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The Cooper Temple Clause | Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose | RCA

March 4, 2004 by

While listening to Kick Up the Fire, and Let the Flames Break Loose, the second album from British up-and-comers the Cooper Temple Clause, I couldn't help but adopt the persona of a desperate high sch...
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Bethany Curve | Flaxen | Kitchen Whore

March 4, 2004 by

It's fortunate that not many people know about the Santa Cruz-based ambient rock group Bethany Curve, because without taking up space describing the type of music they make, this review would have ver...
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Campus Snapshot

March 4, 2004 by

“Sublime and bands like that.” Saurabh Punhani freshman biology “I am listening to 3 Doors Down right now.” Elizabeth Hardner junior at Boston College marketing “Pink Flo...
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That Is Sooo Rufus!

February 26, 2004 by

When the average 14-year-old becomes lost in the pubescent angst of sexual frustration and family dysfunction, he or she often turns to drugs, drinking or even premature sex. For singer-songwriter Ruf...
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Starsky and Hutch | Huggy Bears All Around

February 26, 2004 by

These days, Ben Stiller seems to be everywhere. Trying to avoid seeing a Stiller flick at the cineplex is like trying to avoid seeing a hooch at Club 634 - it's an impossible task.
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Reach Out and Touch the Void

February 26, 2004 by

Some true survival stories are so unlikely and outrageously unbelievable that no Hollywood screenwriter could ever dredge up such material. Often these almost mythical tales of men and women overcomin...
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A Hazy Recollection

February 26, 2004 by

Under the original guise of a TV special, Robert McNamara sat down to do an hour-long interview with Errol Morris, a brilliant documentarian who has presented subjects as diverse as pet cemeteries, to...
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The Elected | Me First | Sub Pop

February 26, 2004 by

The Elected's debut album, Me First, is absolutely cute. Maybe it's because the cover is decorated with a pudgy pig encircled by gold tinged flowers.
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John Frusciante | Shadows Collide with People | Warner Brothers

February 26, 2004 by

I concede that, even before hearing Shadows Collide with People, the latest solo album from Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante, preconceptions were formed.
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Error | Self-Titled | Epitaph

February 26, 2004 by

How hard is it to describe how this record sounds? Well, the first draft of this review included the word "morphy." Guitarist Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion, synth-programmer Atticus Ross of Nine Inch...
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KCSB Top Ten

February 26, 2004 by

1) Stereolab | Margerine Eclipse | Elektra 2) Savath & Savalas | Apropa't | Warp 3) Ursula Rucker | Silver or Lead | K7
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Starlight Memories

February 19, 2004 by

Rodney Bingenheimer is one of those names that, almost purely by its syllabic overload, seems properly suited to a larger-than-life character. Known to many as the world-famous DJ "Rodney on the Roq" ...
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I Dream of Threesomes

February 19, 2004 by

Director Bernardo Bertolucci is known for pushing the cinematic limits a little. With his 1978 Oscar-nominated "Last Tango in Paris," he opened the door to explicit sex in film by offering butter as l...
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Courtney Love | America’s Sweetheart | Virgin

February 19, 2004 by

Courtney Love's first album since the break-up of Hole - the ironically titled America's Sweetheart - is an unexpected delight. While the postponed release date gave rise to speculation that Love had ...
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Kanye West | The College Dropout | Roc-a-Fella

February 19, 2004 by

Kanye West is alleged to be the next big thing in the realm of mainstream hip hop, and on this, his debut album, he's chomping at the bit to convince the world of his importance.
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