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5 THE KANSAS CITY STAR Tuesday January 21 2008 fyi ft EGA CINEMAS wwwkansa8cItycoin FOR TODAY' S-HOWriMES WWW regalcmemascom or call 800- 555-TEtX (and say Kansas City 18 TODAYS SHOWTIMES MAY DRIES FROM WEEK -END TIMES THE PIANIST SiOO 8:00 FAR FROM HEAVEN 4:45 7:30 RABBIT PROOF FENCE 5:15 7:45 MANOR SQUARE 4050 PENN 91 33637236 Utolikccom 1:00 4:30 MO TWO WIIKS NOTICE (PG13) -11 1:584:00 6:256:40 JUST MARRIED (PG13) 1236 2:05 4:05 635 8:05 12:15 2:15 4:15 6:15 8 15 12(10 3:05 5:45 825 NATIONAL SECURITY (PG13 11352:00 4:05 6:10 620 KANOAROO JACK IPG) NOW PLAYING HtD BRIDGE RED BRIDGE HOLMES 816-942-81101 S450 BEFORE 6PM OF THE mss I (PG1 3) E2H TWO WEEKS NOTICE (PG1 3)1 1 4C 5l00 8:20 1 2:10 4:10 6:10 8:10 1 KANOAROO JACK (PG) CATCH ME ir YOU CAN (PC I 2:15 4:15 615 8:15 1 2:50 5:40 8:35 REGAl CINEMAS KANSAS CITY 18 At Station Casino 800-555-101 CINEMARK MERRIAM 1-35 and Johnson Dr 913789 7555 AMC OAK PARK PLAZA 6 97ih Quivira 438 1AMC AMC PARKWAY 14 8600 Ward Parkway 363-4 AMC SPRINGS CINEMA Indian Springs Mall 913287 1400 BARRYWOODS 24 Barry Rd 363-4AMC -CROWN CENTER Grand Ave Pershing 472 6000 DICKINSON THEATRES EAST6LEN 1-470 Douglass 333-FILM 304 DICKINSON THEATRES GREAT MALL IB 151st 1-35 333 -FILM 261 AMC INDEPENDENCE 20 M-291 HWY 39th Si 363-4AMC STUDIO JO 1 19th I 35 363 4 AMC CINEMARK THE PAIACE On Thu Plaa 756 5833 AMC TOWN CENTER 20 119th Nall Ave 363-4 AMC DICKINSON 1HLAJRES WESTGIEN 18 1-435 at Midland Dr 333-FI1MI277 Sou) do Nm Cmhkm VI Gimp Arttntv Tickets teopioo Cdeck Thew Duoctpno tot ShomliBKi $-i HOWAND FASfffOAf I 178-2222 40 Hwy Noland Rd aJk SANTA CLAUSE IB 2355357:15 8 CRAZY NHSKTS TG131 2657: Km jim 5i5 umw Wl M5 PWIOKI CLUB 7 35 GHOST SMPn TRSA5URE PLANET PC 260 660860 Wiw 46 HKH HOME ALUAIU IPG) ZL 3:105207:35 fSiMKreij 2:505:10 73S File photo Visit ShDwtimesSonyPicturescom who Motif' vo-jc hP-a Kansas Citian Wes Scantlln (left) and Puddle of Mudd were No 16 in Kansas City album sales In 2002 The Top 10 selling albums of the SoundScan era (1991-2002) Shania Twain On (145 million) 1997 2 Alanis Morissette Little (141 million) 1995 3 Metallica (133 million) 1991 4 Backstreet Boys (12 million) 1999 5 Soundtrack (117 million) 1992 6 Santana (112 million) 1999 7 Creed (111 million) 1999 8 Sync Strings (11 million) 2000 9 Celine Dion Into (105 million) 1996 10 Britney Spears One More (104 million) 1999 Big or little! If the music magazines were to be believed 2002 was supposed to be the year of the little bands that could The sales figures told a different story The Big Acts TitleArtistRelease dateSales: IWainNovember 200229 million New Day Has DionMarch 200227 million Timber-lakeNovertfber 20022 million Aguilera October 200217million Mariah CareyDecember 2002730000 The Little Acts Blood StripesJanuary 2002560000 Vidi HivesApril 2002354000 Hotel July 2002327000 MUSIC: Two artists fared well in their own hometown of KC AMC DICKINSON mmomu crown pastglenm 1-29 Barry Rd Grand Ave Pershing Rd M70 ft Douglas 363-4AMC 472-6000 333-FILM 304 NOW PLAYING DICKINSON AMC REGAL CINEMAS UK IH CINEMARK GREAT MALI 16 INDEPENDENCE 2C KANSAS CETY 18 MERRIAM 151 St 1-35 M-291 39m St At Station Casino 1-35 0 Johnson Dr 333FILM 261 3634AMC 1-800555-TEU 789-7555 AMC CINEMARK OAK PARK PLAZA THE PALACE Across from the mall On the Plaza 438-1 AMC 756-5833 AMC AMC PARKWAY 14 SPRINGS 6 STUDIO 30 8600 Ward Parkway 1-635 6 State Ave KCK 1 19th 1-35 3634AMC 913-287-1400 3634AMC AMC DICKINSON TOWN CENTER 20 WESTGLEN 18 119th Nall W358i Midland Dr 363-4AMC 333FIIM 277 CHECK THEATRE DIRECTORS OP CAli FOR SHOWTfMES Slje iNeUr JJork Stmcs Stephen Holden movie so profoundly in touch with its own feelings that it leaves you feeling released enlightened and deeper in Much with DEREK LUKE WASHINGTON DENZEL WASHINGTONS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT AIX1TWOIME INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY Radio play toKS8ardiiightcom PG-13sg AMC AMC REGAL CINFMAS BARRYWOODS 24 DEPENDENCE 20 KANSAS CITY 18 1-29 At Barty Rd rvi-291 39th St A1 Ameristar Casino 363-4AMC 3634AMC 1-80CK555-TELL NOW SHOWING Records dumped Wilco because it thought its fourth album Hotel commercial enough Wilco took the album to Nonesuch Records a Warner subsidiary and has since sold almost 300000 copies of double the sales of its previous record A nice feat yes and a charming do-it-yourself parable for indie-rock bands everywhere But it hardly signifies an anti-corporate revolution In the end it turns out Warner bottom-line instincts so outrageous The sales numbers pale in comparison to sales of the first solo album from Sync heartthrob Justin Timberlake Sales of that record which was released in November already are approaching 2 million copies without the benefit of a live tour Even first-month sales of Mariah 730000 more than doubled the sales of So what do all those numbers add up to? Mostly bad news for little bands on small labels for veteran artists with new albums and for people looking for adventure diversity and less repetition on commercial radio Critics and the print media may be the arbiters of taste but they have little influence over retail sales Nowhere in the top halves of the Billboard or SoundScan lists will you find darlings like Wilco the Flaming Lips Beck Queens of the Stone Age the White Stripes or any of those raw and sexy "little The one record that generated both critical acclaim and a hefty commercial response was Eminem On the first single off that record Eminem deems himself the savior of a music scene that has become empty without Now a diagnosis no one can dispute At least the part 1b reach Timothy Finn pop music writer call (816) 234-4781 or send e-mail to tfinnkcstarcom dio oversaturation breeding addiction and cha-ching! demand at retail record stores Last year US radio stations played song more than 350000 times about 1000 times a day according to Nielsen Broadcast Data System which monitors airplay at 1100 radio stations in 128 IJS markets even the most-played song on commercial radio last year That title goes to You Remind US radio audiences were reminded of that song a staggering 421770 times last year That translates into more than nine times a day in each market The rest of the Top 10 bands on most-played list Linkin Park Jimmy Eat World the Calling Vanessa Carlton Ashanti and Nelly (twice) Based on those lists tempting to say that 2002 was business-as-usual in the mupic world except it wasn't exactly: Sales of CD albums fell 9 percent a precipitous drop but also one in line with the economic climate Like most other businesses the recording industry feasted on exorbitantly high returns during the gluttonous mid-to-late '90s returns produced by several artists Sync Backstreet Boys) who set skyrocketing standards for sales The list of the 10 best-selling albums of the era" (1991 to the present) includes five albums released in 1999 and 2000 Those five albums alone accounted for nearly 56 million albums sold in a cumulative 3V6-year period Aside from Eminem and maybe Nelly there appear to be artists on the horizon who will help generate those kinds of numbers again Unfortunately that mean the record labels stop demanding those kinds of gargantuan returns "The most clear-cut example of anti-corporate sentiment in Jon Dolan wrote in Spin magazine the tale of the Chicago-based right sort of WamerReprise Continued from E-l which ranks sustained interest in an album based on how long it remained on the Top 200 chart throughout the year It tells a story even more familiar and predictable (Notice please the slog-resistant bicep-rock bands and the kiddie-pop star) According to the final chart the most popular artists in 2002 were in order: Eminem Creed Nelly Pink Linkin Park Nickelback Britney Spears and Ludacris In Kansas City the story much different The best-selling album in the Kansas City area for 2002 according to SoundScan was Eminem which sold roughly 63000 copies The rest of the top 10 in Kansas City: "Nellyville" by Nelly the Dixie Chicks Avril Lavigne Alan Jackson Shania TVvain Groban" Josh Groban the Brother Where Art soundtrack the soundtrack and Away With Norah Jones Ttoo local artists fared well in their own hometown: Puddle of was No 16 in Kansas City at nearly 21000 sold and rapper Tech N9ne finished No 30 in his hometown selling nearly 14000 copies of The rock thesis has some merit but only because the so-called garage-rock fad was arguably the most popular story Spirt curiously even named the Strokes of the though the US debut was released in 2001 But radio and MTV not magazines or newspapers are where hits are made and commercial fads get started In 2002 radio was not very interested in bands like the White Stripes or stories like the of Swedish bands like the Hives Radio instead was interested in the same-oldsame-old: modem rock and the new breed of teen-pop stars Wondering how Avril Lavinge sold more than 4 million copies of all about ra ONEMARK AMC AMC DICKINSON THE PALACE PARKWAY 14 STUDIO 30 WESTGLEN 18 on The Plaza 8600 Ward Parkway 1 19th 1-35 1-435 Midland Dr 756-6833 363-4AMC 333-FILM 277 CHECK THEATRE DIRECTORIES OR CALL THEATRE FOR SHOWTIMES CATCH HIM If YOU CAN! 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