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Some releases of interest available on iTunes this week (at least to me).
Erasure Nightbird.
Billy Idol – Scream (Exclusive Single)
Oingo Boingo – Boingo

O’Reilly’s Mac DevCenter has an article on how to make a podcast on your Mac.

Duran Duran will be the musical guest on The Jimmmy Kimmel Show on Monday February 28th. The Jimmy Kimmel shows air on ABC.
Duran Duran on iTunes

MSNBC has an article on podcasting and the guy who coined the term.

MTV.com has an article on podcasting.

According to duranduran.com :
“Taylor had broken the fifth Metatarsal bone in his right ‘bass drum’ foot late last year, when he was in the United States and had been ordered to rest for several weeks. Following doctor’s orders, the drummer’s first show after the accident was on Thursday evening (January 13th) at London’s Hammersmith Palais [...]

Brian Setzer has a new instrumental single available on iTunes called Rat Pack Boogie from his album Nitro Burnin’ Funny Daddy. If you have iTunes installed and into Setzer and/or rockabilly you can get it here.

The NFL has announced a deal with Audible to make available recordings of the remaining playoff games and the Super Bowl. The recordings will also be available in the iTunes Music Store through an existing agreement with Audible. Pricing will be $.95 to $4.95 for highlights and $10.00 for the full game. Ouch! 10 bones [...]

According to Billboard ex Smith’s frontman Morrissey is coming out with a live CD and DVD this spring.
Morrissey on iTunes

Apple Matters has his first impressions of the iPod Shuffle.

Evidence that podcasting is starting to get some traction with the announcement that Ipswitch has entered into an agreement to underwrite public broadcaster WGBH Boston podcasting of “Morning Stories.”

A film on late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis is being made into a film. The movie will be based on Ian’s widow Deborah book “Touching From A Distance”. The working title of the film is “Control” with photographer Anton Corbijn – best know for his work with Depeche Mode and U2 – directing the [...]

New Order’s new album “Waiting for the Sirens Call” will be released in the U.K. March 28th, with the single “Krafty” to be released 2 weeks prior. Phil Cunningham is also reported to be a full time member of New Order from now on, replacing Gillian Gilbert.
New Order on iTunes

From Synthopia:
“Hooray For Vouvray! is an electronica/ambient music label out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, founded by musician and artist Mark Rushton. The label’s second podcast, a 17 minute program featuring 3 pieces of music and commentary by the artist, was created and released on January 5, 2005 at http://podcast.hoorayforvouvray.com“
You’re going to see this more with [...]

Playlist Magazine has a round-up of some iPod accessories from CES.

MIT Technology Review has an article on podcasting. They write “You heard it here first: the technology word of the year for 2005 will be ‘podcasting’……” I hope so but the tools for recording and receiving the ‘podcasts’ have got to get better.

On Brian Setzer website he’s doing what he calls VIDEO CLIP-A-RAMA, which are clips of songs from recent shows in Atlantic City. A interesting interview was also posted and among the tidbits reveled are that a new BSO Christmas Album will be recorded, a Sun Tribute album produced by Dave Edmunds and a new band [...]

From eWeek:
“A Motorola executive on Thursday previewed an upcoming mobile phone that can play music from Apple Computer Inc.’s iTunes store …..
It syncs with a computer and the iTunes Music Store like an iPod does, and incorporates the iPod interface for navigating and playing digital music, said Ron Garriques, a Motorola executive vice president…..”
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From MacCentral:
“Apple Computer Inc. has opened another iTunes Music Store, this time in Ireland. The store opens with over 700,000 songs and 8,000 audio books, according to information provided to MacCentral by Apple.
The iTunes Music Store Ireland will also have featured slots for Irish artists like U2, Damien Rice, The Thrills, The Pogues and [...]