Twitter
Facebook
Reddit
Digg
Tell us what you think!Send a letter to the editor about this or any other article in The Maine Campus.
* Apple is set to launch a new enhanced iPod. The new iPod is expected to feature a 2-inch color screen which can display photos and has 50 percent more storage space for music.
Apple has refused to comment on the reports that came after a key supplier announced plans to produce a larger portable hard drive.
Since they were introduced in 2001, iPods now account for 50 percent of the digital music player market.
In its most recent quarter, sales of the iPod accounted for 12.4 percent of Apple’s overall revenue.
* Radiohead has confirmed details of a new DVD being sold via its Web site.
“The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth Of All Time” is described as a “110-minute excursion into the bizarre” and will contain music from their recent album “Hail To The Thief” as well as some unreleased material.
The DVD will feature 24 short films, which were broadcasted as part of Radiohead TV this year. The DVD is currently available to preorder through the band’s Web site.
* Marilyn Manson is set to play the Queen of Hearts in a remake of “Alice In Wonderland.”
Manson, who is lending his voice to the new computer game, “Area-51,” will begin shooting for the film “Living In Neon Dreams” next month in Germany and South Africa.
He will be appearing in the movie alongside the likes of “Kill Bill” star Daryl Hannah, Tim Roth and Jonathan Pryce.
Manson told MTV.com, “I’m not just playing a drag queen, I’m playing a woman. There’s a big difference, and there’s more work to do on that. So I’m studying early Joan Crawford, and I’ve been kind of watching the lady at home, picking up some characteristics. She can teach me how to put my stockings on straight, though I think I’ve already mastered that.”
* U.S. record companies have teamed up with film companies in a Supreme Court appeal to overturn a ruling that peer-to-peer networks are not liable for their users’ actions.
On Oct. 8, the companies went to court to ask for a decision made by the appeals court to be reversed. In August, it was ruled that many P2P networks cannot be sued for copyright infringements because their products can be used for legal purposes. However, the music and film industries claim that they allow people to copy their products for free.
In the United Kingdom, it was announced last week that for the first time, British music downloaders would face legal action for their use of P2P networks. The action, the first of its kind in the U.K., targets users of the Kazaa, Imesh, Grokster, Bearshare and WinMX networks.
* Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne are slated to launch a new reality TV show aimed at finding a new band for the next Ozzfest tour.
The MTV contest will follow eight bands that will battle it out for a place on the bill of next year’s annual concert tour.
Ozzy and Sharon will be judges on the Battle for Ozzfest show, which is due to start airing on Oct. 25.
Each episode will show the bands being put through events simulating everyday life on tour.
The winners will land a spot on the tour, equipment, tour money and a possible record deal.
