Looks like the iTunes Music Store is down this morning. Undoubtedly this has to do with Apple’s surprise announcement at 10:00am PDT. Perhaps we are in for a new iTunes Movie Store (Media Store?) after all. The rumor mills have been revving for the past couple of weeks about today’s announcements. Everything from updated multi-color iPod Nanos to a new video-capable Airport Express have been hyped, but as always, all we can do is sit on our hands and wait for 1:00pm EDT to roll around before we will know the truth. Personally, I’ll be watching Engadget’s coverage of the event as they always seem to have news and images that are up to the minute.

As always, we’ll share our thoughts on the announcements once the Reality Distortion Field has receded and we have had some time to examine the merits of any new products/services.  Until then, enjoy the ride!

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Oh man. 1up.com has an updated song list for the forthcoming Guitar Hero 2. If you thought the original release was diverse, check out this list!

• Nirvana; “Heart-Shaped Box”
• Primus (original recording); “John the Fisherman”
• Stone Temple Pilots; “Trippin’ on a Hole in a Paper Heart
• Anthrax; “Madhouse
• Motley Crue; “Shout at the Devil”
• The Police; “Message in a Bottle”
• The Pretenders; Tattooed Love Boys
• Spinal Tap; “Tonight I’m Gonna Rock You Tonight
• Heart; “Crazy on You”
• Allman Brothers Band; “Jessica”
• Lynyrd Skynrd; “Freebird”
• Avenged Sevenfold; “Beast and the Harlot”
• Dick Dale; “Misirlou”
• Lamb of God; “Laid to Rest”
• Alice in Chains; “Them Bones”
• Reverend Horton Heat; “Psychobilly Freakout”
• Black Sabbath; “War Pigs”
• KISS; “Strutter”
• Butthole Surfers; “Who Was in My Room Last Night?”
• Van Halen; “You Really Got Me”
• Guns N’ Roses; “Sweet Child O’Mine
• The Rolling Stones; “Can You Hear Me Knocking?”
• Rush; “YYZ”

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Thom Yorke is planning on realeasing Harrowdown Hill from his recent album The Eraser as a single this month and to help promote it the video has been put on You Tube. From the Pitchfork writeup:

“The number, named after the Oxfordshire location where the body of scientist Dr. David Kelly was discovered in 2003, is teamed with an eerily beautiful video that zones in on bird imagery (including bird’s eye views of both the countryside and city) and hazy war/riot footage. In a particularly interesting scene (”It was a slippery, slippery, slippery slope. I feel me slipping in an out of consciousness”), Yorke dives underwater, releasing air and letting go in an implied drowning.”

I recently stumbled across a video for Dayvan Cowboy by Scottish ambient rockers Boards of Canada. The video includes some archival footage of Joseph Kittinger’s 1960 skydive from just outside the Earth’s atmosphere. One can only imagine that as he reached terminal velocity hurtling through space the same thoughts were racing through his head as those that often race through the heads of people listening to Boards of Canada.