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Romeo still isn't dead; movie lacks originality

By Tom McMahon · Thursday, March 6,2003 12 a.m.

From the very beginning of this movie it seemed strikingly familiar. Perhaps it was the fact that it had most of the same cast as "Romeo Must Die." Or maybe it was the because like "Romeo," "Cradle 2 the Grave" has a plot that seems straightforward but then tries to throw a curve ball that fails to surprise viewers.

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New generation needs a flashlight

By Jessica Halverson and Jessica Halversin · Thursday, March 6,2003 12 a.m.

Canada's Flashlight Brown is here to prove nothing new. The band's album My Degeneration is the same old pop punk glory of power chords and simple harmonies. For what it is, the album is solid and Flashlight Brown doesn't reek with the insincerity.

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American Hi-Fi loses artistically

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, March 6,2003 12 a.m.

The vocals on American Hi-Fi's The Art of Losing are so mechanized and tricked up that while they are credited to lead singer Stacy Jones, you could tell me that they were sung by Vulcans, squealing robots or an army of Kelly Osbourne clones and I would believe you.

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Axis Weekend featured the student body

By Matt McNabb · Wednesday, March 5,2003 4:34 p.m.

It's nearly midnight on a Friday and Axis nightclub is conspicuously devoid of patrons. The driving beats of hip hop explode from the speakers, but the dance floor is vacant. At first, the 50 or so patrons who are scattered about the bar's tables seem bored, but as Nelly's harsh rapping begins it becomes apparent that the group is collectively sharing a different emotion entirely -- anticipation.

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They're furry and oh so super

By Elizabeth R. Ross · Wednesday, March 5,2003 1:44 p.m.

Beware: I'm an obsessed music geek on a mission. I bought the Super Furry Animals' most recent album, Rings Around The World, based solely on its sticker that boasted Mojo had selected it as best album of 2002. Though that was enough to sell me the album, I had no idea that hearing it would spark a frantic hunt for all the band's previous releases. Because their label had folded, I could only find the band's other albums online as imports for inflated prices. I ordered them all at once. Their staggered delivery times left me stunned because each album was as consistently flawless as the one that arrived before it. I'm still baffled. Why isn't this band huge?

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Apocalypse when?

By Michael Tapscott · Wednesday, March 5,2003 1:43 p.m.

It was once written, in the Book of Ecclesiastes to be exact, that, "the thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun" (1:9).

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Dawson ditches 'Creek' for drugs

By -Alec Toombs · Wednesday, March 5,2003 1:42 p.m.

The Rules of Attraction" went woefully unseen in its theatrical run this past fall. Many expected a funny, randy collegiate romp, but the flick is based upon a novel by "American Psycho" author Bret Easton Ellis. The film that unfurled was a funny, randy collegiate romp, albeit a pitch black one.

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Addicting game gets creative

By -Mitch Nelson · Wednesday, March 5,2003 1:41 p.m.

For those people who just can't get enough of reality television, reality video games are the next logical step. Electronic Arts must have had that in mind when they brought the No. 1 selling PC game to the Playstation 2 in the form of "The Sims." This modern day role player allows gamers to control from one to up to a whole neighborhood of simulated characters in the hope of reaching happiness and harmony.

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Pierce Brosnan stretches beyond James Bond

By -Paul Straw · Wednesday, March 5,2003 1:39 p.m.

It's hard to ignore that Pierce Brosnan is normally James Bond even though he tries to come off drunk and pathetic in "Evelyn." Here, Brosnan plays Desmond Doyle in a true story of a father of three living in Ireland in 1953. He has no job and when his wife walks out on him, the Irish court decides he is not a suitable parent and sends his daughter and two sons to a church-run orphanage.

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Spike Lee's latest joint a powerhouse

By Jake Bilinski · Wednesday, March 5,2003 1:37 p.m.

Close to two months from when this film should have been showing at your local theater, Bloomington finally gets Spike Lee's new joint, "25th Hour." And it was worth the wait.

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New generation needs a flashlight

By Jessica Halverson and Jessica Halversin · Wednesday, March 5,2003 1:31 p.m.

Canada's Flashlight Brown is here to prove nothing new. The band's album My Degeneration is the same old pop punk glory of power chords and simple harmonies. For what it is, the album is solid and Flashlight Brown doesn't reek with the insincerity.

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Four shades of grey, but 13 crayons in box

By Mike Hicks · Wednesday, March 5,2003 1:29 p.m.

In an album that was raised from the dead much the way of Wilco's highly prized Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Minus 5's latest offering delivers a diverse set of tunes built around the songwriting of Young Fresh Fellows' front man Scott McCaughey. This time through, the indie co-op also includes REM's Peter Buck, the Posies' Ken Stringfellow and Wilco. While McCaughey assumes most of the lead vocal duties, the array of instrumentation is spread amongst the other contributing musicians.

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American Hi-Fi loses artistically

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Wednesday, March 5,2003 1:27 p.m.

The vocals on American Hi-Fi's The Art of Losing are so mechanized and tricked up that while they are credited to lead singer Stacy Jones, you could tell me that they were sung by Vulcans, squealing robots or an army of Kelly Osbourne clones and I would believe you.

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Austin albums just plain mediocre

By Jessica Halverson · Wednesday, March 5,2003 1:26 p.m.

Edwin McCain has set out to recreate the feel-good nature of a string of "Wonder Years" reruns -- except void of any wit, creativity or feeling. He's collected the husks of American themes, sucked free of any life, dumbed down and served from a stage.

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Ice Cube reissues revisit rap with a message

By Mark Lee · Wednesday, March 5,2003 1:23 p.m.

An argument can be made that Ice Cube, not Dr. Dre, is the most successful former member of N.W.A. The remastered versions of Cube's first five albums, Amerikkka's Most Wanted, Kill at Will, Death Certificate, The Predator and Lethal Injection, show Cube at his best. He has since passed from hardcore, politically motivated gangsta rap to much more catchy club hits ("We Be Clubbin'," "Friday" and "You Can Do It").

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Rich in content and sound, Ani evolves further

By K James Sward · Wednesday, March 5,2003 1:22 p.m.

Since her self-titled debut discovered its audience in the early 1990s, Ani DiFranco has been constantly redefining herself both individually and artistically. An image of non-conformity, this Buffalo, N.Y., native started her career by creating her own record label, Righteous Babe Records, as she refused to deal with the uptight and often restricting demands of major record labels that would most likely squelch any real creativity in search of profit.

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Pure musical energy emanates from debut album

By K James Sward · Wednesday, March 5,2003 1:21 p.m.

The All-American Rejects aren't helping to revolutionize a brand new genre of music. In fact, the band's basic sound, a sort of rock/pop concoction, is very similar to that of Weezer or Green Day. But the band manages to break into their own musical space, placing a youthfully optimistic spin on love and life.

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