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  The White Stripes like to keep it simple and spare. Made up of no more than Jack White on guitar/vocals and Meg White on drums, the Detroit-based band recorded “Elephant,” its fourth album, in a London studio with no gear dating past 1963. Enjoy the premiere of the video for “The Hardest Button to Button.” Exclusively in QuickTime.   If you missed the webcast of R.E.M.’s August 31 concert from Missoula, Montana, the band invites you to listen to the archived recording of this amazing performance, exclusively in QuickTime. Find the audio stream in a nifty QuickTime media skin that also lets you peruse the bios of the other artists accompanying R.E.M on its North American Tour, see exclusive photos, access links to websites, and get tour information. Then visit the iTunes Music Store, where you'll find R.E.M in pristine digital form.  Do you believe in life after Cher? Sadly, we’ll all soon have to, as her “Living Proof” farewell tour is winding down. To remember Cher as she leaves the world’s stages forever, you can attend a listening party for “Cher: The Farewell Tour Live,” a limited edition CD of 18 songs recorded on the legendary singer’s tour earlier this year. Can’t get enough of Cher? Browse the iTunes Music Store.  The Dead are more alive than ever in “The Very Best of Grateful Dead,” the first-ever collection to gather the best of the immortal band’s Warner, Grateful Dead Records, and Arista years in a single disc. The album comes out on September 16, but you can listen to it in its entirety now.  You’re “Never Let Down” by the first release from Andrew W.K.’s new album, “The Wolf.” Watch the music video now, which showcases the classical piano skills rocker Andrew W.K. started honing at age 4. Find more Andrew W.K. at the iTunes Music Store.  “The Power of Bhangra” is a remixed version of the 1990 hit by Snap! called “The Power.” Only this time, the song has been recrafted in a Punjabi musical style called Bhangra — complete with visuals to match in the new music video. Remixed by Italian producers Motivo, the song also features rapper Turbo B. (To access this video, you must enable pop-up windows on your browser.)  Epic’s New Music Mondays feature Miami’s lovely Gloria Estefan and her new single, “Wrapped,” from September 15 to 21. (If you prefer Gloria “Unwrapped,” then check out her new album — that’s what it’s called. It’s scheduled for release on September 23.) “Wonder What’s Next”? How about Chevelle, with a live version of the new single streaming across the cyberwaves from September 21 to 28. Wonder where you can find more Gloria Estefan and Chevelle? Check out the iTunes Music Store.  The band Thursday sends “Signals over the Air” in the first single from its new album, “War All the Time,” due in stores on September 16th.1 Want a copy of the single to carry with you on your iPod? Purchase it from the iTunes Music Store. 1Apple is not affiliated in any way with the sweepstakes featured on this site.  Ohio’s Guided by Voices has seen nearly 40 different band members come and go since it formed in the early 1980s. But the heart and soul has always been Bob Pollard, the band’s songwriter. Attend a listening party for Guided by Voices’ latest album, “Earthquake Glue,” streamed in its entirety. |
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  With the cost of film so prohibitively expensive, director Eric Eason thought he’d never make a feature-length movie. That is, until digital camcorders and Final Cut Pro enabled him to create his first dramatic feature, “Manito,” for a rock-bottom budget of just $24,000. Premiering at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, Eason’s “Manito” won the competition’s Special Jury Prize for Ensemble Cast and went on to earn major awards at other prestigious festivals around the world. Read the inspiring story of this promising young director and how he created his debut film with nothing more than a small budget, some inexpensive equipment — and a tremendous amount of talent. And don’t miss the QuickTime trailer.   
U.S. public radio listeners are well aware of the renowned quality
of programming from WBUR, Boston’s NPR news station.
As of September 2, QuickTime users everywhere can now hear WBUR live, 24 hours a day, over a crystal-clear MPEG-4 audio stream. Enjoy news programming at its best, from public affairs shows to news magazines to sports shows — even automobile advice from everyone’s favorite mechanics, the hilarious Magliozzi brothers of “Car Talk.”  
To prevent a presidential coup in Mexico, a corrupt CIA agent
(Johnny Depp) hires a reclusive vigilante, El Mariachi (Antonio
Banderas), to take out the potential assassins.
The final installment of the “El Mariachi” trilogy by Robert Rodriguez, “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” opens today. Catch the trailer (broadband users — there’s a full-screen version). And enjoy behind-the-scenes footage, including movie scenes and comments by the actors.  
A professional grifter with an obsessive-compulsive disorder, Roy
is in for the surprise of his life when he discovers he has a
14-year-old daughter who wants to live with him.
When she shows unusual interest in his latest “project,” he reluctantly decides to involve her in the con, never suspecting that she’s a golden chip off the old block. Directed by Ridley Scott, “Matchstick Men” stars Nicholas Cage, Sam Rockwell, and Alison Lohman. It opens today.  
As an author of interactive media, you may have the desire to create
sophisticated web projects that involve high-quality video. If so,
take a look at the soon-to-be-released Macromedia’s Flash MX
Professional 2004, a powerful authoring tool that will give you
great flexibility in delivering interactive content.
Import your Quicktime clips and choose encoding settings. Manipulate, scale, rotate, skew, mask, and animate video objects, and use scripting to make them interactive. Are you a Final Cut Pro user? You can export your clips directly to Flash MX Pro. To learn more about this exciting new application, visit the Macromedia website. And if you’d like to preorder, you can do so by visiting the Apple website.  
What’s lighter than 2 CDs and can hold up to 10,000 songs? You
guessed it. Now available in 10GB, 20GB, and 40GB models for both Mac and
Windows — with no increase in price — the supersleek iPod lets you
carry your entire digital music collection wherever you go.
We’ve watched them grow up, and have they ever. Peek behind the
scenes at the Rolling Stone cover shoot for 17-year-old
multi-millionaire media moguls Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
Take on the role of Lieutenant Alexander Munro in the new game Star
Trek Elite Force II, and help the USS Voyager break free of a Borg
sphere and travel the final leg of its journey home. Oh, we forgot
to mention...there are monsters. Lots of them. Mean ones. Coming to
get you.
Find out more in this feature article, and sample the realistic excitement in the game trailer. |
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