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Perfect Memory

By Jonas Blank | June 7, 2001

Perhaps the most surprising thing about the new Radiohead album is how unsurprising it is.

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let's talk about SEX

By Faran Krentcil. | June 7, 2001

Fashionistas, fear not. Voyeurs, enjoy the view. The fourth season of Sex and the City retains its trademark style and more skin than the Spice Channel. It retains hints of sarcasm and satire.

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Rufus Wainwright Strikes a Winning Pose

By Martin Barna | June 7, 2001

Rufus Wainwright debuted in 1998 and received widespread critical praise from mainstream magazines to indie-minded fringe publications.

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The Goo Goo Dolls: What I learned about Art, Ego, Opinion & Commerce

By Martin Barna | May 31, 2001

What can you say about The Goo Goo Dolls? The band, which rivals Creed for the distinction of "worst spawn of the Grunge movement," has achieved a new musical low--an entire album of poorly remixed...

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It's gonna be Weez

By James Herriott | May 31, 2001

You've got to respect this. After being royally panned by critics and radio stations in 1996, Weezer disappears for five years.

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It's Not the Worst That Could Happen...

By Kevin Lees and Kevin Lees | May 31, 2001

Miss September, Danny DeVito and a private jet. Thank God it's only rated PG-13.

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MOULIN HUGE

By Cary Hughes | May 31, 2001

A night at the Moulin Rouge is a night well spent; Moulin Rouge is easily one of the best movies of the year.

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BOMBS AWAY

By Recess Staff | May 31, 2001

Sometimes Recess upsets its readers. In response, we make fun.

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R.E.M. Revealed

By Tim Perzyk | May 24, 2001

When all else fails, go with what you know. On their 12th studio album, R.E.M. shimmer with the same subdued intensity that won them fans 20 years ago.

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Shrek

By Greg Bloom | May 24, 2001

There's nothing like a heavy dose of self-awareness to turn the simplest, purest pleasures of pop culture into smarm.

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...A film that will live in INFAMY

By Martin Barna | May 24, 2001

Pearl Harbor wants to be an important historical drama. It also wants to be a fun summer action movie. It fails at both, coming across as a mix between Titanic and Armageddon.

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All Hail the Clown King

By Martin Barna | May 24, 2001

If nothing else, the revival of Herb Gardner's A Thousand Clowns confirms that Tom Selleck possesses an adroit sense of comedic timing that can enable a play--even a play as tired as this one--to...

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Angel Eyes

By Cary Hughes | May 24, 2001

Walking out of Angel Eyes, I thought of the advice my father gave me a long time ago about choosing movies to see in the theatre.

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The Sopranos

By Martin Barna | May 17, 2001

Recipe for a soundtrack: Take one part Three Dog Night, add a cover of a Bob Dylan or Paul Simon song done by a new, "edgy" artist, mix with a convoluted cut of rap and toss in half-a-dozen recent...

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Pulp Perros

By Martin Barna | May 17, 2001

A dog is a man's best friend. They fetch our slippers, come when called, obey our commands and sometimes, it seems, read our moods from our scent and slouch.

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Un-modest Mouse

By Greg Bloom | May 17, 2001

Permit me to break protocol for a moment.

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A Knight's Tale

By Faran Krentcil. | May 17, 2001

Instructions for viewing A Knight's Tale: 1) Remove stick from ass; 2) Sit back and smile.

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Freddy Gets the Finger

By Dan Mallory | April 30, 2001

When I was nine years old, I slammed the keyboard cover of my grandfather's Steinway onto my exposed penis.

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Calendar

By Recess Staff | April 30, 2001

Doubletake*The annual four-day documentary film festival attracts filmmakers from around the world. This year's competition features 57 films including 2001 Academy Award winner Big Mama.

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Reaching the Rock

By Robert Kelley | April 30, 2001

Smart is chic. The hottest bands today are displaying an intelligence that just a few years ago would have gotten them bound and gagged with flannel and tossed into the dumpster of the local TCBY.