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Fans looking forward to seeing Christina Aguilera writhe around the stage in next to nothing this summer will be bummed to hear that the singer has called off her entire summer tour on doctor's orders. Seems the sexy songstress stripped her pipes (vocal chords, that is) while in the studio recording her next release.

Fans looking for a scantlily clad siren will have to settle for Britney.

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Your Very Own Bush

Posted on April 29, 2004 at 02:27 PM

bush For those that always suspected Dubya was a puppet, now you can pull the strings yourself (if Cheney and Rumsfeld will give 'em up long enough).

bushspeech.org is a pretty amazing Flash application that lets you string together words or phrases from Bush's speeches to form your own. You can even save your creation, listen to ones made by other users and vote for your favorites.

There's just something classic about watching George W. tell you, "I wanna unit as big as the state of California." Buck up, George, we all do.

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Take the Show Home

Posted on April 29, 2004 at 12:05 PM

eMusic Live is a cool new service which allows you to go see a live, indie band and then take a copy of the show home with you and listen to it over and over, as well as share it with your friends. Best of all, it's totally legal.

Here's how it works:
1. You have to see a show at a venue that has the eMusic Live kiosk. At launch, we're looking at Maxwell's, The Casbah, The Blind Pig, The Cats Cradle, The Double Door, Schubas and The Metro, but look for the list to expand if the service starts to take off. eMusic is targeting clubs that feature mostly young, indie bands, so don't expect Beyonce at Madison Square Garden in the list.
2. After the show, you simply walk up to the touch-screen kiosk and buy the compatible memory device. It's a $20 keychain USB drive that will store up to 110 mins of music.
3. Once you have the mini-drive, you just insert it into the kiosk and the show you just saw is loaded onto it (for a $10 charge). Once you get home, you simply slap the music on your hard drive. You're free to share it with as many people as you want.
4. You can then wipe the mini-drive clean and use it over and over again.

Very cool. Wish I had something like this at the thousands of shows I've seen over the years.

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Apple Singing New Tune

Posted on April 29, 2004 at 11:32 AM

images Apple introduced a ton of new features into iTunes yesterday that are definitely worth checking out. Download the latest version here.

- New Apple Lossless format features CD quality sound at half the file size.
- iMix: Create and share your playlists with the world.
- Party Shuffle; Creates randomly generated playlists from your music collection.
- Printing: Create your own CD jewel cases. Finally!
- Music videos: Watch 'em in iTunes now.
- Movie Tralers: These too!
- WMA conversion: Converts your non-DRM WMA files into Apple Lossless.
- Radio Charts: See who's on top of the charts in every city.

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