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Film Review: “The Center of the World”

May 17, 2001 by

This is a love story. Boy meets girl in the non-threatening coffee shop. Boy finds out girl is a rock drummer by day and stripper by night.
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Film Review: “Boesman and Lena”

May 17, 2001 by

Set against the backdrop of the desolate mud flats outside Cape Town, South Africa, it is a tale of loss and survival during that nation's period of apartheid.
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Interview: Judith Olauson

May 17, 2001 by

Judith Olauson, director of "A Raisin in the Sun", shared a few insights about this compelling drama.
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Alien Ant Farm | ANThology | New Noize

May 17, 2001 by

Despite the apparently political connotations of this record, Alien Ant Farm truly relies on the interesting and conflicting relationship between contemporary alternative metal and sentiments of life ...
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The Rapture | Out of the Races and On To the Tracks | Sub Pop

May 17, 2001 by

Now that the founder of Up Records is dead, and Matador Records' taste is nearly as moribund, Sub Pop is left as one of the last high-profile indie rock labels in the biz.
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Soft Boys | Underwater Moonlight | Matador

May 17, 2001 by

Two discs of reissue bliss, Soft Boys' Underwater Moonlight kicks out the jams.
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Artsweek Recognition of Excellence Award: Shy Pilgreen, Miss Isla Vista 2001

May 10, 2001 by

Talent, personality and how hot the girls looked in "Friday Night Fun Wear" were all taken into consideration as 16 of I.V.'s loveliest ladies duked it out for the Miss Isla Vista crown.
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Weekend on Dreamworks

May 10, 2001 by

The press notice made it sound too good to be true. Hallowed Hollywood studio DreamWorks was going to put me and a bunch of other college journalists up at the Brentwood Holiday Inn and pamper us with...
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Film Review: “The Mummy Returns”

May 10, 2001 by

While Brendon Fraser, Rachel Weisz and the WWF's The Rock may be the flesh stars of the movie, whatever entertainment the film provides comes from visual effects maestro John Berton.
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Straight to Video Classics: “Cutaway”

May 10, 2001 by

They knew how to bait me. The good people at Artisan Entertainment assembled a cast bigger than life for "Cutaway," and as soon as I laid eyes on that beautiful poster I was hooked and ready to be ree...
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Theater Review: “Fiddler on the Roof”

May 10, 2001 by

Tradition! One word - one theme - anchors "Fiddler on the Roof's" portrayal of a Jewish family living in Czarist Russia at the end of the 19th century.
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Tsunami Bomb | The Invasion From Within | Tomato Head

May 10, 2001 by

Brief digression: AFI sweatshirts emblazoned with the East Bay Hardcore (EBHC) logo seem omnipresent in the city of Santa Barbara, which is odd because, well, there're no bays to speak of on the South...
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Angie Martinez | Up Close and Personal | Elektra

May 10, 2001 by

Sometimes I can spot if a rap album is going to suck just by looking at the cover insert. Up Close and Personal is one of those albums.
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Dreamweavers | Dreamweavers | NC Clothing

May 10, 2001 by

For those of you who follow music way too closely and form opinions of new acts by what label they are on, check this out: Dreamweavers' label is NC Clothing, a skate clothing designer.
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Mark Lewis | Global Frequencies: Tokyo | Phatt Phunk

May 10, 2001 by

Truth be told, there is usually very little to be said about the latest releases in house with the exception of an opinion and a brief description of the sound.
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