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Young Gunz – Tough Luv
Artist: Young Gunz Title: Tough Luv Label: Roc-A-Fella Rating: 7/10 Corporate Line: In spite of the appealing name, the Nicetown area of Philadelphia is not a pleasant place to grow up. It’s a dangerous neighborhood full of drugs, gangs and poverty that drains the spirit out of nearly everyone who lives there. Which makes the…
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Just Jack – The Outer Marker
Artist: Just Jack Title: The Outer Marker Label: TVT Rating: 6/10 Corporate Line: Jack’s debut album, ‘The Outer Marker’ reveals an artist with more than one tale to tell. ‘Paradise (Lost and Found) offers the perfect introduction to the world of Just Jack. A gorgeous slice of lazy summertime urban blues, it was written, like…
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Orgy – Punk Statik Paranoia
Artist: Orgy Title: Punk Statik Paranoia Label: D1 Music Rating: 4/10 Corporate Line: A cursory listening of Punk Statik Paranoia should have music fans scurrying to lock up their daughters, sisters, and/or moms. It’s that good. The first single, “The Obvious,” pours layer after decadent layer of sweet distortion over subterranean fuzzbass and deep rhythmic…
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MX Unleashed
Game: MX Unleashed Platform: Playstation 2 Studio: Thq Rating: 8.5/10 Game Company’s Description: Rainbow Studios, the masters of off road racing games, returns to their heritage to bring the definitive next generation MX game to life. Challenge yourself in the ultimate off-road playground, a never before seen freeworld mode filled with treacherous terrain, mini games,…
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Tantric – After We Go
Artist: Tantric Title: After We Go Label: Maverick Rating: 4/10 Corporate Line: How do you follow a platinum-selling album that featured a #1 hit, a top 10 and a top 20 single, and rocketed all the way to #4 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart? If you’re Tantric, you hunker down in a Nashville studio with producer…
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Twisted
Cast: Ashley Judd, Samuel L Jackson, Andy Garcia, D.W. Moffett, Mark Pellegrino Studio: Paramount Rating: 6/10 Corporate Line: A female police officer (Judd), whose father was a serial killer, and is now investigating a murder finds herself the center of her own investigation when her past lovers start dying at a furious pace. The Good:…
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James Bond 007: Everything Or Nothing
Game: James Bond 007: Everything Or Nothing Platform: Xbox Studio: EA Rating: 9/10 Game Company’s Description: What would James Bond do? That is the question you will answer in every dramatic moment of James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing. The world’s greatest secret agent returns in his fifth interactive adventure from EA Games, and the…
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Tony C. and the Truth – Demonophonic truth
Artist: Tony C. and the Truth Title: Demonophonic truth Label: Lava Rating: 7/10 Corporate Line: Maybe you’ve been to upstate New York. Probably took at least a dip through the deep South. That’s Tony’s path; his story. A whiff of the Mississippi Delta, cold-filtered by way of the sticks north of NYC. Tony’s been there,…
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The Passion of the Christ
Cast: James Caviezel, Monica Bellucci, Rosalinda Celentano, Sergio Rubini, Mattia Sbragia Studio: Newmarket Rating: 6.5/10 Corporate Line: This film tells the story of the last 12 hours in the life of Jesus (Caviezel), on the day of his crucifixion in Jerusalem. This film’s script is based upon several sources, including the diaries of St. Anne…
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Phantom Planet – Interview [2004]
Did you grow up buying those mags when you were growing up and wanted to learn how to play? Of course. Totally. Are you more of a player buy ear or do you read music? For me personally it’s more by ear. I think it’s like that for everyone in our band. Reading music for…
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