Charts

For the week of 9/29/03

VH1 COUNTRY TOP 10 SPINS

1 ''HELP POUR OUT THE RAIN (LACEY'S SONG)'' Buddy Jewell

2 ''REAL GOOD MAN/THE RIDE'' Tim McGraw

3 ''WHAT WAS I THINKIN''' Dierks Bentley

4 ''IT'S FIVE O'CLOCK SOMEWHERE'' Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett

5 ''I MELT'' Rascal Flatts

6 ''THIS ONE'S FOR THE GIRLS'' Martina McBride

7 ''AND THE CROWD GOES WILD'' Mark Wills

8 ''WHO WOULDN'T WANNA BE ME'' Keith Urban

9 ''WAVE ON WAVE'' Pat Green

10 ''CHICKS DIG IT'' Chris Cagle

For the week of 9/15-9/21/03

MTV2

1 ''THE HARDEST BUTTON TO BUTTON'' White Stripes

2 ''HANDS DOWN'' Dashboard Confessional

3 ''PON DI RIVER'' Elephant Man

4 ''STACY'S MOM'' Fountains of Wayne

5 ''HEY YA!'' OutKast

6 ''PERFECT TIME OF DAY'' Howie Day

7 ''NUMB'' Linkin Park

8 ''DAMN'' Youngbloodz featuring Lil Jon

9 ''CRYSTAL VILLAGE'' Pete Yorn

10 ''STAND UP'' Ludacris

For the week of 9/29/03

OPENING ACTS

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OPENING ACTS

''Since the living dead first stepped onto the silver screen, their greatest enemy has not been hunters, but critics. Scholars, scientists, even concerned citizens have all argued that these movies depict the living dead in a fantastic, unrealistic fashion.... Further criticism argues that this 'style over substance' approach to somnambulist cinema teaches human viewers lessons that may get them killed in a real encounter.'' -- From the first chapter of Max Brooks' THE ZOMBIE SURVIVAL GUIDE: COMPLETE PROTECTION FROM THE LIVING DEAD (Three Rivers, $12.95)

''The neighbor woman died, and it was all that Eddie could take. He found her, returning from the New State Variety, with his big brother, Turtle. Turtle came upon her first, discovered Mrs. Walker in full rigor, facedown dead, her arms and legs splayed out like open scissors on the ruddy red carpet of her parlor.'' -- Opening of Murad Kalam's novel NIGHT JOURNEY (Simon & Schuster, $23)