06/29/2005 - (Live!) Accoring to the site Pollstar Thomas Dolby will be playing the House of Blues on the West Coast of the U.S. in January of next year. See here for more information 06/13/2005 - (Retro Ringtones) Retro Ringtones Launches 'Cult' Ringtones for US Market; Innovative Ringtones Will Be Available through Major Carriers, Including Cingular, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon 02/14/2005 - (Beatnik) Beatnik's Audio Engine Reaches a Quarter of a Billion Mobile Phones; One of the Fastest Adoptions of Embedded Software Technology in the Handset Industry 01/31/2005 - (Musical?) Thomas' music part of retro 80's musical at University of Oklahoma: "Songs like Spandau Ballet True and Thomas Dolby She Blinded Me With Science are woven into the story to set the period and mood of the piece, while illustrating the actions and emotions of the characters." 01/29/2005 - (Articles) I've had these additional news stories sitting in my email box for almost a week. '80s pop star crafts cell phone jingles | Has-beens , pop stars cashing in on ringtone fad | Industry Roundup | Thomas Dolby new gig: ringtone producer 01/23/2005 - (Article) Dolby's latest company make news again. Here is a great line from the story "He estimates he's written "a couple of hundred" of these generic ringers, including the arrangement of the polyphonic version of Francisco Tarega's Gran Vals, better known as Nokia's ubiquitous signature ring." Everytime you hear the Nokia ringtone you're hearing Thomas! 12/05/2004 - (Review) Really good review of the Live Aid DVD. 11/22/2004 - (Article) Thomas is quoted in an article in Wired about a new type of file sharing service called Weed that provides free music files and a system that allows the downloader to pay for the file after three free plays. Thomas says that he is considering using it for his music. Maybe this hints at some new Thomas music in the future? 11/18/2004 - (News Releases) For those who wonder what Thomas has been up to, it appears he's been working hard promotinghis most recent venture RetroFolio. His previous venture, Beatnik, still uses his name for promoting press releases, and both of these releases came out the same day, so I suspect they are coordinated. 11/17/2004 - The official Live Aid DVD has been released. Thomas did play in David Bowie's backup band and can be seen for a few brief moments. The video clip of Bowie's performance can be seen on the VH1 website for free! An added treat is that also on stage is Matthew Seligman and Kevin Armstrong. 11/07/2004 - (Article) A great little blurb/story/trivia about the Fairlight CMI series of synths which Thomas used a bit on some of his early work 10/21/2004 - (Article) CD Baby Pays $10 Million to Musicians for CDs Sold - CD Baby was the exclusive retailer for the Fourty CD. 10/21/2004 - (Article) Blinded by Download - Thomas talks at a panel on music and techology in Palo Alto. 08/23/2004 - More Thomas signed items up for sale on eBay! Now there is a Yamaha CP-80 Baby Grand Piano. 01/18/2004 - Thomas was mentioned in an article about a new VH1 show which is bringing the group Berlin back together. The keyboardist needed assistance with today's synthesizers and called upon Thomas for assistance. The reunification of Berlin 01/14/2004 - Another Thomas item is up for auction on eBay. THOMAS DOLBY ROAD FLIGHT CASE FOR COMBO AMP (Note that the item cannot be shipped and must be picked up in San Francisco, CA.) 11/2003 - Lately Thomas' music has been heard on some commercials recently. She blinded me with Science is on a Panteve Pro-V, and "New Toy" (written by Thomas but performed by Lene Lovich) on Target. 01/2003 - Some news from Thomas: I just accepted a post as Musical Director of the TED Conference in Monterey, California in February. If you've never heard of TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) check out the web site, www.ted.com. It brings together 500 of the best minds of our time from multiple converging fields to discuss new innovations and ideas. As Musical Director I get to liaise with the live perfromers at the conference--this year these include Brian Eno, DJ Spooky, Eddi Reader, Natalie McMaster, Rachelle Garniez and Evelyn Glennie. I also have to compose a musical tableau for each of the 13 sessions. Hopefully this will become an annual gig, though it only takes up a month or so of my time. Thomas' latest project is polyphonic ring-tones at http://www.retroringtones.co.uk