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CKY – Infilitrate-Destroy-Rebuild
Artist: CKY Title: Infilitrate-Destroy-Rebuild Label: Island Rating: 8/10 CKY are known by most as the music behind the CKY films. Those films spawned Jackass on MTV. CKY isn’t just some run of the mill band that got lucky. Infiltrate: “Sink Into The Underground” – A surprisingly hooky track. “Frenetic Amnesic” – With bizarre tones that…
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Beck – Sea Change
Artist: Beck Title: Sea Change Label: Interscope Rating: 8.5/10 Beck continues to astound listeners. He always finds a way to stay ahead of the curve. Sea Change is certainly a change, but much for the better. There is no disco, nothing that really rocks, but the folk style seems to wear well. The first thing…
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Xzibit – Interview
Xzibit one on one and he don’t hold back! Hey, what’s up? Man I’m dropping this album on ‘em. I know. I saw you had a bunch of different producers on Man vs. Machine. What did each bring to the table? I’ve wanted to work with [DJ] Premier for a long time. Bink definitely came…
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Uncle Kracker – No Stranger No Shame
Artist: Uncle Kracker Title: No Stranger No Shame Label: Atlantic Rating: 5/10 Uncle Kracker is still Kid Rock’s DJ. But now he has a solo career that could literally overtake his mentor. Now Hear This: “Memphis Soul Song” – Good ol’ boy slow song. “Letter To My Daughters” – a lovely ode to his daughters.…
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Turok: Evolution
Game: Turok: Evolution Platform: PS2 Studio: Acclaim Rating: 7/10 Look: Landscapes looks amazing. You can get lost in the surroundings if you weren’t being attacked from each and every angle. The beasties look great and the animations are fantastic. There are some clipping problems but you’ll get over it. Feel: Flying is great. There is…
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Prisoner Of War
Game: Prisoner Of War Platform: Xbox Studio: Codemasters Rating: 7/10 Look: When you get a game for the Xbox you expect the graphics to blow you away. Well the graphics here aren’t going to blow you anywhere. The grass is well done and you can leave footprints but really where is the wow factor? Feel:…
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Banger Sisters
Cast: Goldie Hawn Studio: Fox Rating: 5/10 Film Studio Synopsis: Two best friends and former rock groupies reunite after twenty years to find that one of them is still rocking out while the other has “grown up” and become more proper. The Good: Goldie Hawn is good at bringing her character to life. Susan Sarandon…
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Ballistic
Cast: Lucy Liu Studio: Warner Bros. Rating: 4.5/10 Film Studio Synopsis: Haunted by the mysterious death of his wife, reclusive former FBI manhunter Jeremiah Ecks (Antonio Banderas) is blackmailed back into service to track down an unstoppable ex-DIA operative, code-named Sever (Lucy Liu), who has kidnapped the young son of the head of a secret…
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OK Go – Ok Go
Artist: OK Go Title: OK Go Label: Capitol Rating: 7/10 Chi-towns Ok Go is ready to kick it into gear! Hot: “Get Over It” – Sheer energy well get you on and over it. “What To Do” – It really grows on you. “The Fix Is In” – pure enjoyment. Mild: “Don’t Ask Me” –…
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Lifehouse – Stanley Climbfall
Artist: Lifehouse Title: Stanley Climbfall Label: Dreamworks Rating: 7/10 Lifehouse couldn’t have expected “Hanging By A Moment” to be as huge and to last as long as it did. Coming off that success is their sophomore effort Stanley Climbfall. Do they have what it takes to follow up on their initial success? Now Hear This:…
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