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Kids and yuckmeisters alike! Gather around. Here's the sounds we like to spin straight out into space. All around the week of June 10-14th, 2002, the KUSF, 90.3FM, San Francisco......

    Top 30
    1. butthole surfers, "humpty dumpty lsd" (latino buggerveil)
    2. the breeders, "title tk" (4ad)
    3. the melvins, "hostile ambient takeover" (ipecac)
    4. dj shadow, "private press" (mca)
    5. feederz, "ever feel like killing your boss" (broken rekids)
    6. people like us, "recyclopaedia britannica: selected works 1992-2002" (mess media)
    7. v/a, "do the pop: the australian garage-rock sound 1976-87" (shock)
    8. blackalicious, "blazing arrow" (mca etc./quannum)
    9. jack dangers, "variaciones espectrales" (instinct)
    10. dj cheb i sabbah, "krishna lila" (six degrees)
    11. rumah sakit, "obscured by clowns" (temporary residence ltd)
    12. high on fire, "surrounded by thieves" (relapse)
    13. dave soldier & richard lair, "thai elephant orchestra" (mulatta)
    14. antibalas, "talkatif" (ninja tune)
    15. mooney suzuki, "electric sweat" (gammon)
    16. fleshies, "the game of futbal ep" (adeline)
    17. jucifer, "i name you destroyed" (velocette)
    18. wilco, "yankee hotel foxtrot" (nonesuch)
    19. elf power, "creatures" (spinart)
    20. v/a, "cq- motion picture soundtrack" (emperor norton)
    21. the peppermints/ firefighters of christ, "split 7"" (pet set)
    22. antipop consortium, "arrhythmia" (warp)
    23. the white stripes, "white blood cells bonus tracks" (v2)
    24. kid 606, "the action packed mentallist brings you th fucking jams" (turd)
    25. buffalo daughter, "i" (emperor norton)
    26. information, "biomekano" (rune grammofone)
    27. clinic, "walking with thee" (domino)
    28. rova saxophone quartet, "freedom in fragments" (tzadik)
    29. elvis costello, "when i was cruel" (island)
    30. the fantomas melvins, "millennium monsterwork" (ipecac)
    Dance/ Electronica
    1. dj shadow, "private press" (mca)
    2. jack dangers, "variaciones espectrales" (instinct)
    3. antibalas, "talkatif" (ninja tune)
    4. kid 606, "the action packed mentallist brings you th fucking jams" (turd)
    5. information, "biomekano" (rune grammofone)
    6. suba, "tributo" (ziriguiboom/ six degrees)
    7. i am the world trade center/ phofo, "split 7"" (little shirley beans)
    8. el gato, "we're birds" (motherload)
    9. miss kitten & the hacker, "first album" (emperor norton)
    10. matmos/ j lesser, "matmos with j lesser live" (vague terrain)
    Local
    1. dj shadow, "private press" (mca)
    2. blackalicious, "blazing arrow" (mca etc./quannum)
    3. rumah sakit, "obscured by clowns" (temporary residence ltd)
    4. fleshies, "the game of futbal ep" (adeline)
    5. kid 606, "the action packed mentallist brings you th fucking jams" (turd)
    6. rova saxophone quartet, "freedom in fragments" (tzadik)
    7. v/a, "ten years of noise pop" (amazing grease)
    8. total shutdown, "broadcast performances " (life is abuse)
    9. angry amputees, "s/t" (rawkmom )
    10. crosstops, "truck & disorderly" (s/r)
    World
    1. dj cheb i sabbah, "krishna lila" (six degrees)
    2. dave soldier & richard lair, "thai elephant orchestra" (mulatta)
    3. v/a, "rock on: greatest hits from the observer label" (heart beat)
    4. george abdo and his flames of araby orchestra, "belly dance" (smithsonian folkways)
    5. dennis brown, "in dub" (heartbeat)
    6. the toids, "ruupert dances in fins" (odd shaped case)
    7. montango, "s/t" (s/r)
    8. andrew macnamera, "no compromise" (mm)
    9. ustad mohammad omar, "virtuoso from afghanistan" (smithsonian folkways)
    Experimental
    1. people like us, "recyclopaedia britannica: selected works 1992-2002" (mess media)
    2. the nels cline singers, "instrumentals" (crypto gramophone)
    3. fred weinberg, "the weinberg method of non-synthetic rock" (qdk)
    4. pablo st. chaos, "when you forget me against the breaking earth" (midwest )
    5. stephen r. smith, "lineaments" (emperor jones)
    6. john zorn's cobra & xu feng, "s.f. live " (promo)
    7. sun city girls, "high asia/ lo-pacific" (carnival folklore resurrection)
    8. cray, "undo" (bip-hop)
    9. sightings, "sightings" (load)
    10. v/a, "paradoxes of enlightenment" (bananafish 16)
    Loud
    1. high on fire, "surrounded by thieves" (relapse)
    2. jucifer, "i name you destroyed" (velocette)
    3. the fantomas melvins, "millennium monsterwork" (ipecac)
    4. pentagram, "first daze here" (relapse)
    5. the fucking champs, "v" (drag city)
    6. united satanic apache front, "addressing the corporate fascist state, selected performance recordings 1996-2002" (reptilian)
    7. alabama thunderpussy, "staring at the divine" (relapse)
    8. homo eradicus, "misadnthropology" (rock & roleplay)
    9. speedealer, "second sight" (palm)
    Hip-Hop
    1. blackalicious, "blazing arrow" (mca etc./quannum)
    2. antipop consortium, "arrhythmia" (warp)
    3. v/a, "africa raps" (trikont)
    4. el-p, "fantastic damage" (definitive jux)
    5. various turntablists, "global turntablists" (hip hop slam dj series)
    6. new flesh, "understanding" (big dada)
    7. the herbaliser, "something wicked this way comes" (ninja tune)
    8. crack emcee, "rap's creation (planet rock)" (s/r)
    9. earl zinger's, "put your phazers on stun throw your health food skyward" (!k7)
    10. live human , "live" (c.o.d.)
    Jazz
    1. rova saxophone quartet, "freedom in fragments" (tzadik)
    2. elliott sharp's terraplane, "music for yellowman" (zoar)
    3. wayne shorter, "footprints live!" (verve)
    4. mega- mousse, "musical monogram" (tzme)
    5. dirty dozen brass band, "medicated magic" (ropeadope)
    6. michael cooke, "statements" (black hat)
    7. precious bryant, "fool me good" (terminus)
    8. seth misterka presents, "dynasty" (newsonic)
    9. chris bowden, "slightly askew" (ninja tune)
    10. asie payton, "just do me right" (fat possum)