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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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."...
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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...
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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...
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