Artsweek

KCSB Top Ten Week ending 2/13/03

1) The Sea And Cake | One Bedroom | Thrill Jockey2) Hot Cross | A New Set of Lungs | Level Plane3) Boards of Canada | Twoism | Warp
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Add a Little Spice to Make Things Nice

Pepper is signed to Volcom Entertainment and consists of Bret Bollinger on bass and vocals, KaleoWassman on guitar and vocals, and Yesod Williams on drums. Their "Kona-dub-rock," as it's been coined, ...
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Tummy Turning Toons

What noise does a bunny rabbit make as it flies through a running jet engine? What about a beaver wearing construction boots stomping out the flaming carcass of formerly cute she-skunk?
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Failure to Recruit

Where have all the average films gone, a long time passing? Where have all the B movies gone, a long time ago? They've gone to the shelves of the local video store, every one, there to be rented one n...
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Various Artists | Morvern Callar | Warp Records

Warp Records may have taken a gamble by releasing a soundtrack to a movie most people won't see, but "Morvern Callar" will be known for this very soundtrack alone. The film is not at all about broken ...
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Johnny Marr + The Healers | Boomslang | BMG

Johnny Marr was in The Smiths, or, more accurately, that well-dressed band from the '80s fronted by Morrissey. Although never in the limelight after The Smiths dissolved, Marr has played an active rol...
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KCSB Hip Hop Top Ten: week ending 2/6/03

1) Mr. Lif | I Phantom | Def Jux2) Embedded Music | The Bedford Files | Embedded3) Daedelus | The Quiet Party | Plug Research
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If You Can’t Stand the Heat, Get out of Canada!

Besides being at the forefront of yet another recent musical movement, the Canadian quartet Hot Hot Heat just might be able to break Artsweek's habit of cracking totally unfounded Canadian jokes on th...
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Do the Allegory Thing

Look. If you had one shot, or one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted, one moment, would you capture it? Or just let it slip? Or would you package it and sell it as a Spike Lee joint?
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Zwan | Mary Star of the Sea | Reprise

Corgan, the singer/songwriter/tyrant responsible for catapulting the Smashing Pumpkins to fame and fortune, only to induce the band's self-destruction in 2000, has assembled an all-star lineup for his...
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Boom Bip | Seed To Sun | Lex

Boom Bip's somberly successful "Seed to Sun" projects a range of emotions, some unsure of themselves and others standing out as being among the best experimental hip hop beats of the year.
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KCSB Top Ten: January 30, 2003

1) Hot Cross | A New Set of Lungs | Level Plane2) Morven Callar | Soundtrack | Warp3) Bleeding Kansas | Giving Emo Something to Cry About | self-released
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Vegan Punks AFI bid Farewell to The Living Room

AFI has earned a devout following after six independent releases and has changed its sound, as well as its lineup, significantly over the last decade.
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Money Mark’s Playhouse

Unofficially recognized as the fourth member of the Beastie Boys, creator of four eclectic solo albums and participant in numerous collaborations, this wonder behind a Wurlitzer is hitting the stage a...
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Movie Review | The Hours: Who’s Afraid of A Prosthetic Nose?

Adapted from the novel "The Hours," director Stephen Daldry takes the interestingly interwoven tale of three women, and visually connects their stories into one cohesive yarn about ultimate alienation...
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