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February 15, 2001

Recipe for a Mixtape: The Cruisin’ Tape

By Trey Clark Jenne Raub Artsweek Editors

So you got yourself a new ride. All you need now is a proper playlist to take you from gangsta anthems to pimp shit and back again.

February 15, 2001

Music Review: Bad Astronaut | Acrophobe | Honest Don’s

By Collin Mitchell

Perhaps a more honest and mature attempt at rock by former Lagwagon frontman Joey Cape, Bad Astronaut is a step up from the repetitious So-Cal punk approach to a universal and eclectic indie rock sound. It’s progre...

February 15, 2001

Music Review: Gwenmars | Driving a Million | SeeThru Broadcasting

By Joseph Martinez

A one-hit wonder waiting to happen. Sadly, for people who like power pop, Gwenmars is power poop that is going to get play on “alternative” radio. It fits the mold. The lyrics are written at an eighth-grade l...

February 15, 2001

Music Review: Various Artists | 20,000 Leagues Under the Street | Pockets Linted

By Trey Clark

I really want to like Rasco. The guy works hard, says what he thinks and does what it takes to make it. He came out with a bang, dropping “The Unassisted” 12″ on Stones Throw and making the worldwide hi...

February 15, 2001

Music Review: John Digweed | Global Underground: Los Angeles | Global Underground

By Jenne Raub

I was fortunate enough to attend the seven-hour set John Digweed spun in Los Angeles back in October that served as both inspiration for this new album as well as a hotbed for urban-marketing opportunities. Upon entering...

February 15, 2001

Music Review: Engine Down | To Bury Within the Sound | Lovitt

By DJ FatKid

As of last week, I have four screws and two wires in my right cheek, and perhaps this explains my mild disappointment with this album. I have the metal in me, but this album does not have The Metal in it. I suppose I sho...

February 15, 2001

Music Review: Nebula | Charged | Sub Pop

By Collin Mitchell

Perhaps this is a throwback to the heyday of the Seattle sound or the result of three guys who just like playing the devil’s music. Unfortunately, Charged doesn’t quite live up to its name, and Nebula’s...

February 15, 2001

Music Review: Red House Painters | Old Ramon | Sub Pop

By Mohann G. Mann Artsweek Music Critic

Unlike any other singer in the history of music, Red House Painters’ singer Mark Kozelek has managed to write six full albums about nothing more than ex-girlfriends – and remain interesting. It’s unbeli...

February 8, 2001

Band Interview: Snake River Conspiracy

By John Syquia

"Limp Bizkit sucks a big turd out of an elephant's ass!"

February 8, 2001

Film Review: “Before Night Falls”

By Andy Sywak

Watching "Before Night Falls" is like drinking that orange Vitality beverage from Trader Joes...

February 8, 2001

Art Review: Patrons, Lovers and Other Romantics

By Jack Lloyd

Patrons features the "HeART work" of 60 artists, ranging in origin from Santa Barbara to London.

February 8, 2001

Film Review: “A Time for Drunken Horses”

By Joseph Martinez

"A Time for Drunken Horses" brings the harsh reality of the Middle East to the American screen, forcing its audience to take heed.

February 8, 2001

Art Review: “The Empty Bottle”

By Charles Han

The irony of Ilya and Emilia Kabakov's pun is in the fact that some citizens in the former Soviet Union actually lived in public restrooms.

February 8, 2001

Aesop Rock | Float | Mush

By Jack Lloyd

While listening to the thoughtful and philosophical Aesop Rock, I began to ponder my own validity in this world. I have questions I need answered: Is anyone reading my reviews? If so, would my recommendation of an unknow...

February 8, 2001

Fauna Flash | Fusion | Compost

By Jenne Raub

The other night, while swilling Chardonnay at a press reception in Montecito among a crowd 20 years too old to be called my colleagues, I was struck with a great idea. Now, if you lived in a gorgeous Italian-style home, ...

February 8, 2001

Various Artists | Rapid Transit | Chocolate Industries

By Robotsex

It’s been a long while since I gave up my former day job: financial analyst supervillain. But that doesn’t mean I don’t think of those days past, those days way back when I was a mild-mannered number cr...