January 11, 2005

Michael Franti/Mike Doughty To Rock Slamdance

Somewhat edgier than its better-known Sundance cousin, this year’s Slamdance Film Festival will offer its share of musical treats to entertain moviegoers. This year’s 11th annual event in Park City, Utah — which runs Jan. 21-28, concurrent with the Sundance Film Festival — will see performances by Spearhead’s Michael Franti, DJ/producer Prince Paul and former Soul Coughing frontman Mike Doughty, among others.

In addition performing, Franti will be on hand for a screening of his documentary “I Know I’m Not Alone.” The film, which will serve as the Slamdance 2005 closing night documentary, is described as personal diary chronicling the artist/activist’s 2004 visit to Israel, Iraq and Palestine.

Franti is slated to stage a solo acoustic show Jan. 27 at Park City’s 608 Interchange gallery. As previously reported, Franti and Spearhead will perform at two Sundance events, including one of that festival’s Jan. 20 opening night galas.

Prince Paul is slated to play a Jan. 28 DJ set at Suede prior to a headlining performance by P-Funk’s Bernie Worrell with Living Colour drummer Will Calhoun and bassist Doug Wimbish. Director Phillip DiFiore’s “Stranger: Bernie Worrell on Earth” will receive its world premiere at Slamdance, competing in the short documentary competition.

Doughty will be on hand to headline a Jan. 23 acoustic show at Suede that will also feature the Apex Theory. A number of Park City venues will boast performances by Elliott Sharp, Purr Bats, JW Blackout, the Rubes, Modern Soul Movement and Starmy, along with others to be announced.

Onscreen, the Slamdance “midnight screening” roster includes “Malfunkshun,” director/producer Scot Barbour’s documentary about Andrew Wood, featuring rare performance and interview footage of the late Mother Love Bone singer, as well as unreleased solo music.

In Taylor Neary’s “Liquid Vinyl,” well-known DJs such as Tall Paul and Goldie discuss DJ culture and dance music. The film will receive its world premiere at Slamdance and compete in the documentary field, as will Booker Sim’s “Tragedy: The Story of Queensbridge,” which details the stark reality of hip-hop artist Percy Chapman, aka Tragedy, who released two A&M albums in the early 1990s under the pseudonym Intelligent Hoodlum.

In addition to the Worrell title, the short documentary competition will also feature the music-based “Drummer Wanted.” For Slamdance Film Festival details, including descriptions of the various films being screened and to view titles in the “Anarchy Online Films” category, visit the event’s Web site.

Source billboard.com.

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Dave Matthews Band Begins Work On New Album

Dave Matthews Band has enlisted producer Mark Batson (Seal, Indie.Arie) for its as-yet-untitled sixth studio album, due later this year via RCA. “Mark met the band at their [Los Angeles] show in August of last year,” reads a message on a new Web site dedicated to the project. “After a late night of musical dialogue and shared experiences, it was obvious to all the guys that they had to work with Mark.”

The site features a brief video of DMB in the studio, working on a song with a major-key groove in the vein of Sting. The unnamed track features the line “everybody wake up / if you’re living with your eyes closed.”

Source billboard.com.

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U.S. Club Dates On Tap For The Music

British rock act The Music have announced dates for a winter U.S. club tour. Uk funk/rock outfit Kasabian will be opening. The Music are touring in support of their late 2004 release Welcome To The North.

2/17 New York, NY
Irving Plaza w/Kasabian

2/18 Washington DC
9:30 Club w/Kasabian

2/19 Philadelphia, PA
Theatre of the Living Arts w/ Kasabian

2/22 Providence, RI
The Call w/ Kasabian

2/23 Boston, MA
Paradise Rock Club w/Kasabian

2/24 Quebec City, QUE
Imperial w/ Kasabian

2/26 London, ONT
Centennial Hall w/Kasabian

2/27 Detroit, MI
St. Andrews Hall w/Kasabian

3/2 Chicago, IL
Metro w/Kasabian

3/3 St. Louis, MO
The Pageant w/Kasabian

3/7 Seattle, WA
Neumos w/ Kasabian

3/8 Vancouver, BC
Commodore Ballroom w/Kasabian

3/11 San Francisco, CA
Slim’s w/Kasabian

3/12 Los Angeles, CA
Henry Fonda Theatre w/ Kasabian

3/13 San Diego, CA
Canes Bar & Grill w/Kasabian

3/15 Tempe, AZ
Marquee Theatre w/ Kasabian

3/17 Dallas, TX
Gypsy Tea Room w/Kasabian

3/19 Houston, TX
Meridian w/Kasabian

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Apple Unveils Mini Mac + $99 iPod Shuffle

Apple Computer Inc. chief executive Steve Jobs unveiled a very small $499 computer on Tuesday and a flash memory-based music player called the iPod Shuffle.

The new products seek to make inroads against the traditionally more affordable PC market and against lower-cost competitors to Apple’s wildly popular iPod.

The Mini Mac computers, smaller than even some standalone external computer drives, go on sale Jan. 22. They lack a monitor, mouse and keyboard. The 40-gigabyte Mini Mac will cost $499, an 80-gigabyte model $599.

“People who are thinking of switching will have no more excuses,” Jobs said during a keynote speech at Macworld and Expo. “It’s the newest and most affordable Mac ever.”

The product for the first time puts Apple in the budget desktop PC arena, which so has been largely confined to personal computers that rely on Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system.

Building upon the success in a rapidly growing niche that it already dominates, Apple also is rolling out two lower-priced versions of its iPod music players.

The iPod Shuffle, available immediately, is smaller than most packs of gum, weighing less than an ounce.

Unlike the hard drive-based iPod Mini, it doesn’t have a display. There’s a scroll wheel for the controls so a user can either play the songs in order or have the device automatically shuffle stored songs in a random order.

Apple is selling two versions of the iPod Shuffle.

The smallest will have 512 megabytes of storage and cost $99. A one-gigabyte version, which holds 240 songs, will sell for $149. The lowest cost iPod is the mini, which costs $249 for four gigabytes

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