I saw a link for this short film wheatpasted on a brick wall in the alley of the REVOLT offices

Subway in partnership with Live Nation is offering discounted concert tickets for shows with Creed, Nickelback, Stained, Def Leopard and more in various cities across the U.S.

Here’s a way to get the cheap ticket without having to buy a $5 foot long:

Simply choose your location and venue from the list and click “find tickets” You will then be prompted to enter your promo code. Select “Subway $5 tickets” and use: subway$5tix You will see your cheap $5 ticket added to the shopping cart.

Looks like $5 tickets are still available for the Pretenders show on 8/14 in Washington, DC

Apple is working with the four largest record labels to stimulate digital sales of albums by bundling a new interactive booklet, sleeve notes and other interactive features with music downloads, in a move it hopes will change buying trends on its online iTunes store.

The talks come as Apple is separately racing to offer a portable, full-featured, tablet-sized computer in time for the Christmas shopping season, in what the entertainment industry hopes will be a new revolution. The device could be launched alongside the new content deals, including those aimed at stimulating sales of CD-length music, according to people briefed on the project.

Physical album sales have fallen sharply as music retailing has evolved from CD album purchases in retail outlets to digital downloads of songs from online stores.

Although consumers continue to purchase large amounts of digital music, they are buying individual tracks rather than higher-margin albums.

Apple is working with EMI, Sony Music, Warner Music and Universal Music Group, on a project the company has codenamed “Cocktail”, according to four people familiar with the situation.

The labels and Apple are working towards a September launch date for the project, which aims to boost interest in albums by bundling liner notes and video clips with the music.

“It’s all about re-creating the heyday of the album when you would sit around with your friends looking at the artwork, while you listened to the music,” said one executive familiar with the plans.

Apple wants to make bigger purchases more compelling by creating a new type of interactive album material, including photos, lyric sheets and liner notes that allow users to click through to items that they find most interesting. Consumers would be able to play songs directly from the interactive book without clicking back into Apple’s iTunes software, executives said.

“It’s not just a bunch of PDFs,” said one executive. “There’s real engagement with the ancillary stuff.”

The music companies declined to comment.

Album sales in the US fell 14 per cent in 2008 to 428.4m units, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which tracks retail sales data.The new touch-sensitive device Apple is working on will have a screen that may be up to 10 inches diagonally.

It will connect to the internet like the iPod Touch – probably without phone capability but with access to Apple’s online stores .

Apple is gambling that it can succeed where everyone else has flopped, including Microsoft, which tirelessly pushed a tablet-ready version of its Windows operating system as a personal favourite of founder Bill Gates.

The entertainment industry is hoping that Apple, which revolutionised the markets for music players and phones, can do it again with the new device.

“It’s going to be fabulous for watching movies,” said one entertainment executive.

Book publishers have been in talks with Apple and are optimistic about their services being offered with the new computer, which could provide an alternative to Amazon’s Kindle.

Source: FT.com

UX designer Dustin Curtis sends American Airlines comp front page redesign, after horrible experience trying to book a flight @ aa.com.  Check out the initial email here and response from AA here 

UX designer Dustin Curtis sends American Airlines comp front page redesign, after horrible experience trying to book a flight @ aa.com.  Check out the initial email here and response from AA here 

FORBES’ HIP-HOP CASH KINGS 2009

1. Jay-Z :: $35 Million
2. Sean “Diddy” Combs :: $30 Million
3. Kanye West :: $25 Million
4. 50 Cent & Akon :: $20 Million each
6. Lil Wayne :: $18 Million
7. Timbaland :: $17 Million
8. Pharell Williams :: $16 Million
9. T-Pain :: $15 Million
10. Eminem :: $14 Million
11. Dr. Dre :: $13 Million
12. Snoop Dogg :: $11 Million
13. Ludacris :: $10 Million
14. Common, will.i.am, T.I., & Swizz Beatz :: $8 Million each
18. Andre 3000 & Big Boi :: $7 Million each
20. Flo Rida, Rick Ross, The Game, & Young Jeezy :: $6 Million

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Owen Voorhees may seem like an unlikely tech entrepreneur because he’s just 11-years old. But for the last nine months he climbed a mountain of doubt, overcame unfamiliar programming languages and poured over college level computer science textbooks–all to develop his very own iPhone application. Last month, his app, MathTime, debuted in the App Store and quickly rose to No. 13 in the paid, educational apps section.

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