] Crowded House drummer Paul Hester was a world-class
] drummer known for his antics both on-stage and off and a
] prankster who struggled with bouts of depression.
]
]
] The Australian musician who also played for Split Enz
] held a special place in Kiwi pop music history.
]
]
] But Hester, the father of two girls, was found dead on
] Sunday at Elsternwick Park in Brighton, a suburb of
] Melbourne. He was last seen walking his two dogs on
] Saturday night.

Bummer. I guess the Aussies like to kill themselves for some reason. The real tragedy here is that he was widely known for being upbeat and happy.

Crowded House drummer dies

] Mr. Pierce is part of a quiet revolution in music-making:
] the move from professional studios to home recording.
] Making an album used to mean booking a fixed amount of
] very expensive time in a well-equipped but unfamiliar
] room; now, it can be a matter of rolling out of bed and
] pressing a button. Whether it's Mice Parade's indie-rock,
] Aesop Rock's underground hip-hop, the twilit ballads of
] Keren Ann, the mercurial California rock of the Eels or
] sweeping Top 40 contenders from Moby, more and more music
] is emerging not from acoustically perfect
] state-of-the-art studios, but from setups tucked into
] bedrooms and basements or simply programmed onto a
] laptop.

This dynamic also parlays into the vast overabundance of musical content available, and the relatively poor way in which the recording industry has leveraged it.

Home Sweet Studio

The current Broadway season has seen several new musicals disappoint, but "Spamalot," which is scheduled to open on the Great White Way on Thursday, could be the savior.

Monty Python Comes to Broadway with Musical 'Spamalot'

N.A.G. (Network Auralization for Gnutella) turns the process of searching for and downloading MP3 files into a chaotic musical collage. The software continuously checks the status of all downloading songs and uses their respective download speeds to prioritize song segments for real-time playback while they download. Users can control many different aspects of the algorithm, such as how many songs may play simultaneously, how quickly N.A.G. moves amongst songs, and whether N.A.G. varies playback speed and volume in proportion to the download speeds of each song. Essentially, N.A.G. becomes a simple instrument with which users can "play" the Gnutella network.

N.A.G. (Network Auralization for Gnutella)

This project is like a hattrick for me. An art project that produces music from playing classic video games, AND their from POLAND!

:: gameboyzz orchestra project ::

] But the most noticeable change -- and perhaps one some
] "Star Wars" diehards will have a tough time stomaching --
] is Hayden Christensen (who plays young Anakin in the
] prequel trilogy) now appearing in the scene where the
] "force ghosts" of Anakin, Obi Wan, and Yoda smile at
] Luke.

More proof that George Lucas has absolutely ruined his own creation beyond recognition.

Five major changes in the 'Star Wars' DVD

Who's fatter and more bloated? Alain or Vince Neil?

MINISTRY - EViL DoER tOUr

The resolution, such as it is, involves the complexities of time travel — wormholes, tangent universes and so forth — in a way that asks larger questions about free will.

The Resurrection of 'Donnie Darko'

Blogged for future reference

Electronic Musical Instruments 1870 - 1990

] It is a movie with such clear purpose %u2014 a pop
] culture missile launch at the Bush presidency %u2014 that
] it's almost more of a political commercial or piece
] of propaganda.

Perhaps the best review of the film yet.

Ego threatens to overshadow important questions in '9/11'