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DIED. ERIC DOUGLAS, 46, actor Kirk Douglas' youngest son, who for years battled drug and alcohol abuse; of undetermined causes, pending an autopsy; found in his New York City apartment. Best known for his headline-making brushes with the law, the sometime actor and stand-up comedian appeared in a handful of television shows and films, including Delta Force...
When shooting commenced in 2001, Metallica--drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett and singer James Hetfield--was starting a new album, dealing with the resignation of bassist Jason Newsted and entering therapy with performance-enhancement coach Phil Towle. With its record label, Elektra, the band hired Berlinger and co-director Bruce Sinofsky (Brother's Keeper, Paradise Lost) to document the process with an eye toward turning the footage into an infomercial. "You know, sell some albums on TV," says Hammett. "We had no f____ing idea what we were getting ourselves into...
...Tara Kirk, a Stanford senior and an Olympic-swimming-medal hopeful, swore her body was straight in the water as she raced. Then she looked at herself on the small screen. Her coach had popped open a laptop and, using a software program called Dartswim, superimposed a picture of Kirk's technique from 2002 on an image of her current form. The message was clearer than a chlorinated pool: despite some improvement, she still arched her body during the strokes, adding seconds to her time. "You can't go with what you feel," says her college coach, Richard Quick. "Tara...
...exactly does Dartfish operate? The software program imports digital video into a computer. Then an athlete or a coach conducts both qualitative and quantitative analyses. For example, Dartfish's SimulCam technology, which Kirk and her coach used at the pool, allows separate video clips to be superimposed on one another so swimmers and gymnasts can compare their current strokes and dismounts with their best and worst performances. SimulCam also adjusts images so athletes appear to be the same size, even if, for example, the camera was zoomed in on the first shot-putter but zoomed out on the second. Another...
...Please Let Me Stay A Little Longer,” which opens with a nimble acoustic guitar riff courtesy of Jamie Maclean, showcases Kirk Joseph’s sousaphone as it rebounds off the bass drum crump of Terence Higgins. The menacing muted trumpet of “John The Revelator” carves a scowling path through the refried swagger of the massed horns. The Dirty Dozen has volume to spare, and at times the real challenge of the album is how to step away from the band’s masterful all out boogie and find a more...