EVENTS

Sounds of Success: The Los Angeles Music Network, an association created to promote career advancement, continued education and communication among record industry professionals, is offering a program called “Records, Technology & Consumers” at 6:30 tonight at the Hotel Sofitel in Los Angeles.

The program will address strategies for promoting, distributing and selling music in the digital age, the creation of new business models to address the convergence of music and technology, and new income streams from these models.

Speakers include musician Thomas Dolby; Geffen Records Director of Technology Jim Griffin; and Wendy Hafner, director of music marketing at Intel.

For more information about the Los Angeles Music Network or the program, call (818) 769-6095.

CYBERSPACE * Halloween Treats: Boo. Scared? If not, try the virtual haunted house at https://longwood.cs

.ucf.edu/~MidLink/haunted.html. Allen’s Halloween Page (https://vol.com/~infidel/halloween/

halloween.html)has special- effects ideas you can use for your own haunted house. At https://

www.gamesdomain.com/tigger/halloween/halloween.html you’ll find crafts, projects, pictures to print and color, an online game and links to other Halloween sites. To take a Halloween quiz, point your browser to https://www.magicnet .net/~slybootz/. Haunted America (https://www.hauntedamerica.com/stateframe.htm) has a guide to attractions and haunted houses around the state that you can visit when you’re done trick-or- treating. Last but not least, Phil’s House of Not So Horrible Horror (https://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/2679/) has a history of Halloween as well as costume, makeup and pumpkin tips and info.

* Day of the Dead: Our neighbors to the south have their own celebration of the dead, called El Dia de los Muertos (“Day of the Dead”). To find out what Mexico is celebrating, head to https://www.public.iastate.edu/~rjsalvad/

scmfaq/muertos.html. There is another history of how the day came to be at https://ted.ele.madison.tec.wi.us/dead.html

* More Spooky Stuff: It’s probably no surprise that the late actor Bela Lugosi was born around this time of year. But did you know his spirit is still alive on the Internet? Check out the Webworld of Bela Lugosi (https://www.trico.ns.ca/tournier/webworld.htm).

* Mothers-in-Law: Mothers- in-law get no respect. But you can make up for a year’s worth of complaining by giving her the love and attention she deserves today, Mothers-in-Law Day. At the very least you could look at some Web sites about mothers-in-law. A good place to start is at https://www.ai.mit.edu/people/mernst/cf/cystic-l/9606/0558.html, an archive of stories about other people’s mothers-in-law. You’ll find a recipe for Mother-in-Law Cake at https://www.staff.uiuc..edu/~ruthrein/recipes/desserts/milcake.html. (It’s edible, in case you were wondering.) Or submit your own ode at the Mother-in- Law Page (https://www1.geocities.com/SoHo/4350/Inlaw.htm).

* Lady Liberty: The Statue of Liberty turns 111 years old this week (she was dedicated by Grover Cleveland in 1886), and you can read poems and essays and look at photographs of her at the Lady Liberty site (https://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/LIBERTY/lady_frm.html).

* Think Green: The Environmental Defense Fund is online with information on global warming, endangered species, green products and other environmental issues. Point your browser to https://www.edf.org

* Surfing Easier: To monitor the changes in Web pages you visit frequently (and for free, no less), javElink has just the service. After you’ve created an account, log in and javElink will tell you when new stuff has landed at your favorite Web sites. To give the service a whirl, point your browser to https://www.javelink.com

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