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Thursday | War All the Time | Island

October 2, 2003 by

Finally after two years, the much-anticipated third full-length album from post indie rockers, Thursday, titled War All the Time has hit record store shelves.
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KCSB Top Ten

October 2, 2003 by

1) April March | Triggers | Sympathy for the Record Industry2) Afro-Mystik | Morphology | Om Records3) Knifehandchop | Rockstopper | Tigerbeat6
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Ahoy, Matey!

June 25, 2003 by

In just two weeks, the world will prepare to meet the latest cinematic creation from Gore Verbinski, director of the "The Ring," and be deluged with the world of the pirate.
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Spellbound | Do I Sound Like a Musical Robot?

June 25, 2003 by

Having been blessed with the two parts of the anti-cool holy trinity - chubby with acne (I was spared braces) - junior high remains a desolate wasteland of awkward gym changing room encounters and swe...
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Willie Nelson | Crazy: The Demo Sessions | Sugar Hill

June 25, 2003 by

"If you can't say you love me, say you hate me / ... If you can't undo the wrong, undo the right." They're the words of a young Willie Nelson that make me feel like my emotional heart has never felt a...
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Pirate Info Galore

June 25, 2003 by

All your pirate dialect needs
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Dropkick Murphys | blackout | HellCat Records

June 25, 2003 by

The Dropkick Murphys came as a huge shock to most punk fans with 1998's Do or Die. For kids who had never heard of the Pogues, Do or Die's mix of rock, folk and Irish music was unprecedented.
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KCSB Top 20

June 25, 2003 by

1) Kissing Tigers | Trebuchet (EP) | You Genius2) The Postal Service | Give Up | Sub Pop3) Hot Cross | Cryonics | Level Plane
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Let’s Get Digital

May 29, 2003 by

You probably know a film studies major. Perhaps s/he is a roommate or just that guy/girl in class who feels the need to parallel every topic of study to the way Scorsese masterfully saturated the hues...
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Bruce Almighty | Bruce Alrighty, Then!

May 29, 2003 by

Folks, this movie stinks to high heaven.In the past few years, Jim Carrey has been taking on challenging roles (as in "The Truman Show" and "Man on the Moon") in an attempt to win an Oscar. With "Bruc...
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Kindergarten and Coltrane

May 29, 2003 by

Mark Cantor may seem like your average kindergarten teacher, having thirty years' experience with the little rugrats, but just throw out a name like "Billie Holiday" or "Dinah Washington," and you'll ...
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Detroit’s Finest

May 29, 2003 by

This Memorial Day weekend, I joined over 700,000 dance music lovers and went to "Movement," Detroit's Electronic Music Festival, also known as the DEMF. I flew in with my best bud on Friday to catch s...
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Ed Harcourt | From Every Sphere | Heavenly

May 29, 2003 by

Ah, singer/songwriters and their quirks. Ed Harcourt, who plays about 39 instruments, wrote all the music, sang all the songs and entirely lacked creative backing on From Every Sphere , is a good exam...
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Led Zeppelin | How the West Was Won | Atlantic

May 29, 2003 by

The first Led Zeppelin album added to a music collection is a special memory for everyone. At least, it was for me. Helping my old man arrange books and records at the Agoura Hills Library some years ...
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KCSB Top 20

May 29, 2003 by

1) Black Eyes | s/t | Dischord2) Postal Service | Give Up | Sub Pop3) Rjd2 | The Horror | Def Jux
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