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Atmosphere | Lucy Ford | Rhymesayers Entertainment

April 26, 2001 by

Every once in a long while I hear an album that, upon first listen, I know will be the best album of the year.
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Bats and Mice | s/t | Lovitt

April 26, 2001 by

I feel dirty, sullied, debased, degraded and all around icky. But let me start at the beginning.
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Sasha Alexander | Dedicated To … | Reprise

April 26, 2001 by

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

April 19, 2001 by

Artsweek talks with frontman Chris Hannah from the Canadian punk rock band Propagandhi about the new album, politics and death threats.
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Film Review: “Bridget Jones’s Diary”

April 19, 2001 by

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,” “...
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Film Review: Memento

April 19, 2001 by

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

April 19, 2001 by

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 starri...
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Art Review: “Three Women”

April 19, 2001 by

“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 Kitche...
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Film Review: “Venus Beauty Institute”

April 19, 2001 by

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 littl...
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Jedi Mind Tricks | Violent By Design | Superegular

April 19, 2001 by

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 o...
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Kings of Convenience | Quiet is the New Loud | Astralwerks

April 19, 2001 by

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...
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Rick Braun | Kisses in the Rain | Warner Bros.

April 19, 2001 by

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 of...
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Interview: Charles Feelgood

April 12, 2001 by

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 schoo...
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Hip Hop Column: Sound & Vision

April 12, 2001 by

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....
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Film Review: “Blow”

April 12, 2001 by

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’...
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