Uncategorized

Microsoft’s new media center caters to entertainment industry preferences: If Microsoft’s handling of digital-rights management in its new Media Center PCs is any indication, Redmond is perfectly happy to sell out its customers to keep the entertainment industry happy. What I’m talking about are features built into Windows XP Media …

This just in from New York Doll Sylvain Sylvain: Another New York Doll Died today… Cyrinda Foxe (born Kathleen Hetzekian) was the inspiration behind the David Bowie song “Jean Genie.” She was also the hottest Andy Warhol superstar ever! She really brought glamour to rock ‘n’ roll music with her …

Michiko Kakutani reviews Leon E. Wynter’s American Skin: Anyone who’s been watching television the last couple of years will be familiar with what Leon E. Wynter calls “the browning of mainstream commercial culture” in America. It’s not just the high profile of black superstars like Michael Jordan and Oprah, and …

Jon Pareles reviews Thrill Jockey anniversary party: The urge to innovate mingled with 1970’s nostalgia during “Thrill Jockey Turns 10” at Irving Plaza on Thursday night. It was the first of three New York concerts — two at Irving Plaza and a sold-out show Saturday night at the Bowery Ballroom …

Well, certainly some are. I find it humorous that entertainment figures are questioned as though what they have to say about anything other than their particular field of expertise has any relevance or meaning whatsoever. Just because people are famous for one thing doesn’t mean they know anything about anything …

Hoping that Kurt Cobain’s touch has taken on the magic of an Elvis or John Lennon, a couple is trying to cash in by selling one of Cobain’s childhood homes: Ed and Jennifer McKee, of Oregon City, Ore., are auctioning off the former Nirvana frontman’s childhood homes on eBay. The …

"Beware the dark side, Luke." With a Morrison-less Doors hitting the road, let's take a look at Morrison and the Doors' music.

Koch will be releasing a George Harrison tribute album on what would have been his 60th birthday, February 25, 2003. The list of participants is not what you would call “stellar”: Songs From The Material World … will feature cover versions of Harrison and Beatles songs by artists including Kinks …

The Doors have, well, not reunited, but, I guess, “united” under the Doors rubric in the form of Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger (so far, so good), Stewart Copeland (from the Police) on drums, and, get this, Ian Astbury of the Cult on vocals!! Call me nuts, but I do not …

Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson is now a commercial airline pilot: “It’s a great job,” Dickinson was quoted as saying by the Sunday Telegraph newspaper. “Nothing else compares.” Charter airline Astraeus confirmed that Dickinson, 44, serves as first officer on Boeing 737s flying between Britain and holiday destinations in Europe, …