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Minority Retort

May 23, 2002 by David Downs

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 Erin James

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 Collin Mitchell

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 Drew Atkins

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 Erin James

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 Daniel Okamura

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 David Downs

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 Collin Mitchell

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 Angela Potter

So what the hell does "Maladroit" mean, anyway? In short, everything this CD is not: awkward, clumsy and bumbling.
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Marianne Faithfull | Kissin Time | Advance Music

May 15, 2002 by Cara Jennison

You may recognize Marianne Faithfull as God. Her "This Wheel's on Fire" became the anthem for the live-fast-and-should-be-dead-by-now lifestyle of Patsy and Edina.
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Primeridian | I’ll Meet You in Greenwich | Promihjay 8 Inc.

May 15, 2002 by Mr. Bell

I'm playin' this shit at my wedding. In fact, if the beats were human I would probably marry them. And let's say I did tie the knot - the rhymes would be my best man.
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Hip Hop Top 10

May 15, 2002 by Staff

Courtesy of Quinn Chaloeicheep at KCSB 91.9 FM 1) Atmosphere | Modern Man’s Hustle [single] | Rhyme Sayers 2) Infectious Organisms | Human Experience | Independent 3) Fat Jon the Ample Soul Phys...
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Spider-Man: The Itsy-Bitsy Blockbuster

May 8, 2002 by Curtis Brainard

The clash of the titans (a.k.a. multi-million-dollar blockbusters) hit theaters this month, and so far it's a spider whipping a scorpion's ass.
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