The Guitar Channel

Miles Davis guitar tribute coming 8/2

Another Jeff Richman-produced tribute album is on the way. This time it's a tribute to Miles Davis called 'Fusion For Miles - A Guitar Tribute". It's set to be released 8/2 and features Eric Johnson , Jimmy Herring, Mike Stern, Pat Martino, Warren Haynes, Bill Connors, Bill Frisell, Bireli Lagrene, and Steve Kimmock on guitar.

Here are 2 links I found with some info:
Audiophile Imports
CD Universe

Houston to provide public WiFi via parking meters

Houston's downtown parking meters may soon do a lot more than gobble money in exchange for curbside real estate. They may connect you wirelessly to the Internet.

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King Kong Trailer

Here is a link to the new King Kong movie coming out this December directed by Peter Jackson - looks sweet! You can view a German or English version of the trailer.

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Dixie Dregs 1978 Montreux DVD released

The DIXIE DREGS MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL 1978 DVD has been released. Currently you can get the Australian Region 4 version DVD here, in either NTSC or PAL. Amazon.com will have the Region 1 version on July 12th.

UPDATE: I finally got around to getting this. Check out my review here.

Gamer runs Doom 3 on two (SLI) PCI Voodoo 2 (12mb) video cards.

By using a few third party patches, a gamer has been able to run Doom 3 on an AMD XP 1800+, 256 MB of RAM, and two vintage Voodoo 2 PCI video cards. It looks like a completely different game, though it still is, apparently, very playable with 60 FPS. Looks kinda like Goldeneye for the N64. Check out the screenshots.

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Great feature on the new Ernie Ball Steve Morse model guitar

Saw this on SteveMorse.com. The Ernie Ball website has a cool feature on the new MusicMan Steve Morse SM-Y2D model guitar, including 3 video clips.

New Bill Connors interview

There is a new interview with guitarist Bill Connors over at Abstractlogix.com.

Check it out.

Caught a 19 1/2 inch bass today

Who's your daddy...

Battlefield 2 demo released!

The 560MB Battlefield 2 demo is now on GameSpot. It has single player and multiplayer with the 16 and 32 player versions of Gulf of Oman. There is also a time limit for each game.

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New and (somewhat) improved Guitar Channel!

Good news for all you Guitar Channel fans out there. I've upgraded the stream from 2 64kbps mono slots to 3 80kbps stereo slots. (I tried 3 96kbps slots, but some people had clipping issues). This should sound better, and having a third slot available will be nice. If you've listened in the past, give it a listen and let me know if you notice a difference in the quality.

My upload bandwidth has increased recently, and from the tests I've run, I'm pretty sure I have the headroom to handle this upgrade. I will need your help though. If anyone out there hears any clipping or drop-outs when you are listening to the stream, please email me or leave a comment here and let me know. This is very important. Without your feedback, I won't know if it's sounding crappy. If you can tell me the date and time you heard the clipping, that would be helpful too. Hopefully, no one will have that problem anyway.

Thanks and enjoy!
Rich

Xbox 360, PS3, and Nintendo Revolution spec comparison

Nice side-by-side specification comparison of the 3 major next-gen consoles.

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