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NEW YORK MINUTE *** [PG]
Daily: (4:40) - 7:15 - 9:35
Sat. & Sun.: (12:10) - 2:25
MAN ON FIRE [R]
Daily: (4:00) - 7:00 - 10:05
Frl-Sun.: (12:30)
THE LADYLKILLERS [R]
Daily: (5:05) - 7:25 - 9:55
Frl-Sun.: (12:20) - 2:40
Van Heusing [PG-13]
Daily: (4:00) - 4:30) - 7:00 - 7:30) - 9:50 - 10:15
Frl-Sun.: (12:30) - 1:00
GODSEND [PG-13]
Daily: (4:15) 7:05 - 9:40
Sat. & Sun.: (12:35)
ENVY *** [PG-13]
Daily: 4:35 - 7:35 - 10:15
Sat. & Sun.: (12:00) - 2:20
MEAN GIRLS *** [PG-13]
Daily: (4:55) 7:40 - 10:00
Sat. & Sun.: (12:05) - 2:35
LAWS OF ATTRACTION [PG-13]
Daily: 4:45 - 7:10 - 9:50
Sat. & Sun.: (12:15) - 2:30
BOBBY JONES: STROKE OF GENIUS [PG]
Daily: 4:05
Sat. & Sun.: (12:45)
KILL BILL Vol. 2 [R]
Daily: (4:10) - 7:10 - 10:10
Sat. & Sun.: (12:25)
THE PUNISHER [R]
Daily: 7:45 - 10:20
13 GOING ON 30 [PG-13]
Daily: 5:00 - 7:20 - 9:45
Sat. & Sun.: (12:10) - 2:40
-Snk "Rising Helen" on Sun, 9th at 2:30pm
Mr. Bilistic You Ain't Ready
Instantly radio-worthy,You Ain't Ready is just a notch above what you are hearing on the big urban stations. But there is a lot more to this former University of Kansas student than his sound. He forges dreams into opportunity. He's sold 11,000 albums on the Internet and by word of mouth alone. His songs are brimming with an unrefined honesty.
Though You Ain't Ready leaves plenty of room for improvement, the years that Bilstic has spent paying dues have given him incredible range. Despite this, I still found myself wishing for more than just the standard hip-hop themes — women, thugs and lyrical prowess.
He rhymes with the intensity of a man who already senses his own predestination for greatness. It's evident on songs such as the battle track "Lyrix" that Bilistic is years ahead of his peers intellectually. He just has to work on being consistent. You Ain't Ready sounds as if he's settling into a new persona. If he continues on this path, though, the next couple of years will be full of artistic expansion.
Solid on wax and ferocious on stage, Bilistic is the man to invest in if you want to get in on the ground floor of another great Kansas hip-hop movement. He's got a heart of gold. Give him long enough he may have a gold record as well.
Grade: C+
- Cornelius Minor, host of "Voice Activated,"
7 to 8 p.m., Thursdays
Modest Mouse
Good News For People
Who Love Bad News
Sellout. What in the hell does this word mean, exactly? Is it the pimping of one's art to the uncultured masses or adherence to the Man's teat? Or is it a need to reach more people by way of more exposure? After using it hundreds of times, I hated to press it to Modest Mouse — hence the conflict of definition above. Despite the move to Epic and a drummer rotation, Isaac Brock and his merry and have crafted another solid album, albeit lacking the conviction and power of previous works.
Things kick off with familiarity in the sad-sack balladry of "The World At Large," and tracks such as the spastic "Bury Me With It" and "Bukowski" will be reassuring to fans. However, on the crap end of the stick are tracks such as "Dance Hall" and the banjo-y "Satin In A Coffin." Perhaps the biggest anomaly here is the radio-ready "Float On," a song that's easy to have a love-hate relationship with. Fans both diehard and casual will want to pick this disc up to absorb the slight changes — just don't be surprised when you see Modest Mouse on ol' MTV some late night, sandwiched between whatever pop-punk platters are hot that particular week.
Grade: C+
Phil Torpey, host of "Breakfast for Beatlovers," 9 a.m. to noon, Tuesdays
Various Artists Homemade Hits, V.1
Homemade Hits, V.1 is a collection of lo-fi bedroom pop songs. Most of the songs are various forms of indie pop, including anorak pop, noise pop, twee pop, jangle pop and ambient pop. But even with all these different forms of pop represented, a lot of material disregards the pop formula, causing a lot of songs to not carry a catchy rhythm. While some tracks are fun (as a pop collection should be), the tracks seem as if they were just made for the collection and the composition falls far behind March's epic Pop American Style and Pop International Style.
Grade: D+
— Chris Knudsen, KJHK DJ,
2 to 4 a.m., Fridays
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