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Words of Wisdom

April 28, 2005 by

Radio Girl: So, you preformed “Country Death Song,” that’s a pretty old song for you guys. Brian Ritchie: Yeah, that came out in 1984, on our second album. It’s quite a popular...
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#1 Reason Not to Blow a Horse in Your Bedroom

April 28, 2005 by

Rarely does an author come along that can pack people like sardines into a venue that has recently seen the likes of Modest Mouse, Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation and the Santa...
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Premature E-Joke-ulation

April 28, 2005 by

Two theater troupes satisfied plenty of audience members last weekend as they sought to tickle a certain bone with the presentation of "Endless Climax" ...90 Minutes of Pain.
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Los Angeles Plays Itself | Hate The Player, Not The Game

April 28, 2005 by

It is no wonder that CalArts professor Thom Andersen's documentary plays out like a long-winded lecture. Heavy on the visual appeal, but lacking in emphasis or enthusiasm, "Los Angeles Plays Itself" c...
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Hot Hot Heat | Elevator | Sire

April 28, 2005 by

It's become rather obvious that indie rock has taken over as the next logical progression in the popular music scene. Festival shows like Coachella have risen up from the extremely unlikely (who would...
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The Mountain Goats | The Sunset Tree | 4AD

April 28, 2005 by

Before writing this review, I'd never heard of the Mountain Goats; it's probably safe to say that neither have many of you. However, this is one band that should not go overlooked.
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I Saw the Sign

April 21, 2005 by

Slightly less in-your-face than those pesky campaigners storming the Arbor in droves, the art of political poster-making has taken campus by storm, leaving Artsweek to rate and rank the slogans, slant...
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The Amittyville Horror | The Horror, The Horror

April 21, 2005 by

Out of all possible film subgenres, the horror movie remake is almost certainly the least promising. History has shown that two approaches traditionally work, or, given the context, work as well as ca...
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Live: 04-15-05: Pillowfight, Concrete Straight Jacket, Disconnect & End on End

April 21, 2005 by

After passing by the merchandise table stocked with vegan cookies and DIY 'zines, the first thing that hits the olfactory receptors is the smell: sweat. Then the noise: loud, disjointed, primal and, a...
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Dust to Glory | A Surf Movie about Off-Road Racing

April 21, 2005 by

Imagine yourself sitting atop a motorcycle, senses fried over the past 14 hours of straight racing. You are burning down some unnamed Mexican beach at 110 miles per hour when your vision focuses on a ...
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A Mountain of Talent

April 21, 2005 by

Ever thought about seducing some blue turtles? Well, the South Lake Tahoe-based band, Blue Turtle Seduction certainly has. When I first heard a band with this name was playing at my house, I was a lit...
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Mariah Carey | The Emancipation of Mimi | Island Records

April 21, 2005 by

What can be said of the new Mariah Carey album The Emancipation of Mimi? Nothing positive. All of Carey's albums have become progressively more horrible than each previous one.
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Garbage | Bleed Like Me | Geffen

April 21, 2005 by

Having followed Garbage since it's inception in 1993, it pains me to submit what you are about to read. Disappointingly, Bleed Like Me finds the band still heavily anesthetized from the medication of ...
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Nine Inch Nails | With Teeth | Interscope

April 21, 2005 by

On the first track of the new Nine Inch Nails album, With Teeth, Trent Reznor utters the words, "Why do you get all the love in the world?" in a blues-tinted falsetto.
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“Hey, Carrot Juice!”

April 14, 2005 by

Less than a week after the release of the much-anticipated debut of Louis XIV's first full-length album, The Best Little Secrets Are Kept, the group made its first appearance in Santa Barbara on April...
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