TOD SOLONDZEN FILM
Tod Soldonz, director of the unnerving “Welcome to the Dollhouse” and “Happiness”, returns with “Storytelling”. The film has two parts: Fiction and Non Fiction. In Non Fiction, this American director tells a story which is not too far removed from his own biography. He has chosen the Scots Belle and Sebastian to put the music to this story laced with black irony. The soundtrack is already on sale. The title? You don’t have to be a genius to guess.
DOWNLOADING MUSIC FROM INTERNET DOESN’T AFFECT RECORD SALES
According to a recent study by Jupiter Media Matrix, people who use web pages that share music are more likely to buy records than those who class themselves as your average fan. The study turns most recent beliefs in this field on their heads. It especially points out as false the claim put out by record companies that downloading music has seriously affected their sales. Amazingly, the study shows that the users of Audiogalaxy, Kazaa, etc, are also those who buy most records. The study also states that the reason for the 7% drop in sales over the last few years is to be found in the changes in consumer habits. Video games and DVDs have taken a piece of the CD pie.
PRESENTATION OF THE BALDE
Three events have been organised to present this The Balde 4 nestling in your hands at this very moment. The first one, on the 14th of this month, will be a party held at the Soma 107 cannabis bar and restaurant in Donostia. Still in Donostia and seeing that Arteleku is being worked on, for the second presentation we’ll be having a guided tour of this completely renovated building with the architects of the project as guides. The third bash sees Tim O’Nellin and Cubo dj’s at Cairo on June the 27th in Gasteiz.
THE PIXIES: UNRELEASED MATERIAL SOON
A compilation of previously unreleased material by Boston band The Pixies will see the light of day before the end of July. These demos were recorded in 1987, before the band released their first album called “Come on Pilgrim”. “Here comes your man” and “Break My Body” are just two of the original demos included on the record.
EMINEM’S FEAR OF ILLEGAL COPYING
The Rap star Eminem has decided to bring forward the release date of his latest record due to illegal copying. The results of a study by Universal Records have been more than eloquent: 40,000 people a day download ¨The Marshall Mothers LP” from internet. Because of this the company have decided to get the artist’s latest record “The Eminem Show” out on the market as soon as possible. Universal has done everything possible to keep the material on the record under wraps but they haven’t been successful. This is why the record could be had in record shops long before the announced May 27th release date. If “The Eminem Show” isn’t a success, no doubt internet will become the fall guy.
VIRTUAL KEYBOARD
It seems that they’ll soon have us using computers in the street. It won’t be too long before PDAs, third generation mobile phones and the like are brought up to date. In order to keep abreast of all of this and to avoid having to use keyboards that work with toothpicks, a company has come up with a laser operated virtual keyboard that seemingly obeys finger movements. That begs the question: All of them?
