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MUSIC REVI
Reviewed By: The Gooseman
Artist/Group: Duran Duran
Album Title: Pop Trash
Label: Hollywood
Release Date: June 13, 2000
Genre: Rock/Pop
Overall Rating *****
Simon Leßon and the boys have
done it again. Pop Trash is a stu
pendous album that returns to the
sounds that made 1993's The
Wedding Album such a success.
With tracks like "Starting To
Remember," "Pop Trash Movie"
and "Mars Meets Venus," it's easy
to see how this new album sounds
so much like early 1990's Duran
Duran tracks ("Ordinary World,"
"Come Undone") and less like late
1990's tracks ("Electric
Barbarella," "Big Bang
Generation"). The new song,
"Someone Else Not Me" is one of
the best slow ballads I've ever
heard.
For Fans of: Duran Duran's
The Wedding Album
Ratings Key
Horrible *
I've Heal Worse **
Borrow or MA Don't buy It $*
I Would Progibly Buy It ****
Stupendous ***
Reviewed By: JDUB
Artist/Group: Ludacris
Album Title: Back For The First
Time
Label: Def Jam South
Genre: Rap
Overall Rating ***
This CD is not worth buying. No
disrespect, but the rhymes are
weak and the beats are lame.
Whoever produced this could have
done much better. Now I'm no
hater, so this album does have
three good songs. They are What's
Your Fantasy, Remix and Phat
Rabbit.
For Fans Of: Trick Daddy,
Trina
Reviewed By: Tyler Durden
Artist/Group: The Dillinger
Escape Plan
Album Title: Calculating Infinity
Label: Relapse
Release Date: October 19, 2000
Genre: Blender Metal
Overall Rating ***
When I first heard these guys, I
was, like, "what the fu**!" Then I
listened to the CD again and I was
like, "WHAT THE F**!?" If you
throw Primus Slayer, Meshuggah
and Helmet into a blender and
blend to a fine paste, you would
get something like "The Plan."
Weird time changes, off-beat
melodies and howling vocals dom
inate the sound scope. It's definite
ly one of those CDs that take some
time to grow on you. If you're
looking for something new that
pushes the boundaries of loud rock
though, give it a listen. I'll proba
bly love it by next week!
For Fans of: Messugah,
Primus, System of a Down
Reviewed By: Dirty -
Artist/Group: Six Feet Under
Album Title: Graveyard Classics
Label: Metal Blade
Release Date: Apocalypse
Genre: Death Metal
Overall Rating *****
As the title says, these are
"Graveyard Classics." This album
covers tracks from Venom,
Angelwitch, Jimi Hendrix, Black
Sabbath, Dead Kennedys and Paul
Revere and the Raiders. Six Feet
Under is the darkest of dark, the
deathest of death. As a matter of
fact, I think the singer (if you
wanna call it singing) is Satan him
self. I recommend picking this
album up and sharing it with your
girlfriend's parents. I'll give this
album a "stupendous" rating for
the simple fact that I've never
heard any band butcher and maim
classic rock and roll like these guys
do - it's wonderful.
For Fans of: Morbid Angel,
Lock Up
REVIEWS
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film reviews
"Remember the Titans"
By Steven E. Moses
Capital limes Staff Writer
Remember the Titans is by far
one of the most inspirational movies
of the year. If there's one movie to
see this fall, this is it.
The film is set in the early 19705,
when high school football was life to
the residents of Alexandria, Virginia.
At that time, public officials were
forced to integrate schools and they
hired a black man, Herman Boone
(Denzel Washington), to be the
coach of the local team. Bill Yoast
(Will Patton), the more popular
former, coach, had to learn to co
exist with Boone. Together, they
shaped teenage boys into a team and
taught them valuable lessons.
Coaches Boone and Yoast healed a
town torn by ignorance and preju
dice through respect, determination
and friendship.
Based on a true story, Remember
the Titans is about driving young
men toward discovery and bonding.
It was written by Gregory Howard
Allan and_ directed by Boaz Yakin
(his debut).
The most notable scene in the
movie occurs during a long training
run that ends at the Gettysburg
Battlefield. Coach Boone says,
"Fifty thousand men died on the
same field fighting the same battle
we are still fighting today. If we too
don't come together, we will be
destroyed." Coach Boone emits intensity
with fairness toward the players, the
coaches and the community.
Remember the Titans is not your
typical Jerry Bruckheimer produc
tion. His most popular productions
include The. Rock, Enemy of the
State, Gone in Sixty Seconds and
Armageddon, where there are explosions,
car chases and hostage situations.
In Remember the Titans,
Bruckheimer shows that a movie
can be good without being an edge
of-your-seat thriller. They can be
about exhilarating emotions of the
human spirit. Remember the Titans
achieves this goal with its cast, emo
tions and inspirations. In the long
run, this film is, indeed, a winner.