A BONGLOAD OF TECH NEWS

IF YOU THINK "STONED IMMACULATE" REFERS TO US, YOU'RE HALF-RIGHT
Starting today, participating radio-station Web sites will stream Elektra's upcoming Doors tribute album in its entirety. "Stoned Immaculate: The Music of The Doors," which features covers of the seminal group's tunes by Stone Temple Pilots, Aerosmith, Creed, Smash Mouth, Days of the New, John Lee Hooker, The Cult and other artists, previously unreleased cuts from The Doors and singer Jim Morrison and even a segment from late literary terrorist William S. Burroughs, will be available on station sites for one week; the CD streets on 11/14. Station sites' branded splash pages boast a special Doors media player that streams the audio for both high- and low-bandwidth users. Meanwhile, the grand-prize winner of a fan contest will receive a customized plaque, artwork, the entire Doors catalog and the new comp. Ten runners-up will receive the Doors catalog and the "Stoned" CD. Click here to check out the music and contest. VH1 is also a partner in the promotion, which reminds fans of the upcoming "Storytellers" episode featuring participants from the collection; the show airs 11/26 at 10pm. In a related story, our efforts to launch an all-star tribute to Uriah Heep have yet to yield fruit.

YOU SUPPLY THE POPCORN
Microsoft and Internet film distributor CinemaNow launched a pay-per-view service that offers securely streamed feature films over the Internet on Microsoft's Windows Media format. Cinema now will introduce the service by offering the film "Heaven's Burning," starring Russell Crowe. For the pay-per-view fee of $2.99, viewers can play the film any number of times for the 48 hours. The company will offer more selections from it's exclusive Internet distribution titles from Lions Gate Entertainment, Trimark Pictures, Allied Artists and others. Before forging ahead in the content subscription/pay-per-view arena with CinemaNow, Microsoft recently partnered with ZoomTown.com, Intertainer and uniView Technologies to market-test an ADSL based broadband entertainment service for television.

ONEBIG HAPPY FAMILY
Online entertainment fulfillment service Amplified has acquired the Internet jukebox provider OneBigCD.com. Though terms of the deal have yet to be disclosed, one result of the acquisition is that Amplified will introduce a platform to integrate the discovery, purchase and storage of digital music and entertainment products. Dubbed MaMa (The Mother of All Music Applications), the application also provides promotional and paid downloads, Internet radio, music samples and a CD, DVD, video search database. Amplified President and Founder Wayne Parker said, "Amplified's MaMa really brings everything together for a fantastic, customized end-user experience that benefits everyone involved—consumers, retailers and labels." In related news, OneBigDork, Marc Pollack, cried for his mama.