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Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4
Game: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 Platform: PS2 Studio: Activision Rating: 9.5/10 Look: The graphics are very similar to the previous version of THPS. There seems to be an overall move into changing the game and making them vaster rather than significantly uping the anti of the previous version. And that is not a knock…
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Dana Glover – Testimony
Artist: Dana Glover Title: Testimony Label: Dreamworks Rating: 4/10 Dana Glover. Sounds like: Anastacia. Testify: “Rain” – infectious ear candy. Bargain: “Thinking Over” and “Almost Had It All” – Glover lets her voice go, even though the songs are pure fluff. “A Reason” – truly more fluff. The songs are infectious, but there is no…
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Justin Timberlake – Justified
Artist: Justin Timberlake Title: Justified Label: Jive Rating: 6/10 NSYNC frontman Justin Timberlake takes it solo. Sounds like: Michael Jackson Hot: “Right For Me” – Finally we don’t hear NSYNC in a track or the saccharine nonsense that is synonymous with JT. “Never Again” – Although it sounds ready for a Disney movie there is…
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Justin Timberlake – Interview [2004]
Around the horn with Justin Timberlake! Is that exciting that you’re getting a lot of critical good words before the record comes out? It is very exciting, I mean, you know, sometimes I think, I don’t think it’s all good. I mean there’s some bad too, you know, I think everything comes with something. But,…
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David Gray – A New Day At Midnight
Artist: David Gray Title: A New Day At Midnight Label: RCA Rating: 7/10 David Gray has been around for quite sometime, but it took White Ladder, an album he personally financed, to make him known around the world. David Gray finds himself trying to follow up on that singular success with A New Day At…
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Santa Claus 2
Cast: Tim Allen Studio: Walt Disney Rating: 5/10 The Film Studio Synopsis: Scott Calvin has been Santa Claus for the past eight years, and his loyal elves consider him the best Santa ever. But Santa’s world is turned upside down when he’s dealt a double whammy of bad news: not only has his son, Charlie,…
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I Spy
Cast: Eddie Murphy Studio: Columbia Rating: 4/10 The Film Studio Synopsis: When the Switchblade, the most sophisticated prototype stealth fighter created is stolen from the U.S. government, one of the United States’ top spies, Alex Scott (Owen Wilson), is called to action. What he doesn’t expect is to get teamed up with a cocky civilian,…
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Christina Aguilera – Stripped
Everyone seemed to wonder what happened to Christina Aguilera. The press has trashed her, she’s tried to shed her pop artist skin, and the question is whether she’s come out of it unscathed. The intro to the record shows she wants to put it all behind her.
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The Police – The Very Best of The Police
Artist: The Police Title: The Very Best of The Police Label: Universal Rating: 8/10 The Police are one of the great rock bands of all time. In 1997 a greatest hits package was put together for the holiday season – the 2002 version is similar but with a few additions like “Seven Days”, “De Do…
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Taproot – Interview [2002]
Interview with Taproot drummer Jarrod Montague! How long have you work on Welcome? A long time, about nine months I think. We started pre-production with Toby last November and wrapped in May but had to do some mixing in June. Were you writing in the studio or did you have songs done? Yes on both…
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