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Big Bud | Late Night Blues | Good Looking

April 5, 2001 by

No, it’s not the latest from Cypress Hill, but rather another quality album from LTJ Bukem’s Good Looking Records. Big Bud is another fine addition to the label’s catalog of unique d...
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Interview: John Digweed

March 8, 2001 by

If the name John Digweed doesn’t mean anything to you, go rummage around your CD collection for a while and unearth the copy of Trainspotting we all know you’re lugging around. (If you don...
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Film Festival Reviews

March 8, 2001 by

“All You Need” Kellie Martin stars as Beth Sabistan in this dull romantic comedy/family drama about a woman finding herself amid a divorce and crumbling family. One of those movies that se...
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Straight To Video Classics: Tribute to Gary Busey

March 8, 2001 by

The Man, the Myth, the Legend: Gary Busey. Gary Busey is the man, the “Straight to Video Classics” king. His life on and off the camera is inspirational, a beacon of hope to all thespians ...
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Theater Review: “Midsummer Night’s Dream”

March 8, 2001 by

What happens when you combine some mixed-up lovers, a feuding lord and his lady, a chauvinist father, a host of fairies and a little magic? You get Theatre UCSB in conjunction with the SB Dance Theatr...
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Cutthroat Comittee | Turf Buccaneers | Thizz

March 8, 2001 by

The Crest Side Creeper is back again, this time with some help from his cutties (Fellow Cutthroats). Mac Dre, Vallejo’s most revered independent rapper, teams up with fellow Crest Siders P.S.D. ...
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Arab Strap | Red Thread | Matador

March 8, 2001 by

Sunday morning music is for lying in bed and kissing the back of the neck of the one you love. Red Thread is not just Sunday morning music, it’s rainy Sunday morning music. The two blokes who ma...
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Various Artists | Caf

March 8, 2001 by

CafŽ Del Mar Volume Seven is an acceptable compilation of downbeat ambient techno and house with a few Latin jazz pop songs thrown in for good measure. Stitched together by the enigmatic Bruno, t...
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Jennifer Lopez | J. Lo | Epic

March 8, 2001 by

For a self-described dance-pop album, J. Lo has lots to live up to. After all, the genre has been around as long as rock itself, and albums such as Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall have long since...
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The Breakestra | The Live Mix Vol. 2 | Stones Throw

March 8, 2001 by

I can see the confused expressions already: “Why are you reviewing a funk band? That shit ain’t hip hop!” Chill out fool. The Breakestra is a bunch of guys who play instruments but w...
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Interview: Bad Astronaut

March 1, 2001 by

"There's people who just turn on the radio and see whatever the hell is on, and there's people like me who sit around for two hours looking for used records; but there's no right or wrong."
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Film Review: “3000 Miles to Graceland”

March 1, 2001 by

A 120-minute exercise in bad-boy cliches, generic storytelling and gratuitous violence, co-writer and director Demian Lichtenstein has made one of the most disgraceful and ugly films in recent memory.
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Film Review: “Black and White in Color”

March 1, 2001 by

A Mira Erdevicki documentary, it primarily takes place in the Czech Republic, where Vera Bila and her band Kale struggle to make ends meet with part-time jobs while trying to book gigs, do publicity s...
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Aceyalone | Accepted Eclectic | Project Blowed

March 1, 2001 by

Aceyalone exists as the greatest emcee on earth, as well as one of the most underappreciated. If you’ve ever checked for the L.A. underground, you know the stats: one-fourth of Freestyle Fellows...
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The Ataris | End is Forever | Kung Fu

March 1, 2001 by

I like punk rock, but any good punk ass knows there are types of the music for different moods. The Santa Barbara quartet The Ataris seems to gear their punk toward the relationship inept. The band...
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