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  For nearly five decades, Johnny Cash towered over the country music scene with his inimitable voice and soul-baring songs. Awarded the Grammy for Lifetime Acheivement in 1999, the Man in Black crowned his legendary career in 2002 with a series of acoustic recordings brought together in “American IV — The Man Comes Around.” Take a moment to enjoy his 2003 VMA-winning video, “Hurt.”   Steve Vai’s “Mystery Tracks — Archives Vol. 3” demonstrates yet again that this guitar wizard’s mastery of his instrument goes way beyond mere fretboard pyrotechnics. The album gathers together bonus tracks from Japanese releases of his albums, his contributions to other artists’ works, and previously unreleased material. Hear it in its entirety in this QuickTime-exclusive listening party stream.  One of today’s hottest young jazz artists, 30-year-old trumpeter Nicholas Payton leads a sextet that infuses traditional jazz with hints of modern musical styles. Watch Payton and his bandmates perform “I’m Trying to Swing as Little as Possible,” “Go ‘Round,” and “Séance.” Enjoy also an interview in which Payton speaks about his recent album, “Sonic Trance.” Visit the iTunes Music Store for exclusive live tracks from “Sonic Trance,” as well as a high-quality video of “Go ‘Round.”  Turntable wizard turned defender of the East Coast rap battalion, DMX asks, “Where Da Hood At.” Watch the video from his new album, “Grand Champ,” to find out. Like to hear more? Find the complete album at the iTunes Music Store.  It’s a tale of broken hearts and busted dreams, but don’t let that bring you down. “Show Me Your Tears” is the latest from Frank Black (formerly of the Pixies) and the Catholics. Listen to the album in its entirety.  Brad Arnold’s distinctive vocals are front and center in “Here without You,” the newest single from Three Doors Down. While you’re on the website, test-drive the video “The Road I’m On” (featuring NASCAR icons Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Tony Stewart). And watch the video of the band’s recent top-40 hit, “When I’m Gone.”  Travel “The Golden Path” with the Chemical Brothers, featuring the Flaming Lips. This previously unreleased song is from their new compilation, “Singles 93-03,” due for release on September 30. The video features an office worker indulging his various escapist fantasies — and who ultimately discovers a way to break free.1 1Enable pop-up windows on your browser to see the video.  Hailing from Norfolk, Virginia, the band Mae celebrates “Summertime,” the new video and single from its debut album “Destination: Beautiful.” Says 21-year-old bandmember Dave Gimenz: “In our music, there’s a carefully constructed co-existence between hard and soft.”  Rolling Stone calls Thrice’s brand of hardcore punk “equal parts brutal riffage and ego angst.” Watch the video for “All That’s Left” from the recent album “Artist in the Ambulance.” Like to own the album in pure digital form? Visit the iTunes Music Store. |
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  2003 is the year of the notebook for Apple, proclaimed CEO Steve Jobs at Macworld San Francisco in January. And what a year it’s shaping up to be. Taking the stage again — this time at Apple Expo 2003 — Jobs wowed the Paris audience with the new family of Apple PowerBooks, including the all-new 15-inch PowerBook featuring a sleek, lightweight aluminum design, and new versions of the ultracompact 12-inch and ultrawide 17-inch models. Couldn’t make it to Paris for the event? You’re in luck. We have Jobs’s introduction of the new PowerBook line, as well as the new Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mouse, right here in QuickTime.   
Whether dissecting dark subjects with sardonic wit, spinning a
poignant tale, or just flat-out being silly, Warren Zevon
distinguished himself as one of the most original singer/songwriters
of our time. And it’s our great loss that Zevon’s now gone to where
even lawyers, guns, and money can’t bring him back.
Celebrate Zevon’s life and career in a listening party for “Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon,” featuring 16 of the 22 tracks from this compilation CD, including such favorites as “Werewolves of London,” “Excitable Boy,” “Hasten Down the Wind,” and “Mutineer.”  
In London this month, movie lovers queued up to attend the World’s
Smallest Film Festival. But it’s not the festival that’s small — it’s
the movies.
Filmmakers must take a different approach to moviemaking in order for people to see and enjoy filmmakers on screens the size of matchbooks. And that’s exactly what a new generation of filmmakers around the world are doing, as more of them adopt 3GPP, the global standard for the creation, delivery, and playback of multimedia over new, high-speed wireless networks — and a feature of QuickTime 6.3. Check out the made-for-mobile short films submitted for the festival, and cast a few votes for your favorites.  
How’s your weather? Even if it’s bad, it’s likely better than what
Donal MacIntyre faced in his quest to experience the world’s most
extreme conditions for the BBC. Traveling from the equator to the
Arctic, MacIntyre pushed his body to its limits in heat, cold, wind,
and water to help us understand the powerful natural forces that
surround us. Watch four excerpts from this fascinating BBC program
“The Weather,” which is available in its entirety on DVD.
 
In space, nobody can hear you scream. That is, of course, unless
they’re in the theater audience screaming right along with you.
This Halloween, trick-or-treat yourself to the director’s cut of Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic “Alien,” one of the scariest movies ever made. Find out what happens to the seven-member crew of the commercial salvage vessel Nostromo as they stumble upon a long-abandoned spaceship and discover something far more terrifying than they ever imagined. Digitally remastered and featuring restored scenes, “Alien: The Director’s Cut” stars Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, and Veronica Cartwright.  
Attention digital video pros: soon you’ll have a powerful new tool
at your disposal, offering a combination of vector paint, animation,
editing, and 3D compositing in an integrated, easy-to-use
environment. Discreet’s combustion 3 fully supports QuickTime audio
and video file formats.
The application will be available this fall for Windows users and in early 2004 for Mac OS X users. But if you purchase combustion 2.1 now, discreet will give you a free upgrade to version 3 when it’s available, a $199 value. Nothing like a little spontaneous combustion. See the discreet website for details, a tour, and a downloadable demo of combustion 2.1. And read about the new features in version 3 that will soon make your job easier than ever.  
What’s almost as good as holding a new iPod in your hand? Inspecting
a virtual iPod using QuickTime VR. See the latest iPod up close and
personal.
Also for your 360-degree digital perusal is the brand new 1.1 inch thick, 5.6 pound 15-inch PowerBook G4 in all its shining glory. |
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