Project Eyeball, 27 April 2001

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    11 1 projecteyeball. eyebalLasiaLcom,sg Mita (p) 105/03/2001 Friday, April 27, 2001 80 CENTS
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      543 1 NOT AFRAID TO SPEAK HER MIND When Natasha Kwan, Microsoft Singapore’s first woman MD, gets on to something, she will really make sure it happens. See Page 4 JANET’S CD WITH CENSORS Ballad titled Would You Mind has the singer fantasising about sex. See Page 25 K. 1 These are
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  • NEWS & VIEWS
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      Lock icon QUICKIE
      112 2 BOWLING shoes seem to be the latest hot fashion accessory in the US, judging by how pairs are being stolen from the alleys. Thieves are probably young men with shoe sizes between nine and 11, and the fad has prompted designers like Kenneth Cole to sell similar shoes. Pat
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      Lock icon SPH gets TV licence
      595 2  -  Media Works plans mega events to launch Channel U and TV Works BY JEANMARIE TAN jeanm@sph.com.sg DON’T be alarmed if you’re accosted by a chunky, yellow, couch potato-mascot named Spuddy while walking along the street today. Or if orange cubes and blue people pop up from
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    • Eyeball NEWS
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        118 2 RENAISSANCE CITY and censorship. An oxymoron? Not in Singapore. Judging by National Arts Council (NAC) chairman Liu Thai Ker’s speech to members of the Singapore Press Club yesterday, it’s a fine balance. Liu noted that some artists had decried censorship in light of the Renaissance
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        Lock icon ERP to avoid signal interference
        112 2 BLUETOOTH wireless technology could be upon us soon, and its signals could possibly interfere with the Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantries. This is because Bluetooth devices communicate in the 2.4 GHz frequency band, the same frequency used by the ERP system. So, the Land Transport
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        Lock icon Asia One website scores record hits
        142 2 ASIAONE’S NewAsiaWoman saw its highest number of page views 0f470,000 last month. The all-time high was in line with Asia One seeing a peak in its page views at 82.6 million last month, a record since it was launched in January last year. Asia
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        Lock icon History at Telok Ayer Green
        100 2 TELOK AYER GREEN will soon be more than a park it will be a place to learn about Singapore’s early immigrants. The park is situated between the Thian Hock Keng temple and the Nagore Durgha Shrine, both of which are historic places of worship where
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        Lock icon Addition to zoo’s monkey family
        87 2 THE Singapore Zoo is tasting success. Manis (meaning sweet in Malay), a 15-year-old female proboscis monkey, has had her third baby. The newest member of the zoo’s proboscis-monkey family is a male and the fifth to be born in the Singapore Zoo. The monkeys are
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      300 3 ABUJA UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is calling for a war chest of US$7 to 10 billion (5512.6 to 18 billion) annually to halt and then reverse the Aids pandemic, which has hit Africa hardest and become the continent’s primary killer. ATHENS A one-day strike, which drew at least
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      641 3 Kerrey says he led mission in Vietnam in which women and children were shot Reuters NEW YORK Vietnam still holds many ghosts for Americans, including a former US senator and decorated war hero who admitted to being responsible for the deaths of more than 20 unarmed
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      Lock icon One more detained under ISA
      162 3 AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian police yesterday arrested another supporter of jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim under the Internal Security Act (ISA), the 10th to be detained this month. Badaruddin Ismail, 57, is a secretariat member of the Suaram human rights group and a leading contributor to
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    • Eyeball FOCUS
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        769 4  -  Microsoft S’pore’s first woman MD preaches passion BY Leong Pik Yin pikyin@sph.com.sg DECKED in capris and a fashionable tee, Natasha Kwan at 38 looks like any other hip, young mother, except that most aren’t the newly appointed managing director the first woman, at
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    • Singapore
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        299 6 SINGAPOREANS should not become “too obsessed” with having more women in Parliament simply for the sake of increasing female participation, said the Speaker of the House yesterday. At an opening reception for the International Women’s Forum in Parliament House, Tan Soo
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        Lock icon $30-m plan to push broadband
        672 6  -  IDA says Initiative will offset higher cost BY EUGENE WEE eugenew@sph.com.sg BY THE end of the year, signing up for broadband Internet access could cost you up to $180 more than what surfers are now paying. But the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) isn’t worried that
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        369 8 LONGER-VALIDITY PASSPORTS, SCRAPPING OF CASH BONDS A WHOLE slew of measures to make it more convenient for NSmen and their families to travel overseas first suggested by Record 111 will come into effect on May 1, said the Defence Ministry (MindeD yesterday. The changes include
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        Lock icon School’s up, but where are the teachers?
        616 8  -  Qualifications placed above experience in granting employment pass BY Wong Sher Maine sher@sph.com.sg EVERYONE knows that acting can be a tough business. But it seems that even setting up an acting school can be tough. Just ask Gilbert Louis. Earlier this month, he
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    • The World
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        588 9 Crpl TTO 11 f 1 J he US has drifted further on a China says no country, including the US, has the right to play Taiwan protector Wires BEIJING China yesterday warned US President George W Bush that he was moving into dangerous territory with his pledge to protect Taiwan
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        Lock icon A ‘WINDFALL’ FOR CHINA
        228 9 Reuters WASHINGTON US government sources leaked to the media that the crew of the US Navy EP-3 surveillance plane, which landed in China, had not been able to destroy as much of the secret materials on board as originally believed, and some of it could be
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        Lock icon Estrada appeal to go home denied
        368 10 Stay at least another five days in jail, says court AFP MANILA Former Philippine President Joseph Ejercito Estrada pleaded yesterday to be allowed to go home after he spent a miserable first night in prison. But the special anti-graft court, the Sandiganbayan, ruled that
        – AFP; AP  -  368 words
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        Lock icon ‘NO SPECIAL TREATMENT’
        141 10 Wires KNOWN for his hedonistic lifestyle, Estrada has complained about the poor air circulation in his 19.3-sq-m ceil, as well as his spartan food. The 64-year-old former action movie star said the cell had an air-conditioning unit “but there is no air coming out”. “There is no
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        Lock icon Some old hands, mostly new faces
        427 10 Junichiro Koizumi lived up to his pledge of breaking party factionalism by forming a diverse Cabinet that includes five women the most ever in a Japanese Cabinet —two men in their 40s and three private-sector people. LDP’s biggest faction took only two of the
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    • Technology
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        Lock icon What a blast!
        505 11 Judging by the popularity of game titles like Counterstrike and Quake 111 Arena, first-person shooters are arguably the most popular genre of games. STEVEN NG (stevenng@sph.com.sg) blasts and blows his way through Serious Sam. THE Croatian developers behind Serious Sam have clearly given the wrong title to
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        300 11 AP DENVER A US$5-billion lion) lawsuit against computer game-makers has been filed on behalf of the families of those killed at Columbine High School on April 20,1999. The families say that these makers’ violent computer games influenced the two gunmen. The suit seeks a total
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    • Business
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        Lock icon ‘Not in for a recession’
        280 12  -  SLOWER GROWTH, SAYS ECONOMIC GURU, BUT... BY NICHOLA YONG nicyong@sph.com.sg HUBERT NEISS says that a recession in Singapore is unlikely. In fact, he feels that the whole of Asia is likely to escape the big bad R. And his opinion probably matters he was the
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        Lock icon Online bank? Let s see the building!
        571 12  -  FinatiQ’s walk-in clients surprise staff BY U FRANCIS KAN francisk@sph.com.sg ON ANY day, there are between 10 and 20 walk-in customers at this bank. For most banks that might be a sign that business is a tad slow. But, when your bank is
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      • Net BUZZ
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          Lock icon SIA walks fine line
          271 13 SIA heroine faces pay cut (April 24) SIA stewardess Farzana Abdul Razak, and her twelve colleagues, who escaped the SQOO6 crash in Taipei last October, have been informed by SIA that they will lose their allowances if they are unable to report for work by next
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          Lock icon GOING DUTCH
          95 13 HOW do you split the lunch tab with friends? 56% Roughly add what I owe and round it up. 27% Leave it to the payee to do the sums. 10%-Offer to pick up the tab for the next meal. 3% Round it down; after all, who’ll notice if
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      • Eyeball SAYS
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          Lock icon It’s time we recycle our thrift
          802 14 THE launch of a national recycling education drive in the Jurong sector last Sunday seemed a bold initiative to commemorate Earth Day. Public figures like Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, the Bukit Timah Community Development Council Mayor, even went door to door with colourful plastic bags
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      26 2 Qood morning! Showers with thunder over many areas in the late morning and early afternoon. High: 32C 1 Low: 24C Tides: 12.43AM/2.9M 2.03PM/2.6M Met Service: http://www.gov.sg/metsin
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      66 5 m The Media Works Big Tune-in starts today. Enjoy a new world entertainment that will change your nights and days. W ;<m m m V Tune in to Channel U and TV Works, Singapore’s newest free channels from Media Works. And you’re ready to enter a whole new world of
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      452 7 r There are plenty of reasons to tune in to Singapore’s 2 newest free channels. If the enticing spread and exciting entertainment on Channel U and TV Works isn’t enough, how about a chance to win $lO,OOO every week just by tuning-in. Just look out for our contest trigger on
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      102 8 high tea element every weekend Savour Asian and local favourites such as Salmon Sashimi Peking Duck, Honey Glazed Ham, Penang Prawn Mee, Kambing Soup, Mee Siam, Seafood Rolls, a la minute specialities such as Pancakes and Waffles topped with Honey or Roti Prata with steaming hot condiments. $l9 per adult
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      140 10 matol tonic MATOL was created in CANADA in 1992 and made up of 13 herbs. MATOL is used for those with the following chronic discomforts: Chronic fatigue Pain in the joints Shortness of breath when climbing stairs Lack of appetite Permit No: MHP *****2 Irregular bowel movement Irregular blood circulation
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      114 11 HELEN, SWEETHEART OF THE INTERNET put you can't leave MARTIN-KIRBy, HELEN f WHAT'LL WE £7O? FRIgMPty? H6L6W, THIS id BILL OATES! HE'S EVIL INCARNATE! you CAN'T POSSIBLy, CONSIDER WORKING i FOR THAT MAN? I WHAT VO yOU MEAN yOU HAVE TO VISIT MICROSOFT? AMP IF you VO. My RESUME’S IN
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      431 13 From 25 April 2001, SPH Media Works Ltd will be embarking on its tuning-in exercise campaign. Channel U, the Mandarin channel, will be launching on 6 May while TV Works, the English channel, will be launching on 20 May. For any public enquiry regarding this islandwide tuning-in exercise, please call
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      423 15 5 mu 11 v, mm PH H r Evolve y On Channel U, Singapore’s brand new FREE Mandarin channel. A bold step for broadcasting and a milestone in Singapore’s broadcast history. We are here to make a difference, offering a channel for ‘U’ with outstanding or ‘flt’ standards of Mandarin
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  • EyeSport
    • Sport IN SHORT
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        42 16 LONDON In his first move to start the re-building at White Hart Lane, Spurs boss Glenn Hoddle is expected to make a formal bid to the tune of £7 million (SslB million) -for Barcelona underachiever Emmanuel Petit, said Soccernet.
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        Lock icon World Cup In North?
        58 16 Reuters SEOUL Fifa president Sepp Blatter yesterday said the possibilities of having a World Cup match in North Korea “are open until the final draw”. South Korea and Japan co-host soccer’s biggest global event next year. The draw for the 32-team finals is scheduled to take
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        Lock icon Zamorano retires
        33 16 Reuters SANTIAGO Chile’s veteran striker Ivan Zamorano, 34, announced his international retirement yesterday, one day after a home defeat by Uruguay ended his chances of playing at a second World Cup.
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        75 16 Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO Former Brazil coach Mario Zagallo, who led Brazil to the 1998 World Cup final at the age of 67 and is now coaching Flamengo, yesterday said he would continue until 2013. He was angry at rumours about him leaving and retiring from
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      Lock icon Samba loses sparkle
      332 16 Brazil, without Rivaldo and Carlos, draws with Peru in World Cup qualifier WHEN Brazil plays, fans expect samba soccer football played with style, some arrogance, and with a big win as the result. These days, however, most fans would settle for just a win by their heroes,
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      Lock icon Liverani impresses on debut
      283 16 AFP PERUGIA Perugia midfielder Fabio Liverani wrote a new page in his country’s football history here yesterday when he became the first mixed-race player selected at senior level for Italy. Liverani, the Rome-born son of an Italian father and Somali mother, was included by coach Giovanni
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      Lock icon ON THE BOX THIS WEEKEND
      261 16 NBA: NBA Playoffs When: Charlotte Hornets vs Miami Heat (8 am, tomorrow), Indiana Pacers vs Philadelphia 76ers (12.30 am on Sunday). Both games live on ESPN (SCV Ch 23). Why bother: In Charlotte, Miami will attempt to come back from an 0-2 hole. If anyone
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      Lock icon Sibling rivalry to the fore at Barcelona
      318 18 FORMULA 1 THE real deal at Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix is sibling rivalry. Yes, traction control will have a part in the final plot, but the Schumachers will lead the cast in Barcelona. Ralf scored his first victory in Imola a fortnight ago,
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      Lock icon Kings eclipse Suns
      755 18 Third seed gets in groove, levels series AFP SACRAMENTO Just days after making the Phoenix Suns’ defence look like the league’s best with an atrocious display of shooting, the Sacramento Kings laid waste to that lie yesterday. The Kings’ big guys Chris Webber, Predrag Stojakovic and Vlade
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    • Sport IN SHORT
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        Lock icon Hardaway away
        58 18 AFP MIAMI Embarrassed in their first two playoff games, the Miami Heat are on the brink of elimination from the NBA post-season. Now they will have to fight for survival without point guard Tim Hardaway. Hobbled by a bruised left foot, Hardaway will miss the remainder of Miami’s
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        Lock icon Champ Injured
        59 18 AFP BALTIMORE New heavyweight world champion Hasim Rahman was involved in a traffic accident on Wednesday following a rally in his honour. He had to be treated in hospital for minor injuries. The accident occurred while Rahman was on his way from the rally to the ESPN Zone
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        55 18 FORMULA 1: Forget about How To Be A Millionaire. The real test for FI fans is Planet Racing’s trivia test. Check it out at http://www.trvia36s.com. And if you’re a rookie in the El scene, log on to http://www.planet-Fl.com to bring yourself up to speed by the time the
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      169 17 beyond everyday. g 333 Tv Work UNE im hot line lB At rv Works, we see every day as an opportunity for us to touch your life. E=se a part of Singapore's latest English-language 1 and experience a relationship that goes beyond television. We will icl yen ake u rt:Bl
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  • Unwind
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      Lock icon Good enough to eat
      925 21 First impressions count, especially when it comes to food. KARL HO (karl@sph.com.sg) trains his eye on the art of styling and photographing haute cuisine. WHEN it comes to haute cuisine, seeing is indeed believing. With foodies becoming more discerning here and international publications such as Vogue
      Edmond Ho; Fanny Seah; Pictures: Yen Meng Jiin; Clarence Chan  -  925 words
    • Food
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        Lock icon FEAST FOR THE EYES
        310 22  -  Karl Ho SO WHAT do food stylists and photographers do to make food yummy? Eyeball reveals some trade secrets. Be warned, for you may never look at that chocolate bar the same way again. ICECREAM: Real ice cream will melt under the studio lights, so dyed
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        Lock icon Dine and smoke
        303 23 After a hearty meal of meats, CLARA CHOW (darac@sph.com.sg) kicks hack with a traditional Turkish water-pipe to report on Cafe Nazar. Restaurant: Cafe Nazar Where: 150 Orchard Road, Orchard Plaza, #Ol-15/16. Tel: 887 4762 Open: 11 am to midnight daily. What it is: Authentic Turkish fare. Decor:
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      • Pick of the EATS
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          Lock icon Half-priced dimsum
          68 24 ENJOY delectable Hong Kong-style dimsum and selected dishes at half the price, at Alison Hotel’s Liu Hsiang Lou Sichuan Restaurant. The dimsum, originally for $l6, includes braised duck, prawn rolls with banana, braised pork tendon with prawn paste, boneless chicken with peppercorn and fried rice with silver fish
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          84 24 SAMPLE the sweet-sour scents and tastes of Thailand at Grand Hyatt’s mezza9. Among the dishes at the newly formed Thai section: Yum Som, a sour salad made of pomelo, green mango, guava and tamarind; and Som Tam, a noontime snack for the man-on-the-street in Thailand. Chef Supote
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          Lock icon Branch with Bilson
          71 24  -  Lim Hui Ling TONY BILSON, “Godfather of Australian Chefs”, whips up his signature flair at Olive Tree Restaurant on April 29,11.30 am to 3 pm, for $7B Bilson is here only for the World Gourmet Summit, so this is a rare chance to savour his degustation menu.
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        Lock icon SHOPPING CART
        239 24 Knorr American Potato A Leek Chowder Soup (below) QUICK to heat, using a hob or microwave. Bite-sized crunchy potatoes add a yummy, starchy aftertaste. The chowder with a medium thick consistency is part of Knorr’s Soups of the World series, which includes Cream of Herb with Mushroom, Swedish
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    • Music
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        Lock icon Janet opens up
        763 25 NYT Janet Jackson reveals her sexuality on her new CD hut it's the real life anger that rings through the best. SONIA MURRAY meets the MTV icon. HHHHHIH USICAL royalty is sitting L T J down to talk. And with Janet i l H Jackson, it’s hard
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        Lock icon THE CENSORS DO MIND
        291 25 June Wan JANET JACKSON’S seventh album, All For You, was released in the US on Monday. In Singapore, it is with the censors, pending an appeal. “There’s nothing we can do about it,” a spokesman for EMI, the star’s record label, said. The point of contention
        – June Wan  -  291 words
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        Lock icon Train goes full steam ahead
        904 26  -  Reviews: Ronald Rajan POPIROCK AMERICAN HI-FI American Hi-Fi (Island) IN THE tradition of Dave Grohl, Don Henley and Phil Collins comes another drummer-turned-frontman. Stacy Jones, the singer and guitarist of American Hi-Fi, once pounded the skins for US alternative sensations Veruca Salt and Letters To
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        Lock icon IN BAD COUNTRY
        260 26 AS HISTORY has proven, several exponents of country rock share a tragic fate they end up dead. Pat Monahan and his associates had better take heed, before they end up like a number of their illustrious but unfortunate predecessors. LYNYRDSKYNYRD In a scene mirrored in the movie
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        Lock icon Nothing really mutters
        270 27 MUTTER Rammstein (Motor) GERMAN band Rammstein took their name from the worst air-show disaster in history. Their live act incorporates S&M demonstrations. Occasionally, members set one another alight on stage with flame-throwers. Playing a menacing hybrid of metal, industrial, techno and classical music, Rammstein’s shocking antics have
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        Lock icon CLASSIC ALBUM OF THE WEEK
        254 27  -  Ronald Rajan Parallel Lines Blondie (Chrysalis) SINCE their heyday in the late *****, Blondie with sexy singer Deborah Harry have represented all that is seductive, trashy and irresistible about pop music. Until 1978’s Parallel Lines, though, the outfit was perceived mostly as a *****-based British
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        Lock icon DESERT ISLE PICKS
        105 27 Junlta Simon Media Works artiste and model Paris by Malcolm McLaren: “I like jazz. Paris is a relaxing, easy-to-listen-to album. “It reminds me of Paris and its chilly weather, which would hopefully keep me thinking coolly if I’m stranded on an island.” Fat Of The Land by
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        Lock icon DOWNLOAD OF THE WEEK
        175 27  -  June Wan Forever May Not Be Long Enough Live Time: 3 min 49 sec http:/Aisten.artistdirect.com?pd=ad&pa=fthdln&pos=4 THIS is an exclusive, sneak preview of the song written as the soundtrack of The Mummy Returns, which will be released in May. Unlike previous, populist hits like The Dolphins Cry,
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      170 22 Robert's Rot* ONUS!) Savour a complimentary glass of Robert's Rock wine to complement our South African Easter Sunday Braai (BBQ) buffet. Robert's Rock wines, a big hit in South Africa, are specially blended for easy drinking. This Sunday at African Heartbeat, gratify yourself with more African gastronomy and surprises. Highlights
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      30 22 Lim’s Good Food To Good Looks class is this weekend, 5.30-6 pm, at Far East Plaza. Admission is free, and no registration is necessary. Call 227 9509 for more details.
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