Neil Young Archives To Be Released

Subject: Neil Young Archives To Be Released
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 07 May 08 - 06:02 AM

I guess this qualifies as music(?)

Neil Young to release archive on Blu-ray

Set will include entire catalog, unreleased songs, videos, other memorabilia

The Associated Press
updated 2:27 p.m. CT, Tues., May. 6, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO - Rocker Neil Young plans to release his entire music archive on Blu-ray discs, a sign that the discs' capabilities are building appeal among musicians as well as movie studios.

Blu-ray discs hold much more data than DVDs, are easily updated over the Internet and offer better picture and sound quality.

Young revealed his plans Tuesday at a Sun Microsystems Inc. conference in San Francisco. Santa Clara-based Sun makes the Java technology that gives Blu-ray discs their interactive menus and ability to accept updates over an Internet connection.

The first installment of Young's archive will cover the years 1963 to 1972 and will be released as a 10-disc set this fall on Reprise/Warner Bros. Records.

Young said the archives will be released chronologically and include some previously unreleased songs, videos, handwritten manuscripts and other memorabilia, in addition to the high-resolution audio that Blu-ray technology is known for.

Fans can download more content like songs, photos and tour information directly to the Blu-ray discs as the content becomes available.

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John

Subject: RE: Neil Young Archives To Be Released
From: SonnyWalkman
Date: 07 May 08 - 10:40 AM

It seems to me that Neil has been threatening to do this for years first on vinyl and then on CD (probably on wax cylinders before that), nothing has been forthcoming so far - I look forward to it but I'm not holding my breath.

Subject: RE: Neil Young Archives To Be Released
From: SINSULL
Date: 07 May 08 - 11:48 AM

Oh ye of little faith. The NYCFTTS is hosting the event. Nurse Ratched is warming up the bedpans.

Subject: RE: Neil Young Archives To Be Released
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 09 May 08 - 10:51 PM

Newfound spider named Neil Young

Scientist who found arachnid: 'I really enjoy his music'

By Jeanna Bryner
LiveScience
updated 1:50 p.m. CT, Fri., May. 9, 2008

A sneaky spider has been named in honor of rock musician Neil Young.
Jason Bond, a biologist at East Carolina University, named a newly discovered arachnid, Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi. It is also known as a trapdoor spider.

"There are rather strict rules about how you name new species," Bond said. "As long as these rules are followed you can give a new species just about any name you please."
He added, "With regards to Neil Young, I really enjoy his music and have had a great appreciation of him as an activist for peace and justice."

Bond discovered the trapdoor spider last year in Jefferson Co., Ala., and later he and co-author Norman Platnick of the American Museum of Natural History in New York formally described the species in a journal article.

The genus Myrmekiaphila refers to a group of trapdoor spiders. Like some of its relatives, the newly named spider lives in a burrow and crafts a trap door to seal off its living quarters from parasites and predators.

"Just as orb-weaving spiders make webs out of silk, these more primitive spiders also use silk, but not [for webs]," Platnick told LiveScience. "They use it to line burrows, and an extension of the lining is part of the trap door."

[But did this have anything to do with the naming?]

Most elaborate genitalia in animal kingdom

The hinged lid also provides a sneaky way of snagging dinner. This sit-and-wait predator hangs out behind its camouflaged trap door, waiting for a passerby. When it senses the vibrations of a nearby insect, the spider pops open the silken flap and drags the prey into its burrow.

Taxonomists rely on differences in genitalia to distinguish one spider species from another. Apparently, spiders have some of the most elaborate genitalia in the animal kingdom.

"One theory is that there is a great deal of sexual selection as opposed to natural selection in genitalia features," Platnick said, so mate choice is based partly on genital features.

The new trapdoor spider is not the first creature to have risen to rocker status. The whirligig beetle (Orectochilus orbisonorum) was named in honor of the late rock 'n' roll legend Roy Orbison and his widow Barbara.

There is an unusually nice picture of (the) Neil Young at the link.

FWIW

John

Subject: RE: Neil Young Archives To Be Released
From: Little Hawk
Date: 10 May 08 - 06:14 PM

This is great news. The only thing that could top it would be if William Shatner agreed to do duets with Neil Young on some brand new recordings of Neil's most classic 50 songs.

Subject: RE: Neil Young Archives To Be Released
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 10 May 08 - 06:53 PM

Released on probation...

Subject: RE: Neil Young Archives To Be Released
From: John O'L
Date: 10 May 08 - 09:39 PM

Roland Piquepaille, (whoever he is) says "According to the strict rules established by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, the second word defining a new species must end in 'i' if it's named after a person. So the researcher didn't break the naming scheme. It also was the case in 2005 when Cornell University named several beetles after Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld...

...The Agathidium bushi, the Agathidium rumsfeldi and the Agathidium cheneyi."

Subject: RE: Neil Young Archives To Be Released
From: Mooh
Date: 11 May 08 - 07:12 AM

Neil's pretty savvy when it comes to making a buck, ain't he! Still, I'd want it.

Peace, Mooh.