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41. Listen Up

    Greg Laswell

    How the Day Sounds
    (Vanguard Records)

    By Joe Golfen

    Published: March 20, 2008

    After scoring a couple of songs on TV shows like Smallville and One Tree Hill (and briefly frolicking with Mandy Moore), one would think Greg Laswell might be a pretty cheerful...

42. Listen Up

    Guilty Simpson

    Ode to the Ghetto
    (Stones Throw)

    By Dominic Umile

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Ode to the Ghetto is Guilty Simpson's debut LP, but independent hip-hop heads will be familiar with the cocksure delivery from this Detroit-raised affiliate of the late J...

43. Listen Up

    Times New Viking

    Rip It Off
    (Matador)

    By Michael Gallucci

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Times New Viking takes a cue from fellow Ohioans Guided by Voices, recording its fuzzy indie rock under a thick gauze of guitar noise. There's little to no production on the...

44. Locals Only

    Sectas

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: March 20, 2008

    There are some sort of natural bridges among prog rock, thrash and heavy metal, and grunge, and Phoenix trio Sectas attempts to cross them. The band's latest album, Voices of...

45. Live Wire

    Asylum Street Spankers

    By Saby Reyes-Kulkarni

    Published: March 20, 2008

    While musicians who play "old time" music tend to be reverent toward bygone traditions, reverence is just about the last thing the Asylum Street Spankers have on their minds....

46. Live Wire

    Punk Bunny

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Punk Bunny peddles smutty, slutty, über-cheesy ear candy that sticks to orifices like a pink feather boa on a fresh fly strip. But the Hollywood trio's throbbing love...

47. Needle Exchange

    The DJ's Guide to the Galaxy

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Your social schedule for this weekend is looking quite barren, and the probability of you scoring with that hottie from that costume party is running about 2:1 against. But...

48. Turntable

    Seven nights of DJs and dancing

    Published: March 20, 2008

    THURSDAY 20 Axis/Radius: Ladies Night (Top 40, rock, dance) Blooze Bar: DJ El Dedo (rockabilly) Bunkhouse: DJ Doom (dance) Casey Jones: Da Gutter...

49. Cafe

    Crust to crave and palatable pizza at Humble Pie

    By Michele Laudig

    Published: March 20, 2008

    What makes a great pizza? I swear I'm not trying to start World War III by raising the question. Sure, the subject of pizza invites conversation nationwide, but here in the...

50. Film

    Taxi to the Dark Side: a look at how and why we torture

    By Nick Pinkerton

    Published: March 20, 2008

    At the crosswalk the other day, I noticed something peeking out from the usual pasting of fliers on the light pole in front of me. It looked like an address label. In a...

51. Film

    Drillbit Taylor needed Ferrell, Sandler, even Lawrence — not Wilson

    By Luke Y. Thompson

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Rare is the star vehicle that is as poorly matched to its star as Drillbit Taylor, which casts Owen Wilson as a homeless Army deserter and con man, able to fool people into...

52. Surreal Estate

    Tracing the roots of the Yum Yum Tree

    By Robrt L. Pela

    Published: March 20, 2008

    I learned to ride a bicycle when I was 34 years old. I don't recall now why I refused to learn as a child, although my father remembers that I thought bike-riding was...

53. Art

    "Masterpiece Replayed: Monet, Matisse and More" anything but a blockbuster

    By Kathleen Vanesian

    Published: March 20, 2008

    "Eleven French Artists. One Revolutionary Event," screams the headline for Phoenix Art Museum's self-proclaimed blockbuster, "Masterpiece Replayed: Monet, Matisse & More."...

54. Art Scene

    Current art shows, exhibitions and installations

    By Lilia Menconi

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Walter Martin and Paloma Muñoz at Bentley Gallery: Think of snow globes and you're reminded of second-rate antique stores, Grandma's creepy attic, and tourist gift...

55. Game On

    In Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the combat turns cuddly

    By Chris Ward

    Published: March 20, 2008

    Sometimes it's the terrible ideas — say, a TV show about nothing, or stirring corn into your mashed potatoes — that turn out to be genius. Super Smash Bros. landed...