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Having already developed something of a following on the internet, it seems only natural that McLachlan would turn to CD-ROM as the next step in putting out her music. The practice of producing multimedia to accompany an album, is not unheard of--REM's latest album, Monster, was preceded by a multi-media preview that circulated freely through the internet after being released on one of the commercial services. Unlike REM's program, however, McLachlan's CD-ROM track is actually on her CD, giving her much more space to work with. The multimedia track is first...
...songs featured on Fumbling as two albums and had initially titled it Fumbling Towards Ecstasy: The Freedom Sessions, which was much too long to sell. With the nine track The Freedom Sessions, Sarah McLachlan revisits many of the songs from Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. The addition of a CD-ROM multimedia track makes this presentation of different versions of seven of the twelve songs on Fumbling something more than just an Unplugged session...
...ROM presentation itself contains good-sized chunks of McLachlan's videos, audio clips from all of her songs, and her own reflections on the album and her recently-ended tour. For those without access to McLachlan's videos on MTV (and with access to a CD-ROM) this track offers temptingly large and high quality, but incomplete, glances at many of her videos...
During the approximately 30 minute point-and-click presentation. Sarah comes of as unassuming and natural, aided perhaps by the fact that the interviews and the CD-ROM itself being put together by her best friend Crystal Heald. From her thoughts, in her gentle Candian accent, about the different cities on tour, to an amusing home video clip of Sarah playing the accordion (badly), the CD-ROM is a great chance for the fan to "get to know" McLachlan...
Demons. Through May 5. AmericanRepertory Theatre Company, Hasty Pudding Theatre,12 Holyoke St., Cambridge. 547-8300. By RobertBrustein, this is a modern Faust play that willtake you on a wild ride down today's informationsuperhighway, through the laptop, the Internet,the CD-ROM and software adventure of a HarvardDivinity School professor...