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21. Shrapnel

    Diggin' the Stones

    Nobody expects the British Invasion

    By Lee Zimmerman

    Published: November 24, 2005

    In the annals of rock 'n' roll history, nothing matches the Rolling Stones' 40-year-old reputation for sex, scandal and outrage. To see how well you know the Stones' self-made...

22. Film

    All Yours

    Lowering the bar for miserable remakes

    By Bill Gallo

    Published: November 24, 2005

    Most movies intend to entertain or inform us, or maybe take our minds momentarily off personal problems -- that bullet-riddled body in the trunk, say, or Aunt Edna's arrest for...

23. Urban Experience

    Bible Humpers

    Christian science moniker

    By Steve Jansen, Benjamin Leatherman, Clay McNear and Julie Peterson

    Published: November 24, 2005

    SAT 11/26Jumpin' Jesus, thought Aaron Burkey, I'm a friggin' genius! The 35-year-old vocalist/guitarist was searching for the perfect name for his latest band, but the...

24. Shrapnel

    Critical Fatwa

    Cure for the race

    By The Ayatollah of Rock

    Published: November 24, 2005

    All hail Chuck D! Oh, how the uptight and old white pundits parsed his every word. From the days of "jungle rhythms" to the French riots today, the frightened, white and...

25. Film

    A Family Adrift

    Moments of joy amid the bitterness of divorce

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: November 24, 2005

    Writer and director Noah Baumbach has made three light films -- one so slight (1997's party-hopping Highball), it didn't see release 'til five years after its completion, and...

26. See/Be Seen

    Quick Draw

    Fastest hands in the West

    By Niki D'Andrea, Wynter Holden, Clay McNear and Douglas Towne

    Published: November 24, 2005

    11/25-1/22When a woman calls her guy a "minute man," it usually spells doom for the relationship -- and his ego. But for artist George Palovich, it's a sizable compliment....

27. Live Wire

    Zippo Hot Tour

    Hold 'em high

    By Serene Dominic

    Published: November 24, 2005

    Power pop, for far too long, has been music wasted on the old. Throughout the '90s, it seemed only to emanate from bitter people over 30, but now you have accomplished bands...

28. Sports/Outdoors

    Pony Up

    Equine croquet, anyone?

    By Niki D'Andrea, Steve Jansen and Clay McNear

    Published: November 24, 2005

    11/26-11/27For the average American, polo is a head-scratcher -- along the lines of what people in Yemen must think of pro football. But polo is arguably the most popular sport...

29. Live Wire

    Cage

    Plenty to rap about

    By Michael Alan Goldberg

    Published: November 24, 2005

    Man, if you think Eminem had a rough upbringing, check out the backstory of Chris Palko, better known as rapper Cage: Born to a heroin-addicted Army father who made his young...

30. Performance

    Reel to Real

    Screen gems at AWTC

    By Niki D'Andrea, Wynter Holden and Clay McNear

    Published: November 24, 2005

    11/25-11/27Monica Long Ross admits she's a voyeur. The playwright has been collecting other people's home movies for years and watching them in her basement. "I remember...

31. Live Wire

    Depeche Mode

    Not outmoded

    By Michael Alan Goldberg

    Published: November 24, 2005

    A new disc from the Rolling Stones is often cause for celebration. Not because the albums are any good -- they've been shit since, oh, about 1981, right? -- but because it...

32. Live Wire

    Fear Factory

    Not the one by Play-Doh

    By Serene Dominic

    Published: November 24, 2005

    The marriage of death metal muscle to industrial smarts might not be one you'd care to throw rice at, but you can't deny these two crazy kids make a handsomely bleak couple....

33. Live Wire

    Children of Bodom

    How Swede it isn't

    By Chelsea Ide

    Published: November 24, 2005

    Those who say metal is all screaming and no melody clearly have never heard Children of Bodom, the Finnish five-piece that just released its fifth full-length album, Are You...

34. Live Wire

    The Earlies

    Don't be late

    By Cole Haddon

    Published: November 24, 2005

    While The Earlies' . . . uh, earliest collaborations (1998) didn't necessarily constitute a band, their first EP in 2002 did. What began as a file-sharing project between two...

35. Listen Up

    Tristeza

    A Colores
    (Better Looking Records)

    By Cortney Harding

    Published: November 24, 2005

    Picture this: It's three in the morning, long past last call. The parties have wound down, and the only place to go is the 24-hour Quick Mart. Still awake, you need a...

36. Listen Up

    Black Lips

    Let It Bloom
    (In the Red)

    By Andrew Marcus

    Published: November 24, 2005

    While other kids in the dawn of their 20s wax artistic, Atlanta's Black Lips are stalwart in their scuzzy retro glory. Let It Bloom, their third album as the favorite little...

37. Listen Up

    System of a Down

    Hypnotize
    (Sony)

    By Andrew Marcus

    Published: November 24, 2005

    One of the most original bands ever to gain a bankable following is beginning to sound a little too comfortable in its own self-invented genre. Not that any other band has...

38. Listen Up

    The Darkness

    One Way Ticket to Hell . . . and Back
    (Atlantic)

    By Andrew Marcus

    Published: November 24, 2005

    Anyone confused by 2003's worldwide Darkness phenomenon -- How does a band this goofy compete with U2 on the charts? -- shall remain so. The Darkness has nothing up its spandex...

39. Turntable

    Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

    Who's spinning what, where and when

    Published: November 24, 2005

    Thursday 24Acme Roadhouse: College Night with DJ J. Alan (Top 40) Ain't Nobody's Bizness: DJ Suzy (hip-hop, dance) Anderson's Fifth Estate: Area 51 with DJ Jeremy (goth,...

40. What's Selling

    Top 10 selling CDs at Circles Discs & Tapes (800 North Central Avenue)

    Chart-busters for the week

    Published: November 24, 2005

    1. 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (Interscope) 2. Mariah Carey, The Emancipation of Mimi (Island) 3. Young Buck, T.I.P. (M.A. Records) 4. Young Jeezy, Let's Get It: Thug...