Haikus and Atmospheres

CHOICE CUTS: Roland Alphonso, "El Pussy Cat Ska (Take 2)," "Jack Ruby," "From Russia With Love" (Something Special: Ska Hot Shots, Heartbeat); the Pharcyde, "Trust" (Plain Rap,Edel).

DUDS: Broadcast, The Noise Made by People(Tommy Boy); Tracy Chapman, Telling Stories(Elektra); Swamp Dogg, The Re-Invention of Swamp Dogg(S.D.E.G.); Ute Lemper, Punishing Kiss(Decca); Rae & Christian, Sleepwalking(!K7); Rainer Maria, A Better Version of Me(Polyvinyl).

ADDRESSES: Daemon, Box 1207, Decatur, GA 30031; DMC, Moonshine Music, 8525 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069; Ground Control, c/o Nu Gruv Alliance, 430 East Grand Avenue #B, South San Francisco, CA 94080; IndigeDisc, c/o PDSE, 53 West 23rd Street, NYC 10010, info@indigedisc.com; Instinct, 26 West 17th Street #502, NYC 10011; Kill Rock Stars, PMB 418, 120 State Avenue NE, Olympia, WA 98501; Lookout!, Box 11374, Berkeley, CA 94701; Mr. Lady, P.O. Box 3189, Durham, NC 27715-3189; Pure Hip Hop, Inc., 1040 Mariposa, San Francisco, CA 94107; Quannum Projects, 436 14th Street, suite 212, Oakland, CA 94612; Rhymesayers Entertainment, Box 80075, Minneapolis, MN 55402; 75 Ark, 77 Chambers Street, fourth floor, NYC 10007, info@75ark.com; Stern's Africa, 71 Warren Street, NYC 10007; Stony Plain, Box 861, Edmonton, AB, Canada T5J 2LB, sprecords@telusplanet.net; Telarc, 23307 Commerce Park Road, Cleveland, OH 44122; World Music Network, 6 Abbeville Mews, 88 Clapham Park Road, London SW4 7BX, England, post@worldmusic.net.