Here are the early weekend box office estimates for the weekend of 10/6 - 10/8.
- The Departed - $27 million
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning - $19 million
- Open Season - $16 million
- Employee of the Month - $12 million
- The Guardian - $10 million
Actual numbers and more detailed info on this week's new releases will be coming later today. If you saw any of these movies over the weekend please post a short review of what you thought of the film in the comments below.
Last.fm is a free service that has music stations as well. It learns
what music you like by paying attention to what you listen to. The best
way to get started is to download and install the open-source
Audioscrobbler plug-in for whatever music player you use on your
computer. I use it in iTunes. Audioscrobbler sends the song titles and
artist names to Last.fm's Web site and keeps track of them in your
personal profile.
Once you've listened to enough songs to provide good data, Last.fm starts putting people in your neighborhood. These are folks who have tastes similar to yours. It's a great way to find new artists. You can also listen to neighborhood radio stations that play songs based on what you and your neighbors like, and you can find similar artists by clicking through to artist pages. If you have friends using Last.fm, you can see what music they've been listening to.
The aggregation of the tastes of everyone using Last.fm helps the site to say with some confidence which artists you'll like. For example, If your a fan of Uncle Tupelo. Last.fm rightly recommends Son Volt, Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, Whiskeytown, and Wilco. Still not getting it? Fans of Britney Spears may also like Christina Aguilera, Kylie Minogue, and Lindsay Lohan. These may seem obvious, but lesser-known bands provide some really good recommendations.
Right now the identification of songs can be a little buggy because it relies on the ID tags of users' files. One of my favorite bar bands from Austin, the Wannabes, showed up as both Wannabes and WannaBes until I modified the info in my iTunes. However, the company is in the process of integrating with MusicBrainz. This project attempts to create a comprehensive music information site. MusicBrainz works in conjunction with FreeDB, an open alternative to GraceNote's CDDB.
I've found myself listening to more music and, as a result, buying more music since I started using Last.fm. It's revealing and educational, not to mention entertaining to see what friends have been listening to. One friend admitted to modifying what she listens to now that she knows we're watching. If you want to see what I've been listening to, you can find my profile here. Don't forget to add me as a friend!
Once you've listened to enough songs to provide good data, Last.fm starts putting people in your neighborhood. These are folks who have tastes similar to yours. It's a great way to find new artists. You can also listen to neighborhood radio stations that play songs based on what you and your neighbors like, and you can find similar artists by clicking through to artist pages. If you have friends using Last.fm, you can see what music they've been listening to.
The aggregation of the tastes of everyone using Last.fm helps the site to say with some confidence which artists you'll like. For example, If your a fan of Uncle Tupelo. Last.fm rightly recommends Son Volt, Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy, Whiskeytown, and Wilco. Still not getting it? Fans of Britney Spears may also like Christina Aguilera, Kylie Minogue, and Lindsay Lohan. These may seem obvious, but lesser-known bands provide some really good recommendations.
Right now the identification of songs can be a little buggy because it relies on the ID tags of users' files. One of my favorite bar bands from Austin, the Wannabes, showed up as both Wannabes and WannaBes until I modified the info in my iTunes. However, the company is in the process of integrating with MusicBrainz. This project attempts to create a comprehensive music information site. MusicBrainz works in conjunction with FreeDB, an open alternative to GraceNote's CDDB.
I've found myself listening to more music and, as a result, buying more music since I started using Last.fm. It's revealing and educational, not to mention entertaining to see what friends have been listening to. One friend admitted to modifying what she listens to now that she knows we're watching. If you want to see what I've been listening to, you can find my profile here. Don't forget to add me as a friend!
Hey everybody! This is the entertainmentFilter blog and I'm your entertainmentPro, EvanMack. I'll be your guide to all the new music, movies, and websites coming out each week. I'll also be recommending some past favorites from time to time. So if your into keeping up to date with new movie releases, new music CDs, and all the other on line entertainment sources this is the place to be. Here is the current posting schedule:
Sunday - "Featured Websites"
Monday - "Weekend Box Office Review"
Tuesday - "New Music & DVD Releases"
Wednesday - "Top Viral Videos"
Thursday - "Recently Viewed By Me"
Friday - "New In Theaters"
Saturday - Suggest A Topic, email entertainmentfilter@gmail.com
Each day will include a series of posts throughout the day for the topic. Be sure to add entertainmentFilter to your Neighborhood to stay up to date with all new releases and recommendations. Please feel free at anytime to email or post comments with suggestions to make this blog more informative and entertaining.
The show starts tomorrow, 10/08/06.
Thanks,
entertainmentPro EvanMack
Monday - "Weekend Box Office Review"
Tuesday - "New Music & DVD Releases"
Wednesday - "Top Viral Videos"
Thursday - "Recently Viewed By Me"
Friday - "New In Theaters"
Saturday - Suggest A Topic, email entertainmentfilter@gmail.com
Each day will include a series of posts throughout the day for the topic. Be sure to add entertainmentFilter to your Neighborhood to stay up to date with all new releases and recommendations. Please feel free at anytime to email or post comments with suggestions to make this blog more informative and entertaining.
The show starts tomorrow, 10/08/06.
Thanks,
entertainmentPro EvanMack
