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N.E.R.D. | In Search Of | Virgin

May 29, 2002 by

N.E.R.D is a baby of the Neptunes production team, designed to excite all you honkies with quick riffs and rhymes about drugs and sex.
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Count Bass-D | Dwight Spitz | Day By Day Entertainment

May 29, 2002 by

Any album that begins with the Windows 98 start-up theme has to be either dope or stuck in the past.
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Arlo | Stab the Unstoppable Hero | Sub Pop

May 29, 2002 by

Arlo's second release blows out the garage doors with unbelievable force and drips with harmonies and powerpop riffs that seem to be created from some sort of divine intervention.
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Hip Hop Top 10

May 29, 2002 by

Courtesy of Quinn Chaloeicheep at KCSB 91.9 FM 1) Forrest Fires Collective | s/t | Weapon Shaped Records 2) Fat Jon the Ample Soul Physician | Wave Motion | Mush 3) J-Live | All of the Above | Coup d&...
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Extravaganza?

May 23, 2002 by

This year's Extravaganza was about as off as a carton of two-week-old milk that you really want to use for your morning bowl of Lucky Charms but you know is just plain stanky and sour.
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‘A Talky Piece of Puke’

May 23, 2002 by

I read a blurb somewhere that said, "David Mamet is one of the most distinctive voices in modern American drama." He is - well, perhaps one of the loudest voices.
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Minority Retort

May 23, 2002 by

Today's Digital Video Festival at 7 p.m. in I.V. Theater will showcase 13 shorts brought to you by the Digital Video Association of UCSB.
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About A Boy: Haircut, One Unit of Time

May 23, 2002 by

The only way to truly maximize paltry pleasure in one's life, while avoiding any productive or meaningful endeavor, is to carefully structure one's daily activities.
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The Breeders | Title TK | Elektra

May 23, 2002 by

A nine-year sabbatical might induce a brighter outlook on life or a regained sense of humanity, but Kim Deal has soaked this record in broad, unrefined cynicism.
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Eminem | The Eminem Show | Interscope

May 23, 2002 by

After selling over 15 million copies of his last album, it's safe to say Eminem has had a lot of pressure in making the follow-up. Unfortunately, the pressure shows.
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The Believer: A Man Divided

May 15, 2002 by

Henry Bean's film "The Believer" proves there's no need to travel to a galaxy far, far away for an exploration of the human psyche; self-contradiction is rife all around us.
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Aural Orgy in Spring

May 15, 2002 by

Butt-sniffing season is definitely in. So, what better way to celebrate butt-sniffing season than with a free show? Enter Extravaganza.
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Alienating Ant Farm

May 15, 2002 by

Call him the "Ambassador of Anomie," maybe even the "Duke of Desolation." Just please stop calling him, "that guy who painted 'Nighthawks.'"
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Unfaithful: ‘Just Passion and Action’

May 15, 2002 by

Adrian Lyne's "Unfaithful" makes no excuses for guilt-ridden infidelity or passionate crimes.
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Weezer | Maladroit | Geffen Records

May 15, 2002 by

So what the hell does "Maladroit" mean, anyway? In short, everything this CD is not: awkward, clumsy and bumbling.
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