The Fall online - bibliography 2000-2004

Part Six: 2000 - 2004

date	pub	title	author	vol # / page(s)	notes
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00jan?	Independent	Competition			Competition to win a "21st Century Masterpiece," one of which is a shameless ripoff by Simon Periton
00jan	TBLY	The Biggest Library Yet	Rob Waite	# 18
00feb	Mojo	"Hello, Goodbye: Steve Hanley and the Fall"	Mark Kendall	#75, p. 130
00feb?	Guardian	"Bands I'd Pay a Fortune to See Again"	Stuart Jeffries		He'd give £50,000 to see the Fall again...
00mar/apr	TapeOp	interview with Grant Showbiz		#16
00mar?	Ptolemaic Terrascope	"The Fall: Hex Enduction Hour"	Steve Hanson		album review (reissue on Voiceprint); scroll down the page a bit
00mar	Uncut		Simon Goddard		album reviews: Early Years, Live '77
00mar	When Saturday Comes	"So You Call Yourself a Football Fan?"
00mar?	Melody Maker	"The Fall: A Past Gone Mad"	Phil Mongredien		album review
00apr	TBLY	The Biggest Library Yet	Rob Waite	# 19	final issue of the fantastic Fall fanzine
00apr?	NME	"The Fall: A Past Gone Mad"	Sarah Dempster		album review. Also a bit about how the world has changed since the last Elastica LP.
00apr?	Prop Magazine		Steven Blyth & Chris Hart	# 8	includes the making of the City Life Book of MCR Short Stories. Link is to the press release for #8
00may	Blow Up (Italy)	"The Decline and Fall of English Empire"		# 24	8.5 page spread on the Fall in Italian
00may	Q	"Instant Karma"	Mark E. Smith		review of A Past Gone Mad in the same issue. Also one of Rock's most folly acts: IAKO
00may	Select	"You Can Laugh If You Want"	Ian Harrison	pp. 74-77	Mark meets Gavin Rossdale of Bush. Also reviews of APGM and Early Years
00may	Uncut	"Our Fiend in the North"	Simon Goddard		piece on Hex Enduction Hour, mostly
00may?	NME	"The Fall Hit the North!"	News section
00may?	NME	"The Five Most Important Manc Pop Acts"			brief Fall entry
00jun	The List (Scotland)	"Interview with Mark E. Smith"	Rodger Evans
00jun01	NME	"The Fall, London, WC2 LA2"	Siobhan Grogan		gig review: London Astoria 2, May 24, 2000
00jul12	SF Weekly	article about Triple Gang's recreation of This Nation's Saving Grace			doesn't appear to be in their online archive. Does anyone have it?
00sep26	Fallnet	"Interview with Simon Spencer of D.O.S.E."	Odran Smith
00sep??	NME	"The Fall / Dick Dale"	Jim Alexander		gig review: Royal Festival Hall, London, Sept. 22, 2000
00sep26	The Independent	"Twangs for the Memory"	Nick Hasted	p. 12 of Tuesday Review	gig review: Royal Festival Hall, London, Sept. 22, 2000
00oct	Q	"The Fall: I Am Pure As Oranj"	John Aizlewood		album review
00sep - oct	Indie Planet	"Highsmith Teeth"	Mark E. Smith	3 vols.; 10 pp. total	Mark had a very brief collaboration with this short-lived website. Sorry about the quality but this is how they appeared on the site (faxed in from Manchester).
00oct31	Indie Planet	"Highsmith Teeth"	Mark E. Smith	# 2
00nov??	Mojo	"The Fall, The Unutterable"	John Mullen		album review
00nov??	Time Out	"The Fall, The Unutterable"	Sharon O'Connell		album review
00nov?	Uncut	"The Fall, The Unutterable"	Simon Goddard		album review
00nov03	The Guardian	"The Fall, The Unutterable"	Dave Simpson		album review
00nov24	The Guardian	"The Fall, Dingwalls, London"	Jonathan Romney	p. 22	gig review: Dingwalls, London, Nov. 22, 2002
00nov??	NME	"The Fall, The Unutterable"	Piers Martin		album review
00nov??	NME	"The Fall, Dingwalls, London"			gig review: Dingwalls, London, Nov. 22, 2002
00dec??	The Echo	"The Man Who Made His Mark with The Fall"	Paddy Shennan
00dec??	Telegraph	"Fashion Junkie: Brix Smith, TV Presenter"	Brix Smith
00dec??	The Times	"Just Who Does Mr. Grumpy Think He Is?"	Tom Cox
00dec??	De Volkskran	"The Fall, The Unutterable"	Gijsbert Kamer		album review, translated by Arjan Plug

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date	pub	title	author	vol # / page(s)	notes
2 0 0 1
2001	Mojo	"The Mojo Collection"			600 most important albums ever. Link is to the Fall's entry (TNSG)
2001	Grove's Dictionaries, Inc.	"New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians"	Dave Laing (wrote the Fall bit, anyway)	20 vols, 25,000 pages, $4,580 pricetag	link is to the risible Fall entry
2001	Highwater Books	"Pan"	Camden Joy and Colin B. Morton		Novella that takes place around the time of the Fall's infamous Brownies gig (New York, April 7, 1998). The link is to my brief review.
01jan	Select	"Need to Know: the Legend of the Fall"	Stuart Muirhead	pp. 34-35	PDF
01jan	The Wire	"Invisible Jukebox: Mark E. Smith"	Edwin Pouncey	#203, pp. 50-53
01jan?	New York Observer	"The Fall: What's It All About, Mark E?"	Jay Stowe
01jan?	Oor (The Netherlands)	"The Fall, The Unutterable"	Bert van der Kamp		album review
01feb	Q	"Cash for Questions"	David Cavanagh	#173, pp. 10-14
01mar/apr	Heaven (Netherlands?)	"The Fall, The Unutterable"	Harry Prenger		album review
01mar	Music 365 (website)	"The Fall: A World Bewitched"	Luke Turner		album review
01mar??	Observer	"The Fall: A World Bewitched"			album review
01mar??	Sunday Times	combined album review	Stewart Lee		AWorld Bewitched; Backdrop; Austurbæjarbíó
01mar09	Guardian	"Home Entertainment: Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley"	Will Hodgkinson
01apr?	Q	"The Fall: A World Bewitched"			album review
01apr??	Telegraph	"Fashion Junkie"	Brix Smith
01apr09	Fallnet	"Interview with Kazuko Hohki of the Frank Chickens"	Odran Smith
01may	Spin	"A Brief History of Gobbing"	Douglas Wolk
01may18	Guardian	"Home Entertainment: Mark E. Smith"	Will Hodgkinson	p. 22
01may29	Les Inrockuptibles	"The Fall: Unutterable"	Jérôme Provençal		album review
01jun07	NME.com	"The Fall's Fall Doesn't Mean End of It All!"			on Mark's breaking his leg
01jun25	Guardian	"BBC Offers Fortnight in the Fall: Horror of Life in Band Latest Challenge for Reality TV"			!!
01summer	Mojo Collections	"Celebrity Tape"	Mark E. Smith	#3	Mark fills a C90 with his favorite tunes
01jul	Q	"Rider of the Month: No. 39 - The Fall, Bar Cuba, Maccesfield, 25 April 2001"	Anonymous	#178, p. 167
01sep	Spex	"Henry Rollins: Rock'n'Roll Ninja"	Harry Streng	pp. 38-39	link is to the Fall excerpt
01oct	Study Bees website	interview with MES	Penny Broadhurst
01oct	Artforum	"A Thousand Words"	Michael Clark	XL (2), p. 141
01oct14	Independent on Sunday	"In Clark's Shoes"	Marcus Field	pp. 8-13
01oct26	Guardian	"Michael Clark Company"	Judith Mackrell		dance review: Before and After: The Fall
01oct28	Observer	"Is He Really Onan the Barbarian"	Sarah Frater		dance review: Before and After: The Fall
01oct29	Speigel online	"The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner"			album review, translated by Gerhard Pichler
01nov	Q online	"The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner"			album review
01nov	Time Out New York	"The Fall Rises Again"	Jay Ruttenberg
01nov-dec	Knitting Factory Knotes	"Mark E. Smith of the Fall: Still Cranky after All These Years"	Matthew Carlin
01nov?	Sefronia (France)	"The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner"			album review, translated by Matt Bryden
01nov05	Schallplattenman	"The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner"			album review, translated by Gerhard Pichler
01nov15	The Stranger	"God, I Love You: A Personal Dedication to The Fall"	Evan Sult
01nov15	Vorlaut	"Bier Trinken with Mark E. Smith"	Jasmin Luetz		Babelfish translation, sorry.
01nov17	Oor (Netherlands)	"The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner"	Bert van der Kamp	#23	album review, translated by Rutger Kuijer
01nov25	Sunday Times	"The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner"	Stewart Lee		album review
01nov28	Village Voice	"His-Uh Way-Uh"	E. McMurtrie
01dec10	London Student	"The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner"	Jane Hamlett	# 6	album review

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date	pub	title	author	vol # / page(s)	notes
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2002	Hit Records	"The Fall en Concert"	Luz	# 1	great French cartoon. Olli Czoske kindly translated it for the Fall News.
02jan	Q	"Adam Buxton's Guide to the Fall"	Adam Buxton	p. 51
02feb	Wire	"The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner"	Edwin Pouncey		album review
02mar	Record Collector	"Smith's Moanin' Institution"	Piper Terrett	pp. 60-64	PDF
02mar	Tangents (website)	"You Don't Have to Be Beautiful, to Be Beautiful"	William Crain
02apr	Gadfly Online	"The Fall, Are You Are Missing Winner"	James Lindbloom
02apr	Mojo Collections	"The Smithsonian Institute: How to Buy the Fall"	Ed Clarke		page 1; page 2
02apr05	Manchester Evening News	"Passport Fiasco Causes Fall to Axe Tour"
02apr17	Guardian	"Roll over, Beatles - Smiths Top the Pops"	Angelique Chrisafis		on the NME's top 50 "music icons" list (Fall at #21; Oasis #6; Neil Young #49, etc.)
02may	The Wire	"Primal Scenes"	Simon Ford	# 219
02jun?	Viceland (website)	"10 Seminal Bands - That You Say You Love But Never Actually Listen To"	Vice Staff	Vol 9, # 5	link on left is to the Fall entry (#3). Full article here.
02jul	Q	interview with Badly Drawn Boy			link is to an excerpt re: the Teeth Incident
02jul19	Boston Phoenix	"Wired for Sound: The Fall, Old and New"	Douglas Wolk	p. 23	album review: Totally Wired compilation
02aug?	Rocking Vicar (email list)	"The Bard of Salford"	Jody Thomspon		Other RV submissions follow Thompson's
02nov	Tangents website	"Pander! Panda! Panzer!"	Matt Bryden		album review and transcription!
02nov?	Manchester Online	"Fallout for Manchester Punk Icons" plus follow up articles			on Ed Blaney's departure
02nov?	Mark Prindle.com	interview with Paul Hanley	Mark Prindle
02dec	Time Out (UK)	"The Fall: Susan Vs. Youth Club"	Sharon O'Connell		single review
02dec?	Uncut		Simon Goddard		album reviews: PPP, 2G+2
02dec?	Manchester Online	"Mark E. Smith Is Reader's Greatest Mancunian"
02dec	The Wire	"Death Row: How Would Mark E. Smith Spend His Last Day on Earth"	Mark E. Smith
02dec01	Observer	Celebrities' books of the year			"Pan" is one of Stewart Lee's picks
02dec07	The Independent	Mark E. Smith interview	?		with a terrific photo
02dec07	NME	"The Fall: Susan Vs. Youth Club"	Steven Wells		single review

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date	pub	title	author	vol # / page(s)	notes
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2003	Editions les Requins Marteaux	"The Joke"	Luz		terrific comic book on MES
2003	Quartet	"Hip Priest: The Story of Mark E. Smith and The Fall"	Simon Ford
2003	Omnibus	"The Fall"	Mark E. Smith and Mick Middles
2003	Helter Skelter	"A User's Guide to the Fall"	Dave Thompson
03jan	Record Collector	"Top 25 Punk LPs"		p. 31	LATWT at #17, FWIW
03feb?	Fallnet	email Q&A with Steve and Paul Hanley	Yousef Sheikh
03feb?	Shredding Paper	"The Fall: 2G+2"	Michael Layne Heath		album review
03feb?	Uncut	"Overdue Collector's B-Sides Bonanza"	Simon Goddard		album review: Listening In
03mar	Playlouder (website)	"The Fall Guy: Sacked Bassist Tells Us What Happened"			on Jim Watts' dismissal
03mar29	Guardian	"The Fall: Touch Sensitive"			single review
03apr?	Sound Collector Audio Review	"The Fall: Palace of Swords Reversed"	Bob Nickas	#3 (?)	album review
03may13	Billions Corporation	"The Fall Needs a Tour Manager"	David Viecelli (Boche Billions)
03may	BBC 6FM Newsletter	"Smiths Week"
03may02	Guardian	"The Fall: It's the New Thing: The Step Forward Years"	Dave Simpson		album review
03jun18-24	Seattle Weekly	"The Fall"	Richard Meltzer
03jun	Pitchfork website	"Worst Post-Breakup Debacles"			The Adult Net made #15
03jun	Terrorizer	It's the New Thing / Time Enough At Last			album reviews
03jun	LA Weekly		Franklin Bruno		gig review: The Echo, Los Angeles, June 20, 2003
03jun	Variety		Steven Mirkin		gig review: The Echo, Los Angeles, June 20, 2003
03jun	The Stranger (Seattle)	"The Fall: KRMTX (Graceland)"	Jon Pruett		gig preview
03jun	City Pages (Minneapolis/ St. Paul)	"Legends of the Fall"	Chris Zielger
03jun22	New York Times	"The Fall"			Perverted By Language DVD review
03jun27	Guardian	combined Simon Ford book / DVD review	Stuart Jeffries
03jun29	Chicago Tribune	"The Fall Rewards Fans with Jagged, Snarled Sounds"	Bob Gendron		gig review, Empty Bottle, Chicago, June 28, 2003
03jul	Record Collector	"The Fall: Perverted by Language / Live at Leeds"	Chris Mugan	p. 121	DVD review
03jul	Uncut	"The Fall: Perverted by Language / Live at Leeds"			DVD review
03jul	The Wire	"A User's Guide to the Fall: Dave Thompson"	Simon Ford	# 233	book review
03jul01	Cleveland Free Press	"The Fall, This Moment in Black History: Beachland Ballroom"	Matthew Wascovich		gig review, Cleveland, July 1, 2003
03jul07	New Yorker	MES illustration and Knitting Factory preview
03jul12	Washington Post	"At the Black Cat, the Fall Gets Down"	Michael Little	C05	gig review, Washington DC, July 10, 2003
03jul	Creative Loafing website	interview with Ben Pritchard, before Atlanta gig			did anyone save the page?
03jul	Mark Prindle.com	interview with Ben Pritchard	Mark Prindle
03aug-sep	Flux	"The Fall"	Simon Ford		on 25th anniversay of Bingo Master's Breakout
03sep	Fall News	Simon Ford: Hip Priest	Paul Hanley		book review
03sep	Manchester Online	"Falling Under a Spell"	Paul Taylor		on the Middles and Thompson books
03sep	Record Collector	"A User's Guide to the Fall"	Daryl Easlea	p 131	book review
03sep	3 a.m. Magazine	"Literature Review: Simon Ford, Hip Priest"	?		book review
03sep21	Independent	"Sometimes I'm a Fascist, Sometimes I'm a Nazi"	Peter Carty	p. 16	book review (Middles and Ford)
03oct	City Life	"The Fall: TRNFLP (FCOTC)"	Neil Young (no, not that one)		album review
03oct	Jack	article about Debbie Harry			link is to the very short quote from Mark
03oct	Mojo	combined book review	Ian Harrison	p. 136
03oct	Playlouder website	news about the long-awaited TRNFLPFCOTC
03oct	Q	"The Fall: Words of Expectation (BBC Sessions)"		p. 127	also a User's Guide Review in the same issue (p. 139)
03oct	Rockscene	"Hip Priest"	Luther Blissett
03oct	Uncut	"Northern Uproar"	Simon Goddard	pp. 103-106	MES interview
03oct	Wire	"Hip Priest" by Simon Ford	Brian Morton		book review
03oct	Wire	"The Fall: Perverted by Language / Live at Leeds"	Tony Herrington		DVD review
03oct18	NME	"War Against Intelligence: The Fontana Years"	Stephen Dalton		album review
03oct24	Guardian	"The Fall: TRNFLP (FCOTC)"	Helen Pidd		album review
03nov01	Guardian	"The Big Blush: Writers Reveal Their Most Embarrassing Moments"	Michael Bracewell	pp. 15-16	on the ICA 1:1 w/MES
03nov09	Sunday Times	"The Fall: TRNFLP (FCOTC)"	Stewart Lee		album review
03nov27	Birmingham Post	"The Thinking Person's Dour Rock Iconoclast"	Al Hutchins		MES interview
03nov29	Birmingham Post	"Whirlpool of Horror, Hilarity, and Mystey"	Al Hutchins		album review (TRNFLP)
03dec	Bullitt	combined book review	Rob Hollingworth		Ford and Middles
03dec	Mojo	"The Fall: TRNFLP (FCOTC)"	Ian Harrison		album review
03dec	Other Music	"The Fall: TRNFLP (FCOTC)"	GH		album review
03dec	Q	"War Against Intelligence: The Fontana Years"	Keith Cameron		album review
03dec	Wire	"The Fall: TRNFLP (FCOTC)"	John Mulvey		album review
03dec04	NME	"Latest Garbled Mumblings from Original Trenchcoat Mafia "	Stephen Dalton		album review (TRNFLP)
03dec13	Telegraph	"Fashion Junkie"	Brix Smith with Naomi West

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date	pub	title	author	vol # / page(s)	notes
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04jan19	Guardian	"Wild Thing"	Tim Cumming		former and current band members on being in the Fall
04jan22	Pitchfork	"The Fall: TRNFLP (FCOTC)"	Alex Linhardt		album review
04jan26	Evening Standard	"It's Magic, with Just a Hint of Beef"	Pete Clark	p. 53	gig review, London, Jan. 23, 2004
04jan28	Independent	"The Fall / The Magic Band: Royal Festival Hall"	Tim Cumming		gig review, London, Jan. 23, 2004
04feb	Vice	"I'm Into C.B."	Marc D. Bell		great cartoon
04feb	Tangents website	"24 Days with a Broken Heart"	Paul Fox		gig review:Fat Sam's, Dundee, Feb. 25, 2004
04feb	Time Out (London)	Barfly gigs preview	Sharon O'Connell
04feb	Word	"The Fall: Rebellious Jukebox"	Ben Thompson		album review
04feb	Word	"Word of Mouth"	Mark E. Smith
04feb24	The Herald (Edinburgh)		Neil Cooper		gig review: Venue, Edinburgh, Feb. 22, 2004
04feb24	Edinburgh Evening News	"Heroes of Punk Era Pure Poetry"	David Pollock
04mar	Record Collector	"The Fall: Mark E. Smith and Mick Middles"	Daryl Easlea		book review
04mar05	Liverpool Echo	"Rock Singer Is a Fall Guy"			on MES' fractured hip
04mar08	BBC website	"Words and Music at the Bridgewater Hall"	Phil Clifton		live review: Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, March 6, 2004
04mar08	Manchester Online	"Words and Music at the Bridgewater Hall"	Paul Cockerton		live review: Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, March 6, 2004
04mar14	Independent on Sunday	"Nostalgia? Try Saying That to My Face"	DJ Taylor		live review: Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, March 6, 2004
04apr	Esquire (UK)	"Mark E. Smith"	Stewart Lee	pp. 81-86
04apr	Record Collector	"The Fall: LATWT/ Dragnet"	Chris Mugar		album review (Sanctuary reissues)
04apr	Stomp and Stammer	interview with MES	T. Ballard Lesemann, III		conducted July 2003
04apr	Word	"The Fall: LATWT/ Dragnet"	Andrew Harrison		album review (Sanctuary reissues)
04apr01	Birmingham Post	"Return of the Hip Priest"	Neil Connor	p. 15
04apr05	Birmingham Evening Mail	"Shouting to the Faithful"	Phil Barnett	p. 22	live review: Irish Centre, Birmingham, April 1, 2004
04apr12	New Yorker	preview of Knitting Factory gigs	Talk of the Town section	p. 8	with illustration
04apr21	Riverfront Times, St. Louis	preview of the Fall gig	Randall Roberts
04apr23	Belfast Telegraph		Nigel Gould		review of Sanctuary's Grotesque and TT reissues
04apr29	Tucson Weekly	"Nostalgic Vitriol"	Gene Armstrong		preview of the soon-to-be-cancelled Tucson show
04apr30	Austin Chronicle	"The Fall - Emo's, Saturday 1"	Marc Savlov
04may	Mojo	"Mark E. Smith - the Legend of The Fall"	Mark E. Smith with anon		what Mark's been listening to recently
04may	Mojo/Q special on the Smiths	MES on Morrissey	Mark E. Smith
04may13	San Diego Union-Tribune	"A Fall Hasn't Slowed Down Leader of the Fall"	Jeff Niesl		phone interview with MES, before he decided to cancel the California & Arizona gigs
04may7-13	LA Weekly	"We Are The Fall"	Brendan Mullen		another phone interview
04may22	The Independent	"My Secret Life"	Marc Riley
04may26	NME	"50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong"	Paul Moody		album review. There are a few other reviews of this comp on this page.
04may28	The Independent	"The Fall: Fighting Talk"	Tim Cumming		MES interview. Tim kindly sent in the complete transcript for the site.
04jun	Mojo	"How to Buy the Fall"	Clive Prior	pp. 150-151
04jun14	Playlouder.com	"The Fall Fall Out Again?"			comments by Ed Blaney, Fall Broker, about the Fall News's unreliability re: Ben Pritchard and Dave Milner's sackings/
04july	Full Moon Empty Sports Bag	"Mickey and Me"	Brix Smith	#4
04july	Word Magazine	"The Anger Manager"	David Cavanagh	pp. 46-52	MES interview
04jul13	Village Voice	"Walk Like a Man"	Glenn Kenny		TRNFLPFCOTC-US review
04aug-sep	Magnet Magazine	"My Trial"	Bruce Miller	pp. 58-62	MES interview
04sep17	Exile Magazine (Moscow)	"Mark on Mark"	Mark Ames	#198
04sep17	St. Petersburg Times	"Mad for It"	Sergey Chernov		MES interview
04sep30	Liverpool Echo	"Cult Band Pull Out of City Show"	anon		on last-minute cancellation of Liverpool gig
04oct01	Exile Magazine (Moscow)	"Mark E. Smith's Cultural Revolution"	Mark Ames	#199
04oct04	The Independent	"The Fall, Islington Academy, London"	Tim Cumming		gig review: Sept. 26, 2004
04oct14	The Aardvark Speaks	"Interview with Ben Pritchard of the Fall"	Horst Prillinger
04oct22	Taz (Germany)	"I'm a Hooligan"	Max Dax		German interview with MES available here; Olli kindly translated it for the Fall News.
04nov?	Voxer (Netherlands)	"The Fall: Interim"	PMD		album review
04nov21	Sunday Times	"The Fall: Interim"	Stewart Lee		album review. Also a couple of online reviews posted on the Nov. 22 Fall News.
04dec02	Manchester Evening News	"The Fall @ Bierkeller"	Paul Cockerton		gig review (Bierkeller, Manchester, Dec. 1, 2004)
04dec02-08	City Life	"Rise and Fall"	Sean Smith	#564
04dec23	Manchester Evening News	"Art Fall-out at City Bar"	Carmel Thomason

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bibliography 2000-2004 updated 16 September 2005

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