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41. Shrapnel

    Occult of Personality

    Swede and lowdown

    By Michael Alan Goldberg

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Straight outta Sweden comes Witchcraft, which — despite its black-metal name — rocks it fairly old school and classic. The sound these four Scandinavian longhairs...

42. Film Feature

    The Force Is Strong With This One

    The man who gave us Young Darth returns with a Young Indy boxed set

    By Robert Wilonsky

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Rick McCallum had nothing to do with the original Star Wars. He was just 23 years old when it was released in 1977 and chasing his first job in the film industry. So, please,...

43. ˇAsk a Mexican!™

    Sugar Skulls and Frog Tails

    By Gustavo Arellano

    Published: November 1, 2007

    How do I go to the Mexican grocery store and bakery to buy supplies for our Día de los Muertos party without looking like I'm doing the kitschy-goofy thing I'm doing? I...

44. Niki's Pick

    "Weird Al" Yankovic

    Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (Volcano)

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: November 1, 2007

    This first edition of Weird Al's greatest hits came out in 1988, but the parodies are such familiar songs of their times that people of any age can appreciate them. Of course,...

45. Listen Up

    Various Artists

    The Heavy Metal Box
    (Rhino)

    By Aaron Burgess

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Any time you try to encapsulate a nearly 40-year-old genre in a four-CD boxed set, you're going to end up with some holes. With The Heavy Metal Box, Rhino has done a fair job...

46. Listen Up

    Siouxsie

    Mantaray
    (Decca)

    By Ernest Barteldes

    Published: November 1, 2007

    On her first solo release, the former Banshee shows us that the influential punk songwriter of the '70s and '80s has moved on and evolved musically without losing her edge....

47. Listen Up

    Soulja Boy

    Souljaboytellem.com
    (ColliPark/Interscope)

    By Ben Westhoff

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Soulja Boy's entry in the minstrel rap sweepstakes is called Souljaboytellem.com, and it has been virally marketed in a savvy way. Nonetheless, it's about as stripped-down as a...

48. Listen Up

    Paul Oakenfold

    Greatest Hits & Remixes
    (Ultra Records)

    By Sloane Burwell

    Published: November 1, 2007

    If your musical career began in underground clubs, it's safe to say you've jumped the shark when you release a compilation of your own remixes. Oakenfold's been filling large...

49. Locals Only

    The Green Lady Killers

    By Serene Dominic

    Published: November 1, 2007

    It's either fortuitous psychic planning or just plain dumb luck that The Green Lady Killers released an EP that opens with a song called "Psycho Ellen" in the same week Ellen...

50. Live Wire

    Diana Ross

    By Niki D'Andrea

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Madonna may be the modern mistress of self-reinvention, but Diana Ross did it first. The Detroit-born singer started with a bouffant in the early '60s as one-third of The...

51. Live Wire

    Heavy Trash

    By Chris Parker

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Regardless of where you plop Jon Spencer — Pussy Galore, the Blues Explosion, Boss Hog, or Heavy Trash, his current partnership with Matt Verta-Ray — there is always...

52. Needle Exchange

    nextDOOR

    RoRo rows your boat

    By Benjamin Leatherman

    Published: November 1, 2007

    The Evans-Churchill Neighborhood in downtown Phoenix just gets cooler by the week. The hepcat 'hood (located along Roosevelt Street between Central Avenue and Seventh Street)...

53. Turntable

    Seven Nights of DJs and Dancing

    Who's spinning what, where and when

    Published: November 1, 2007

    Thursday 1 Big Fish Pub: Chronik Frequency Thursdays with the Hazardous Crew feat. DJ Ladykilla, DJ Papi Cholo, DJ Spawn, Kyle Wise, AWOL, & Dmok (techno, breaks, electro,...