Thursday, September 25, 2003

A kids' musician who rejects the labels A kids' musician who rejects the labels. Gene sez, "Sara Hickman, an award-winning singer-songwriter, has thrown off the shackles of record companies and their ilk to self-produce her music, both for adults and children. This week she released her third self-produced children's album, 'Big Kid,' and her new weblog provides her with an outlet for exchange with her fans and friends -- I can only hope that the combination of the net, blogs, and the artists who take a chance can finally put an end to the ridiculous practices of the recording industry, and give us all much better music!" Link (Thanks, Gene) [Boing Boing Blog] 11:35:18 PM  comment []    trackback []     Home Wireless LANs Home Wireless LANs. Building a Wireless Home Media Network Server. Extreme Tech has a great, comprehensive article on Building a Wireless Home Media Network Server. They explain system choices with regards to cost/benefits and performance, and also throw in a smaller Shuttle PC case as an alternative. The review contains a lot of great information about what good, cheap parts are out there, and where you could save money, and where you should splurge. They picked SnapStream as their PVR software after reaching many of the same conclusions I did. In the end, the systems come to around $1400, but if you are using parts from old computers, it's possible to cut that down quite a bit. [via gizmodo]  [PVRblog] [Marc's Voice] 10:23:52 PM  comment []    trackback []     Marc Cuban buys Landmark Theatres, nation's largest art-house chain Marc Cuban buys Landmark Theatres, nation's largest art-house chain. Digital media evangelist Mark Cuban -- the serial entrepreneur behind Broadcast.com (sold to Yahoo!), HDNet, and owner of the Dallas Mavericks -- just bought Landmark Theatres. Cuban and longtime business partner Todd Wagner purchased the chain for an undisclosed sum, and say digital projection systems will eventually be introduced in an effort to influence every aspect of filmmaking, from production to display. They already have their own film production company, called 2929 Entertainment, and they own part of Lion's Gate, a film production and distribution company, as well as Magnolia Pictures, an art-house movie company. About 18 months ago they bought Rysher Entertainment, which owns a library of TV shows and movies. Now, with their own movie theaters, "We somewhat control our own destiny," said Wagner in an interview yesterday. "The ultimate goal is to attract more and more filmmakers. If they work with us and we commit to a project, they already know that (their movie) is going to get a certain amount of distribution right out of the box." Link to Seattle Times story, Link to press release. UPDATE: And in a post to the pho list today, Cuban says: "We are going to be vertically integrated with our other companies....and not play by the rules." [Boing Boing Blog] 10:17:50 PM  comment []    trackback []

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