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All Aboard the Juice Caboose

October 24, 2002 by

Transplant cross-Californian smartasses into a historical celebration of small-town history, and see if they come out earnest and giddy. That's not a rhetorical challenge. They very well may.
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Movie Review | The Ring: Be kind, rewind.

October 24, 2002 by

There's a movie that makes people die after they watch it. No, it's not the latest Jerry Bruckheimer project. It's "The Ring" - once a genuinely creepy Japanese film about urban legends and a cursed v...
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MC Paul Barman | Paullelujah! | Coup d’Etat

October 24, 2002 by

And in late-breaking news, MC Paul Barman has fulfilled his quote-a. Brown University's most prominent rapper brings an album's worth of geeky-cocky Caucasian rhyme, and the results are Ivy League in ...
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Howie Day | Australia | Epic

October 24, 2002 by

As a debut album, Australia is a bit on the undercooked and crunchy side of the scale. Day, from Maine, has a vocal range that matches artists such as Bono, Thom Yorke and Jeff Buckley.
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CD Reivew: Johnny Cash | American IV : The Man Comes Around | Lost Highway CD Reivew: Rhett Miller | The Instigator | Elektra

October 24, 2002 by

Cash has survived thirty-some-odd years in the business and enough addictions to start his own clinic. His newest release, American IV: The Man Comes Around offers up a marvelous assortment of gems, t...
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The International Symbol for Surf Movie

October 17, 2002 by

With Saturday night's screening of his first feature-length surfing documentary, "The Far Shore," at I.V. Theater, it appears as though Greg Schell might well be a dreamer with real-world prospects.
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Movie Review | The Rules of Attraction: Sex, Drugs, and Dawson?

October 17, 2002 by

Welcome to Camden College, the slutty cousin of all party schools. Camden boasts rigorous curricula in ethanol, psychedelic fungi, and chemically induced debauchery.
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Minimalism to the Max

October 17, 2002 by

Philip Glass will change your life. He's been called a minimalist and the new Stravinsky, but it's not as easy as all that. His style is about as difficult to pin as a wrestler on a Teflon mat.
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Jurassic 5 | Power in Numbers | Interscope

October 17, 2002 by

Twinkle twinkle hip hop star, how you wonder what you are. L.A. longtime new-old-school crew Jurassic 5 finally returns with a long-awaited second LP, and the results are scattered across the map
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Various Artists | Vegas Baby | Capitol

October 17, 2002 by

The newest entry - Vegas Baby - misses the Bellagio gondola this time around. While the lineup is ring-a-ding (Garland! Bennett! Torm!) the disc is mostly one long "Swingers" reference.
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Artsweek Five-Point Plan: October 17, 2002

October 17, 2002 by

The new Nirvana video on "Total Request Live." Artsweek in Times Square sez, "Omigod, we totally want to dedicate this to our exes, 'cause we wish they were dead too! Yay!"
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Jets to Brazil | Perfecting Loneliness | Jade Tree Black Heart Procession | Amore del Tropico | Touch & Go

October 16, 2002 by

While Jets distracts listeners from its melancholy lyrics by playing upbeat rock music, Procession leaves the listener with no doubt as to its sorrows.
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Faith & Del-Votion

October 10, 2002 by

One all-knowing high priest who stands upon Mt. Freestyle and spews his prophetic verse among the hoodie-wearing, blunt-smokin' crew lounging below. His name: Del tha Funkee Homosapien. His message: U...
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Loh-Cal Flavor

October 10, 2002 by

Sandra Tsing Loh guards her turf with the tenacity of a pit bull. "I think that falls into anecdote territory," she said when asked about her worst experience performing, "and we're just doing an inte...
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Red Dragon | Come Back, Clarice

October 10, 2002 by

Realize "Red Dragon" was not made because producer Dino De Laurentiis felt he owed the fans of "The Silence of the Lambs" and "Hannibal" an introduction to Hannibal Lecter's pre-Clarice days.
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