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		Dimmuendo and Crescendo in Blue Essay: Mitch Myers takes us back in time with a heartfelt reprise of Paul Gonsalves' nifty-fifties Newport sax solo. Interview Darryl Scipio finds out who puts the flow in Company Flow. Reviews Darryl Scipio hip hops over Company Flow's Funcrusher Plus and Common's One Day It'll All Make Sense...

		Interview Dave Levine brushes up on London Suede. Reviews It's Tribal Delta. What? Levine says Wisdom Tooth's album Mental Floss is ZZ Top on acid in Africa. Megadeath is still alive on Cryptic Writings and all things Rocking Latin are found on Reconquista/The Latin Rock Invasion.

		Reviews Dave Levine panfries Catfish's new album. Reel Big Phish stood us up for Sushi but Levine caught up with them down at the old fishing hole.

		Helmet David Levine listens to After Taste and talks guitars with Helmet head Page Hamilton. Madeline Peyroux Our music man pinches himself when he speaks with the young vocalist and reviews her Dreamland.

		Interview: Sue Mingus UD interviews Mingus Big Band mover and shaker Sue Mingus. Reviews Dave Levine reviews Emancipation and Chris Whitley's Terra Incognito. Joel Lewis reviews Mingus Big Band: Live In Time.

		Interview: Evan Dando Kastle interviews Evan Dando back on the scene. Reviews Dave Levine's picks are Katy Clements and Action Daddy. Slomo Grossman reviews Nicholas Payton's Gumbo Nouveau. Conversations With... Conversations With... finds jazz musicians Nicholas Payton and Antonio Gambrell jammin' at the Funky Butt in New Orleans.

		B-Real of Cypress Hill David Levine sits down with B-Real and they rap on Tupak, guns, drugs and politics. Reviews David Levine reviews Ween, Tupak's double CD, and Sophie Zelmani, plus interviews the lovely Sophie.

		Interview: Primitive Radio Gods That Primitive Radio God himself Chris O'Conner and our own David Levine run down luck, funk, rock, rap and finding a stripper with a beat. Reviews David Levine time travels with three legends: Patti Smith, Elvis Costello and Los Lobos.

		Francis Dunnery “Tall Blonde Helicopter,” private Lear jets, drug dependency, Sunset Strip...all fair game as Laz Pujol and his dog Moe spend a day in the park with Francis Dunnery and his canine companion, Colin. Dog's With Diapers They've been together for 7 years and recorded 14 albums, but don't expect to see 'em on MTV...or anywhere else for that matter. Dave Hicks chats with the elusive members of Dogs With Diapers.

		Dave's Reviews David Levine reviews 6 indie CD's. You've never heard of these bands, but Uncle Dave scoured the piles of CDs in his tiny apartment to find the ones that didn't suck! Interview with Bad Religion Guitarist Brian Baker Kastle finds a higher source as she and Brian talk life, guitar and Bad Religion.

		Interview: Poe Peace On Earth or Powers Of Evil, or perhaps just a Cin-a-Bun and a solo flick on a sunny afternoon. Laz Pujol hangs with Poe, fresh off the tour bus. Road Trip: On the Road with Dave You may have followed it as it happened. You may get to it now for the first time. Music Reviewer David Levine took his band, Little Green for a spin to Austin, TX, where the SXSW folks did not roll out the red carpet. Still a van full of fun though! Music in the House Geoff Badner spins a tale of the techno beat we just love to call House Music.

		Steve & Edie in Alantic City Barry Zeger reflects as Time Goes By: My appreciation of well-executed kitsch. Dave's Reviews Up on the music. David Levine, never one to hold back an opinion, lets 'em rip on new CDs from Mike Errico, Chrissie Hynde, and on Randy Newman's Faust.

		Interview: The Ramones Kastle sat down with Joey Ramone and chatted about the Internet and what life after the Ramones will bring. Dave's Reviews Up on the music. David Levine, never one to hold back an opinion, lets em rip on three new CDs from Green Day, Johnboy Langford and Shaggy.

		State O' The Nation Derek Ferguson raps on the state of Hip Hop and other Urban treasures. Music Reviews Resident tone jockey, David Levine, did a little extra credit this month. He presents us with his take on five of the latest to hit the scene.

		Frankie Junior Peter Selgin explores the myth of the Sinatra name. Does it transfer well? Music Reviews Annie Lenox, Suzanne McDermott, and the Highwaymen. Here he is again. David Levine picking the hits for the next generation. (And saving us from the less-than-hip tracks.) Review: Tear the Roof Off (Parliament, 1974-1980) And you thought the seventies were embarrassing. Clay Shirky takes us back to double check our roots.

		Review: The Band, Across the Great Divide A 3-CD compilation of their best tunes, reviewed by David Levine. (Do we pay him for one review or three?) Demo Universe Jim Santo offers the best of demo tapes he's received from every corner of the globe. Can you say Croatian funk?

		Reviews by Dave David Levine Reviews Bone Thugs~n~Harmony, Latin Playboys, and Reaction.

		The Flurries Mike Mettler interviews this unsigned band with a pressed CD-ROM, which features their Desert Flower. Reviews by Dave David Levine Reviews Lucy's Fur Coat, Mercy Rules and Nirvana Unplugged.

		Review: Three From November...Records that is. David Levine reviews David Broza's Second Street as well as Storyville — Bluest Eyes. Kyle Shannon reviews Firewater by The Syrens.