Death to the DVD

Today the New York Times covered a product called Vudu that allows users to browse, download, and watch movies in high res from the comfort of your couch/ottoman/vintage-chair-from-copenhagen-
but-we-all-know-it's-really-IKEA.

In an industry of declining movie rentals, the studios are open to making deals and this may mean the end of limited on-demand choices, awkward dinner/movie dates and employment for stoners everywhere. Read the full article here.

So will Apple need to become compatible with other devices, now that a legit competitor is on the loose? Will Apple snap them up (don't you just love the tech industry right now? It's more gossipy than InTouch Magazine) I Digress: The Apple TV.

NYC's Other Music launches digital download store

Here's a good reason to buy full-length records again. Preview the entire track, pay a reasonable price, and discover something delightful!

http://digital.othermusic.com/

Klaxons

Go see this band! I saw them at the Echo tonight and was quite drawn to their energy and talent. They rocked their set without overly compensating for lack of talent with on-stage luster (i.e. Whitey- although maybe I caught them on an off night). Anyways check these guys out. They just signed to Geffen which may explain why Ron Fair was in the audience.

I've been searching for 2nd generation bands to replace three of my favorites from a few years back - !!!, LCD Soundsystem, and the Rapture. The Klaxons and bands like Shout Out Out Out, Black Devil Disco Club and Kubichek! are emerging, replacing the tight punchy sound with something looser. This sound embraces the bonkers new rave mentality with catchy, punky rock and roll. I have a feeling that we're going to hear tight production take a back seat in the upcoming years.

Tonight at the Natural History Museum

APR 06, 2007 - DIVERSITY OF LIFE SERIES, PART 4

FAST FORWARD

5:30pm, TOUR:
Kimball Garrett, NHM Ornithology Collection Manager

6:30pm, DISCUSSION:
Michelle Wyman Pawar, Executive Director of ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability), USA Office
Margaret Wertheim, host and series curator
Hope Schneider, moderator

MUSIC:
PLAID feat. video by Bob Jaroc
THE SUBMARINES
DJ sets by Hoseh and Dntel of dublab

Undoubtedly a controversial topic, but one that the Museum will approach from a special point of view: the ongoing, long-term development of the earth's biodiversity into the future and the very essence of our collective, complex existence, say, by the end of the next century. What is likely to happen here in California and elsewhere, notwithstanding predictions about global climate change, as well as other challenges, which all species will undoubtedly pass through?

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