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N.W.A. | Straight Outta Compton | Priority/Ruthless

October 3, 2002 by

Niggaz With Attitude (N.W.A.) rips, backpedals, reverses field and touches back onto a ghetto blaster near you with the astounding and turbulent reissue of Straight Outta Compton.
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Dear Janeane

September 26, 2002 by

Dear Janeane Garofalo, I'm sure you've gotten this kind of thing before: a letter that walks the line between being a love letter and a sort of missive of encouragement. But now it's Artsweek's turn.
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Fishing with Pete: HARSHING YOUR YELLOW

September 26, 2002 by

I've been reading Henry Miller. If you're bumming around Europe with a gray Parisian rain dancing a tattoo on your window, this is the guy to read.
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Hot Hot Heat | Make Up the Breakdown | Sub Pop OK Go | s/t | Capitol

September 26, 2002 by

As we put some distance between our MP3'd, puffy-jacketed, fo-shizzeling fin-de-siecle society and the one that, less than 20 years ago, was living in constant fear of nuclear obliteration, it becomes...
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CD Reivew: The Pattern | Real Feelness | Lookout! Records

September 26, 2002 by

Put your dancing shoes on your feet and The Pattern's Real Feelness on your stereo, because it's time to cut a rug. Expectations are high for this Oakland, CA quintet's full-length debut, and they liv...
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Various Artists | Urban Renewal Program | Chocolate Industries

September 26, 2002 by

The Chocolate Industries label is hip-hop's answer to itself. Possibly the freshest compilation in recent memory, Urban Renewal Program is almost daunting with dopeness.
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forceful and FACELESS

September 20, 2002 by

If you're anxiously searching for open-shirted, pouty-lipped rock star photos to paste all over your notebook, dredg is the wrong act for you. These four Bay Area art-rock boys seem faceless even as t...
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Moive Review: Swimfan: DOGPADDLE DEVOTEE

September 20, 2002 by

A dark, empty theater, popcorn, hushed silence - the perfect atmosphere for a scary movie. Instead, however, I got "Swimfan." The plot line is simple - at times, painfully so.
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3-Count Me In

September 20, 2002 by

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) comes to Santa Barbara for the first time in 15 years. Actually, for the first time ever; all prior wrestling engagement were actually booked by the World Wildlife ...
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Queens of the Stone Age | Songs for the Deaf | Interscope

September 20, 2002 by

They should have called the album Songs That Will Make You Go Deaf, because it is one of the most inspired collections of loud, aggressive hard rock songs to come out in recent years.
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Pulp | We Love Life | Rough Trade

September 20, 2002 by

Pulp, in its various incarnations, has offered anthems for the downtrodden since 1978. Different Class, in 1995, is unquestionably one of the finest albums of the decade.
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Funkadelic | Hardcore Jollies, One Nation Under a Groove, Uncle Jam Wants You, The Electric Spanking of War Babies | Priority/Capitol

September 20, 2002 by

George Clinton's Funkadelic provided the Funk to Parliament's P, and, despite the promiscuous member-swapping between the two groups, Funkadelic kept its sound distinct from that of the other Funk Mob...
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Artsweek’s Five-Point Plan for 9.20.02

September 20, 2002 by

Artsweek's Five-Point Plan for 9.20.02
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Book Review: Tortilla Curtain: The Boyle Bridge

September 20, 2002 by

Boyle's novel could be our very own homespun (Boyle lives in Montecito) "Grapes of Wrath." The premise is simple: The immigrant worker collides with the contemporary white suburbanite.
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Making a Minor Scene

August 28, 2002 by and

Santa Barbara's a rough town. It's not violent, improverished or even badly paved. But it is tough on the under-21 crowd. Never fear, Artsweek is here. We've handpicked a panel of experts in assorted ...
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