in brief
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THE BALDE'S PARTIES

Thanks to: Atxó fun-fun taberna (durango), mimie la sardine (baiona), nicolette (iruñea), cairo stereoclub (gasteiz), etxekalte (donostia), dj makala, dj cubo, javi P3Z, bad sound system, dj zigor, dj tim o’nellin, jero garciafreska...

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THE NEW iMac

Apple's new Mac has been on the market for a couple of months and it seems that Steve Jobsen's apple's egg laying hen symbol might just have laid the proverbial golden egg. That said, we shouldn't forget that they had to withdraw their previous "cubic" experiment from the market due to its endless cock-ups. The design this time round is semispherical, and the little dwarves that pop up on the inside are give you the spooks: it can record Cds and DVDs; it's got an unbeatable graphics card, both for everyday work and for games, and it's got all the memory you could ever need. Beautiful sounds need all the supplementary equipment they can get and this prêt-a-porter has an articulated-body LCD screen and a pair of stereo Dolby surround "ears".

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FLASH FILM FESTIVAL

The three day long Flash Film Festival to held in Barcelona will offer all kinds of talks and information on digital technology used as a creative tool. The OFFF web page was set up to promote debate on new experimental music and look-listen language. You can find all kinds of proposals both on and offline. Just go to Pompeu Fabra University or:

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HERE'S NAJWAJEAN AGAIN

Najwa Nimri and Jean Carlos have gotten together once again four years after they first worked alongside each other on the ¨No blood¨ album, released in 1998. They have finally gotten round to doing what they originally wanted to; the original soundtrack of the Daniel Calparsoro film ¨Guerreros¨. Most of the tracks on the album are instrumentals and are centred on the sounds of war. Najwa wrote the songs and Carlos Jean did the programming.

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SNOWSKATE

Have you ever thought of skating on snow? Well, so have Burton. This company has come up with a new gismo made of two boards. Your typical skateboard top rests on a slimmer one below that zips along the snow. The board is available in two different models and has no boots or clips which enables the rider all the freedom and maneuverability they could possibly want.

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COLLATERAL DAMAGE

Arnold Schwarzenegger's latest film, which was supposed to hit the big screen last year, has finally been released. In the film, Gody Brewekee loses his family to a bomb explosion in Los Angeles. The official investigation comes up empty-handed, so our star heads off to the Colombian jungle in search of the rebel The Wolf... it doesn't seem that the latest idea from Warner Bros. Pictures stands much chance of success.