June 25, 2004
Better Than DJ Keoki
Posted by nerdling | June 25, 2004 02:21 PM
Everyone's favorite smug asshole—Vince Vaughn—is set to play Racer X in the upcoming big-screen adaptation of Speedracer. I'm not sure how I feel about this yet. It could go either way. {Via Out of Focus}
Controversy generated by Fahrenheit 9/11 is heating up, as are box office receipts. The film has already broken sales records for two theaters in New York, which promises more rabblerousing to come.
In honor of the 25th anniversary of The Clash's London Calling, Epic will be re-releasing the album on September 21. Included in the reissue will be previously unreleased demo material that didn't make the original album, as well as a bonus DVD featuring "a 45-minute documentary that chronicles The Clash at the time of London Calling’s release. The bonus DVD includes recording studio footage and interviews with Jones, Topper Headon, Paul Simonon, the late Joe Strummer and a rare conversation with manager Kosmo Vinyl. Full song lyrics, a new essay and rare photos by The Clash band photographer Pennie Smith will be thrown in for good measure."
Color me excited!
This summer's Warped Tour, though suffering from a severe lack of talent, is at least acknowledging the use of file-sharing networks as a legitimate avenue to build a fanbase. Starting today, fans can purchase DVD-quality videos of Warped Tour bands and burn singles being distributed through AltNet. As a promotional item, this might have been better implemented a few months ago; I also fail to see why people who are already interested in going to the Warped Tour are going to pay more money to see videos of bands that they are already familiar with.
But I digress. At least they are trying.
Speaking (in a roundabout way) of copyright infringment, Wilco have been very bad boys.
