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Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down: Against All Odds

January 24, 2002 by

A modern war-film, "Black Hawk Down" neither glorifies, nor denounces war. As the light fades on Mogadishu, the futility and desperation of the situation is pulled into sharp focus.
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Film Review: Down From The Mountain: American Vernacular

January 24, 2002 by

"Down From The Mountain" documents a benefit concert performed by the artists on the soundtrack of the Coen Brothers' "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and features songs both from and inspired by the movi...
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From a Sinking Ship – The ‘Rat Pack’ Delivers More Plague Than Nostalgia

January 24, 2002 by

There is a reason why this is a Vegas show; the hotels need to make money off liquor sales from desperate people whiling away hours in their casinos.
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Beehive & the Barracudas | Plastic Soul with The White Apes | Swami

January 24, 2002 by

I've just gotten trashed with a bunch of San Diego punk rock all-stars.
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Herbaliser | Something Wicked This Way Comes | Ninja Tune

January 24, 2002 by

I press play. All of a sudden my hair unlocks and - POP - I'm sporting an afro.
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Top Ten Instances of the Arts Proving Artistic and Entertainment Proving Entertaining in 2001

January 24, 2002 by

Top Ten Instances of the Arts Proving Artistic and Entertainment Proving Entertaining in 2001 By DJ Fatkid, the naked Artsweek Staff Writer 1) Mariah Carey’s Nervous Breakdown “You mean th...
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The Many Faces of Popular Music

January 17, 2002 by

Dishwalla was formed in Santa Barbara in 1992 by original members, frontman J.R. Richards, bassist Scot Alexander, guitarist Rodney Browning Cravens and drummer George Pendergast.
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A Track of the DJ’s

January 17, 2002 by

DJ Dan, named "America's Most Beloved DJ" by URB Magazine, has played a legendary role in the electronic music scene for over a decade.
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Orange County: A-peel

January 17, 2002 by

I should have known that something was wrong when I had trouble enticing a friend to see "Orange County," despite the lure of a free ticket.
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Safari to the Rock ‘n’ Roll Jungle

January 17, 2002 by

There is no doubt that the powerhouse funk of local band Blue Room continues to reach higher levels of almighty musical tightness.
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Shannon McNally | Jukebox Sparrows | Capitol

January 17, 2002 by

The newest in a line of female genre-blending artists like Janis Joplin and Bonnie Raitt, McNally's songs are country with a soulful rock attitude.
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Atombombpocketknife | God Save the ABPK | Southern

January 17, 2002 by

Being a fan of Atombombpocketknife guitarist Justin Sinkovich's old ensemble Thumbnail, I was pretty amped to get my grubby hams on this release.
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Jel | 10 Seconds | Mush Records

January 17, 2002 by

Using an SP-1200, the classic production tool of old school legends (which creates dirty, raw-sounding samples), Jel gives birth to 10 Seconds - an album that, in my way of looking at it, parallels th...
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Lostprophets | The Fake Sound of Progress | Columbia

January 17, 2002 by

Hailing from Wales, these six, adolescent-looking nu-metallers attempt to mix rock with piano sounds and turntable effects to produce what I imagine is supposed to be "new and innovative."
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More Than the Sum of its Parts

January 10, 2002 by

Come on, it wasn't that long ago that when you looked at a large packing box, instead of seeing trash you saw a spaceship, a racecar or maybe even a dragon.
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