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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Flavored with touches of salsa and samba, the songs flow seamlessly into each other, from the infectious hooks of the opening "Hasta Luego Mi Hermano" to the delicate vocals of Moonbeam floating over the Latin beat of "El Regalo De Amor." True, Sunshine's spoken-word in "Holler," the odd choice for a first single, is overly pretentious--he sounds like a gospel preacher gone New Age in proclamations like "we must rise to embrace our destiny." But other than that, Bryant Street never lets up, sounding like a recording of the killer DJ set that blew your mind...

Author: By By DARYL Sng, | Title: Album Review: Bryant Street by Dubtribe Sound System | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...Flavored with touches of salsa and samba, the songs flow seamlessly into each other, from the infectious hooks of the opening "Hasta Luego Mi Hermano" to the delicate vocals of Moonbeam floating over the Latin beat of "El Regalo De Amor." True, Sunshine's spoken-word in "Holler," the odd choice for a first single, is overly pretentious--he sounds like a gospel preacher gone New Age in proclamations like "we must rise to embrace our destiny." But other than that, Bryant Street never lets up, sounding like a recording of the killer DJ set that blew your mind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dubtribe Sound System Bryant Street Jive Electo | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...odd, given the mention of the BGLTSA community at the end of the bill, that the BGLTSA leaders with whom I met felt that the drafters of the bill had not made any attempt to work with them in drafting the bill in the first place," Lewis wrote...

Author: By Harrel E. Conner jr., CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lewis Says ROTC Will Not Change In Near Future | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...Society or c. the Pit. To tell the sad truth, I rarely emerge from the Crimson-Dunster-Carpenter triangle. But one night last week, the rest of the FM crew having trotted off to Passover dinner, leaving me to fondle the greasy Crimson computer mice alone, I developed an odd urge to break...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Editor's Note: Look No Further | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

Jesus Christ was a carpenter. Bob Hampton is a handyman. Actually, he's an aspiring but discouraged artist spending a summer in Los Angeles as a Mr. Fix-It, but Christ haunts this novel because Bob develops an odd knack for transforming the lives of those he works for--the lonely, the helpless, the disconnected. Bob also sleeps with a lot of his clients, but he brings them clarity and color, a transcendent color that eventually finds its way onto his canvases. With this compelling work, one that requires some suspension of disbelief, See evokes an L.A. rarely seen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Handyman By Carolyn See | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

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