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|| 2017-02-06 22:31:14
I'd like to hear The Prince of Egypt too.
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2017-02-07 12:36:19
Taht would be great! The Burning Bush is my favorite!
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|| 2017-02-02 14:28:24
There won't be a CD, DVD or Blu-ray release before July 2017.
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2017-02-02 20:49:14
Source ?
2017-02-02 21:55:34
How do you know?
2017-02-03 08:37:37
Logic. It would be the first time, an artist releases his concert on DVD while he is touring with the very same program.
2017-02-06 09:03:04
If someone can get in touch with Eagle Rock and ask them, that would be great. I've sent them two emails and was completely ignored.
2017-02-06 18:34:34
@Lazarus: This is exactly what I thougt before. Unfortunately you are right as this would be kinda stupid to release it now.
Still I think it sucks as we are waiting for this for ages now. Why giving the first track for free when nothing else is coming...
@Jim: Same here. I sent them an e-mail last week and I do not expect them to answer anymore.
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|| 2017-01-21 17:11:29
Still no news about the CD / Blu-Ray of the Live 2016.
The only thing I've found is the official web page of the Blu-Ray producer, they say it's comming soon:
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2017-01-21 19:41:58
Interesting, it's A company based in London: Here is their shop, looks A bit cheesy not Really up to date www.eagle-store.com I see A lot of Dutch names in the production for Hans's concert. Interesting We'll see........what will happen the next month.
2017-01-25 18:32:21
I cannot come to the show since he doesn't planned, though I really like to buy the CD. when are you going to release it.
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|| 2017-01-16 16:44:52
Leona Lewis's "Now We Are Free" is probably the best one. It provides a softer version of the theme.
Besides that, Vengerov's "Light" is my second favorite.
2 Cellos' "Mombasa" and Stirling's The Dark Knight are interesting to listen to.
I think that is about it.
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2017-01-17 10:47:01
Seriously, Leona Lewis' interpretation was the worst i have heard. I always thought she can sing as hell, but when i've heard "Now we are free" from her, my ears have bleeded. It was really bad, many notes were wrong and unenjoyable. She tried it so hard, that it sounded like an amateur singer. For me that song is the worst song in this "collection". A complete fair :(
2017-01-17 10:47:40
2017-01-17 10:56:56
I have to agree with Leona: Leona Lewis' "Now we are free" is like the rock band Queen after Freddie Mercury has died: It's so unique, not a single singer will be able to match it. The closest was the singer in the initial Hans Zimmer Revealed Concerts in London.
Hans Zimmer - The Calssics
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|| 2017-01-04 12:04:13
Hey, I don't know why it's not listed here, but on January 13 an album with songs of Hans Zimmer will be released, performed by his friends Tina Guo, Roger Sayer (Interstellar organist), Lang Lang, Lindsey Stirling, Leona Lewis and more. Here the track listing:
1. Main Theme (From "The Dark Knight Rises") - Lindsey Stirling
2. Themes (From "Pirates of the Caribbean") - The Piano Guys
3. Gladiator Rhapsody (From "Gladiator") - Lang Lang
4. Main Theme (From "Crimson Tide") - Till Brönner
5. Time (From "Inception") - Tina Guo
6. This Land (From "The Lion King") - Amy Dickson
7. Now We Are Free (From "Gladiator") - Leona Lewis
8. Flight (From "Man of Steel") - Lang Lang and Maxim Vengerov
9. Light (From "The Thin Red Line") - Maxim Vengerov
10. The Battle Scene (From "Gladiator") - Khatia Buniatishvili
11. Mombasa (From "Inception") - 2 Cellos
12. The Docking Scene (From "Interstellar") - Roger Sayer
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Hybrid Soldier
2017-01-04 22:54:52
Nope nope nope.
I'm interested in HZ's career, not what others make up of his music !
2017-01-04 23:55:37
Whoa, if Roger Sayer is doing the Docking scene, might it be closer to the film version (full organ)?!
2017-01-05 12:55:42
Come on! Even Tina Guo's solo album is listed here :P
2017-01-05 13:29:52
Yeah, but the problem with your logic is that this is the official HZ website, not the "what does Hybrid Soldier feel interested in" website.
Are french people really this dumb?
Hybrid Soldier
2017-01-05 19:05:06
Nope, I made it become official over the years, and one of my missions has always been to clean things up among the shitload of CDs using the name "Hans Zimmer" on them.
Ultimately, yes, it is what I am interested in... If I ever add that "Classics" CD there, it sure will never end up in Hans' discography !
2017-01-05 21:04:20
Hybrid, do you know if HZ had anything to do with this release at all? It seems like such a bad idea, and I'm not really fond of the few tracks that have been released so far, it just doesn't sound as good as the originals.
2017-01-07 21:48:48
I just wonder why was this album promoted in the concert programme I bought during the show then, if Hans really has nothing to do with it...
2017-01-08 06:02:15
The Dark Knight Rises thing was hideous honestly. :
Just sounds like a cello poorly dubbed over the original.
2017-01-13 00:20:28
This is really, really an unimportant release. Mombasa, played by 2Cellos, is the only one, which sounds kind of interesting, the rest is absolutely boring and doesn't add any value to Hans Zimmers work.
2017-01-13 12:39:17
I like the new interpretations of Hans Zimmer's music. But they also could have been uploaded here like the fans arrangements.
2017-01-15 17:08:42
whose idea was this release.
Some of the tracks are actually abysmal. I thought hans hated his name being slapped on shit exploitative releases like this.
2017-01-16 15:10:30
Well, I for one like this release! I don't think it is exploitative; I rather enjoy the specific musical ideas and new orchestrations/instruments present in the tracks. It is far better than just another Prague re-recording of Hans' music.
2017-01-16 18:37:46
The sticker on the album says:
"The best of Hans Zimmer
+ selected by him*
+ new arranged
+ new recorded with top stars"
*Hans Zimmer made a song selection of this album and was involved in this project.
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The Tour Dates don´t open in the site.
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Any new of Sean Penn's The Last Face soundtrack ??
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|| 2017-01-09 15:33:20
Hans Zimmer deserves a more professional website. This design looks even worse than MySpace 10 years ago.
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2017-01-09 15:41:23
What about the official website hanszimmer.com ?
Under construction for more then five years.
2017-01-09 16:32:21
I visit practically every day this site since ~2004 because of the infos I get here, so who cares the design? :-) (Which I'm totally happy with anyway.)
Hybrid Soldier
2017-01-09 17:26:52
The site will change... Work in progress !
2017-01-10 07:41:32
2017-01-10 11:26:39
What Miki said. Don't much care about how it 'looks'. It has all the info I want and more, really nice discussions and some unreleased tracks.
2017-01-10 11:32:32
Thank you.
Edmund Meinerts
2017-01-10 15:23:20
Site looks fine. I suppose you'd prefer a boring Wordpress clone? :b
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|| 2017-01-03 19:51:45
Can't believe he is playing Coachella!
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2017-01-03 20:46:56
It's pretty cool that he'll play in front of such a broad audience. At the same time it's horribly painful to see his name written in such small letters while Beyonce takes half the page :-p
Let's hope he won't have to play early in the afternoon, because this concert is at its most spectacular when it's completely dark. I can't imagine The Dark Knight played in daylight!
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I am truly gutted, i can't go next year as i am due to have a baby in june, will this be a new playlist?, i really enjoyed your 2016 concert in London and Dublin, maybe i could chance it :)
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|| 2016-12-28 17:26:22
Dear Mr Zimmer,
I am a huge fan and i am pleased to assist to your concert in France (Antic Theater of Vienne in June 2017). My question : Could you please satisfy my request and present the Rock Music during this concert ? Thank you so much and see you in June 2017
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2016-12-31 01:45:00
yes ..the Rock,Pearl Habor,King Arthur(bad movie,fantastic soundtrack)
This songs i missed last year in Berlin..i hope soo
Replies: 0 || 2016-12-19 18:40:04
As someone who saw the Live On Tour last year in London, I'm assuming the music will be mostly the same for either show, but is there a difference between Revealed and Live on Tour shows?
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Daniela Bulgaru
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Will there be dates for London as well? If yes, when will they be added? Thank you!
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Blu-ray release
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|| 2016-12-10 11:36:56
Hey, is there any information when the live-concert will be released on Blu-ray or DVD?
Or are they waiting a year longer when the second tour is over?
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2016-12-13 10:39:14
BluRay/DVD will be released around mid-February.
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can we please have a tracklist? Will it be the same as this year's concert?
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|| 2016-12-06 17:51:04
Would you please consider adding a concert on the east coast of the US? We live in Atlanta and I have a teenager who has been dying to go to one of your concerts. We would love to take the whole family but can't get out west with school schedules.
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2016-12-06 21:36:30
The promo announced that the tour will start on the West coast, then Australia/New Zealand, then Europe... then a full North American tour! Pretty sure he'll visit a city near you, don't worry :-)
2016-12-06 22:16:14
Ds, where did you see this promo that says a full North American tour?
2016-12-06 23:23:56
In the description given by most of the European ticket sellers.
Here for instance (in french): sportpaleis.be/fr/calendrier/2016-2017/hans-zimmer
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|| 2016-11-30 11:19:14
It's great that Hans is back with live shows - can't wait for UK dates, maybe he'll come to Scotland. But what about blu-ray/dvd/audio from 2016 tour? Everyone has been asking about it, but no one is able to give a definitive answer..! Is REALLY gonna happen..? I'm starting to doubt...
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Juliano 2007
2016-12-03 16:04:43
Saw him last year and will see him againg next year. Next Step should be playing with him on Stage. Just give me an Instrument. I don`t care which one it is. That would be fucking great :D
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|| 2016-12-01 09:17:05
Anyone know if Hans Revealed show in Vegas is a concert? or is it a documentary showing or a Q&A? Also, how can I go about purchasing Pre-sale tickets? Thanks in advance! :)
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2016-12-02 15:50:35
I had the same question and looked into it further and it is indeed a concert. Tickets go on sale in about 5 hours! Will be an epic night!
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|| 2016-11-29 10:32:19
It would be nice live: Maestro (The Holiday). What do you think ?
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2016-11-30 08:44:53
All better than Spidey
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Come to NYC! Vegas is to far for us east coasters.
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|| 2016-11-28 13:11:01
(sorry for the double post)
Are they only announcing UK dates today? One of the FB posts said "UK Fans...Hold tight" When do we get US dates?
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2016-11-28 16:06:05
Australia and California dates were posted today.
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|| 2016-11-18 13:00:09
Is it the same as the 2016 tour? or new/different music?
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Sam Schmitt
2016-11-18 16:50:11
Hans ist der Beste! Nach der grandiosen Tour 2016 gleich neue Live-Termine für 2017! Danke!
2016-11-23 20:51:44
i hope he changed some music.i was in Berlin and it was fantastic,but i missed some Music,like Pearl Habor or the Rock(nicki glenny smith was also in Berlin),Last Samurai,and also he can play the new BBC Planet earth score.
Man of Steel,spiderman2 in my opinion can be removed :)
2016-11-23 23:07:31
i hope too... spiderman 2 out please :)
last samurai,black hawk down,pearl harbor,sherlock holmes but not arranged.....
2016-11-24 00:13:30
I love Spidey 2, but I agree that if one track should be removed, it's definitely that one. It's not an iconic score in HZ's career, it really seems out of place when you think about the set list and the amount of scores that didn't make it...
But I still love it! :-)
2016-11-24 07:58:33
Sam, auch in Frnakfurt? :)
2016-11-24 12:50:26
It's the same tour, the posters are clear on this point.
2016-11-24 18:15:26
Damage if it is the same list 2016... 2/3 new tracks would be cool :)
2016-11-28 13:10:18
Are the only announcing UK dates today? One of the FB posts said "UK Fans...Hold tight" When do we get US dates?
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|| 2016-11-19 20:34:08
World Tour ?
Guys, while checking the Antwerp Sportpaleis site for the June 20th 2017 concert, the french speaking page mentions this :
"Les concerts live d'Hans Zimmer en 2017 commenceront sur la côte ouest des États-Unis et parcourront l'Australie et la Nouvelle-Zélande avant de venir en Europe, d'où Hans et ses musiciens repartiront aux États-Unis pour leur première grande tournée américaine."
Which can be translated by :
"Hans Zimmer 2017 live concerts will start on the West Coast of the US and will travel all around Australia and New-Zealand before heading back to Europe, from where Hans and his musicians will go back to the US for their first huge American tour.
Has anyone heard of this ?
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Hybrid Soldier
2016-11-19 22:31:55
Yes it is World Tour. Dates will be announced within the next few weeks.
2016-11-21 16:47:58
Budapest, Hungary - 1th of June, just received the email today.
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Could you confirm that the 2017 tour as the same off 2016 or not ?
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Replies: 0 || 2016-11-20 11:33:42
other date in France after june?
thank you
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Replies: 0 || 2016-11-18 21:41:51
Just told my kids this morning Hans won't be touring anytime soon...I'm soooooo happy to be wrong.
Antwerp here we come !!!
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Has the latest market turmoil given you the jitters?
The recent selloff, which has pushed the Standard & Poor's 500 index SPX, -0.04% down 5% since it hit an all-time high last Dec. 31, has unnerved many investors, particularly because it's been coupled with a currency crisis in emerging markets.
But until the market tells me otherwise, I'm assuming this is the long-overdue correction many of us have been waiting for. It may ultimately take the market down 10% or more, but at some point, stocks will rally again. What should you buy in anticipation of that?
Not some of the stock sectors that have led until now, especially consumer-discretionary stocks. If the bull continues, I expect new sectors to lead it through middle age and seniority.
Which ones? I consulted a couple of experts who follow market sectors closely. I'll pass on their thoughts and share my own conclusions.
But first, let's see where we've been.
As the table shows, the Standard & Poor's consumer-discretionary, health-care, and industrial sectors were the top-performing sectors last year, easily outpacing the S&P 500.
Consumer-discretionary stocks led the pack for the past five years as well, with a torrid compound average annual growth rate of 26.9%. Information technology was a distant second, followed by industrials and financials.
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As you know, many young men and women lives across the nation are being destroyed by incarceration, life-time registry and restrictive laws that do more harm than good. For those individuals, there is no second chance.
Below is a personal letter to President Obama:
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"Dear President Obama,
I truly agree with your sentiments that individuals, such as ex-felons, should be able to receive a second chance at life. Since we all know that one can veer off that path of life and travel along rough, rocky terrain, sometimes running off and ending up in some ditch. We all have made our fill of mistakes and sometimes those held a costly consequence that changed life forever. So we lived through it, trying harder to make things right with family, friends and those around us, but what about those who aren't able to make things right even if they tried…because they're labeled as too dirty, a leper, a person who is rejected from society and home.
But what if they're a seventeen year old and had sex with a fifteen year old, consensual at that? Or they're a teen that had gotten so enraged after a breakup that he sent out naked pictures of his girlfriend on his cell phone or email? Or an individual urinates where someone just happens to see them?
All are wrong and a travesty but do they deserve the life of no second chance with a registry that ends all. They are labeled, no jobs, no where to live…they have been deemed a menace to society, a plague. These certain circumstances, and many other situations similar to these, I believe still deserve a second change.
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Section 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
After my son's early release and two years of prison, I thought I had handled that fact graciously knowing after serving his time he would be able to get that fresh start, that second chance. He was an exemplary inmate, GED, college courses and vocational classes. Little did I know that a second chance on the outside was the farthest from the truth? He now struggles and lives in a trailer park sharing a trailer with another and surrounded by others in the same rocking boat, one to float endlessly in shark infested waters. I see him little because of probation requirements (he couldn't live with us because we were 800 feet near a school). My family is afraid of what would happen to them if he lived with them…vigilantism. My son has no other place to stay since others condemn him of his crime that is screamed from the highest rooftop. Sex offender, sex offender!
Not all sex offenders are pedophiles or predators but some are simply young kids that make one stupid and rash decision that eventually changes everything, and they have no idea what they've done until their life is never their own. Exactly, where is that second chance for those sex-offenders who are lumped together with pedophiles and predators? Now, it makes me sick to think of my son's future and many like him that are on the registry and many with no second chance…ever. I am asking you as a mother and as another concerned citizen of the United States that these laws are looked at again and taken into serious consideration in what they are doing to the Constitution of the United States, not for sex offenders in general but the future rights of every citizen, before anymore are put into effect. They unjustly strip an offender of their rights and place them in a guillotine that can be easily set off by anyone and at anytime. Where is the second chance for ex-sex offenders in the present, pending and future laws?"
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What truly saddens me is the weakness and deterioration of what the sex offense issue is doing to our once, great nation. Across Europe, others are seeing the injustice and disregard of rights, but we ignore this problem and it makes me wonder where humanity is heading….
We have become a hysterical society in which our latest witch-hunt is a sex offender--no matter his/her crime.
Below is a email sent from a foreign advocate to a father of a sex offender:
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"The tragic story of your son's death is just so sad that it's difficult to explain how. It was very hard to read your letters. It seems almost unbelievable that this can take place in a democracy! From our point of view, there is no justice in this. Not in any way: not for you, your son, the former girl friend – or even the state.
It is an abusive legal system. It seems barbaric. And we are so very sorry that this takes place. That's why it's so important for us to try to neutralize the debate with this…, hopefully making some changes. ….. to show the every day life of the sex offenders, trying to show how they keep on being punished, even after served prison time…..But we will for sure tell the story of the injustice that your son has been exposed to."
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I appreciate everyone's commitment and backing to protect everyone's civil rights, plainly as noted in the Constitution of the United States and is presupposed, giving ALL men are "life, liberty and pursuit of happiness."


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AUSTIN, Texas — While many anglers along the Texas coast were complaining about unusually poor catch rates during 2002, Carl "Bud" Rowland was enjoying a record year. While flyfishing the lower Laguna Madre on May 23, 2002, Rowland caught and released a spotted seatrout that measured 37 ¼ inches and weighed 15 pounds, 6 ounces — a new line class world record and eventual Texas state record.
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"Recreational anglers should be expecting to catch more fish this summer because of the increases in the population we've seen and also have a better chance to land a trophy size fish," Spiller said.
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Firstly, whose idea was it to collect the first three Third Eye Foundation LPs in a single package, your own or Domino's? Is it something either you or the label had been considering for a while?
Well as I remember it, it was Stephane from Ici D'Ailleurs (Elliott's latest label) who first mentioned it to me. Then I asked Domino and they said that they'd do it but perhaps domino were thinking of it by coincidence as well, I really can't remember. I'd always wanted to do it, because it should be available but cheap.
Do you think, listening with the benefit of hindsight, that the three albums exhibit a progression, from the sometimes harsh Ghosts through to the rather more listener-friendly Little Lost Soul? Is the latter record where the 'Matt Elliott' career really began, as you shelved the TEF moniker?
Well it basically catalogues my learning curve: I still say that Ghost is a terrible record, but people still tell me it's their favourite, so I don't know what to think. I'm still kind of proud of You Guys Kill Me and Little Lost Soul, but it reminds me of who I was back then and that's not always nice.
And what led you to stop recording under the TEF name?
Well I wanted to be free of my own self-imposed shackles. I didn't want Third Eye Foundation fans being duped, so I just thought I'd use my real name and that was that,
Sampling played a vital part in the recording of Ghost – what artists were inspiring you at the time? DJ Shadow's Endtroducing (1996) is obviously regarded as the first record to be built entirely of samples – at the time, did you think the approach was one that could yield many a fruit? Nowadays, how do you feel about sampling?
Well I found it useful, and it taught me a lot in a kind of abstract way. I thought it was the future of all music. Nowadays my attitude has changed, and I think that samples are a tool like any other. I still use samples for manipulation and all my music is recorded on digital software, which is essentially a fuck-off sampler you can manipulate each soundwave individually on, so… But personally I don't listen to much sample-based music these days, perhaps because I'm becoming an old bastard.
Was being from Bristol in the mid-to-late Nineties any hindrance, at all, as you were probably unfairly shoehorned in with the whole trip-hop 'movement'? What was the music scene in Bristol like at the time, when the likes of Portishead and Tricky were making sizeable waves? Was there a rash of copycat acts?
Well I think the only hindrance was that I was perhaps negatively influenced because I spent my life in record shops, but the whole Bristol thing… I mean, it was kind of useful at the time. I had a classic 'right place, right time' thing going on. Anyway, Bristol as a tag means nothing: bands like Amp saying there was a Bristol connection and they're from fucking London. Most of today's Bristol scene bands are made up of people who came to Bristol University. I had a journalist who works for a Bristol magazine tell me that, essentially, I was irrelevant to Bristol because I'd moved away and this guy was from fucking Leamington or something, so basically it all means a load of shit. But that's what music industry is all about, tags and soundbites like everything else in this fucking world. You see, I am an old bastard.
You've acted as a producer for Hood – have you worked on records by any other acts, and what attracted you to Hood, specifically? Is there more production work in the pipeline?
Well, really I engineered Rustic Houses, Forlorn Valleys (1998), and for The Cycle Of Days And Seasons (1999) I just hung around the studio. What attracted me to Hood was that they were really the first musicians I really got on well with; they were enthusiastic and I'm still good friends with them now, and apart from anything I've never laughed so much as when I first met Andrew, the then drummer, so… I'm not even going to engineer most of my next album (slight exaggeration), so I haven't got the energy for anything else. Saying that, there is a project but I can't say anything about it.
I recall reading positive press for Ghost at the time – particularly from Select. Did you experience any sort of monetary boost, at all, from the acclaim? Did your profile grow, noticeably?
Well, yes, I've been blessed with support from at least written press, but it rarely translates to sales. But to be honest I'm happy as I am, playing small shows and having a small but dedicated audience. I have no desire to be on the big time or whatever. I'm not really built for it.
What does the immediate future hold for Matt Elliott? Do you have any hopes that the re-issue of the three TEF albums will introduce people to the Matt Elliott recordings, or do you expect the release to be picked up primarily by those already into The Mess We Made and later albums?
Well, the one thing I've learnt is that usually when I have a fixed idea about something, by fate or design or coincidence someone or something happens to change my view, so now I just let things go on. At the moment I'm working on a new album plus a European (mainland) tour and some other things I can't talk about. It sounds much more mysterious than it actually is, but suffice to say I have most of next year booked up already.
Third Eye Foundation's three-disc Collected Works is available now via Domino; for more information visit Matt Elliott's website here.


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Tokyo, Japan, October 28, 2010 - Japan, coming off a stunning five-set comeback win against Poland on Friday, followed it up with a tough four-setter (25-15, 25-17, 22-25, 25-14) against Peru in Saturday's last Pool A match.For the Japanese, it was their 16th victory in 19 matches against their South American opponents who, despite the noisy support of the Peruvian contingent in attendance, suffered their first defeat of this FIVB Women's World Championship. Leading the way for Japan once more was Saori Kimura with 23 points, while Jessenia Uceda and Patricia Soto registered 14 points for Peru.There was a delay after the lights went out inside the Yoyogi Stadium, but when the action finally started Saori led her team out in front at 8-6. It was 16-9 to Japan after the Second Technical Timeout (STT) and they won the set comfortably from there with Yukiko Ebata driving home two spikes and Saori sealing it at 25-15. FIVB Women's World Championship Japan 2010 official page
Peru held a narrow lead early in the second set but Kaori Inoue's block tied the scores at 7-7. A long mid-set rally saw Japan's blockers – led by Inoue – repeatedly shut down Peru's attempts to spike, and Uceda was left slapping the floor in frustration after the point was lost. As Japan moved ahead, Yoshie Takeshita produced a spectacular dig setting up Ebata for a spike to make it 21-15. Saori then finished it off with a slap-down of a stray Peru pass as Japan took the set 25-17. Peru put up a fight in the third with strong blocking, and Uceda finally broke through to make it 8-5. Cheol-Yong Kim's charges held their lead until Japan came back to draw square at 14-14 on another Saori tip off a gorgeous set made by Takeshita as she was falling backwards. It stayed tight all the way, until Uceda and Yulissa Zamudio got through with some attacks, leading to Peru taking the set 25-22 on a misfired Japan spike.Multiple attacks from Mai Yamaguchi and Ebata put Japan ahead in the fourth set at 9-5. A pair of jump serves by Saori both found their mark to stretch the hosts' lead to 14-7. Japan's captain, Erika Araki, then made her presence felt with three points at the end to help Masayoshi Abe's team wrap up their second victory in as many days.


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UPDATED:Three people stabbed on Mashantucket reservation
Mashantucket — Three people where stabbed early this morning during a fight at a home on Ephraims Path on the Mashanatucket Pequot reservation.
The three victims were treated at the scene and transported to The William W. Backus Hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening, according to state police, who responded to the incident along with Mashantucket Tribal Police.
While state police originally reported that there were 100 people involved in an "unruly disturbance and altercation,'' on Ephraims Path, tribal police later in the day said the number was closer to 30.
"At present there is an active investigation taking place with the Mashantucket Tribal Police and Connecticut State Police involved and it would be inappropriate to comment any further on this matter at this point,'' Mashantucket Police Chief William Dittman said in a prepared statement.
No arrests have been made. Neither police department would disclose the names of the injured or the address where the incident occurred.
Tribal police were called to the home about 1:50 a.m. A fight broke out among three people at the party, according to Dittman, and state police responded about five minutes later.
According to state police, Troop E in Montville received a 911 call just before 2 a.m. about a large disturbance in the area of Ephraims Path, which is located between Indiantown Road (Rt. 214) and Pequot Trail. State police said they found about 100 people involved in an "unruly disturbance and altercation" in the area and during the fight an unknown subject pulled out a knife and stabbed three people.
State Police Eastern District Major Crime Squad is asking anyone with information to call (860) 848-6500.
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No wonder Napoleon called San Marco Square ''the world's most beautiful salon.'' At sunset, as we sit at a table at Florian's in the Piazza San Marco in Venice, the sun bounces gold arrows off the glittering dome of San Marco. Across the square the Quadri cafe orchestra has started to play the theme music from ''A Chorus Line,'' while behind us, the Florian orchestra is playing ''The Blue Danube'' (that's a 1,800 lira music charge on the bill). Off in the distance the Doges' Palace looks like a wedding-cake palazzo, missing only the bride and groom.
To me, Venice is storybook Europe, a place where reality turns into fantasy, where doges and contessas air their tapestries on the balconies of their palazzi and wave to friends in passing gondolas. Where somehow ordinary people still manage to live and thrive in the narrow medieval streets.
It is also for me the symbol of the feast-and-famine Italy I love - a country where luxury and hardship intertwine, where the rich and the poor mingle, where a traveler can choose to spend a fortune or a pittance - the perfect place, in short, for what I call a feast-and-famine tour. At least, that was the original plan.
Having at various times in the past visited most of the great cities, sampled most of the great museums and palazzi, this was to be a journey of pure pleasure to places I had been and loved and to a few places I had never visited. The feasts would be a long regatta weekend in Venice at the Gritti Palace hotel at the start and then a climactic four days at the incredible San Pietro Hotel near Positano. Reservations for both hotels were secured, so the feasts, so to speak, were assured. In between would be various hill towns, where we would travel without reservations. Would we find hardship and perhaps even famine, theoretically speaking?
Before I summarize the itinerary, let me admit that I have experienced both feast and famine in Italy in the past. I must admit that I prefer the feasts. Early on in this trip, after accepting some rooms without bath and suffering the indignity of waiting on bathroom lines, then experiencing one inexpensive hotel that offered a shower in the room (it was a nozzle in the ceiling), I rationalized that at this stage of my life I have earned a private bathroom - and I gave up cheap hotels for the remainder of the voyage.
A quick rundown of the trip: a flight to Venice via Rome (both Alitalia and TWA will fly you to Venice for the same price as a ticket to Rome); four days at the Gritti Palace, then a car picked up at the central garage in Venice and a drive south with stays in various hill towns; on to the Abruzzi and a stopover on the east coast of Italy; across southern Italy through the trulli country; then a four-day stay in Positano and on to the Rome airport, where the car was abandoned.
If you are planning a trip to Venice, remember that Regata Storica is the first Sunday in September. The Grand Canal is filled with all sorts of river boats, whose crews dress in glorious costumes as they compete against each other. Occupants of palazzi often display their tapestries and banners on the railings of their balconies. It is Venice at its most colorful. Recently the regatta has come at the same time as the film festival and, on alternate years, the biennial art festival. So, if you plan to go next year, expect crowds. And, if you want a room at one of the top hotels, you had better book now. However, Venice is filled with lovely pensions and smaller hotels, at rates from $15-$50 a night, which often have space when the larger hotels are booked solid. The red Michelin guide to Italy is your best bet - if a hotel or pension is not listed there, there's probably something wrong with it.
On this trip, it was decided from the start that money was not to be a factor and the world-renowned Gritti, a 15th-century doge's palace, was the choice. Despite its more recent celebrity guests (Hemingway and Elizabeth Taylor, among others), it has managed to maintain its 16th-century charm, interlaced with many 20th-century amenities. Our luxurious high-ceiling room on the Grand Canal was furnished with Empire antiques and boasted an all-marble bathroom. The bill was around $225 a night, but that includes breakfast.
The arrival in Venice was spectacular, because the Ciga Hotel chain, which owns the Gritti, has its own motor boats at the airport and, if you are a guest, they pile your bags into a boat and zoom you across the lagoon to the Gritti's private dock entrance.
At breakfast the next morning, our waiter informed us that the Gritti would have a pranzo e rinfresco tradizionale for regatta afternoon - a traditional luncheon on the terrace overlooking the Grand Canal so the entire regatta could be viewed comfortably. The menu: Bresavola Gritti Palace (thinly sliced raw beef), Cannelloni alla Sorrentina (the pasta course), Branzino in Bellavista (a delicious local fish), Tournedos Rossini (steak), Souffle Diaccio (dessert). The price: 120,000 lire (around $80) a person. A bargain, considering the fact that grandstand seats in other key positions were selling for as much as $70.
Of course, the waves of boats passed quickly, often in the midst of a delicious course, so I have a more vivid picture of the cannelloni than of the regatta itself.
Other fine restaurants where we dined during our Venice feast were Harry's Bar and the Antico Martini. Aside from the crowds of movie people from the Lido, the major attraction at Harry's Bar was a deliciously malicious-looking concoction called ''black rice'' - squids and their ink in rice. A full dinner at Harry's Bar, rated as one of the best restaurants in Venice, comes to around
It was time to leave the feast of Venice. In New York I had reserved a car with Hertz International. I needed an automatic transmission, and the only automatic available was a Ford Grenada with air conditioning. So I confirmed and reconfirmed that reservation before I left New York. But in Venice, when I called Hertz, I was told they did not have any automatic for me. Only after I informed them that I was a travel writer and that I would report this incident truthfully did the firm come through with a Ford Granada.
The plan called for a few days of sightseeing in the hill towns around Florence, Perugia, and Siena. We stayed at a charming little hotel right off the main square of Orvieto, the Virgilio, where we luxuriated in a little bandbox of a $25 room, which actually looked out on the fabulously lit 13th-and 14 th-century cathedral. From Orvieto, we took a number of day trips to such nearby towns as Gubbio, Assisi, and Viterbo.
Since we were anxious to get on down to the Abruzzi area, we decided to start using the autostrade (expressways), which we soon discovered were lovely roads with much more interesting scenery than the regular highways, which tended to pass through mainly industrial areas.
On the Adriatic coast, we stopped for a night in the middle-class seaside resort of Pesaro, the birthplace of the composer Rossini. We had been told that the Da Carlo al Mare is one of the best seafood restaurants on the whole Adriatic coast. It was excellent: Our meal of figs with prosciutto and barbecued prawns came to around $12 a person.
We were tempted to stay on, but it was time to move into the Abruzzi massif, one of the least-traveled areas of Italy. It is an official refuge for wildlife, with a huge national park covering a great deal of the area. As we drove through the mountain villages, we were charmed to find authentic hill towns without boutiques. Real people lived, worked, and skied in the area. Many of the older women still dressed in long black native dresses.
About two miles outside of the town of Scanno, on what seems to be a small crater lake, we discovered the Hotel del Lago. There, for around $30 we had a lovely double room, dinner, and breakfast before we pushed on up the mountain to Scanno. It was a Sunday, and there was a church memorial service in the main piazza in honor of the war dead. It was difficult to realize that the dead they mourned had fought against us in World War II.
Then it was time to head across southern Italy with a stop at the famous trulli district of weird white domed houses. Alberobello, around 30 miles north of Taranto, is in the heart of trulli country, and we felt we had left Italy behind as soon as we arrived in what appeared to be a whitewashed African village, overflowing with souvenir stands and shops inside trulli buildings. The residents, who appeared no different than other residents of southern Italy, invited tourists inside buildings to see the interior and, perhaps, to buy some ugly factory-made artifacts. The trulli heritage stems from prehistoric Saracen and Christian civilizations, and the area is a national monument. Too bad the commercialism couldn't have been held down.
Enroute to the Amalfi coast, we stopped in Paestum to see the remains of the 6th-century Greek colony there. The Temple of Neptune, right off the main road, is one of the best-preserved Greek temples in the world.
Then it was on to the final festive stop on the trip: the Hotel San Pietro. As you drive a few kilometers past Positano on the Amalfi drive, off to the right you can spot a tiny 15th-century church - San Pietro. We pulled off the road, because there seemed to be cars parked there, and discovered that we had arrived at the entrance. The hotel is almost impossible to see from the road unless you know what you are looking for.
A bellhop led us to a lift, which took us down a few hundred feet to the reception area of the hotel, carved out of the rock. It was huge, open on all sides, with bougainvillea, oleander, and roses growing from every ledge outside and creeping inside as well to hang from the roof.
Our room a few steps down was simple but immaculately clean, furnished with local peasant pieces. And, of course, the terrace - every room at the San Pietro has a private terrace, large enough for sunbathing and breakfasting. The terraces have views of the Mediterranean, Positano, and Praiano.
Rates for suites run from around $300 to $500 a day; double rooms go for around $150 to $200, depending upon season. Meals are about $25 a person, and it is possible to take demipension at some saving.
Afternoon excursions are possible from the San Pietro. We made an especially interesting trip to the Hotel Palumbo, an old palazzo in Ravello where it is said JFK and Jacqueline spent some time. It has a fantastic scenic open-air diningroom. You can walk off the superb lunch in the ravishing gardens of the Villa Cimbrone and Villa Rufolo.
The feast was coming to an end. It was time to go home. But where was the famine? Perhaps another time - but don't hold me to it. Practical information
Both the Gritti Palace and the San Pietro have US representatives. Book the Gritti through Ciga Hotels, (212) 935-9540 or (800) 221-2340. Book the San Pietro through E & M Associates, (212) 755-7220 or (800) 223-9832.


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Crystal Discounts for Solo Cruisersby Paul Motter | 06.26.12
Crystal Cruises as single supplements as low as 10-percent for med cruises this fall.
There are people who love to cruise but unfortunately do not have a steady companion to share the experience. This can be a real problem when nearly all the cruise lines have a general rule that each stateroom has two beds, each of them equals one cruise fare, and all staterooms are sold as "double occupancy" required. If you want to occupy an entire stateroom by yourself, no one says anyone has to sleep in that second bed, but unlike a hotel you still have to pay the full fare for that empty bed as if another person was with you.
We know it hardly seems fair, but the cruise lines are quite intransigent about this "per person, double occupancy" rule. Not only do they make more money when they sell a cabin to two people, but they also made additional revenue from the second occupant buying shore tours, spa treatments and other onboard extras.
This "per person double occupancy" rule is mandatory in 99 point-something-percent of the quotes you see anywhere for cruise prices. Often it is abbreviated as "ppdo." If you want to sail solo and take an entire stateroom for yourself you must pay for the empty bed with what is commonly known as a "singles supplement" fare. Typically that fare is 200-percent of the basic per person cruise fare (not 200% more than the regular cruise fare as the term "supplement" seemingly implies).
However - there are times when cruise lines make exceptions - although it is actually quite rare - and lower the singles supplement.
Do these special deals for solo cruisers appeal to you? Tell us in our forums.
Here is one such bargain just announced: Crystal Cruises is offering one of the lowest rates in the luxury cruise industry, or anywhere for that matter during a "Solo Sale" on Mediterranean voyages. The sale rate for solo cruisers is just an additional 10-percent over the per person cruise fare. Crystal says solo cruisers can save up to $900 on a luxuriously private, all-inclusive stateroom. You can find the new "Solo Sale" rates at this link: Mediterranean voyages.
The application of the discounts begins with the September 6 Journey to Crimea sailing aboard Crystal Serenity. Further savings are available on eight different 11- and 12-day sailings through November, offering guests the chance to explore the Black Sea, Middle East, Canary Islands, and Mediterranean while enjoying the lush comfort and amenities of their Deluxe Outside Stateroom (Category C).
Making the experience even better, especially for ladies who enjoy dancing, sailing solo doesn't mean you won't be able to get out on the dance floor. In fact, on these sailings it is guaranteed that you be dancing if that is what you want to do.
Crystal has "Ambassador Hosts" on every sailing for those seeking a dance partner - these are gentlemen onboard solely to make sure ladies traveling alone have a friendly, trustworthy partner for dining and dancing - although you have to be willing to share him with the other ladies.
There is also assigned seating for dinner in the Crystal Dining Room at a special "Table for 8," so you and other solo individuals can enjoy friendly conversation during dinner. This is also available in the specialty restaurants, Nobu's Silk Road and Sushi Bar and Prego. There is no additional charge for specialty dining in the two alternative restaurants, the first featuring the world-renowned cuisine of Nobu Matsuhisa and the other offering the Italian experience of famed restaurateur Piero Selvaggio.
"A Crystal cruise is a wonderful option for solo travelers who seek luxury and pampering while on vacation" says Jack Anderson, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales. "They also look forward to the fast, easy friendships that are made on board."
Crystal recently transformed its offerings into an all-inclusive experience with fine wines, premium spirits and gratuities for staff throughout the ship included in the cruise fare. There are several additional complimentary amenities; enlightening enrichment speakers, art and crafts classes such as painting and clay work, music and language lessons and fitness classes. Stateroom amenities include pampering pillow menus, DVD players with free movies for check out in the library and complimentary room service 24 hours/day.
Go to the Crystal Web site for more information on these great rates.
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CHICAGO -- Throughout March, participating YMCAs will help show adults how to reduce osteoarthritis (OA) pain through simple exercises, weight management and other lifestyle changes. Developed by the YMCA of the USA, Ys around the country will incorporate "Keep Moving" exercises and wellness tips into Ys' existing activities for older adults.
Interested Y members will receive free exercise instruction and health information they can use at home to help in the management of OA pain. Osteoarthritis is the most common type of arthritis, affecting more than 20 million people in the United States.
Keep Moving was developed to increase awareness that the right kinds of exercise can help lessen OA pain in knees and hips, and help the joints move more easily. The program also offers advice on weight loss and joint protection techniques, both of which can reduce stress on joints.
The program is in partnership with McNeil Consumer Healthcare, the maker of Tylenol Arthritis Pain.
"YMCAs have long been at the forefront of efforts to improve the health and wellness of individuals, families and communities," Neil Nicoll, president and CEO of YMCA of the USA, says in a statement. "This new opportunity with McNeil will help us enhance our support of health and well-being to older adults, and provide them with more opportunities to get and stay physically active. We believe the Keep Moving program can have a real impact on helping them overcome some of the obstacles they may face to living a more active lifestyle."
To learn more about the Keep Moving program, go to its Web site: www.justkeepmoving.com.


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The first outlines of a new law intended to fix the problems that led to the Gulf oil spill are now taking shape in Congress.
Amid an election-year rush to finalize and vote on major oil spill legislation before the fall elections, the Democratic leadership is pushing hard to get an oil-spill bill out of committees and onto the floor of the House of Representatives for a vote, hopefully before the August recess.
While the bill is far from finished, one thing seems clear: Everyone from oil companies to regulators are going to have to toe a tougher line. For the oil industry, winning the right to drill for oil offshore is going to get a lot tougher, by all appearances. And federal regulators will be subject to new checks and balances to ensure transparency and competence.
The House Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday began weighing as many as 200 amendments to a bill that would reorganize offshore energy leasing on the continental shelf. While still just a draft, the bill reflects the direction of the committee and its chairman, including measures that would:
- Abolish the Minerals Management Service (MMS), dividing its functions among three new entities in order to keep enforcement sharp and prevent the buildup of a "cozy" relationship between regulators and the regulated. One bureau would manage leasing and permitting of offshore and onshore oil and gas and renewable energy-related activities, including environmental studies. A second would conduct all inspections and investigations, and issue health, safety, and environmental regulations. The last would collect energy-related revenues.
- Ensure that only qualified people become oil and gas inspectors, including training them at a federal academy to strict new ethical standards.
- Prevent oil companies from getting the sort of sweeping exemptions from environmental review that past offshore drilling operations won under the now-defunct Minerals Management Service. The bill, for instance, would eliminate the use of "categorical exclusions" from the National Environmental Policy Act that were routinely used by the now-defunct Mineral Management Service.
"The dust is still all up in the air with so many amendments still to be considered," says Chris Mann, director of the Campaign for Healthy Oceans at the Pew Environment Group. "But we think it's clear that there's a lot more enforcement being built into the new law with more consideration of wind power and other offshore resources, not just oil and gas."
For example, the law would require much more detailed consultation between offshore regulators and other agencies including the Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Agency, Mr. Mann says. If the other agencies' recommendations were overridden by offshore regulators, the regulators would be required to make those reasons public, Mr. Mann says.
The law would require "meaningful blowout and worst-case scenario response plans." Drilling applicants would have to demonstrate that their technology has been shown to actually work in worst-case oil releases in the past.
The law would extend the current 30-day deadline for reviewing exploration plans to 90 days and mandate monthly inspections of all drilling rigs.
In a nod to improving environmental stewardship of coasts, oceans, and the Great Lakes, the new law also envisions putting 10 percent of offshore drilling revenues into a new Ocean Resources Conservation and Assistance Fund.
Among the other amendments considered Wednesday:
- Rep. Ed Markey (D) of Massachusetts argued successfully for an amendment that would close a loophole that has allowed come drillers that won lucrative leasing arrangements in years past to escape having to pay royalties. Under the measure, these drillers would have to either begin paying or be excluded from future leases.
- An amendment by Rep. Bill Cassidy (R) of Louisiana, who expressed skepticism of President Obama's oil spill commission, won creation of a congressional panel to investigate the causes of the spill.
- Another amendment would prohibit any oil industry operator with a willfully negligent track record during a seven-year span from being allowed to bid on leases.
Committee Chairman Nick Rahall (D) of West Virginia said his committee's legislation is expected to be combined with other measures. Earlier this month, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved legislation to eliminate the current $75 million cap on spill-related damages and expand other liabilities for those responsible for spills. It would raise insurance requirements for drillers from $150 million today to at least $1.5 billion.
Beside giving drilling safety plans a much more thorough review, all oil drilling-related vessels would have to be registered in the United States. (The Deepwater Horizon was registered in the Marshall Islands, ensuring weaker safety inspections.)
That bill also boosts US Coast Guard oversight and addresses cleanup concerns. The US Environmental Protection Agency, for instance, would be required to give dispersants a rigorous testing of toxicity and effectiveness.


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CarPC's / Carputers / Telematics
So what's a CarPC / Carputer then ? Most of the main brands such as Kenwood, Sony, Pioneer and Panasonic produce some great looking ICE ( In Car Entertainment ) systems, the top end of which are interactive car systems ( or Telematics ) like those you get with new high end cars or even from an OEM well that's it in a nut shell but
a CarPC / Carputer does all this and more and quite often with better speed and reaction times.
Because it is PC ( or even MAC ) based it can be customised in a way that an original system can not be. It can be modified that it works and looks exactly how you would want it to and can cost less than a bought system. At the same time the building and designing of 'your' system can be the best bit and the most fun. Pushing it just that little further so it stands out be it graphically or functionality wise can test you at times but can be most satisfying. You can find more information about a basic CarPC install here.
GPS & Safety Camera Detection
DVD / VCD / Divx Play Back
Extras Such as Mobile Phone Integration and OBD-II
Custom Dash Moulding
Infomatics fairly new buzz word for Joe public but it has been around in different forms for many years now in many countries. From traffic control / live street and motorway cameras and data to live VMS signs many government and private bodies have realised the importance of this data for town planning and for the public to be able to get around. But Infomatics does not just have to be traffic information, it can also include weather and public service information as well as RFID tagging to track the use of 'pay as you go' services such as toll and congestion areas like London.
So where does this fit in to the CarPC / Carputer arena ? Well most of this data is available free of charge for the most part on the Internet. This data can be adapted to many software packages and platforms how ever at this time no one on the scene is using it directly although we at Digital-Car are currently reviewing potential solutions to make this easier for those that are members. This is hot off the press news so the best thing for you to do is sign up keep an eye out for any announcements.
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