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Summer time and the living ain't easy. We here in san francisco just lived through a rare thunderstorm. With luck we'll all be a bit cleaner.. Well, ta to another week gone mad around kusf, a lot could be said for the week of July 21-25, 2003. We chose to play it 90.3 FM style....
    TOP 30
    1. melt banana, "cell-scape" (a-zap)
    2. radiohead, "hail to the thief" (vitamin)
    3. comets on fire, "s/t" (alternative tentacles)
    4. wire, "send" (pink flag)
    5. gossip, "movement" (kill rock stars)
    6. bottles and skulls, "born in a black light" (sickroom)
    7. madlib, "shades of blue" (blue note)
    8. glenn branca, "the ascension" (acute)
    9. don cunningham quartet, "something for everyone" (ubiquity)
    10. pink and brown, "shame fantasy ii" (load)
    11. the exploding hearts, "guitar romantic" (dirtnap)
    12. arab strap, "monday at the hug & pint" (matador)
    13. lou harrison, "drums along the pacific" (new albion)
    14. v/a, "azadi!" (fire museum/electro motive)
    15. big sandy and his fly-rite boys, "it's time!" (yep roc)
    16. yeah yeah yeahs, "fever to tell" (interscope)
    17. jfa, "we know you suck" (alternative tentacles)
    18. the mistreaters, "plaaaya hated to the fullest" (estrus)
    19. yo la tengo, "summer sun" (matador)
    20. the cliftons, "sex, drugs & alcohol" (superspeedway music)
    21. the kickass, "death metal is for pussies" (bifocal media)
    22. crooked jades, "the unfortunate rake vol. 2" (copper creek)
    23. liars, "we no longer knew who we were" (hand held heart/sound virus)
    24. ui, "answers" (southern)
    25. tipper, "surrounded" (my utopia)
    26. dengue fever, "s/t" (web of mimicry)
    27. cinematic orchestra, "man with a movie camera" (ninja tune)
    28. gits, "frenching the bully" (broken rekids)
    29. v/a, "jesus christ surferstar" (wayno/mom)
    30. deadly weapons, "backstabber" (lipstick)
    LOCAL TOP 10
    1. comets on fire, "s/t" (alternative tentacles)
    2. bottles and skulls, "born in a black light" (sickroom)
    3. pink and brown, "shame fantasy ii" (load)
    4. lou harrison, "drums along the pacific" (new albion)
    5. v/a, "azadi!" (fire museum/electro motive)
    6. the cliftons, "sex, drugs & alcohol" (superspeedway music)
    7. crooked jades, "the unfortunate rake vol. 2" (copper creek)
    8. deadly weapons, "backstabber" (lipstick)
    9. erase errata, "dancing machine: erase errata remix record" (troubleman unlimited)
    10. the cuts, "2 over ten" (birdman)
    TOP 10 LOUD
    1. melt banana, "cell-scape" (a-zap)
    2. the kickass, "death metal is for pussies" (bifocal media)
    3. tomahawk, "mit gas" (ipecac)
    4. dirty power, "s/t" (dead teenager)
    5. turbonegro, "scandinavian leather" (burning heart/ epitaph)
    6. pink anvil, "halloween party" (ipecac)
    7. the blood brothers, "burn, piano island, burn" (artist direct)
    8. khanate, "no joy b/w dead" (load)
    9. sightings, "absolutes" (load)
    10. omega cinco, "triton" (gold standard laboratories)
    TOP 10 OTHER
    1. radiohead, "hail to the thief" (vitamin)
    2. arab strap, "monday at the hug & pint" (matador)
    3. v/a, "azadi!" (fire museum/electro motive)
    4. crooked jades, "the unfortunate rake vol. 2" (copper creek)
    5. ui, "answers" (southern)
    6. v/a, "inner city sounds" (luv n' haight/ ubiquity)
    7. crack: we are rock, "silent fantasy" (tigerbeat6)
    8. pinback, "offcell" (absolutely kosher)
    9. bee and flower, "what's mine is yours" (neurot recordings)
    10. the american analog set, "promise of love" (tigerstyle)
    TOP 10 ROCK/POP
    1. comets on fire, "s/t" (alternative tentacles)
    2. wire, "send" (pink flag)
    3. gossip, "movement" (kill rock stars)
    4. bottles and skulls, "born in a black light" (sickroom)
    5. pink and brown, "shame fantasy ii" (load)
    6. the exploding hearts, "guitar romantic" (dirtnap)
    7. big sandy and his fly-rite boys, "it's time!" (yep roc)
    8. yeah yeah yeahs, "fever to tell" (interscope)
    9. jfa, "we know you suck" (alternative tentacles)
    10. the mistreaters, "plaaaya hated to the fullest" (estrus)
    TOP 10 HIP-HOP
    1. madlib, "shades of blue" (blue note)
    2. the bug, "pressure" (tigerbeat6)
    3. mr. dibbs, "the 30th song" (rhyme sayers)
    4. rjd2, "the horror" (definitive jux)
    5. busdriver & radioinactive with daedelus, "the weather" (mush)
    6. push button objects, "ghetto blaster" (chocolate industries)
    7. variable unit, "handbook for the apocalypse" (wide hive)
    8. v/a, "scratch attack vol.3" (hip hop slam)
    9. discolobos, "profiles" (s/r)
    10. hydroponic sound system, "the synthesis ep" (bomb hip-hop)
    TOP 10 EXPERIMENTAL
    1. glenn branca, "the ascension" (acute)
    2. lou harrison, "drums along the pacific" (new albion)
    3. the evolution control committee, "plagiarythm nation" (seeland)
    4. animal collective, "here comes the indian" (paw tracks)
    5. matt elliott, "the mess we made" (merge)
    6. butchy fuego, "s/t" (pickled egg)
    7. minmae, "micro cassette quatrains" (blue sanct)
    8. v/a, "all tomorrows parties 3.0" (atp recordings)
    9. mika vainio, "in the land of the blind one-eyed is king" (touch)
    10. hecker, "sun pandamonium" (mego)
    TOP 10 JAZZ/BLUES
    1. don cunningham quartet, "something for everyone" (ubiquity)
    2. joe callicot, "ain't gonna lie to you" (fat possum/ epitaph)
    3. carlos guitarlos, "straight from the heart" (nomad)
    4. garage a trois, "emphasizer" (tone-cool/ artemis)
    5. transmission trio, "tiny beast" (s/r)
    6. william parker, "scrapbook" (thirsty ear)
    7. robert belfour, "pushin my luck" (fat possum/ epitaph)
    8. albert king, "talkin' blues" (thirsty ear)
    9. howlin' wolf, "the london howlin' wolf sessions" (mca)
    10. oliver lake big band, "cloth" (passin' thru)
    TOP 10 WORLD
    1. paolo conte, "reveries" (nonesuch)
    2. v/a, "mali lolo! stars of mali" (smithsonian folkways)
    3. v/a, "babylon is ours: the usa in dub" (select cuts)
    4. v/a, "accordeons au feminin" (paris jazz corner productions)
    5. rahmatollah badiyi, "sounds of the violin and kamancheh" (amity)
    6. najite olokun prophecy, "africa before invasion" (sofa)
    7. rak smey khemera, "light from heaven" (s/r)
    8. v/a, "the rough guide to ska" (world music network)
    9. lee 'scratch' perry, "cutting razor" (poli-rhythm)
    10. prince alla & junior ross, "i can hear the children singing" (blood and free)
    TOP 10 DANCE/ELECTRONIC
    1. tipper, "surrounded" (my utopia)
    2. cinematic orchestra, "man with a movie camera" (ninja tune)
    3. erase errata, "dancing machine: erase errata remix record" (troubleman unlimited)
    4. four tet, "rounds" (domino)
    5. nobukazu takemura, "[songbook]" (bubble core)
    6. ralph myerz and the jack herren band, "a special album" (emperor norton)
    7. unagi, "s/t" (kimosciotic)
    8. teledubgnosis, "magnetic learning center" (wordsound)
    9. odd nosdam, "no more wig for ohio" (yuks)
    10. j. boogie's dubtronic science, "s/t" (om)