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Music makers are stepping up attempts to stamp out piracy with the public release of CDs that cannot be played on computers. Natalie Imbruglia’s latest album is the first to go on general release with a copy-protection system built in. Commentators say that soon many more CDs employ similar anti-pirate technologies. Before now, such systems have been added in a piecemeal fashion to a limited number of releases in different countries. Critics say record companies should do more to tell consumers about the copy-protection systems used, and warn that many devices other than PCs will also have problems playing the… Read more »

Following the horrific events of Tuesday, September 11th, America’s teens may be finding themselves faced with increasingly difficult stresses and concerns they may not know how to handle. This tragedy is unlike anything they have faced in their lifetimes. There is a place where teens can discuss their fears and grief, share stories, get clinical advice and begin to resolve problems with their peers – TeenCentral.Net (http: www.teencentral.net) from KidsPeace, the 119-year-old National Center for Kids Overcoming Crisis. TeenCentral.Net is an innovative, self-guided problem-solving website for teens that offers resources, information, real-life case studies, interviews and stories from other teens,… Read more »

The ‘NSYNC/Jackson 5 machine has been turned on once again. A scheduling conflict that caused the younger fivesome to pull out of their performance of “Dancing Machine” with the reunited legends on September 7 at New York’s Madison Square Garden has been resolved, ‘NSYNC announced Thursday (August 30). ‘NSYNC were originally slated to rehearse their MTV Video Music Awards performance on August 29 and 30 – the same days Jackson had hoped they could rehearse for his “Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration, The Solo Years” concert. ‘NSYNC rearranged their schedule to make it work. The group even found time to… Read more »

Punk as an aid for getting in touch with one’s feelings has superseded the other modes evident at this year’s Warped Tour. As in their ordinary lives, these fans had too many options. Thirty bands played on eight stages, and the event also included professional skateboarding and mountain- biking displays, a wrestling ring, a Playstation tent, numerous ways to spend money or learn about political causes and of course the chance to peruse one another’s concertgoing finery. So most fans locked into a perambulatory pattern, meandering around the festival’s circular layout as the fairground grew dusty, then muddy, from the… Read more »

Atlantic Records has announced the forthcoming release of the new studio album from Tori Amos. Entitled “STRANGE LITTLE GIRLS,” this assemblage of songs is due in stores on September 18th. All the songs on the album were written by men, but are performed by Tori from the perspectives of a diverse cast of female characters. Songs composed by such artists as Neil Young, the Stranglers, Eminem, Depeche Mode, Slayer, Lou Reed, Lennon/McCartney, and others are taken apart and put back together darkly, gently, and in an uncompromising fashion. In crafting the new album, Tori wanted to talk about men –… Read more »

Stars figured they could say and do just about anything at the 2001 MTV Movie Awards on Saturday night. “And I’m gonna,” presenter Halle Berry predicted two hours before she took the stage with her Swordfish co-stars, John Travolta and Hugh Jackman. Playing off the rumor (which she later denied) that she received an extra $500,000 to show her breasts in her upcoming action movie, Berry encouraged the two men to show a body part. Then she patted their buns as they playfully unbuttoned their jackets in striptease fashion. It was all part of the fun that took place at… Read more »

Chart-topping musical group O-Town will set out on an impressive nationwide summer tour in support of their Platinum selling debut album O-Town. The tour launches in Los Angeles, CA on July 6th and rounds out in September in Boston, MA. Following the success of their #1 selling single “Liquid Dreams”, O-Town are enjoying the success of their second smash single “All or Nothing” which is among the top three most requested songs on Top 40 radio. Concurrently, the stunning “All or Nothing” video directed by Marcus Raboy has been a top five request on MTV’s Total Request Live for over… Read more »

The plot was spoiled well before Eric Clapton even took the stage of Dallas’ Reunion Arena for the maiden performance of his 2001 Reptile tour. Opening act Doyle Bramhall II and his band Smokestack may have kicked off Thursday night’s show with a thunderous roar reminiscent of Clapton in his Cream days, but the three chairs brought front and center before the main event was a tell-tale sign that there would be no more of that tomfoolery. Not that Clapton didn1t receive an honest-to-god, three-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, guitar hero’s welcome when he walked out on… Read more »

Although you’d expect him to be tired of explaining himself by now, Eminem is apparently set to star in a big-screen version of his life story. Movie producer Brian Grazer told “Access Hollywood” that he has cast the controversial rapper in a semi-autobiographical movie that will begin with his rocky childhood in the trailer parks of Detroit. “It’s a ‘Purple Rain’ kind of movie,” he told the syndicated television show Monday, referring to Prince’s 1984 film. “It’s a hip movie, loosely based on Eminem’s life, growing up in Detroit – an edgy story of his life. … I think he’ll… Read more »