcock to the Beta Band.” Watch the trio’s new video as they call unto your “Rush Hour Soul” (from the new album “Life on Other Planets”).  In his new album, “Loneliness Knows My Name,” folk singer/songwriter Patrick Park juxtaposes an innocent vocal style with some brutally candid lyrics. Park proudly presents the entire new album in a listening party, audible through the end of September.  In early 2002, Feeder’s drummer Jon Lee committed suicide. Afterward, the remaining bandmembers searched to understand this seemingly senseless act. The result: “Comfort in Sound,” a collection of songs channeling the band’s reaction to the tragic death of a friend. Feeder invites you to experience “Comfort in Sound” and view behind-the-scenes footage from a recent UK concert.  Hailing from Denmark’s Faroe Islands (population 45,000), the singer/songwriter Teitur cites diverse influences, including R.E.M, Suzanne Vega, Miles Davis, and John Coltrane. Check out Teitur’s impressive debut album, “Poetry & Aeroplanes,” presented in its entirety. If you like what you hear, visit the iTunes Music Store to find the complete album.  WAR. What is it good for? Absolutely everything, if you’re talking about the classic multi-ethnic band who recorded such hits as “The Cisco Kid,” “All Day Music,” and “Slipping into Darkness.” Listen to a stream of 15 of the band’s signature tracks from the new compilation “The Very Best of WAR.” Featured artists on the Warped Tour 2003, Thrice, Sum 41, Andrew W.K., and Letter Kills come together on Island Records Warped Player. Listen to “All That’s Left” (Thrice), “Over My Head (Better Off Dead)” (Sum 41), “Tear It Up” (Andrew W.K.), and “Don’t Believe in Me” (Letter Kills).1 1 You must enable pop-up windows on your browser to access this content. |
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  Seal’s long-awaited new album hits stores next month. But he’s “Waiting for You” right now with an exciting new single. Launch the QuickTime Seal player to hear this new release, then click around to enjoy a collection of his most popular tunes and videos. You’ll find both audio tracks and videos for such songs as “Crazy,” “Kiss from a Rose,” and “Prayer for the Dying,” to name just a few. Don’t want to wait for the release of the new album to have your own copy of the new single? Visit the iTunes Music Store and you’ll find “Waiting for You” in pristine digital form, as well as rare Seal remixes and many other selections from Seal’s previous albums. New to the iTunes Music Store? Visit the Apple website.   
Here’s your chance to show off your video directing and editing
prowess.
Last May, The Cooper Temple Clause had a camera crew shoot four different views of their Glasgow performance of their new single, “Promises, Promises.” The band now invites you to use these clips to create a great music video. And if they like yours best, you’ll win a customized iPod. For an idea of what’s possible, watch a sample video created by Dreamtek, a team of Apple Solutions Experts. Then download the video clips and get started (free registration required).  
When Julius Braunschweig started editing Jean-Michael Cousteau’s TV
documentary “Sharks: at Risk,” he found the job almost as scary as
the shark-infested waters the divers braved.
With more than 50 hours of source material and only a two-page treatment instead of a script, Braunschweig faced an enormous challenge. Find out how he used Apple’s Final Cut Pro to expertly navigate these treacherous waters and tell a compelling story. And watch a video clip of the finished documentary depicting the fascinating behavior of great white and gray reef sharks near South Africa and Polynesia.  
Think of it as “Romeo and Juliet,” only with supernatural creatures
at each others’ throats instead of the Capulets and Montagues.
Loosely based on the Shakespearean tragedy, “Underworld” is the story of a long-standing violent feud between vampires and werewolves, and an inconvenient interspecies romance between a female vampire warrior and a young pacifist werewolf. Starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman as the dentally endowed lovers, “Underworld” opens on September 19. But you can watch the QuickTime exclusive trailer now.  
Completely redesigned to simplify professional DVD authoring, DVD
Studio Pro 2 gives you unprecedented control over your creative
process. It lets you customize the interface to accommodate your
workflow; provides instant access to your tracks, assets, and menus,
so you can see your DVD project before your final build; and
includes a world-class MPEG-2 encoder that lets you maximize the
length of video on a DVD without compromising quality.
This is just the beginning. Learn more by visiting the Apple website. DVD Studio Pro 2 will ship on August 18, but you can order your copy today. 
Want the lowdown on creating rich multimedia content for the
web? The third edition of “QuickTime for the Web” features the latest
information on QuickTime 6 technologies such as MPEG-4, AAC, and
3GPP, and new media types such as Zoomify, Axel 3D, and
Streambox.
This revised and updated volume comes complete with a full version of QuickTime 6 Pro and a set of free tools for creating and editing QuickTime movies. For additional inspiration, you get a CD-ROM full of sample movies, along with helpful HTML code and JavaScripts for you to cut and paste. Looking to build unique screen savers for Macintosh and Windows users? It’s easy with iScreensaver Designer 3 and any QuickTime-compatible movie or image file. This simple-to-use application includes a “Wizard” to help new users create a screen saver in just a few steps, along with a WYSIWYG editor to make any changes a snap. It even lets you include special features, such as hidden content that users can unlock with a code, a detection tool that checks for the latest version of QuickTime on a user’s computer, and many more. Want to give iScreensaver 3 a try? Test all its features in a free trial version, yours for the downloading.  
Wonder how Joey jokes in Japanese? What does Phoebe sound like in
German? Is Chandler as funny speaking Swedish? Watch how actors
around the world translate and dub your favorite Friends in an
excerpt from the new DVD “Friends: The Complete Fourth Season.”
You’ve seen reality TV, how about a reality computer game? Create
your own 3D world along with other players. Choose new life goals,
explore the world, build a home, make friends, or compete for status
and wealth. Do whatever you want to. After all, it’s your “Second
Life.”
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