Michael Moore is putting out his new film, "Slacker Rising", on the web through blip.tv (for free). http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080905-michael-moore-skips-box-office-film-heads-straight-to-net.html
"*Slacker Uprising* details Moore's tour of 62 US cities in an attempt to rally young voters before the presidential election in 2004. Moore says that he originally considered releasing the movie in theaters, as he did with his 2004 film criticizing the Bush Administration, *Fahrenheit 9/11*. However, he decided to go the online route instead as a symbol of gratitude to his fans. "I thought it'd be a nice way to celebrate my 20th year of doing this," Moore told the Associated Press<http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=12199>. "And also help get out the vote for November. I've been thinking about what I want to do to help with the election this year." I know Michael Moore and Radiohead have built-in audiences, but it is also getting people used to these new distribution models. Jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
