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...Koala) and Jester (nice guy Koala). The Kid is touring for his recently released sophomore album on Ninja Tune, so expect more inimitable record play and stage humor. Also featuring vocalist Lederhosen Lucil and projected animations by Monkmus, who was responsible for Koala’s “Basin Street Blues” video. The Middle East...
...drunken, lazy scratching and melted jazz residue of “Basin Street Blues” (a surprisingly well-done cover of Spencer Williams’ 1928 standard) makes for a solid, foundational opener. Meanwhile, “Skanky Panky” wins us over with its oompa-loompa beats, droning trumpet sampling and all-around technical genius. Few others could make the complex endeavor of sampling from completely different musical worlds sound so very simple...
...virus's primary hot zone has also changed. Last year the most dangerous part of the country was the lower Mississippi River basin, including Mississippi and Louisiana. This year the action has shifted to Colorado, which had only 14 cases and no deaths in all of 2002 but already has nearly 250 cases and six deaths so far this year. Part of that shift is due to the nature of mosquito populations, which tend to go through boom-and-bust cycles. Colorado's happens to be booming this summer...
Like their geological counterparts, the fault lines of history seem to converge on the countries of the Mediterranean basin. It was in the Spanish city of Granada that King Boabdil, the last Moorish monarch of Muslim al-Andalus, made his final stand against the Christian forces of the reconquista before fleeing to North Africa. Here, too, are buried Ferdinand of Aragon and his queen, Isabella of Castile, who ousted Boabdil in 1492 and later reneged on a promise to allow religious tolerance in their newly conquered kingdom. These days Ferdinand and Isabella must be spinning in their shared mausoleum...
...Brockovich firm has not provided any evidence of a valid epidemiological study - which it does not have the expertise to conduct - to support its charges that rates of cancer and other illnesses are higher among Beverly Hills High school graduates than among other residents of the Los Angeles basin. Epidemiologists say a valid study would identify each graduate's ethnicity, diet, smoking habits, employment, family history, place of birth and changes in residency of each graduate, any or all of which might be factors contributing to illness. That's far more comprehensive than the Brockovich firm's approach. They also...