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My friends are slow. It's a sad fact, but it's also indisputable. They're not "show up late because they can't get ready" slow. More like "the brain cells they have aren't...
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Gwen Stefani's obsession with material wealth borders on the pathological on Love, Angel, Music, Baby, the No Doubt front woman's solo debut: She has her "million-dollar...
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12/11
Joggers can be some selfish sons of bitches. No, we're serious. Pick up a copy of Runner's World and read their opinion columns, where some self-absorbed jerk will...
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Cowboys, Not Men Jerks: I can't begin to tell you how glad I was to read your article about some of the Dallas Cowboys leaving an anonymous letter trashing the sports writer...
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Being at the fore of rap's hottest trend comes with perks. Those perks can be found on Crunk Juice, Lil Jon's fifth full-length, which features an A-list roster of rap...
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12/11
Tired of hearing that same damn Christmas song come out of your worn 1988 Oliver & Company McDonald's limited-time-only ornament? Does your Christmas spruce need a...
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"I've been running out of stories/I've been stealing Tom Waits songs," sings Canadian John Guliak on the title track of this thoughtful, funny and rootsy effort. With a voice...
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12/9
Let's say, for the moment, that you're the Christ child. You are accustomed to being portrayed in solemn Nativity scenes, robust with ceremony. Then one December--this...
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To those who feel American Idol represents the worst aspects of the pop-music assembly line, Kelly Clarkson is just another Mariah Carey clone. But the Burleson girl's...
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On the surface, much of Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Soft Pink Truth? is an album of electro-pop covers of punk songs from Drew Daniel--ex-punk rocker, current...
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At any town meeting, you have your concerned citizens who speak from the podium and your rowdy folk hollerin' from their seats. The same was true at Denton's "One at a Time: A...
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On his self-titled 2002 debut as Citizen Cope, Clarence Greenwood (former DJ with backpack-rap stars Basehead) made like a more granola Everclear: a hip-hop dude dabbling in...
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At this late date in the Exploited's punk rock career, you might expect to find the group in line for the dole, belching and chuckling. Could they possibly have anything to...
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There are so few genuinely talented female guitarists. A short list might include Nancy Wilson, Bonnie Raitt and, um, Lita Ford? But it would certainly include Sue Foley, the...
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Isis is for the metalheads. Isis is for the metal-haters. You know those parts in a Tool song when everything breaks down and fat layers of saturation bounce off each other...
