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Luck Boys Confusion – Commitment
Artist: Luck Boys Confusion Title: Commitment Label: Elektra Rating: 4.5/10 Corporate Line: With the aptly-titled sophomore effort Commitment, Chicago’s Lucky Boys Confusion hit the ground running in an unapologetic yet melodic look at life from behind a microphone, guitar amp, or drum kit. It is a defining moment for any hard working band that’s ever…
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Leslie Mills – Interview
Leslie Mills, if you don’t know then you will soon. Is all this interviewing new? Yeah it is. Did you expect this? It’s all new territory. I’m excited. It’s exciting to get this album out. You say the music has gone through changes, what were those changes? When I first started the record it was…
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Ludacris – Interview [2003]
Ludacris on tap! Ludacris: I think I’m naming the next album “Hot Cakes”. Hot Cakes? Cause that’s how we sell baby. The first thing I wanna start I off with is you know your writing process on this album. You’ve got a few albums in the system now and like what you’re really known for…
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Vue – Down For Whatever
Artist: Vue Title: Down For Whatever Label: RCA Rating: 4/10 Corporate Line: Vue blend the raw immediacy of punk and the desolate passion of the blues into an archetypal musical fusion that is as unique as it is modern. The Good: Maybe if the Vue didn’t sound like a bad cover band they’d give us…
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The Distillers – Coral Fang
Artist: The Distillers Title: Coral Fang Label: Sire Rating: 6.5/10 Our Line: The Distillers are going to put punk rock on its ear. The Good: “Drain The Blood” – Brody Dalle’s vocals are brutal. “Die On A Rope” – Feeling better? “Coral Fang” – A mix of destruction and a taste of a hook gives…
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Mystic River DVD
Cast: Laura Linney, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 8/10 Corporate Line: When they were kids growing up together in a rough section of Boston, Jimmy Markum, Dave Boyle and Sean Devine spent their days playing stickball on the street, the way most boys did in their blue-collar neighborhood…
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Mystic River
Cast: Laura Linney, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 8/10 Corporate Line: When they were kids growing up together in a rough section of Boston, Jimmy Markum, Dave Boyle and Sean Devine spent their days playing stickball on the street, the way most boys did in their blue-collar neighborhood…
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Runaway Jury
Cast: John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Beals Studio: Fox Rating: 6.5/10 Corporate Line: Set in New Orleans, this is the story of a mysterious man, Nick Easter (Cusack) who gets himself on the jury of a landmark case against a gun manufacturer in an attempt to influence the other jury members…
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Veronica Guerin
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell, Brenda Fricker, Ciaran Hinds, Darragh Kelly Studio: Touchstone Rating: 8/10 Corporate Line: Veronica Guerin (Blanchett) was an award-winning journalist for Dublin’s Sunday Independent, whose investigations into the city’s drug underworld puts her in increasing danger… The Good: Based upon a real movie and a moving story at that. Cate Blanchett…
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Blues Traveler – Interview
An interview with Blue’s Traveler bassist Tad Kinchla! What gives you more of a break, live shows or recording? Definitely recording because you are in one place. The touring schedule, there is always things popping up. You are traveling on a bus and everything gets messed up. With recording you have a schedule and you…
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