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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...already-extant originality of their sound. Even worse, you won't find a catchy single like "Down" or "All Mixed Up" anywhere. That's unfortunate, because songs in that vein were easily the band's strongest material. The closest approximations to radio-friendly material are "Flowing" and "Strong All Along," which have stronger melodies and choruses than the rest of the album. Meanwhile, "Come Original," the first single, is too repetitive to be enjoyable. Still, at least you know what you're getting: if you're into 311 now, you'll probably like their new effort...

Author: By Alan Yang, | Title: Album review - 311 | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

...this yearly festival of short cartoon pieces--which helped make Beavis and Butthead and South Park, among others, famous--is not to be confused with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. Craig "Spike" Decker, co-creator and producer of "Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation" along with the late Mike Gribble, said he was aiming for an audience of "drug-addicts, students, partiers, ravers, punk rockers, hippies, and Siamese twins - two for the price of one." No, this is not an understatement. Just to give you a taste of the 21 cartoon compilation, the show begins with...

Author: By Dunia Dickey and Jennifer Paniza, S | Title: Cinemanic: More Sick, More Twisted | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

...than in the actual music, though this could be a comment on the quality of the music rather than that of the cartoons. In 1977 Spike and Mike premiered their first-ever animation festival, and since 1990 they have been running the Sick and Twisted Festival in the fall, along with the Classic Animation Festival in the spring. When asked to describe the difference between the two festivals, Spike answered that, "the Classic [Animation] Festival is a charming vintage French wine, and the Sick and Twisted [Animation Festival] is a 40-ouncer of Old English." According to Spike the idea...

Author: By Dunia Dickey and Jennifer Paniza, S | Title: Cinemanic: More Sick, More Twisted | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

...BUZZ: It should be fun to watch this accomplished team, along with some fresh theater faces, make this shocking and zany futuristic world come to life...

Author: By Ben A. Cowan, Angela Marek, Diana R. Movius, and Cara New, S | Title: Fall Theater Preview: October | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

Students who barely remember the Gulf War can sing along with the ditty for Flintstone Kids vitamins--"Ten thousand strong...and growing"--and still go cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs...

Author: By Eugenia V. Levenson and Tova A. Serkin, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Manipulation or Consumer Education? | 10/7/1999 | See Source »

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