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Linkin Park – Meteora
Artist: Linkin Park Title: Meteora Label: Warner Bros. Rating: 6/10 Company Line: To those outside the band, the pressure to follow up that success might have seemed insurmountable. But within Linkin Park, vocalists Chester Bennington and Mike Shinoda, guitarist Brad Delson, turntablist Joseph Hahn, drummer Rob Bourdon, and bassist Phoenix weren’t sweating it in ways…
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Madonna – American Life
Artist: Madonna Title: American Life Label: Warner Bros. Rating: 5.5/10 The Line: Madonna takes it back to the basics. The Good: “Hollywood” – As pretentious and weak as the lyrics are the hook is quite undeniable. The Marginal: “Nothing Fails” – The bridge that sounds pleasing, but the chorus is weak. Then we get verses…
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Breaking Benjamin – Interview
Breaking Benjamin is breaking in fans city by city. We speak with drummer Jeremy Hummel. Have you noticed more people who know the songs at the shows? It’s been par for the course this whole tour. I wouldn’t say that every show there are more and more, but it’s been consistent. When was the band…
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Blue Man Group – The Complex
Artist: Blue Man Group Title: The Complex Label: Lava Rating: 5/10 The Blue Man Group are those weird blue guys you probably have seen in the Intel commercials. Well they actually play music. The Good: “Time 2 Start” – Hot drumming. “Piano Smasher” The Average: “Dulcimer” – Interesting instrumental. “Sing Along” – Features Dave Matthews,…
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Bulletproof Monk
Cast: Chow Yun-Fat Studio: MGM Rating: 6.5/10 Corporate Line: For 60 years, a mysterious monk with no name (Chow Yun-Fat) has traversed the globe to protect an ancient scroll – a scroll that holds the key to unlimited power. Now the Monk must look for a new scrollkeeper. Kar (Seann William Scott) is an unlikely…
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Pearl Jam – Riot Act
Artist: Pearl Jam Title: Riot Act Label: Epic Rating: 6.5/10 Our Line: It’s Pearl Jam, do we really have to explain? The Good: “I Am Mine” – There seems to be more going on that what is on the surface and that is why we loved Pearl Jam in the beginning. Vedder has an uncanny…
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Feeder – Comfort In Sound
Artist: Feeder Title: Comfort In Sound Label: Republic Rating: 5.5/10 Company Line: There’s no getting around a simple fact. FEEDER has been recording well-received albums and ceaselessly touring the globe for over a decade. Countless hard-won experiences have led to the London-based group’s current success overseas. But one single event truly shaped FEEDER’s fourth album,…
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 7/10 You get great sound (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX) and John Williams score sounds crisp. The video transfer looks fantastic. Let’s hear a round of applause. The problem seems to come with the extras. The Sorcerer’s Stone DVD lacked anything worthwhile when it came to extras. The games…
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Furious Karating
Game: Furious Karating Platform: Xbox Studio: Infogrames Rating: 5/10 Game Company’s Description: Furious Karting brings all the adrenaline and excitement of the popular sport to the XBOX For the first time ever. Speed though a wide variety of fast and furious tracks as you compete for supremacy against a collection of extreme opponents. Take the…
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Rayman 3
Game: Rayman 3 Platform: PS2 Studio: Ubi Soft Rating: 8/10 Game Company’s Description: When Globox accidentally swallows the Lord of the Dark Lums, Rayman must face the Hoodlums, a bumbling yet deadly army of evil bent on recovering their leader from Globox and overtaking the land. Rayman’s only chance? Quest to find a cure for…
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