Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Anxiety's Toxic Snowglobe Presents Where's Lola Heatherton?. The Top 100 Trainwrecks of the 20th Century isn't about the kind of trains that go "choo-choo". Actually, the site itself is sort of a trainwreck, design-wise, but don't let that stop you. That, or the many photographs of chickens that lie between you and the NUMBER ONE TRAINWRECK OF THE 20TH CENTURY! Another fine thing from things magazine [Eye of the Goof] 9:50:46 PM

Arizona Music Club Compilation CD For Immediate Release BLACK DOG PROMOTIONS ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR ARIZONA MUSIC CLUB COMPILATION CD Compilations to be distributed to radio, press, retail and record labels. November 17 2004, Tempe, AZ - Black Dog Promotions announced that it is currently accepting submissions for the Arizona Music Club Compilation CD. This music compilation exclusively feature Arizona artists and bands and will be sent to colleges, record stores, radio stations, marketing companies and online vendors. Details and submission information can be found at http://www.arizonamusicclub.com/compilationsubmissions.htm Black Dog Founder, Scott Kelly, explained, " Arizona has some incredible talent that the world needs to know about. There are plenty of bands in Arizona that could be the next Jimmy Eat World or Authority Zero. This project has already garnered interest from major record labels, distribution companies and corporate sponsors. We plan to market the compilation to our database of over 250,000 music industry professionals and music fans." Arizona Music Club provides an opportunity for Arizona Artists and those touring thru Arizona, a free promotion tool thru an easy to navigate web site and aggressive online promotion. Visit http://www.arizonamusicclub.com About Black Dog Promotions Black Dog Promotions is an international music promotion and management firm that provides radio promotion, street team development, online promotion and management services to record labels, independent musicians and music events internationally. The company operates BuyIndieMusic.com, GreatMusicSites.com, ArizonaMusicClub.com, and Musiciansbookstore.com. Details on the company?s services can be found at http://www.blackdogpromotions.com Contact Black Dog Promotions at 480-206-3435 or via email at music@blackdogpromotions.com 6:50:57 PM

Blu-Ray Hewlett-Packard goes Blu for DVDs. PC maker to support next-generation DVD technology Blu-ray in some desktops and notebooks. [CNET News.com] 6:40:28 PM

From the Dutch, To Podcast Podcasting is Word of the Week!. The Van Dale dictionary, the dutch authority on the dutch language (similar to webster) made Podcasting their Word of the week. [ipodder News] 6:31:38 PM

Via Bambi Francisco. MarketWatch, Seattle PI Free is better than paid. CBS MarketWatch's Bambi Francisco opines that the jury has returned a verdict on that perennial question of e-publishing business models: paid subscription or free with ads? On Monday, the [Online Publishers Association] reported that web surfers spent $853 million in... [seattlepi.com Buzzworthy] 6:23:46 PM

Robin Guthrie Robin Guthrie - Lumiere. Scott and I went and saw Robin Guthrie, of the Cocteau Twins, perform a live sountrack to his 40 minute film Lumiere on Monday night at the Magic Bag in Ferndale, MI. "Lumiere is a 40 minute long animated film created as a backdrop to a sublime collection of sensual and atmospheric, guitar only, instrumentals of truly hypnotic beauty performed live by Robin Guthrie. As the founder member of the seminal Cocteau Twins, Robin Guthrie has created some of the most beautiful music of recent times and is widely regarded as a musical visionary. The distinctive sonic landscapes that have become his trademark are again on display throughout the Lumiere performance and at time touches upon his, thus far, only instrumental album Imperial and his legions of admirers will find much that they recognize and love. Yet what marks this performance out from his recorded work is the spaciousness of the music. Robin employs an astonishingly down-tempo pace throughout the performance to mesmerizing effect. This is music to drift away to... music in which you can lose yourself... The film itself has been made with the same craft and techniques which Robin has used in the sonic world for years, an interweaving and layering of images, creating distinct moods which are reflected my the music being played. The music is 'improvised within the framework dictated by the visuals' and used no fixed rhythm or 'beats' but more relies on layers of treated guitars and cyclic melodies." [via Rx Gallery] There is also a nice article at The Herald about Lumiere. [nick gaydos > thynk] 7:19:21 AM

Over 2 Million Arizona Voters Arizona's election turnout set record. More than 2 million Arizonans voted in this year's presidential election, shattering records and surpassing even the dramatic gains made in voter registration as the race intensified. [azcentral.com | republicfront] 7:16:52 AM

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Kevin Sites in Iraq NBC plugs Sites' personal blog. Cory Bergman reports: "This is a first for a network news division. Brian Williams plugged Kevin Sites' personal war blog on NBC Nightly News on Monday. "Our correspondent Kevin Sites has been keeping a weblog of his day-to-day life while... [CyberJournalist.net] 7:04:38 AM

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Dow Jones Buys MarketWatch Dow Jones buys MarketWatch. Old media scoops up new media. Next up: Slate, on the block with The Washington Post reportedly interested. Why would Dow Jones pay $519 million for MarketWatch? Among other reasons, WSJ.com's subscriber growth has been slowing, so this gives Dow... [CyberJournalist.net] 6:55:26 AM