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The Top 10 discs that get us through the night...

1. Deerhoof - "Friend Opportunity" (Kill Rock Stars)
2. El Perro Del Mar - "El Perro Del Mar" (EMI)
3. Lily Allen - "Alright, Still" (Regal/Parlophone)
4. Cat Power - "The Greatest" (Matador)
5. Kanye West - "Late Registration" (Roc-A-Fella)
6. Gorillaz - "Demon Days" (Virgin)
7. M.I.A. - "Arular" (XL)
8. Kaiser Chiefs - "Employment" (B-Unique)
9. Bright Eyes - "I'm Wide Awake It's Morning" (Saddle Creek)
10. Mos Def - "The New Danger" (Geffen)


Kickin' It Ol' Skool on Our Stereo...

1. Bob Marley and the Wailers - "Exodus" (Island)


Favorite Kicks ...
Grand Theft Auto
Adidas "Adi Color Winner" -- Fresh high-top sneaker design from the German tennis shoe maker.


Favorite Video Game on Our PlayStation...
Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas (Rockstar Games) -- The greatest GTA eva'! It's been out for over two years and we're still freakin' playing it!



Overheard...

Guy talking into cellphone on West Broadway in Soho, NYC:

"Hey man, can you hear me? Got a new cell phone -- it's a Treo, man! That's right, a Treo. Yeah, the Palm Treo 650 and it's aaaawesome ... uh ... hello, can you hear me? Hello? Hello ... Shit!"

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Supercore:
Ivan Corsa
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Reiko Oishi
OK Computer:
Typhoon
Lost in Translation:
Ken Taniguchi
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Rob Samra
D. Carter Witt
Damon Smith
Adrian Tharani
Jess Eddy
Gravy to Potatoes,
Luke to Darth Vader:
Lao Tzu


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TECH GEAR
Mobile Devices We Like:
T-Mobile Sidekick and Sidekick II
Easy to use, unbusinesslike and not too techy-looking, we like the Sidekick 'cause it's easy on the thumbs for typing and is probably the most comfortable cell phone and text-messaging device in terms of keyboard size and design.

Palm Treo 650
The treo 650 is to the Sidekick what Prada dress shoes are to Adidas sneakers. Despite that analogy, the Treo will not win points for style compared to many cell phones, though the Treo is well-designed and nice on the eyes. The Treo is a so-called Smartphone and runs an OS for its Palm PDA functionality. Part phone, part PDA and part e-mail and Internet-enabled handheld computer, the 650 comes in slightly different versions for Cingular, Verizon, and Sprint. The best part of the 650 is its keyboard and high-resolution color screen.

TEST
November 06, 2005

Liberty City Stories: Grand Theft Auto for Sony PSP

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One of the most acclaimed and controversial game titles ever created has come to the PSP. Rockstar Games has just released "Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories" for the ernormously popular Sony handheld videogame platform released earlier this year. For the PSP, Rockstar went one step better than just converting the Sony PlayStation console version of GTA. As the subtitle "Liberty City Stories" implies, this GTA is something a little different. It's a modified version of the game, both in terms of variation of content and tapping the potential of the PSP technology. The game is still set circa 1999 on the three islands of Liberty City, an urban cliche filled with warring tribes of organized crime. The action still revolves around the avenging gangster Tony Cipriani working all sides of the criminal underworld. Now that this violent and controversial mature-content title is available in a portable format, one wonders if playing such a game in in view of strangers (especialy those with children in tow) will spark hot-tempered public confrontations between GTA gamers and those who disapprove of the game. Culture war, anyone?

Essential Link

Rockstar Games Official Site: "Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories"

Posted by Thurston Ali at November 6, 2005 03:27 AM

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