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John Mellencamp – Cuttin’ Heads
Artist: John Mellencamp Title: Cuttin’ Heads Label: Columbia Rating: 7/10 John Mellencamp has become a real-life-America craftsman. His songs tell tales, whether real or not, and people just latch onto them. Better yet, Mellencamp is able to take these songs and add a hook that makes them even more user friendly. After eighteen albums, he…
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Batman The Movie
Cast: Cesar Romero Studio: Fox Rating: 7/10 Batman The Movie, with the cast from the original series shot in the sixties, came out before I was even born. Heck, I didn’t even know the movie existed until it showed up on my doorstep. I popped it in expecting the worst, but I got the best.…
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Blind Melon – Letters From A Porcupine
Artist: Blind Melon Title: Letters From A Porcupine Label: Capitol Rating: 7/10 Remember the little bee girl? Remember how bad you wanted to choke her after seeing her running around every day of the week on Mtv? Well, this was the first thing I thought of when it came to actually viewing Letters From A…
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The (International) Noise Conspiracy – A New Morning, Changing Weather
Artist: The (International) Noise Conspiracy Title: A New Morning, Changing Weather Label: Epitaph Rating: 7/10 The poppy punk era is in full swing, but there have been few acts able to crossover into the mainstream and still maintain their creativity and originality. The (International) Noise Conspiracy happen to be one of a select few, with…
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Charlotte Church – Enchantment
Artist: Charlotte Church Title: Enchantment Label: Sony Rating: 8/10 The gift bestowed upon Charlotte Church is a phenomenal one. Her voice can stop you in your tracks as it raises the hairs on your entire body. Enchantment is another step in the direction of proving that the prodigy isn’t just going to be forgotten. There…
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Garbage – Beautiful Garbage
Artist: Garbage Title: Beautiful Garbage Label: Interscope Rating: 7.5/10 Garbage has been a pop band posing as a rock band. Yes, their sound was loud. Yes, it seemed a little raucous. But it was a band of studio rats and a loud-mouthed fiery front woman who spewed their words of gold. Beautiful Garbage seems extremely…
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Corporate Avenger – Interview
How do these Christian groups find out about you before even the public? Is it a publicity stunt? Groups find out about you a number of ways. The Corporate Avenger project has been in motion for about five years. The first batch of shirts we made had the song titles “Jesus Christ Homosexual” and “The…
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Anathema – Find Day To Exit
Artist: Anathema Title: Find Day To Exit Label: Koch Rating: 7.5/10 Long known for this sort of doom metal that churned up the UK, Anathema are back with something closer to antipathy. Anathema still sound gloomy yet full of spit and polish on “Pressure”. It takes up until the middle of “Looking Outside Inside” for…
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Joy Ride
Cast: Paul Walker Studio: Fox Rating: 8/10 Well, well, well. It seems that young Paul Walker has done what many thought to be impossible: he’s actually gone out and made a good movie. Paul has starred in many of what have been considered the worst movies. The Skulls, anyone? Varsity Blues? Don’t let the hokey…
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Hearts In Atlantis
Cast: Anthony Hopkins Studio: Castle Rock Rating: 7/10 For a movie that starts off with a wistful voice-over saying, “It was the last summer of my childhood” (or something to that effect), Hearts In Atlantis isn’t half-bad. Based on a Stephen King novel of the same name, Hearts stars Anthony Hopkins as a mysterious old…
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