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Whether it be the flames tickling your feet, or the refreshments which rejuvenate your soul, KUSF, 90.3 fm is always on the side of your laughter here in San Francisco. Grab a long cold one as we simmer through another week of excellence, this time ending July 12th, 2002.

    Top 30
    1. deerhoof, "reveille" (5 rue christine)
    2. el-p, "fantastic damage" (definitive jux)
    3. the breeders, "title tk" (4ad)
    4. enon, "high society" (touch and go)
    5. the flaming lips, "yoshimi battles the pink robots" (warner)
    6. sonic youth, "murray street" (geffen)
    7. mum, "finally we are no one" (fat cat)
    8. opium jukebox, "never mind the bhangra a tribute to the sex pistols" (undrground, inc.)
    9. little axe, "hard grind" (fat possum)
    10. fleshies, "the game of futbal ep" (adeline)
    11. jucifer, "i name you destroyer" (velocette)
    12. the gossip, "arkansas heat" (kill rock stars)
    13. blackalicious, "blazing arrow" (mca etc./quannum)
    14. v/a, "ska all mighty" (treasure isle)
    15. guided by voices, "universal truths and cycles" (matador)
    16. hammerdown turpentine, "whom the gods would destroy..." (mj12)
    17. andre toussaint, "bahamian ballads" (naxos)
    18. pitch black, "s/t" (revelation)
    19. the fartz, "injustice: 15 working class songs" (alternative tentacles)
    20. clarinet trio two, "translucent tones" (leo records)
    21. numbers, "numbers life" (tigerbeat6)
    22. rovo, "tonic 2001" (tzadik)
    23. sharon jones and the dap kings, "dap dippin' with..." (dapton records)
    24. angry amputees, "s/t" (rawkmom)
    25. v/a, "afro-rock vol. 1" (evolver)
    26. v/a, "cq- motion picture soundtrack" (emperor norton)
    27. bratmobile, "girls get busy" (lookout!)
    28. elvis costello, "when i was cruel" (island)
    29. uncle tupelo, "89/93: an anthology" (columbia legacy)
    30. kill-a-watts, "electrorock" (rip off records)
    Local
    1. deerhoof, "reveille" (5 rue christine)
    2. fleshies, "the game of futbal ep" (adeline)
    3. blackalicious, "blazing arrow" (mca etc./quannum)
    4. hammerdown turpentine, "whom the gods would destroy..." (mj12)
    5. pitch black, "s/t" (revelation)
    6. numbers, "numbers life" (tigerbeat6)
    7. angry amputees, "s/t" (rawkmom)
    8. crosstops, "truck & disorderly" (s/r)
    9. crack emcee, "rap's creation (planet rock)" (s/r)
    10. dj shadow, "private press" (mca)
    World
    1. opium jukebox, "never mind the bhangra a tribute to the sex pistols" (undrground, inc.)
    2. v/a, "ska all mighty" (treasure isle)
    3. andre toussaint, "bahamian ballads" (naxos)
    4. v/a, "afro-rock vol. 1" (evolver)
    5. v/a, "american polka" (trikont)
    6. v/a, "rock on: greatest hits from the observer label" (heart beat)
    7. v/a, "booniay!! a compilation of west african funk" (afrodisiac)
    8. tim sparks, "at the rebbe's table" (tzadik)
    9. stella chiweshe, "talking mbira" (piranha)
    10. dj cheb i sabbah, "krishna lila" (six degrees)
    Jazz
    1. little axe, "hard grind" (fat possum)
    2. clarinet trio two, "translucent tones" (leo records)
    3. rovo, "tonic 2001" (tzadik)
    4. spaceways, inc., "version soul" (atavistic)
    5. tim berne, "the sevens" (new world)
    6. atomic, "feet music" (jazzland)
    7. michael cooke, "statements" (black hat)
    8. masada, "first live 1993" (tzadik)
    9. mega-mousse, "musical monogram" (tzme)
    10. dirty dozen brass band, "medicated magic" (ropeadope)
    Hip Hop
    1. el-p, "fantastic damage" (definitive jux)
    2. blackalicious, "blazing arrow" (mca etc./quannum)
    3. crack emcee, "rap's creation (planet rock)" (s/r)
    4. blackalicious, "blazing arrow instrumentals" (quannum/ mca)
    5. shakeyface, "puddle jumping during a monsoon" (quartermass)
    6. ttc, "ceci n'est pas un disque" (big dada)
    7. live human, "live" (c.o.d.)
    8. earl zinger's, "put your phazers on stun throw your health food skyward" (!k7)
    9. v/a, "africa raps" (trikont)
    10. v/a, "crooked soundtrack" (wordsound)
    Dance/ Electronica
    1. mum, "finally we are no one" (fat cat)
    2. dj shadow, "private press" (mca)
    3. systemwide, "pure and applied" (bsi)
    4. v/a, "constant elevation" (astralwerks)
    5. spaceheads, "low pressure" (merge)
    6. v/a, "rewind!" (ubiquity)
    7. prefuse 73, "the '92 vs '02 collection" (warp)
    8. cinematic orchestra, "everyday" (ninja tune)
    9. peace orchestra, "reset" (g-stone)
    10. lance grabmiller, "anthropology" (underground, inc.)
    Loud
    1. jucifer, "i name you destroyer" (velocette)
    2. the melvins, "hostile ambient takeover" (ipecac)
    3. high on fire, "surrounded by thieves" (relapse)
    4. alabama thunderpussy, "staring at the divine" (relapse)
    5. the fantomas melvins, "millennium monsterwork" (ipecac)
    6. the fucking champs, "v" (drag city)
    7. pentagram, "first daze here" (relapse)
    8. w.a.s.p., "dying for the world" (metal-is/ sanctuary)
    9. mastodon, "remission" (relapse)
    10. speedealer, "second sight" (palm)
    Experimental
    1. jason robinson, "tandem" (accretions)
    2. sutekh, "fell" (orthlorng musork)
    3. stephen r. smith, "lineaments" (emperor jones)
    4. leavenworth, "number 4" (red net records)
    5. rhys chatham, "a rhys chatham compendium" (table of the elements)
    6. tanakh, "villa claustrophobia" (alien8)
    7. people like us, "recyclopaedia britannica: selected works 1992-2002" (mess media)
    8. pablo st. chaos, "when you forget me against the breaking earth" (midwest)
    9. fred weinberg, "the weinberg method of non-synthetic rock" (qdk)
    10. gustav holgurtz, "s/t" (bent over cowboy records)
    Turn up the heat while the air conditioning still works.