Jan 1-7, 2003

Jan 1-7, 2003 / Vol. 14 / No. 41

Letters

When Local Ain’t Yokel Many thanks for the review of local bands. I hope to see more such articles in the Planet in the near future. I do buy local music and attend shows. —Tom Slaughter, Via e-mail News That’s Not Fit to Print When will African Americans be free to take a stand against…

Outtakes

8 MILE (R) This much-anticipated portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-dawg stars white-boy rapper/pop sensation Eminem as a barely disguised version of himself in younger days. Directed by Curtis Hanson (L.A. Confidential, Wonder Boys), the movie is set in Detroit's mid-'90s hip-hop scene, where aspiring rapper Jimmy "Rabbit" Smith (Eminem) lives in a trailer with his trashy mom (Kim Basinger),…

New Year’s Resolutions We’d Like to See

Admit it, it's way easier — and more fun — to tell other people what they should be doing than to take a long, hard look within and resolve to be a better person. That's why we've come up with resolutions for others this year. That's not to say we're completely without conscience. We figure…


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