CD Review: Various Artists (Mixed by the X-ecutioners), Scratchology
(Sequence)
The X-ecutioners crew (DJs Roc Raida, Rob Swift and Total Eclipse)
successfully mix early influences in this brief turntable history lesson and
welcome addition to the Sequence Records Series (which includes entries by
Dan The Automator and Tony Touch). Even if you have some of the tracks
already (like “The [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2003
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May 29, 2003 – 7:57 pm
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May 26, 2003 – 10:28 am
Column: A to Z: Atlantic News Perspective #67 (May 26)
Forest fires, criminal cops and misrepresentative maps.
By: Iain K. MacLeod
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May 25, 2003 – 1:48 pm
Film: “I apologize to the financiers of the film, but I must assure you it was never my intention to make a pretentious film, a self-indulgent film, a useless film, an unengaging film.” - Vincent Gallo on his L’Affaire Brown Bunny (Chicago Sun-Times)
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May 23, 2003 – 10:42 am
Film: “In one of the funniest gags he conjures a monkey that emerges head first from the posterior of a thug who beat him up a couple of days earlier.” - Stephen Holden on Bruce Almighty (New York Times).
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May 20, 2003 – 11:07 am
Column: A to Z: Atlantic News Perspective #66 (May 20)
Crustaceans, convicts and the Canadian Navy.
By: Iain K. MacLeod
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May 14, 2003 – 12:41 pm
Music: I just downsized Radiohead’s Kid A and Amnesiac into one single CD (Kid Amnesiac?). While I do like both albums, I think there is a little experimental, self-indulgant filler on both that can easily be shaved. I actually think it was NME or Q that did this before, but I thought I would give [...]
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May 13, 2003 – 10:00 am
Column: A to Z: Atlantic News Perspective #65 (May 13)
Sunday shopping, bonding with billets and cussing in the House of Commons.
By: Iain K. MacLeod
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May 9, 2003 – 4:12 pm
Quote: “Eminem was fine with me having the parody on my album but said he was afraid that a Weird Al video might detract from his legacy, that it would somehow make people take him less seriously as an important hip-hop artist.” - Weird Al Yankovic (Launch)
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May 8, 2003 – 8:38 am
B-day: According to the IMDb, I share a birthday with: Enrique Iglesias, Greg Thomey, Don Rickles and Harry S. Truman.
Fred Savage turns 27 in a couple months. I bet Kevin Arnold would have had an interesting blog, what with the wacky misadventues of Paul Pfeiffer and Winnie Cooper.
Here are some celebrities that made it [...]
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May 5, 2003 – 2:29 pm
Column: A to Z: Atlantic News Perspective #64 (May 5)
Anthrax scares, West Nile preparation and our depleting dark sky.
By: Iain K. MacLeod
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May 4, 2003 – 7:55 pm
Quote: “Canadian laws and regulations intended to protect Canadian citizens and landed immigrants from government intrusion sometimes limit the depth of investigations.” - State Department report on global terrorism (Ottawa Citizen)Woo-hoo! I guess the great white north is the true home of the free now!
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May 1, 2003 – 9:58 am
Quote: “Why can’t they make little doctors or lawyers?” - the director of the Yollocalli Youth Museum on Homies (NY Times)
