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    • Lightning Head – Studio Don

      by a parallel mechanic

      Na-na-na-na-na-nice…like beans & rice…
      Put out by the German label Best Seven, who blessed us with the “Dub Infusions” and “More Dub Infusions” compilations, “Studio Don” is an excellent debut LP from former Rockers Hi-Fi producer Glyn (bigga) Bush. Though it took my southern-Californian arse a few months to even realize that this record was on …

    • Xperience: Drum & Bass

      by David Gluzman

      I was really excited to sit down and listen to this album, over and over again. This album compiled by Dj Clever is the definition of great Drum and Bass. Hard hitting bass lines, wavering vocals, and mix that together with some sick mixing skills and you have something that’s sure to please.
      The “Xperience” line …

    • Xperience – Club Mix

      by David Gluzman

      Good freakin’ house beats mixed in with some bleepy techno samples. Welcome to what the current house scene sounds like.
      The “Xperience” line is a new venture from Moonshine Music. The new line which includes – Club Mix, Chillout Mix, Happy Hardcore, Trance and Drum and Bass – are very affordable new cds that bring together …

    • It’s not about Oil Stupid

      by MaxPower

      IF the US is going to war over the economics of oil, then they should hire some new economists. It just doesn’t make sense. The expense of shipping over 150,000 troops to the Middle East for a couple years, plus all of the jet fuel expenditures, bombs used etc, will cost upwards of a trillion dollars over 2 years..

    • This is One Whacky Gameshow

      by Crom

      ..everything has become a state of apprehension again. People walk around their daily lives, afraid. Afraid not only of a threat of terrorists and dictators, but of their own government..

    • TV Crap

      by David Gluzman

      ..that compilation CD of the best smooth rock of the 80’s looks really tempting, yet what the hell is going on with their pricing!? A Canadian company, on Canadian television, yet has the audacity to sell in AMERICAN dollars?!

    • Tax Me Not to Fly

      by MaxPower

      The Nav-Ins-Fuel fee bugs me a bit more, why do I have to pay a navigation fee to Nav Canada to provide navigation to the plane? Don’t my federal income taxes or the plane fare cover that? And Insurance? I understand the ramifications of Sept 11th on insurance companies but shouldn’t that be incorporated into re-insurance schemes rather than user pay? And Fuel..

    • Political Accoutrement

      by Crom

      we have the leader of the free world, embarrassing us once again. The whole socio/political world loves to include itself into the pop world. In obvious attempts to crack open the minds of the people and slip in under their radar as yet another of the Hollywood / Madison Avenue produced gems we all fall to our knees and worship with regular frequency..

    • The wandering thoughts of a nursery-hand

      by TDJ

      What I mean is that people who don’t take personal responsibility of their own situation, their own actions, will never be happy with their station in life. This is because it’s never their fault..

    • Music / Video Promos #2

      by Ninja Tune

      Ninja Tune are breaking new ground in 2003. Videos from the latest releases and free MP3 downloads from new and established Ninja artists are available for R4NT readers. Four video streams, eight audio streams and free MP3s including Mr Scruff, Amon Tobin, Jaga Jazzist, Hexstatic, Pest, Hint, Super Numeri, Skalpel. And most of them aren’t event out – yet!

    • Funki Porcini – Fast Asleep

      by David Gluzman

      Abstract lounge down tempo from one of the greats. Now in his 4th release we get an extra special treat of an included full length DVD with just as amazing visuals to compliment Mr. Porcini’s incredibly deep music.
      “An excellent listening album. This kind of album, which features sublime changes an moods, is extremely …

    • Xbox Live

      by David Gluzman

      $80 for headset/mic combo combined with 2 game demos and an online subscription model that doesn’t even tell me how much it will cost when the free year of xbox live is over. Ahh.. Good ol’ Microsoft.
      Crack the package open with a soldering iron then proceed to revert back to your days of building Lego …

    • Bloodshot SkEyes

      by Crom

      Your equilibrium is shot, muscle control is gone and you can barely remember why you did this to yourself in the first place. That’s right campers, you got the hangover..

    • Predictions 2003

      by David Gluzman

      Here are some predictions that I’m making up purely on a spur of the moment whim..

    • What’s Up With This Weather?

      by MaxPower

      Basically its all blamed on humans because we can’t predict weather 24 hours in advance let alone weeks or years. All we have is historical data. And if you live in the ‘New World’ maybe you have 150 years of historical weather data, if your lucky. More often than not, people are basing what is ‘normal’ on 0.00000003% of the Earth’s history..

    • The United States of America can kiss my ass

      by Crom

      the American people elected a fucking cowboy to office. They put their fate into the hands of a man I wouldn’t trust with an elastic gun. A man who had the temerity to state he didn’t discount the possibility of using nuclear weapons against countries that have weapons of mass destruction..

    • The Osbournes

      by The Macleod

      Hearing people tell each other to fuck off may have been pretty risqué when I was six, but I can just wait until Christmas dinner with my family to hear it now..

    • Christmas Recipies

      by Beauty

      This year I got smart and raided my mom’s cook books for my favorite recipes. If any of you get the urge to create something this month, these are sure to please.

    • U. S. S. R you stupid?

      by Crom

      If I was a farmer and you showed up and said “Hey McDonald, why don’t you fork over your potato crop to the G man so we can redistribute it to the masses, and we’ll give you this nifty blanket and tin of coffee” Jesus. You better hope I don’t have a shotgun handy, or a shovel. I’d drop an anvil on your head.

    • CNN Under Fire

      by The Macleod

      Crossfire implies that Americans must make a choice between the two political parties. Unfortunately with these parties it seems like a clear-cut case of pick your poison..

    • Us and Them

      by MaxPower

      North Korea recently said they are making nukes to try and take over the world, yet US spokespeople have reiterated time and time again that they are willing to talk to North Korea and establish a better dialogue. But some Chretien Yes-Woman called Bush a moron – end of the world.

    • Crom feat. Whoever is popular this week?

      by Crom

      That’s what we have to look forward to, an entire world of mixed together techno-country-rock ballads whose purpose is to define the youth of today as being something different from their parents..

    • Car Alarms

      by Silenced Scream

      Car alarms are more woefully annoying than having a root canal done while being forced to listen to Britney Spears..

    • Amon Tobin – Out From Out Where

      by David Gluzman

      Excite your senses..
      From an original Jazzy sound back with Bricolage (June 1997) Monsieur Tobin has managed to move farther (Permutation 1998) and farther (Supermodified 2000) away towards his own unique sound. His latest release is certainly no disappointment, yet shows that Amon Tobin is still growing as a musician.
      Back From Space is an amazing album …

    • V.U. – Seven Grain

      by a parallel mechanic

      Crispy, funky organic beats and treats from the Bay Area..
      As smooth as it sounds, even if it is your favorite genre, you cannot listen to studio-only produced downtempo and hip hop all the time. That is why the music from the eight piece ensemble V.U. (which stands for ‘Variable Unit’) is a breath of fresh …

    • Can You Do Something?

      by MaxPower

      MP’s get thousands of letters a year and most MPs can’t even show up to all parliamentary sittings let alone read my letter on a certain issue. Sure they have lackeys and university political science volunteers to sift through their mail, but they probably don’t care about any one letter more than the thousands of pieces of junk mail the average person gets in a year…

    • Audio R4NT

      by Crom

      We live vicariously through all these sad documentaries, while clutching hopelessly to our sense of security like a childs safety blanket. I think we’ve grown so detached from our neighbors and co-workers that we glue ourselves to the tube and witness these things in some attempt to understand them..

    • A View of Armageddon

      by MaxPower

      The force of the explosion may make a crater up to a mile wide and to a depth of one hundred feet. Millions of tons of pulverized earth, stones, buildings and other materials are drawn up into the fireball and become radioactive. Some of the heavier particles spill out around the point of explosion. The rest are sucked up into the mushroom cloud.

    • Danger T-Mobile Sidekick

      by Anil Dash

      A super geek who’s looking for a replacement for a cell phone that I hate because of its shitty UI. And everyone I know’s been hyping these things for what seems like years, to the point where I stopped reading about it because I knew I’d get sick of your toy before it was even released..

    • Grocery Shopping: A treatise on tactical espionage

      by Crom

      A place where only those with the strongest wit and fastest reflexes will survive; so to make the grocery shopping experiences of the future easier I’ve compiled several techniques for coming out on top of the food race..

    • Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head

      by Terence Leung

      With the alternative-tortured soul-rock music market in the UK well covered by Mercury Cold Prize pets Travis, Beth Orton, Starsailor, Elbow, David Gray, Turin Brakes and company; certain conventions can be placed on what Jack Black’s character Barry from High Fidelity called “Old Sad Bastard Music.”
      There are rules that are very stringent and deviants will …

    • Thievery Corporation – The Richest Man in Babylon

      by a parallel mechanic

      Thievery’s tempo has slowed down and for the most part steered away from the bossa nova&house vibe which were the more prevalent themes on their 2000 “Mirror Conspiracy” release. Not that the bossa nova stylings weren’t appealing and fresh at the time, but this whole “nu jazz” movement has been played out a bit too …

    • Switchblade Comb

      by Crom

      If you can’t hack it to the point where you let your kid die, or beat him, or abuse him in any fashion, then you’re out of the game. It’s obvious that you’re a fuck up and don’t deserve the trust of the majority in taking care of another human being..

    • Why I will never buy Maxtor ever again

      by David Gluzman

      This really boils my blood, not only has Maxtor not lived upto it’s service, warranty or customer satisfaction, but now I would have to spend MORE money (about 20 bucks) in returning a drive..

    • Let’s Slap a Tax on that Puppy

      by MaxPower

      If I am going to go out and buy a sports car for 150K, do you think I care if it has a 5000-dollar gas-guzzler tax? Uh no. Just as like I don’t care about the gas mileage, who cares if it gets 1 mile to the gallon. I’m cool..

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