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JUNE 14, 2004'1
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¢By Al Woiskyra
Wtis..t the pavemeint of'
New ork City at some poipt of
altr ^irt
who walks
it. ou R I rLouden Upf
found heroin an Now
-a mere<
years late c and Go
Jesus trapped
within its taper- *
jog pathwa 9.'m
stilted towers. Jay-Z ros from the
streets to hftth <C->-0 lfs;-o-
r" and the Strokes topsa whole
generation of kids n th of the
Long Island k esswa Ad~htrm-
duced them toth itnr
pace of the fit . SO WCIYoth
NYC is LPmr d
the only ptaces n ~SONIC 46Iise
the world :
the people who
walk its s Te *p
define itsatre ts.
For indig,< ape "."ew
York is neaw ground. 'en they
moved to tl it~ from tira in
late 2002, they where stepptog into a
hevy of histor New I c1drk '70s-
style dadl underg ud had
hecome a veni Iherage indus-
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Art is hard.
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anticipated secor
throw jahs at Presi
war in Iraq ('Psi
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Rudy Giuliani and
only end up hurtii
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track, "Me and Giuliani Down bh the hright I1
the Sch661} fi (A True Story), the 'streets outsid
overwhelming, avancing fore that hecome the o
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punk-funk.
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s o/ Thetir htlmq a vey.,"Unmade Beds"is
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ngly relevant M irray I fd itt giiing than distract-
L -bn cems appropriate
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