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Morcheeba – Parts of the Process
Artist: Morcheeba Title: Parts of the Process Label: Reprise Rating: 7/10 Company Line: Morcheeba hit us with their Greatest Hits. “It’s amazing, the feelings that this compilation stirs. I can’t believe how far we have come and how good it sounds. Even the difficult tracks are impressive I feel like an old man looking back…
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Jimmy Wayne – Jimmy Wayne
Artist: Jimmy Wayne Title: Jimmy Wayne Label: Dreamworks Rating: 7.5/10 Company Line: Jimmy Wayne has weathered emotional abuse and real violence. He has worked (as a child) to earn money for his mother while she was in prison. He has lived in the open and subsisted on his wits in order to eat from day…
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Smile Empty Soul – Interview
We chat with Sean Danielsen, Smile Empty Soul’s 21-year-old singer, guitarist, and lyricist. I guess it’s timely, but when did you write “War”? It’s about a month or a month and a half old. It’s recent. It wasn’t originally going to be on the album. I played it for our producer and they wanted it…
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Lucy Woodward – Interview
Lucy Woodward talks the talk! How are you? Good, am I pretty much on time? All my clocks have different times. Do you set them all fast? One is like fast, one is slow and then the one on my cell phone I think is right. I know you have a show tonight. Yeah. Here…
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Da Brat – Limelite, Luv & Niteclubz
Artist: Da Brat Title: Limelite, Luv & Niteclubz Label: So So Def Rating: 5.5/10 Company Line: The lyrics on Limelite, Luv & Niteclubz are as memorable as those “tig ole bitties” Da Brat tartly described in Mariah Carey’s Heartbreaker one of her contributions to remixes and original tracks by, among the many, Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott…
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Freestyle Metal X
Game: Freestyle Metal X Platform: Playstation 2 Studio: Midway Rating: 7/10 Game Company’s Description: Riding it hard, fast and anywhere, Freestyle MetalX is a totally unique offering that caters to the action sport and mass-market gamer with diverse, lawless freestyle motocross mayhem. Gamers and motocross fanatics can “be sick all over” as they experience firsthand…
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League of Extraordinary Men
Cast: Sean Connery, Peta Wilson, Stuart Townsend, Tony Curran, Jason Flemyng Studio: Fox Rating: 6/10 Corporate Line: Based very loosely on the Alan Moore graphic novel epic of the same name, this is the story of a group of characters drawn from famous works of literature, including Captain Nemo, Allan Quatermain, The Invisible Man, Mina…
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S.T.U.N. – Evolution of Energy
Artist: S.T.U.N. Title: Evolution of Energy Label: ArtistDirect Rating: 6/10 Company Line: Take the lyrical integrity of The Clash, combine it with the high-energy, fearless-punk-sensibilities of The Sex Pistols, empower it with innovative future soundscapes of bands such as The Pixies and S.F.A and you’ve got an idea what S.T.U.N. is about. The Good: “Movement”…
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Pirates of the Caribbean
Cast: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush Studio: Disney Rating: 7.5/10 Corporate Line: Set in the Caribbean Sea in the 17th century, this is the story of a gentleman rogue of a pirate, Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), blacksmith, Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) who teams up with the daughter (Keira Knightley) of a governor (Pryce) to…
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Junior Senior – Don’t Stop The Beat
Artist: Junior Senior Title: Don’t Stop The Beat Label: Atlantic Rating: 4/10 Company Line: Already generating a major global buzz, Junior Senior has been topping the UK charts with their smash debut single, “Move Your Feet.” The Good: “Move Your Feet” – I didn’t know that Porky Pig knew how to sing. All I know…
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