Enhanced CDs (Thoughts on KISS' Psycho Circus)

[Hall, Russell J]

Reminds me of Aerosmith's Nine Lives.  When I opened it a little piece of
paper fell out that said something to the effect of, "This is an enhanced
CD, it contains some really cool stuff that some of you may be able to run.
If you can't don't bother us about it since it was free anyway."

> I do have some gripes about the so-called "Enhanced CD" though.
> First of all, you need a PC to take advantage of the interactive
> stuff (access to the new KISS website, screensaver).  Yeah,
> maybe over 90% of the world uses PCs - but there are a significant
> number of Macintosh users, and it would take a rocket scientist
> to have designed a Mac interface as well.  For a band as rich as
> KISS, there's no excuse for not going the extra mile.  Also, for
> whatever reason, my CD-playing software "hiccups" many times (at
> different places) while playing the disc on my computer, causing
> me to have to restart it -- I don't have this problem with any
> other CD.  Finally, there were some soundfiles that I was able
> to play, which are supposed to be used when you use the interactive
> portion of the disc - it has the band talking about the interactive
> section, and the new KISS website.  It sounds as if the band just
> read stuff off of cue cards.  Paul did most of the talking, and
> he was o.k., but Gene sounds terrible - he sounds like he has
> absolutely no clue about what he's saying.  But, then again, I
> bought this CD for the MUSIC, and it did not dissappoint.
>
> John
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