Creative Labs to Release Video Jukebox Portable

Creative Labs to Release Video Jukebox Portable: "'Following the success of the Archos line of digital video portables, Creative has announced they will release the Zen Portable Media Player this fall. Like the Archos the unit will sport a 20GB hard drive, 3.8' screen and will be able to record your favorite TV shows on the fly.'"

Love Music Hate Racism - organised by the Anti Nazi League

Love Music Hate Racism - organised by the Anti Nazi League: "LONDON LMHR/UNITY FESTIVAL Sun, June 6, 2004, Future, We can at long last announce that the London Love Music Hate Racism festival will be held in Finsbury Park, north London, on Sunday 6 June, from 12 noon til 8pm. The event is completely FREE to enter, so you won't need a ticket - just turn up early as there will be licenses limit on attendance (tbc). However we'll be encouraging everybody who can to give a donation to help pay for the cost of staging the event, either on the day or even better beforehand!
Headlining a wonderfully eclectic bill will be THE LIBERTINES, with VERY special guest artists to be announced, and there's something for everyone across a main stage and dance marquee that feature rock, hip-hop, bhangra, reggae, garage, indie, bashment, punk, electro r&b and drum'n'bass. The very best of UK music talent uniting against racism and fascism. The event comes just four days before the London Assembly and Euro elections on Thursday 10 June in which the fascist BNP hope to win seats. The BNP are currently polling 5% of the vote in London, enough to get them a seat on the GLA. They need get only 10% in any Euro seat to get an MEP. But we can stop them. The 6 June festival, along with the one in Manchester on 30 May will see tens of thousands celebrating black and white unity against the racists and fascists and send a message out loud and clear - the BNP's not welcome here! Confirmed line-up so far:-

The Libertines
David Gray
VERY SPECIAL GUEST(S)
Carbon Silicon
The Stands
Est'elle
D Double E & Footsie
Dirrty Doogz
Billy Bragg
Raghav
Goldie Lookin' Chain
Defenders LOS: Corey Johnson, Blade and Naydean
London Garage Crews United: Roll Deep/N.A.S.T.Y/More Fire/Red Alert/Boyz in Da Hood/Milkymans/NAA/15 Family/Venom Crew
80s Matchbox B-Line Disaster
UK hip-hop all-stars: Skeme/Big P/Million Dan/MC D/ Extremists/Pesci/Skinnyman & DJ Flip (Mud Fam)
Hardkaur
Lady Sovereign
Ayak
Bigga Fish presents... Faith SFX, Pase, S*tara
Tubby T
The Unpeople
GM Baby
Street Dreams

DANCE TENT
Jamieson
Nicky Blackmarket & MCs Foxy & Eksman
Rampage
L Double vs The Jungle Drummer
Emma Feline & MC Wrighty
Ever Ready Crew
Bigga Fish
Saxon original sound
Client"

USB adaptors & DIY antenna = "Poor Man's WiFi"

USB adaptors & DIY antenna = "Poor Man's WiFi": Make 2.4GHz parabolic mesh dishes from cheap but sturdy Chinese cookware scoops & a USB WiFi adaptor ! The largest (300mm diam)shows 15-18dB gain (enough for a LOS range extension to 3-5km), costs ~US$5 &
comes with a user friendly bamboo handle that suits WLAN fieldwork- if you can handle the curious stares!!!

The Matrix (Halo Remix)

The Matrix (Halo Remix): An amazing demonstration of patience and care - the opening scene of The Matrix has been refilmed in Halo. Truly impressive. Next level machinima!!!

make.out.club.

make.out.club. the coolest thing since suicide girls!!!

big up tree!!!

Los Angeles Film Festival Presented by IFP

Los Angeles Film Festival Presented by IFP and the mark approved list of screenings!!!

get your popcorn, lets go!!!

Sony's 'Cell'-based TV Ready By 2006

Sony's 'Cell'-based TV Ready By 2006: "'Sony Corp plans to offer a broadband television by 2006 that would incorporate the powerful new 'Cell' processor it is developing with IBM Corp. and Toshiba Corp. The Cell processor is expected to power the upcoming PS3 console, a workstation, server, and other home appliances to form Cell-based P2P network. The sample production of the processor has already started. In PlayStation 3, TV props you!'"

Poll: Bush ratings fall to new low

Poll: Bush ratings fall to new low: "President Bush's job performance ratings have fallen to new lows, largely a casualty of the Iraq war, ABC News reported Tuesday. According to an ABC News/Washington Post poll fewer than half of U.S. respondents, 47 percent, approve of Bush's overall job performance, while 50 percent disapprove. Bush's rating for handling the situation in Iraq registers a 58 percent disapproval. His handling of the prison abuse scandal gets a 57 percent disapproval, and his stewardship of the U.S. economy gets a 54 percent disapproval. The president's approval ratings, the lowest since the war in Iraq, match Gerald Ford's in the spring before his narrow loss in the 1976 presidential election.
The poll was conducted by telephone May 20-23 among a random national sample of 1,005 adults. The results have a 3 point error margin."

time to make shit happen!!!

Brian Wilson for new London festival

Brian Wilson for new London festival: "THE SOUTH BANK BEACH BOYS star BRIAN WILSON heads the list of performers at the HEROES & VILLAINS festival on LONDON's SOUTH BANK later this year. The singer premiered his lost classic 'Smile' in the UK earlier this year to huge acclaim, watched by the likes of Paul McCartney, Roger Daltrey and Paul Weller. The concept album was originally intended for release in 1967, around the same time The Beatles put out 'Sgt Pepper'. However, Wilson had a breakdown and the album was never finished, giving it almost mythical status amongst fans. As previously announced on NME.COM, the legend is to perform a residency at London's Royal Festival Hall, his fourth since early 2002. The originally announced four-night run has now been extended to six for Heroes & Villians. The event, taking place between July 24 and August 7, aims to showcase artists who have 'consistently dedicated themselves to an area of song-writing and music production that is both up-close personal and outrageously ambitious'. Other artists performing include French duo Air, cult songwriter Lee Hazlewood and a two-night stint from Badly Drawn Boy. The shows are :
Brian Wilson (24, 25, 27, 28, 30, 31)
Spiritualized/Pere Ubu/David Viner (August 1)
Air (3)
Lee Hazlewood & Morcheeba (4)
Badly Drawn Boy (6/7)"

the world is once again great! mr. willson likely performing smile and air! omg summer will be good on the other side of the pond!!!

First-Ever Private Spaceport Nears Final Approval

First-Ever Private Spaceport Nears Final Approval: "'According to the article on Space.com, the Federal Aviation Administration is nearing the final stages of certifying the Mojave Airport as the first-ever private spaceport. Both Scaled Composites and XCOR Aerospace (the two leading competitors in the X-Prize competition) currently fly out of Mojave Airport. The approval of a commercial spaceport will certainly facilitate the creation of even more private-sector space technologies.'"

its about as close to me as flying out of long beach!!! :)

Paralysis Study: Walking Improves

Paralysis Study: Walking Improves: "Rats with spinal cord injuries regained 70 percent of their normal walking function with a three-part treatment hailed as a breakthrough in paralysis research at the University of Miami School of Medicine."

Bullish Hopes for Serial Cloning

Bullish Hopes for Serial Cloning: "A Japanese bull famous for siring more than 350,000 offspring now also holds the distinction of being the first large mammal to have two generations of clones. Researchers created six clones of the bull in 2000, and now they have also cloned one of those six in the first successful 'serial cloning' experiment with a large mammal. In 1998, researchers created six generations of serially cloned mice, but efforts in larger mammals failed until now."Finally we achieved this one after several hundred trials and eventually got two calves," Yang said. "We finally can say it is possible to do serial cloning in other species.""

Project Gutenberg Made Accessible

Project Gutenberg Made Accessible: "'Mazarin is an open-source interface to Project Gutenberg's library. Mazarin increases the accessibility of Gutenberg's 10,000 books as it formats the books for HTML display -- providing paginations in addition to generating table of contents and other advanced markup features -- along with enabling users to carry out full-text searches on the entire library.'"

Doves joined onstage by New Order legend

Doves joined onstage by New Order legend: "DOVES were joined by NEW ORDER legend BERNARD SUMNER onstage last night (May 23). Doves did a 45-minute acoustic set at the Manchester Ritz last night at a tribute concert marking the fifth anniversary of the death of Manchester music legend Rob Gretton."

Things That Go Bump in a Console

Things That Go Bump in a Console: "Moviegoers can't get enough of the horror genre lately, and neither can video-game fans. This year alone, six horror video games are slated to come out, and most are expected to do well."

Orbital add another 'farewell' show

Orbital add another 'farewell' show: "ORBITAL have announced details of a second 'farewell' show in LONDON after selling out the first one.The dance duo had already announced a show at Brixton Academy on June 25. They will now play the same venue the previous night (24). For ticket availability, click here or call the NME Ticketline on 0870 1 663 663. Orbital will headline the Other Stage at Glastonbury on June 27 and also play the King Tut's Tent at T In The Park on July 11 in support of their last ever LP, 'The Blue Album' released on June 21."

miss this one by a few days :( but maybe they'll keep adding!!! ;)

Cliff Richard gets unlikely payday from Belle & Sebastian

Cliff Richard gets unlikely payday from Belle & Sebastian: "BELLE AND SEBASTIAN's new single will spell an unlikely payday for CLIFF RICHARD . The Scottish indie veterans release the AA single 'Your Cover's Blown' / 'Wrapped Up In Books' on June 21 through Rough Trade. However, the band have owned up to 'Wrapped Up In Books'' similarity to 'In The Country' by Cliff Richard, and handed over 20% of the royalties from the track. Meanwhile, Belle And Sebastian play Glastonbury on June 27, a free show at Glasgow Botanic Gardens on June 12, and two nights at London Somerset House (July 17-18) to support the single."

another big happy fun time!!! :)

Nanobacteria Discovered?

Nanobacteria Discovered?: "'The BBC is reporting that a new form of life has been discovered, nanobacteria, which was previously only theorized by Finnish researchers Kajander and Ciftcioglu. A team lead by Dr John Lieske of the Mayo Clinic claims they have found irrefutable evidence of the existence of nanobacteria, which is likely responsible for a plethora of illnesses.'"

this ones for mom!!!

Big names for Benicassim Festival

Big names for Benicassim Festival: "BRIAN WILSON, LOU REED, KINGS OF LEON, FRANZ FERDINAND, LOVE with ARTHUR LEE and KRAFTWERK will all be playing at this year's FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE BENICASSIM festival. Taking place between August 5-8 on the Spanish coast, the summer event also boasts performances from The Chemical Brothers, Belle And Sebastian, The Dandy Warhols, The Charlatans, Spiritualized, Air, Scissor Sisters, Soulwax, Patrick Wolf and Snow Patrol. The launch party - kicking off the four days of sea, sun and music - will feature sets from Paul Weller, Felix Da Housecat, Ash and The Shins, while the closing night will see 2 Many DJs and James Murphy (DFA Records) get behind the decks. For ticket availability, click here or call the NME Ticketline on 0870 1 663 663."

and i was sad i was going to miss the festival season!!! ;)

Big names line up for beach spectacular!

Big names line up for beach spectacular!: "SUPERGRASS, ASH and GOLDFRAPP are among the acts playing a beach show in GREAT YARMOUTH next month. The Pop Beach event takes place on June 6."

gmail swap

gmail swap: because people are nice and others gota have it!!!

1st Nat'l Bank of Stem Cells

1st Nat'l Bank of Stem Cells: "The world's first embryonic stem-cell bank opened in Britain Wednesday, breaking new ground in one of the most controversial areas of medical research. The bank will store and supply stem cell lines -- strings of identical cells -- for research and possible treatment of conditions like diabetes, cancer and Parkinson's disease. Its store of cell lines is expected to number tens of thousands."

Cellular Automata and Music Using Java

Cellular Automata and Music Using Java: "'Take computers, mathematics, and the Java Sound API, add in some Java code, and you've got a recipe for creating some uniquely fascinating music. IBM Staff Software Engineer Paul Reiners demonstrates how to implement some basic concepts of algorithmic music composition in the Java language. He presents code examples and resulting MIDI files generated by the Automatous Monk program, which uses the open source jMusic framework to compose music based on mathematical structures called cellular automata.'"

Chilling Effects Clearinghouse

Chilling Effects Clearinghouse: "A joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, University of San Francisco, and University of Maine law school clinics."

big ups to mike for the reminder!!!

Moby gets involved in new Ian Curtis movie

Moby gets involved in new Ian Curtis movie: "A film based on JOY DIVISION’s IAN CURTIS is in the works. According to US reports, the film will see lifelong fan Moby involved in the project, which will document the life of the Macclesfield-born singer, who committed suicide in 1980. The other members of the band, who went on to formNew Order, are thought to have given their blessing to the project."

Morrissey to perform week long residency

Morrissey to perform week long residency: "MORRISSEY is preparing to begin a week long residency on US television programme 'THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG KILBORN'. Beginning next week (May 24), Morrissey will record five performances for the programme, shown on the CBS network in America."

How Apple's Mail.app Junk Filter Works

How Apple's Mail.app Junk Filter Works: "'O'Reilly has now posted the second part on an article about Mac OS X Mail.app spam filtering with more details on what this technology is (and isn't): 'Many myths have emerged about Mail's junk mail filter. No, it's not an extremely complex set of rules, no it doesn't look for keywords, and no, it doesn't use white magic ... Interestingly enough, the technology that underlies the Junk Mail filter began its life as an information retrieval system.''"

Google tests waters with terabyte e-mail limit

Google tests waters with terabyte e-mail limit : "Several users of the search engine's Gmail Web-based e-mail service noticed Tuesday that their storage limits had quietly been raised to 1 million megabytes, or 1 terabyte. That's four times the typical capacity of a new high-end PC's hard drive."

The Graduate 2

The Graduate 2: ": 'Kevin Costner is in talks to play the male equivalent of Mrs. Robinson in the Warner Bros. comedy that advances the storyline of '60s pic 'The Graduate.' Jennifer Aniston is already set to play the young woman seduced by Costner's character. Shirley MacLaine will play her grandmother, the woman who inspired the character immortalized by Anne Bancroft...'"

this makes me want to cry :(

Salon.com Technology | Safe and insecure

Salon.com Technology | Safe and insecure: "So why am I doing this? In a word, privacy. By making my Internet connection available to any and all who happen upon it, I have no way to be certain what kinds of songs, movies and pictures will be downloaded by other people using my IP address. And more important, my ISP has no way to be certain if it's me."

i had been thinking about this for a while, its an interesting problem!!!

Slashdot | China Scrubs Moon Mission Plans

Slashdot | China Scrubs Moon Mission Plans: "'CNN is reporting that according to China's state media, plans for a manned moon mission have been shelved due to cost. They are planning on a space station though...'"

supper bummer, i was looking forward to another race since i missed the first one :( but maybe we'll be save by rutan and the xprize kids!!!

Slashdot | Hollywood Courting the Gaming Industry

Slashdot | Hollywood Courting the Gaming Industry: "'In a trend that we all seem to already be hyper-aware of... 'The video game industry was once an afterthought in Hollywood, at most an ancillary source of revenue like action figures. The people passionately developing the computer-based form of entertainment were seen as dorks compared with the celebrities. Not anymore. Now that games have matured into a $11 billion business, topping movie box-office sales and siphoning television viewers, the lucrative and increasingly influential genre has attracted more star power than ever.'' We did another story about this a month ago."

for matt and brent!!!

Slashdot | Samsung Announces Largest-Ever OLED Display

Slashdot | Samsung Announces Largest-Ever OLED Display: "'Samsung announces a 17' OLED display. The article specifies that they are using a laser to 'print' the display instead of the previous 'spraying' methods.' 400 lumens isn't shabby. Update: 05/18 23:49 GMT by T: jhealy writes 'Seiko Epson, on the heels and light years ahead of Samsungs announcement earlier today, have announced a 40' OLED monitor. Eat that Samsung!'"

give it up for organics!!!

Slashdot | How To Play Your iTunes Music On Other Systems

Slashdot | How To Play Your iTunes Music On Other Systems: "'Engadget has a step-by-step for the non-uber geek on how to play your purchased music from iTunes on other systems. To be clear, this isn’t a way to take music you bought and give it to someone else, this is so you can listen to your own purchased music on other systems or devices. In fact, your personal info is still in the file.'"

Button Maker :: Kalsey Consulting Group

Button Maker : cool tool for blog buttons!!!

'Fahrenheit' lights fire in Cannes debut | Hollywoodreporter.com

'Fahrenheit' lights fire in Cannes debut: "Michael Moore brought his own shock-and-awe campaign to Cannes on Monday, embarking on a daylong offensive as he presided over the world premiere of his 'Fahrenheit 9/11,' which takes a critical look at President Bush, his family's ties to Saudi Arabia, his response to Sept. 11 and his decision to wage war on Iraq. At its 4 p.m. screening In Competition at the Palais, the movie occasioned an enthusiastic standing ovation -- onlookers placed it at 15-20 minutes -- punctuated by cries of 'bravo!' The crowd included a phalanx of Endeavor agents, led by Ari Emmanuel, along with Mick Jagger, Daryl Hannah and a smattering of French stars and industry insiders. 'It was the longest standing ovation I've seen in over 25 years,' said Harvey Weinstein, whose Miramax Films funded the project over the objections of parent company Walt Disney Co. and who has an exec producer credit on the film, along with Miramax's Agnes Mentre. "

Top bands appear in ‘sexually explicit’ British movie - NME.COM

Top bands appear in ‘sexually explicit’ British movie - NME.COM: "FRANZ FERDINAND, BLACK REBEL MOTORCYCLE CLUB, THE DANDY WARHOLS and SUPER FURRY ANIMALS are amongst the bands who feature in a film that’s being touted as one of the most sexually explicit in the history of UK cinema. ’Nine Songs’ is directed by Michael Winterbottom, and is said to feature scenes of oral sex and ejaculation, marking a watershed in UK cinema. The explicit scenes are cut with scenes of the bands playing live. Winterbottom told The Guardian: 'I had been thinking for a while about the fact that most cinematic love stories miss out on the physical relationship, and if it is indicated at all everyone knows it is fake.'Books deal explicitly with sex, as they do with any other subject. Cinema has been extremely conservative and prudish. I wanted to go to the opposite extreme and show a relationship only through sex. Part of the point of making the film was to say, 'What's wrong with showing sex?'' The film was recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival"

PJ Harvey announces another London show - NME.COM

PJ Harvey announces another London show - NME.COM: "PJ HARVEY is to play a show at the LONDON BRIXTON ACADEMY. The star will play the headline date on July 15, days after two previously confirmed shows at Somerset House, also in London, on July 13 and 14. Tickets for the new show are on sale now priced £25, and support comes from Morris Tepper. For ticket availability, click here or call the NME Ticketline on 0870 1 663 663. Harvey will release 'Uh Huh Her' on May 31, following 2000's Mercury Music Prize-winning 'Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea'. She is also to make a series of European festival appearances this summer, including Main Stage slots at Glastonbury and T In The Park."

Brian Wilson to release legendary 'Smile' album at last - NME.COM

Brian Wilson to release legendary 'Smile' album at last - NME.COM: "BRIAN WILSON is to release an all new recording of the lost BEACH BOYS album ?SMILE?. Wilson and lyricist Van Dyke Parks, who collaborated on the original ?Smile? sessions in 1966-67, listened together to the 37-year-old tapes in November last year.
Now, an all-new studio recording of ?Smile? will be made available by Nonesuch Records on September 27. The album will be produced by Wilson and will feature the ten-member band that has supported him on tour over the past five years, and will also feature The Stockholm Strings and Horns. The ex-Beach Boy is currently working on the new version of the record at the Sunset Sound studio in LA."

the teenage symphony!!!

Tony Randall

Tony Randall | Reuters.com: "Emmy award-winning actor, known for his comic role in 'The Odd Couple' as the lovable but fussy Felix Unger has died, an associate said on Tuesday. Randall underwent heart surgery late last year, which left him suffering from pneumonia. "

we'll miss you felix :(

Slashdot | EU To Counter Echelon With Quantum Cryptography?

Slashdot | EU To Counter Echelon With Quantum Cryptography?: "'An article on Security.ITWorld.com seems to outline a coming information arms race. The European Union has decided to respond to the Echelon project by funding research into supposedly unbreakable quantum cryptography that will keep EU data out of Echelon's maw. Leaving aside the question of whether such a thing is possible, the political implications are troubling, indicating a widening rift within the Western world. Interestingly, the UK is part of the EU, but its intelligence services are among Echelon's sponsors.'"

Slashdot | Upgrade Your DVD Writer to Double Layer -- Maybe

Slashdot | Upgrade Your DVD Writer to Double Layer -- Maybe: "'Even if NEC tells you its impossible, German netzine Golem is reporting hackers have created an updated, unofficial version of the firmware providing DVD DL (Double Layer) capabilities. Currently model 2100A and 2500A are patchable, more will hopefully follow soon. How cool, this enables me to skip an update cycle for burners!!' It's always fun to use the fish, and sometimes to void your warranty."

for mike!!!

Danger to bring Yahoo Messenger to handhelds | CNET News.com

Danger to bring Yahoo Messenger to handhelds | CNET News.com: "Danger announced on Monday that it is teaming with Yahoo to add Yahoo Messenger to its Hiptop software platform. Hiptop devices are all-in-one wireless keyboard gadgets that let consumers make cell phone calls and access e-mail and the Web."

MythTV

MythTV : "MythTV is a homebrew PVR project that I've been working on in my spare time. It's been under heavy development for over a year, and is now quite useable and featureful."

big up mike!!!

Slashdot | Groklaw Turns One

Slashdot | Groklaw Turns One: "'Today is Groklaw's one-year anniversary! As PJ writes, 'What a difference a year makes. When we started, all the headlines were saying that SCO was going to destroy Linux or at least make it cry. Now, looking around today, I see almost everyone predicting SCO's imminent doom instead. I think the truth, as usual, isn't in the headlines, and that it's somewhere in between those two extremes.' Thanks, PJ and all other Groklawyers, keep up the good work!'"

SpaceShipOne

SPACESHIPONE ROCKETS TO RECORD HEIGHT ON 3RD POWERED FLIGHT | X P R I Z E: "Mojave, Ca (May 13, 2004) - With test pilot Mike Melville at the controls, the Scaled Composites X PRIZE team made its third powered flight in SpaceShipOne on May 13th.   Melville fired the ship's hybrid rocket engine for 55 seconds, reaching a speed of  Mach 2.5 and coasting to an apogee of 211,400 feet, doubling the height reached on the April 8 flight test.  'I would give a million dollars to do it again,' said Melvill, according to the Los Angeles Times.  'Watching the blue sky go completely black was the highlight of my career.'"

Slashdot | Flying Car More Economical Than SUV

Slashdot | Flying Car More Economical Than SUV: "'The M400 needs 35 clear feet to take off but thanks to its 770 hp engine can whiz to 365 mph - cruise control kicks in at 326 mph - and climb at 6,400 feet per minute. You may hear it before you see it: it emits a rather noisy 65 dba at 500 feet. Interestingly, with a fuel consumption of 20 miles to the gallon on the road, it's rather more economical than a Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) and looks positively eco-friendly compared to a Hummer.'"

done!

schools overfinally, bet most thought that was never comming. graduation was this morning, more letters, more fun!!! next stop j-o-b!!! oh yeah, and cambridge in july!!! ;)

SSRN-Copyright's Communications Policy by Tim Wu

SSRN-Copyright's Communications Policy by Tim Wu: "This paper suggest that the main challenges for 21st century copyright are not challenges of authorship policy, but rather new and harder problems for copyright's communications policy. Since its inception copyright has set important baselines upon which publishers and their modern equivalents compete.business. As the pace of technological change accelerates, copyright's role in setting the conditions for competition is quickly becoming more important, even challenging for primacy the significance of copyright's encouragement of authorship. The study of copyright's communications policy has both a descriptive and a normative payoff. First, it helps us understand both the existing copyright code and the history of 20th century copyright. Second, it helps us ask whether copyright is in line with other important goals of national communications policy"

thanks mike for the heads up!!!

New York Dolls to play second London show - NME.COM

New York Dolls to play second London show - NME.COM: "THE NEW YORK DOLLS are to play a second concert as part of this year's MELTDOWN festival, curated by MORRISSEY. In addition to their previously announced concert on June 18, the legendary punks will now also play on June 16 at London's Royal Festival Hall. Tickets for this concert are to go on sale on Tuesday (May 18) at 10am. As previously reported on NME.COM, The Libertines' drummer Gary Powell will be filling The New York Dolls' drumstool for the gigs. Also added to the festival are Gene, who will give an acoustic performance on June 25 to celebrate their tenth anniversary at the Queen Elizabeth Hall. This year's Meltdown festival will also feature performances from The Libertines and The Ordinary Boys. As well as curating this year's event - which runs from June 11-27 at London's South Bank Centre - Morrissey will also play three concerts himself - opening the festival (June 11) and performing again on June 25-26.
This year's full Meltdown line-up is:

Morrissey (Royal Festival Hall, June 11)
Sparks (Royal Festival Hall, 12)
'We Are All In The Gutter. An Evening With Mr Wilde' Devised and directed by Neil Bartlett (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 13)
Loudon Wainwright III (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 15)
The New York Dolls (Royal Festival Hall, 16)
The Films Of Bob Gruen (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 16)
An Audience With Alan Bennett (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 17)
Ennio Marchetto (Purcell Room, 17)
The New York Dolls (Royal Festival Hall, 18)
Ennio Marchetto (Purcell Room, 18)
Jane Birkin / Ari Up (Royal Festival Hall, 19)
Ennio Marchetto (Purcell Room, 19)
Nancy Sinatra (Royal Festival Hall, 20)
Lypsinka! The Boxed Set (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 23-24)
Morrissey (Royal Festival Hall, 25-26)
Gene (Queen Elizabeth Hall, 25)
Gorecki's Symphony No. 3 (Symphony Of Sorrowful Songs) featuring Yvonne Kenny (Royal Festival Hall, 27)

For tickets contact the Meltdown festival on 08703 808 300 or click here."

i may get to see the ny dolls!!! wow!!!

BBC - Radio 1 - Zane Lowe: Gig Guide

BBC - Radio 1 - Zane Lowe: Gig Guide: nice list of gigs in and around the uk!!!

Dance w/ Pete Tong in Ibiza

Dance w/ Pete Tong in Ibiza: "Pete is particularly excited about this coming summer's residency at Ibiza, playing Friday's from 11th June to 1st October at Pure Pacha, 'the sexiest club on earth'. Pure Pacha will be the first opening party on the island and it is sure to be something special. Guests during the season include Carl Cox, Danny Howells, Deep Dish, Jeff Mills, Laurent Garnier, Steve Lawler & Satoshie Tomiie to name just a few."

Big names for Big Chill! - NME.COM

Big names for Big Chill! - NME.COM: "LEMON JELLY, COLDCUT and ASIAN DUB FOUNDATION have been announced for THE BIG CHILL. The festival, now in its tenth year, takes place from July 30 – August 1 in Herefordshire, and also plays host to The Body And Soul Arena, The Media-Mix Tent, and a kids workshop area, as well as the musical acts. The Media-Mix Tent features the talents of DJ Yoda, who will perform a live score to classic 80’s movies. Tickets for the event, which takes place at Eastnor Deer Park in the Malvern Hills, cost £105, and £25 for children."

AppleInsider | Source describes rumored video capabilities of future iPod

AppleInsider | Source describes rumored video capabilities of future iPod: "Although Apple's 4th generation iPod exists as nothing more than rumor, sources say the new media player is due sometime this year with added video capabilities. While vouching for the majority of the details published in a previous report, one source cites a potential misunderstanding of the new iPod's video feature. According to the source, who has reportedly toyed with a 4th generation prototype, the player may not sport a video output jack per se, but rather a greatly advanced dock connector. The feature is said to greatly utilize a much improved 'Home on iPod' Mac OS X software technology, which is still under development by the iPod maker."

really interesting idea!!!

Slashdot | New Wave Of File-Sharing Embraces Secrecy

Slashdot | New Wave Of File-Sharing Embraces Secrecy: "'There's an article over at The Inquirer that software developers are designing secret file sharing networks that will make it harder for the music and file industry to prove cases of piracy. According to Reuters, three file sharing networks are being planned which its users think will make it a lot harder for music industry to track and charge people on their networks. The first is Optisoft which runs on Blubster and Piolet, music-only file-sharing networks. Only a matter of time before the RIAA requests a data dump from the ISPs or just sues everyone using their network.'"

qod

quote of the day passed on by matt c.: "'I love Los Angeles.  I love Hollywood.  They're beautiful.  Everybody's plastic, but I love plastic.  I want to be plastic.' - Andy Warhol"

Congress mulls revisions to DMCA | CNET News.com

Congress mulls revisions to DMCA | CNET News.com: "The U.S. Congress has taken a step toward revising the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which has attracted extensive criticism during the past six years."

Slashdot | Freecache

Slashdot | Freecache: "'Finally the solution for slashdotting, or just the poor man's Akamai? Freecache from the Internet Archive aims to bring easy to use distributed web caching to everyone. If you've a file that you think will be popular, but far too popular for your isp's bandwidth limits, you can just serve it as http://freecache.org/http://your.site/yourfile instead of the traditional http://your.site/yourfile and Freecache will do all the heavy lifting for you. Plus your users get the advantage of swiftly pulling the file from a nearby cache rather than it creeping off your overloaded webserver.'"

Brett Anderson tells about about reunion with Bernard Butler - NME.COM

Brett Anderson tells about about reunion with Bernard Butler - NME.COM: "Former SUEDE bandmates BRETT ANDERSON and BERNARD BUTLER have written 15 songs together, and say that the material is 'up there with some of the best things we've ever done'."

More big names join Move Festival - NME.COM

More big names join Move Festival - NME.COM: "THE BETA BAND have been confirmed for the MOVE FESTIVAL, where they will support MORRISSEY. Also joining Moz on July 11 will be The Bees and The Ordinary Boys. The four-day event is to be held at Manchester’s Old Trafford Cricket Ground. Madness headline Thursday July 8, supported by - Ocean Colour Scene, Jimmy Cliff, The Stranglers and Ozomatli. The Cure get top billing on Friday July 9, and will be joined on stage by Elbow, Keane and - Longview. Stereophonics take centre stage on Saturday July 10, joined by Pixies, Goldfrapp, former James vocalist Tim Booth, The Stands, and 22-20s. Tickets for the event cost £30 per day, or £85 for a four day pass. For ticket availability, click here or call the NME Ticketline on 0870 1 663 663."

E3 2004: Sony debut eagerly-awaited PSP handheld - Ferrago

E3 2004: Sony debut eagerly-awaited PSP handheld - Ferrago: "With Sony's pre-show conference now in full swing the Playstation Portable has been fully unveiled to the awed masses. As well as the first images of the wee beast in action, we've news herein on the specifications and other such details, including clues to the titles that we'll be playing on this device Sony claim can produce full-motion '3D-CG' visuals similar to the PS2."

images included!!!

The Stone Roses and Oasis team up! - NME.COM

The Stone Roses and Oasis team up! - NME.COM: "NOEL GALLAGHER and IAN BROWN have collaborated on a track for the former STONE ROSES vocalist's new album."

'Mountain' on WB landscape

'Mountain' on WB landscape : Hollywoodreporter.com: "The WB Network has made a second early drama series pickup for fall, giving 'The Mountain' a 13-episode order. The ensemble show, from Warner Bros. TV and studio-based Wonderland Sound and Vision, centers on a twentysomething (Oliver Hudson) who inherits his family's mountain resort. McG, Stephanie Savage and Shaun Cassidy are executive producing. The early pickups for 'The Mountain' and 'Jack & Bobby' underscore the greater success of the WB's drama development this season, prompting speculation that the network might opt to scale back to one night of comedy programming."

big ups to the wonderland kids!!!

Q on Piracy

Q on Piracy: "'On one hand, this is a business. ... You need to have a healthy industry,' the director said. But he condoned the fact that pirated copies of 'Pulp Fiction' circulate in China, where the movie would not otherwise be released, and said he is grateful that certain rare movies not available from legit routes can be found on bootleg copies. 'I would be a liar if I was to say, across the board, no piracy,' Tarantino said."

smart man!!!

SCE CTO Talks PS3 At E3

SCE CTO Talks PS3 At E3: "Sony's alliance with Toshiba and IBM to design the much-ballyhooed Cell processor will bear its first practical fruit in the fourth quarter of this year."

wahooo!!!

Culture Bunker

Culture Bunker: great little la show event listing. thx tree!!!

Tokyo Times

Tokyo Times: just because i love all things japanese!!!

Slashdot | Alan Turing, the Inventor of Software

Slashdot | Alan Turing, the Inventor of Software: "'BusinessWeek celebrates its anniversary with a series of articles about the great thinkers and innovators from the past 75 years. The series stars with a profile of Alan Turing, 'Thinking Up Computers.' In case you forgot, Turing is the man who created the concept of a 'universal machine' which would perform various and diverse actions when given various sets of instructions. In other words, he laid out in the 1920s the foundations of software. You'll find the introduction of Turing's profile, plus more details, photographs and references in this overview.'"

USATODAY.com - Nintendo unveiling a new portable

USATODAY.com - Nintendo unveiling a new portable: "Video game giant Nintendo, facing increased competition in the market for handheld entertainment, will have a new portable out this fall with twin color screens, sharper graphics and the feel of a PDA. The Nintendo DS — short for dual-screen — will be unveiled Tuesday morning at the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo game industry gathering."

images included!!!

The Cure launch new travelling festival - NME.COM

The Cure launch new travelling festival - NME.COM: "THE CURE are to launch the CURIOSA festival with support from INTERPOL and THE RAPTURE. The band will also be joined on the 16-date travelling bash, which kicks off in LA, by Mogwai, Cursive, Head Automatica, Thursday, Muse, The Cooper Temple Clause and Auf der Maur. The Cure will play material from their forthcoming self-titled album, which will be released on June 29. The tour will give many fans to hear the new material, including first single ’The End of the World’, which the band played at the Coachella Festival earlier in the month. According to posting on the band official website, more dates for the touring festival will be announced shortly. Confirmed tour dates are:
West Palm Beach (July 24)
Tampa (25)
Nashville (28)
New York (31)
Camden (August 1)
Cincinnati (3)
Cleveland (4)
Boston (7)
Detroit (11)
Chicago (12)
Dallas (14)
Houston (15)
Denver (17)
Salt Lake City (18)
Los Angeles (27)"

wikkid! i'll be back in time!!!

'Tanner' redo on Sundance

Face time for 'Tanner' redo on Sundance : Hollywoodreporter.com: "Sundance Channel has greenlighted an original update of Robert Altman's political satire 'Tanner '88.' The director will reteam with cartoonist Garry Trudeau and actors Michael Murphy, Cynthia Nixon and Pamela Reed for three new episodes to air in October, just before the U.S. presidential election. Earlier this year, Sundance rebroadcast 'Tanner,' a groundbreaking interweaving of scripted and reality storytelling that followed the fictional presidential campaign of the titular candidate. 'Tanner' originally aired on HBO in 1988."

wikkid! if you never saw the original get it!!!

Beastie Boys to play special London show - NME.COM

Beastie Boys to play special London show - NME.COM: "THE BEASTIE BOYS return to the UK this weekend for a special one-off gig. The veteran rappers - currently number one in the NME Chart with new single 'Ch-Check It Out' - play a secret London location this Saturday (May 15). Tickets can only be won through Radio 1, but for those not lucky enough to get tickets, the whole show will be broadcast on Zane Lowe's show next Tuesday (May 18)."

Official Site of The Like - ilikethelike.com

The Like - ilikethelike.com: "Monday, May 3rd marks the first night of our Monday night May-long residency at Spaceland!! Tonight we'll be joined by She Said Yeah, Civil War and VietNam. The show is a pick of the week in the LA Weekly. It's FREE but 21+"

im off!!!

musicplasma

musicplasma : the music visual search engine. weird cool toy. reminds me of apple's project x!!!

G4 and TechTV

G4 and TechTV Merger: the facts, just the faqs. looks pretty good!!!

USATODAY.com - TV fans tap into torrent of shows online

USATODAY.com - TV fans tap into torrent of shows online: "First music, then movies — now Internet file traders have tuned in to television, going online to download their favorite shows. Web sites like Suprnova.org (suprnova.org) are doing for TV downloads what Napster did for digital music files. You can find last night's episode of American Idol, the entire collection of The Simpsons, and old favorites like Battlestar Galactica."

semacode | real-world hyperlinks

semacode | real-world hyperlinks: "read real-world hyperlinks with a camera phone"

test

test post two

. C o m m u n i c a t e

. C o m m u n i c a t e: new look. almost xhtml compliant. actually i think it is. but it won't validate outside urls properly. and blogspots also fuking up the program with bad tables for their ad placement. but everything i could touch is compliant!!! word!!!

also sorry about lost comments. moved to the blogger comment system. i may try to figure out how to resurect them later.

London Underground Tube Diary - Going Underground's Blog

London Underground Tube Diary - Going Underground's Blog: "Annie Mole's, webmaster of Going Underground, daily web log (blog). A perfect companion piece to Going Underground.net, THE fun and informative site about travelling on the London Underground"

Wired 12.05: Endless Summer (on Demand)

Wired 12.05: Endless Summer (on Demand): "Kerry Black is bringing world-class waves to the malls of America. Grab your board - surf's up 6 a.m. to midnight, 365 days a year." also see expn's story they talk about how it will be integrated in to a park invironment with a flowrider!

the article said you could change the conture of the botom of the pool. imagine a system where the bottom and the flow of water could change each ride. its like each person in the line up could get a wave designed for their abilities and interests!!! amazing!!!

oh btw b, when i come to visit, we are going surfing!!!

World Surf Cameras - web directory

World Surf Cameras - web directory: nice list of global cams!!!

Slashdot | Winny P2P Software Creator Arrested

Slashdot | Winny P2P Software Creator Arrested: "'The author of Winny, the Japanese P2P software with encrypted networking capability, similar to Freenet, has been today officially arrested for abetment of copyright violation, after the raid in the last December. He started its development in May 2002 and occasionally appeared on the web forum 2ch with his anonymous codename '47', but today turned out to be an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Tokyo in his 30s. Winny was so efficient and popular that it generated problems even at the Japanese police and the GSDF. As the Japanese police is the most advanced among the world in pulling P2P into criminal cases, outcry of users in Japan is expected.'"

[AlecEiffel.net] A French Pixies Page

[AlecEiffel.net] A French Pixies Page; dope frenchie pixies page!!!

Mediaeater : Icons & Images

Mediaeater : Icons & Images dope concert fotos!!!

BBC - Radio 2 - Biff! Bang! Pow! The Story of Creation Records

BBC - Radio 2 - Biff! Bang! Pow! The Story of Creation Records: "Presented by Steve Lamacq" on radio2, 8th May, 21.00 - 22.00 gmt.

Wired News: Stealing Back the Airwaves

Wired News: Stealing Back the Airwaves: "Four-day Radio Summer Camps, sponsored by Free Radio Berkeley, offer how-tos for building transmitters and antennas, along with advice on handling any FCC agents that might come knocking. The camps begin in June."

Wired News: How the Word Gets Around

Wired News: How the Word Gets Around: "The blogosphere has a strange ability to push a seemingly obscure idea into the forefront of people's minds in a heartbeat. How this happens is a bit of a mystery. Sam Arbesman wanted to know how it works, so he created a meme and set it loose."

Wired News: NASA Funds Sci-Fi Technology

Wired News: NASA Funds Sci-Fi Technology: "For 25 years, Ross Hoffman has had a vision: to use tiny changes in the environment to alter the paths of hurricanes, slow down snow storms and turn dark days bright."

The Darkness rope in legendary rock producer for next album - NME.COM

The Darkness rope in legendary rock producer for next album - NME.COM: "THE DARKNESS have enlisted the help of a legendary rock producer for the follow-up to PERMISSION TO LAND. AC/DC producer Robert Mutt Lange (the husband of Shania Twain) will work with the Lowestoft four-piece when they return to the studio, reports the BBC. The veteran has also worked with Bryan Adams, Def Leppard and Foreigner. The Darkness have also received praise from Avril Lavigne, who claims that the band are her first choice for a collaboration."

they need no permission, they are taking over! big up mutt!!!

Simon & Garfunkel return to Europe - NME.COM

Simon & Garfunkel return to Europe - NME.COM: "SIMON AND GARFUNKEL have confirmed concerts in LONDON, MANCHESTER and DUBLIN as part of an 11-date European tour. The legendary duo will begin the European leg of their Old Friends reunion tour with a show at the Manchester Evening News Arena on July 14. Ananova reports that the duo also play London's Hyde Park on July 15, and Dublin's RDS Arena two days later (July 17)."

CNN.com - CDs, DVDs not so immortal - May 6, 2004

CNN.com - CDs, DVDs not so immortal - May 6, 2004: "Dan Koster was unpacking some of his more than 2,000 CDs after a move when he noticed something strange. Some of the discs, which he always took good care of, wouldn't play properly."

Slashdot | Comcast Fires TechTV Staff

Slashdot | Comcast Fires TechTV Staff: "'Looks like it's curtains for TechTV staff. A Leo Laporte article says that Comcast has let the entire staff go. 'Per the WARN Act (governing plant closings) all the employees of TechTV have been given 60 days notice. The San Francisco operation will be shuttered by July. 100 of the existing jobs will be posted for those willing to relocate to LA.' No word on what will happen to all the shows or the channel.'"

:( gona miss cat, shes fly!!!

Mac Forums - Jobs and Lasseter - Most Influential in Hollywood

Mac Forums - Jobs and Lasseter - Most Influential in Hollywood: "Premiere magazine named Steve Jobs and John Lasseter the most influential people in Hollywood.
Jobs/Lasseter displace Steven Spielberg at the top of the list this year. Spielberg has moved down to #2."

Dark Horizons: "911" Release Controversy (May 5th, 2004)

Dark Horizons: "911" Release Controversy (May 5th, 2004): "Michael Moore's new documentary is bound to be controversial in its release, the trouble is a big question is now arising over whether it will get a release at all. Variety reports that Disney Studios has moved to prevent its subsiduary distribution company Miramax Films from distributing the doco 'Fahrenheit 911' - a move that could result in one hell of a feud between Miramax studio head Harvey Weinstein and Disney CEO Michael Eisner.
"

Slashdot | First Java AP Computer Science Exam Complete

Slashdot | First Java AP Computer Science Exam Complete: "'Yesterday, Tuesday May 4th, high-school students all over the U.S. took the first-ever Advanced Placement Computer Science College Board exam based on Java. The exam is given as an opportunity for high-school students to earn college credit in programming. The test is based on whichever language colleges are looking for, which signifies a significant step for Java. In past years, the exam has been based on C (1 year) and Pascal (around 10 years).'"

Bowie, Manson, Ozzy to be rock zombies? - NME.COM

Bowie, Manson, Ozzy to be rock zombies? - NME.COM: "DAVID BOWIE, MARILYN MANSON, OZZY OSBOURNE , JOHNNY DEPP, and GWEN STEFANI are all being considered for roles in a rock zombie movie."

Hollywoodreporter.com

L.A. film fest cultivates 'Garden State' | Hollywoodreporter.com: "The Los Angeles Film Festival will celebrate its 10th annual run June 17 by unspooling Zach Braff's directorial debut, 'Garden State.' Also handpicked for the festival roster is a centerpiece showing June 23 of Richard Linklater's 'Before Sunset,' starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, and a closing-night gala June 26 featuring Fox Searchlight's 'The Clearing,' with Robert Redford and Helen Mirren."

individual tix available on may 20.

Apple criticized for security advisories | CNET News.com

Apple criticized for security advisories | CNET News.com: "'It seems they think that everyone will update their computers all the time, and that is not the way the world works.'"

how would you know there was something to be exploited unless somone let it into the world and found it? also you can have security patches run automatically. these articles are bull shit!!!

Ranchero Software: NetNewsWire Atom Beta

Ranchero Software: NetNewsWire Atom Beta: "This special beta is for testing NetNewsWire’s Atom parser. It allows you to subscribe to and read Atom feeds."

NPR : Braving Heat, Crowds at Coachella Music Festival

NPR : Braving Heat, Crowds at Coachella Music Festival: "Stacy Bond reports on the incredible growth of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which this year featured the music of the Pixies, Radiohead and the Cure. The event, which took place on a huge polo field in the desert outside Palm Springs in Southern California, drew more than 100,000 people over two days, despite the remote location and temperatures well above 100 degrees."

Yahoo! LAUNCH - News: Radiohead, Pixies, Cure & Flaming Lips Rock Coachella Fest

Yahoo! LAUNCH - News: Radiohead, Pixies, Cure & Flaming Lips Rock Coachella Fest: "The glorious return of reunited alt-rock legends the Pixies, Thom Yorke's triumph over a severe throat infection (which had almost led to the cancellation of Radiohead's Saturday headlining appearance), Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne's attempt to crowd-surf inside a giant plastic beachball, and a two-hour, festival-closing set of greatest hits by the Cure were just some of the highlights of the fifth annual Coachella Music & Arts Festival, held this past weekend in Indio, California. Not even the punishing, 106-degree desert heat, which could have made Coachella a true endurance test for even the most enthusiastic music fan, was enough to stop more than 100,000 people from flocking to this year's festival of nearly 90 alternative, hip-hop, and electronic artists. In fact, attendance was actually up 30,000 from last year, making the 2004 Coachella the most successful yet."

best review i have seen so far!!! spot on!!!

Cochella

coachella reports after studying tonight...

Slashdot | BBC to Try TV On Demand

Slashdot | BBC to Try TV On Demand: "'The UK Independent newspaper is reporting on a new BBC trial: 'Later this month, the BBC will launch a pilot project that could lead to all television programmes being made available on the internet. Viewers will be able to scan an online guide and download any show. Programmes would be viewed on a computer screen or could be burned to a DVD and watched on a television set. Alternatively, programmes could be downloaded to a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) ... By launching iMP, the BBC hopes to avoid being left at the mercy of a software giant such as Microsoft, which could try to control the gateway to online television.' Yet more proof that the BBC license fee is an unmitigated Good Thing(TM).'"