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Bats & Mice | Believe It Mammals | Lovitt

April 11, 2002 by

I feel cleansed, fresh, wonderful. But let me start at the beginning. Last year, a curiously simple little brown-fronted CD-EP landed in the review pile, from a band called Bats & Mice.
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Reverend Horton Heat | Lucky 7 | Artemis

April 11, 2002 by

Before you get any Catholic jokes in your dirty minds, I have an admission to make: Reverend Horton Heat took my psychobilly cherry in the back of the House of Blues on Sunset in 1996.
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Painting By Numbers

April 4, 2002 by

Writer/director Richard Linklater conceived of a new direction in animation. Teaming up with Bob Sabiston, who developed a signature software package to animate over the top of live-action film, Linkl...
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Literature Blows

April 4, 2002 by

"Literary parody and current events parody, mixed in with some fellatio humor; and some of them have plots." So goes author Neal Pollack's synopsis of the very funny and naughty Neal Pollack Anthology...
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Panic Room: Can’t Get Into It

April 4, 2002 by

"Panic Room," billed as commentary on the trappings of paranoia in the late 20th century and designed to have the audience looking over their shoulders on the way home, disintegrates into a run-of-the...
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Dead and Gone | The Beautician | GSL

April 4, 2002 by

Meet Dead and Gone. They're oh-so-creepy, oh-so-dark, in oh-so-much pain, and with The Beautician, prove once and for all that they're smarter than you.
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…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead | Source Tags & Codes | Interscope

April 4, 2002 by

Austin, Texas's ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead's major-label debut features a cut entitled "Homage," and it's the most misnamed song on the album.
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Vex Red | Start With a Strong and Persistent Desire | I Am

April 4, 2002 by

At it's best, the Hampshire five-piece juxtapose wistful, jaded lyrics and swooshing effects with big-ass "crunch-crunch" noises out of a Korn concert.
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CIA Memo: Neal Pollack Must Go Down!

March 8, 2002 by

Artsweek used its professional training and deep-cover sources of college entertainment journalism to uncover the following triple-stamped, uber-Top Secret CIA communiqu
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Dabbling in That Magic

March 7, 2002 by

A buffet of theatric cuisine awaits drama lovers next week. And a ticket to the student sampler is at everyone's favorite price: free.
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More Innovative Than 3M

March 7, 2002 by

The masterminds behind the blossoming Weapon Shaped record label, Eriksolo exposes his vocal cords while Quarterbar makes love to his Akai sampler and old, obscure stacks of wax at the same time.
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Reviving DiFranco

March 7, 2002 by

To tell the truth, I'm not a big fan of Ani DiFranco.
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We Were Soldiers: Shadow of Death

March 7, 2002 by

The 1960s were a time of peace protests, racial tensions and the loss of leaders, a precursor to a period of cynicism extending to the present day. It was also a time of war.
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Kylie Minogue | Fever | EMI/Capitol

March 7, 2002 by

I suspect the key to enjoying this album may be to go into it with a sense of either irony or ignorance.
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Various Artists | Blade I: the soundtrack | Immortal Records

March 7, 2002 by

A lineup pairing Eve with Fatboy Slim, Cypress Hill with Roni Size, and Ice Cube with Paul Oakenfold would be a stroke of genius for a "Celebrity Death Match" promoter.
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