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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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:...
