July 26, 2004
Dramarama
Posted by nerdling | July 26, 2004 10:33 AM
Apple—most particularly Steve Jobs—is going to be rather pissed. After all the work that the big A put into encoding sound files so they would work only on the iPod, RealNetworks announced today that it has developed software that allows users to download songs from sources other than the iTunes Music Store, and that those songs will still work on the iPod. This could get ugly.
The government is giving some assistance to the world of low-power FM radio.
One of the scientists responsible for the creation of MP3 technology is back, this time with 3-dimensional sound.
Check out some of the coverage of last week's Senate hearings on the Induce Act.
Greg Dulli project The Twilight Singers are planning to release their next album, comprised entirely of covers from sources as diverse as Bjork and Billie Holiday.
Scary shit! Watch the preview for Saw.
Disappointingly, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland couldn't leave well enough alone, and are working on a sequel to 28 Days Later, titled 28 Weeks Later. I can count on one hand the number of sequels I've seen that didn't completely suck, so I don't have my hopes up very high, despite how much I loved the first film.
The return of the ghost story? The director who brought us The Convent is developing The Gravedancers, the film which he hopes will reinvigorate the ghost market in horror films.
Lucky McKee directing the nouveau Straw Dogs? I'll have to see that to believe it.
I hope that one of the sequels on your list is Spider-Man 2. I also hope that none of them are Harry Potter movies, as even the first one sucked. But I am in general agreement that _28 Weeks Later_ is unnecessary. It can only go downhill with _28 Months Later_ and _28 Years Later_.
Posted by: wheezy joe at July 27, 2004 10:26 AM
28 Weeks Later is such old news; I can't believe you didn't comment on it sooner!
More importantly, though ... until RealNetworks gets much more Mac friendly, I couldn't care less about buying anything from them, and I'm sure that's a huge reason why Apple hasn't been so easy to deal with. Rhapsody is not available for the Mac. Even the "RealOne" player that is avail for OS X is a simple shell of the more full-featured player/browser available for PC. I'll stick with iTunes and mp3 sites until Real decides to open itself up to Mac users.
Posted by: Aaron at July 27, 2004 11:56 AM
Apple is pretty pissy about the whole thing; they've stooped to calling Real Networks "hackers."
Posted by: Marleigh at July 29, 2004 05:45 PM
