Mos Def has a rockband called Jack Johnson. Featuring ex members of Bad Brains, Parliment/Funkadelic and Living Colour they are currently in the studio putting down their debut album for Rawkus. nudeasthenews has an exclusive interview with the man who seems intent on confounding peoples expectations of himself..
Konkurrent have released another in there excellent series of Fishtank recordings. The new budget priced CD features Low and the Dirty Three. Together they do 6 tracks including the Neil Young cover Down By The River. The Fishtank is a project run by Konkurrent, where they ask bands who are touring in Holland to give them 2 days to record a 30 minute album of whatever they like; regular songs, funny versions or improvised pieces..
Nintendo unveiled Gamecube at E3 a couple of weeks ago, and showed the rest of the industry where the future of gaming should lie. Pre E3 media consensus was that Microsoft was going to prove the strongest oposition for Sony's beligerd Playstation2 and Nintendo was being set up to be the also ran. Post E3 though the mood has changed Microsoft are on the back foot and media attention is now swinging to Nintendo. Its a shame that the industry works this way these days, the hardcore has always known what Nintendo is capable of, yet the Greystation genertaion percieve them only as the company which brought us the misjudged N64. In this nextGen world of marketing hype, the people with power seem to be the media, and they appear to have little grasp of the ebbs and flows of gaming history. When the likes of Forbes magazine is looked on to provide guidance on the state of play, we know we are in trouble.. Gamecube is set to launch in September in Japan and November in the US. It will cost around $200 to $300 depending on your location.. Titles will include Metroid, Luigis Mansion, Mario, Zelda, Starfox Adventures, Pikmin, and WaveRace.
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