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April 26, 2001

Sasha Alexander | Dedicated To … | Reprise

By Jenny Cho

Sasha Alexander boasts superstardom in Europe and a nomination for Best International Male Artist at the 1999 MTV Europe Awards.

April 19, 2001

Interview: Propagandhi

By Rebecca Pellman

Artsweek talks with frontman Chris Hannah from the Canadian punk rock band Propagandhi about the new album, politics and death threats.

April 19, 2001

Film Review: “Bridget Jones’s Diary”

By Andy Sywak

Every couple of months it seems a movie comes out featuring “thirtysomething” women looking for that dream guy who has escaped them their whole lives. “Sweet November,” “The Wedding Planner,...

April 19, 2001

Film Review: Memento

By Andy Sywak

At last we have a winner. British director Christopher Nolan has made the first truly great film of the year with “Memento.” An immaculate and challenging tale about a man with severe short-term memory loss w...

April 19, 2001

Straight To Video Classics: “I’m Bout It”

By Trey Clark

Before I begin my praise of a fine film, let me express my apologies for not previously addressing the current, most prevalent form of straight-to-video cinema: gangsta rap star autobiographies starring the rapper as him...

April 19, 2001

Art Review: “Three Women”

By Katherine Spiers

“Three Women,” the new art show at the Women’s Center, is not a trio of overzealous feminists using their paints and canvases to declare why men are devils. These women, Megan Kitchen, Michelle Onstot a...

April 19, 2001

Film Review: “Venus Beauty Institute”

By Patrick Wright

A Tonie Marshall film, “Venus Beauty Institute” is a disappointingly inert film that moves like a tugboat through the emotional slough that is the protagonist’s love life. With little to no capacity for...

April 19, 2001

Jedi Mind Tricks | Violent By Design | Superegular

By Trey Clark

Conspiracy theories have been a common theme among hip hop artists and their songs since the days of Melle Mel, but the trend reached its apex during the independent upsurge of 1997. Everyone had an opinion on Area 51, f...

April 19, 2001

Kings of Convenience | Quiet is the New Loud | Astralwerks

By Andy Sywak

Coffeehouses of America rejoice: Your newest soundtrack has just come out. Full of folksy recollections and preening optimism, Kings of Convenience has created a mellow accompaniment for the beret and latte crowd. Full o...

April 19, 2001

Rick Braun | Kisses in the Rain | Warner Bros.

By Collin Mitchell

I must admit that I am no jazz connoisseur, let alone opinionated on or knowledgeable of its style or form. My experience is limited to the overtly obvious in the jazz world (I can recognize tracks off of Kind of Blue), ...

April 12, 2001

Interview: Charles Feelgood

By Jenne Raub

Charles Feelgood, as legend has it, put the rave scene in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. on the map all the way back in 1990 – a time when many readers had barely graduated from elementary school. Feelgood put on t...

April 12, 2001

Hip Hop Column: Sound & Vision

By Robotsex

Despite my newly less-than-salacious lifestyle, what I still feel thoroughly compelled to do is outrun the clutches of tabloid journalism. After all that is what I’ve been doing for so long now. And so the story ab...

April 12, 2001

Film Review: “Blow”

By Andy Sywak

If “Blow” were a drug it would give you a pretty satisfying high. It would start off great. You’d be laughing a lot as you become convinced that you could do anything. Then you’d suddenly hit a da...

April 12, 2001

Recipe for a Mixtape: “Life Lessons for the Kids”

By Trey Clark Jenne Raub Artsweek Editors

Amongst the obvious fan mail that weighs down the poor interns coming back from the post office every day are thousands of letters begging for child-rearing advice. “What’s the best method for breast-feeding?...

April 12, 2001

Art Review: “Barton Meyers”

By Katherine Spiers

The hip, latter-day Zen style of exposed beams and pipes found in trendy boutiques and Asian restaurants actually has its roots in mass-produced houses ordered for workers by giant corporations. The transition from commo...

April 12, 2001

Saint Etienne | Interlude | Subpop

By Andy Sywak

Let’s face it: B-side albums are pretty problematic. While the Pumpkins’ Pisces Iscariot and R.E.M.’s Dead Letter Office do have their moments, they don’t quite measure up to the a-side releases. ...