The Spokesman-Review from Spokane, Washington • 67

iMfclSSr. 1. Lr Spokane, Wash Coeur Alene, Idaho Sunday, Apnl 6, 2003 Page F3 i is. I ENTERTAINMENT movies media television music J(U lir SPOKESMAN-REVIEW BOOK CLUB Saints captures Hegis love of writing ssfei HOTEL OF THE I vi URSULA HLC.I Short stories detail a range ofwmiens experiences By Dan Webster Staff miter Its always useful to look at the forces that shape an artist. In this time of war, its interesting to look at how war helped shape novelist Ursula 1 Iegi.

Hcgi, whose short-story collection 1 Iotel of the Saints is the April reading selection of The Spokesman-Review Book Club, was born Ursula Koch in 1946 on the Rhine River near Dusseldorf, Germany. She was just a child when Germany was trying to rebuild from the most cataclysmic war of the 20th century. Imagine Dusseldorf on the night of April 22 and 23, 1944. Imagine the sight of 60(1 Allied bombers, targeting the citys steel INSIDE For details on the book club, see F5. I SPOTLIGHT Jim Kenbncr I.

in i 1 1- a tproarUy I 1 1 in y-J- Vjif -t i i4 4 is ll! nf i ii i jrJ 5 MusicNet Demonstration 1 Rsv- ipfnWrK I With several music services on the Web, from Music Net to Press Play and Launch, retailers figure to face a tough fight for survival. i first jiUtUO 1 t.ipolntf 1 iui i 1 i v3 i '1 4) ilei'i-t rt f- 7 Associated Press photos 1 1 J4 i 3 urn 5 A a'JU A A Buzzard has landed in Spokane THE PEAK is dead, and The Buzzard has arisen in its place. KAEP-FM (The Peak, 105.7) switched formats on Wednesday from adult-alternative to classic rock. Ray Edwards of Citadel Communications, which owns the station, said that 1 05.7 The Buzzard, as it is now known, will play a harder version of classic rock. We wont play any of the sotter, less-rock songs, said Edwards.

The station calls the format Pure Classic Rock. What docs that mean? I tuned in on Wednesday and Thursday to find out. I lores what I heard: Sweet Child Mine by Guns Roses, Who Do You Love by George Thorogood, China Grove by the Doobie Brothers and Jamies Crying by Van Halen. The station also promises a lot of Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, ACDC and ZZ Top Its a far cry from the Dave Matthews Band, Natalie Merchant, Wallflowers and John Mayer songs that were more typical for The Peak. The Peak burst onto the Spokane radio scene in 1995 and gave this market its first taste of the format known as Triple-A (for adult album alternative).

It ranked mostly midpack in the ratings and was mired at No. 14 in the most recent Arbitron ratings. The Buzzard will be going head to head with another classic rock station, KKZX-FM (Classic Rock, 98.9), which is the No. 1 station in the market. The Buzzard does not appear to be daunted by this task.

Never again will KKZX-FM infect the airwaves with wimpy Classic Rock, says the Buzzards Web site. Dailan OToole is gone in the mornings, replaced by Bob and Tom Mornings, a syndicated show from Indianapolis. Bob and Tom were carried by KWI IK-FM before it switched to KYWL-FM (Wild 103, 9) in 2001. Fans of alternative rock still have at least one option in this market. KCDA-FM (The Mix, 103.1) is also an alternative-music station, although with a somewhat harder-edged mix of music than The Peak.

UPN Is on the way At long last, we have good news for fans of But ly, WWE Smackdown! and Enterprise: UPN will be carried on Comcast cable TV in Spokane beginning May I. UPN has been absent from Spokane's airwaves and cable since September, when UPN switched from KSKN-22 to a proposed new station, KQUP-24. Last week, KQUP reached an agreement with Comcast to carry the station on cable channel 24 on (or shortly after) May I. There are a few catches. For one thing, KQUP will be carried only in the upgraded areas of the Comcast area.

About 60 percent of Spokane has been upgraded, although 70 percent will be upgraded by May 1, and the rest of the city will be upgraded by summer, according to Stew Kipp of Comcast. I low do you know if you're in an upgraded area? Most upgraded customers know who they are. 1 he upgrade includes the addition of several extra channels as well as a lineup change. Tor instance, Oxygen is carried on channel 50 the upgraded areas, but not at all in the Continued Spotlight F8 Associated Press By Joan Anderman Boston Globe i Already reeling due to sagging sales, musk industry must adapt to digital tecfoiology that mild make retailas extinct The latest CD from Tori Amos who performs In Spokane on Tuesday -offers access to hidden features on her Web site. With slumping safes, record companies try to entice with extras By Rod Harmon Knight Rtdiler Tori Amos new CD gives tans access to hidden features on her Web site.

Sum 41, Foo Fighters and the Dave Matthews Band offer bonus DVDs with their audio releases. Reissues of John Lennon albums contain previously unreleased tracks and photos. Taking a cue from the booming DVD market, the music industry is trying to reverse its worst sales slump since the early 1980s by loading compact discs with goodies ranging from bonus Continued CDextrasF4 ts 2008 and you want the new Coldplay album. You walk into a record store where there are no records, enter a kiosk and download the collection directly onto your portable digital audio device. Or maybe youre an old-schooler with a soft spot for quaint technology.

You sit down at the computer, whip out the $30 prepaid card you got for Christmas, log on to Amazon.com and burn a few of the 50 tracks youve got coming onto a compact disc. Perhaps youll click over to your music subscription service. Depending on your plan, you download tracks No. 2, 7 and 1 1 for a dollar each into your Internet-wired home stereo or, as a monthly subscriber, load an iPod to your hearts content. Actually, it might be cooler to download the radio single directly to your mobile phone and make it your new polyphonic, master-quality ring tune.

Like it or not, the music industry is in a free fall, and things are about to change. The very foundation on which the business is structured selling music to stores is eroding at an astonishing pace. Sales of recorded music have fallen about 16 percent over the last two years. By contrast, sales of blank CDs jumped 40 percent in 2002, and users of the biggest online file-trading service, Kazaa, outnumber what Napster ever had. Music retailers may be on the verge of extinction: Best Buy shuttered 160 of its Musicland shops in the last year, 1 1MV closed its flagship New York City store last fall and Wherchouse Entertainment filed for bankruptcy in February.

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