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

April 12, 2001 by

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...
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Art Review: “Barton Meyers”

April 12, 2001 by

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 t...
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Saint Etienne | Interlude | Subpop

April 12, 2001 by

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 t...
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Cappadonna | The Yin and the Yang | Epic

April 12, 2001 by

Capadonna is a lucky guy. He got out of jail in 1995 and immediately joined the Wu-Tang Clan, even appearing on the cover (and about half of the tracks) of Ghost Face Killah’s Ironman album. He ...
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Old 97’s | Satellite Rides | Elektra

April 12, 2001 by

So I picked up this disc to review out of a stack of great prospects because my friend from Reno likes the band, and it’s her birthday on Sunday. I figured to kill two birds: Review a good album...
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Atom & His Package | Redefining Music | Hopeless Records

April 12, 2001 by

This nice Jewish boy from the East Coast is continuing the nerd-rock phenomenon that is sweeping across the video arcades and Java Jones-esque coffee shops of this great pocket-protector country of ou...
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DJ Die | Through the Eyes | Full Cycle

April 12, 2001 by

DJ Die’s Through the Eyes is the latest release in a series from the Full Cycle label. This two-disc set includes tracks from Die himself, as well as from his other Full Cycle labelmates. The Fu...
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