Tt was late one recent Saturday night and, having been single for some time, I decided that I would relieve my “tension” by renting a pornographic feature. I took to the streets of Vancouver in a rum-induced stupor looking for just the right store to meet my pornographic needs. As I traveled north up Granville Street, I looked at store after store, never able to sum- mon up enough alcohol-fueled courage to go in and request the film of my fancy. Finally accepting that I was too much of a wuss to actually purchase a dirty film, I snuck into A&B Sound to see if I could find something in the middle ground.

Arriving back at home, I withdrew my purchase from the logo-adorned A&B Sound bag, I removed it with the hesitation of a low-level thug producing the goods at a drug deal. I was being dirty. What I pro- duced was The New Pornographers—Twin Cinema. Excited and hesitant, I turned off the lights, lit some candles, locked my door, and placed the disc in my

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The New Pornographers—Twin Cinema:

Stark lack of pornography confounds arts editor

Iain W. Reeve, A&E Editor and Lonely, Lonely Man

CD player. What I heard, my friends, was incredibly disappointing.

There is absolutely nothing pornographic about this disc whatsoever. What I expected to be a sexy story, or at least an ascending and descending crescen- do of orgasmic moans, was instead merely a series of catchy, well-written pop rock songs. And while I was impressed by the new ground the band was breaking, the increased variety of mood and instrumentation, and the catchy melodies, the only thing that could even be construed as sexy was the increased presence of Neko Case. And while visually that would have been quite sexy, when I put the CD in my DVD play- er it only spun around making dissatisfied noise, unsexy noises at that. So, while I would give the CD an eight out of ten for music, I give it a two for pornographic content for an average of five, a narrow pass. I hope for a little more effort next time guys.

US Rap Group Strikes Against Bush

George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People receives widespread acclaim

Iain W. Reeve, A&E Editor and Lonely, Lonely Man

As many have seen and heard by now, rapper Kanye West expressed his frustration at the Katrina relief efforts, as well as his thoughts on US President George W. Bush, last week during a nationally televised benefit. While his statement has received much attention, a rap group from Houston, The Legendary K.O., has taken it one step fur- ther and recorded a song entitled, George Bush “Doesn’t Care About Black People,” using Kanye West’s Gold Digger instrumental.

The song received over 10,000 downloads in the first day alone, with listeners ranging in location from the US to Europe and Japan.

Legendary K.O. member Micah lives minutes away from the Astrodome, where many Katrina victims were being housed. He came up with the song concept shortly after hearing Kanye West’s remarks.

“T had really wanted to write about this in the first-person, as someone stuck in New Orleans and left by this administration to basically fend for myself, but was hav- ing trouble putting the emotions I felt into words. When I heard Kanye during the benefit, the rest, as they say, was history,” said Micah.

The song was recorded and included on a friend’s website promoting new music from various artists (www.fwmj.com). Within a day, his site was overwhelmed with the traffic, as users flocked to download the song.

To download the track or get more information about the Lengendary K.O., check out their website at www.k-otix.com.