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Summer is synonymous with bicycle races and fun on two wheels. The tour de France being one of the most famous bike races, may not be the most fun or the easiest race to enter.
Step right up and enjoy your No. 15 minute of fame.
Penises, vaginas and breasts! Oh my!
In a small village in El Salvador, one man has not left in 10 or 12 years. So much time has passed that he can't remember the last time he left. The nearest stream, which is barely a trickle, is a 10 minute hike over hills and poor health conditions prevent many people in the town of El Limon from leaving.
Three downtown Gainesville clubs are revamping their looks.
At 2 a.m. on a main street in Athens, Ga., a parade is forming. This is not your average late-night parade, but a kazoo parade led by the singer of legendary indie-pop band The Music Tapes. Members of local band Oh Sanders followed a crowd of 300 fellow indie-music fans, passing spectators and fraternity houses while repeating the same six notes on the kazoo.
For those strolling past the dimly lit bar windows of 1982 on a Monday night, be prepared to witness something other than locals watering down their worries. Instead, bystanders might find Gainesville's rock star wannabes imitating the greats on popular music video games such as Rock Band and Guitar Hero.
Thousands of students are drawn to the streets of downtown and midtown Gainesville every night. They come in droves, staggering out of the student ghetto, fumbling their way from the dorms and cruising out from the various apartment complexes that litter this college town.
Just before leaving town for Spring Break, UF student Jessica Pisano noticed she'd been turning her radio off more and more.
The amber wood-paneled dance floor vibrated as bass beats rumbled through the room. Two crews lined up on opposite sides, eyes set on their opponents. The DJ scratched the record, and suddenly bodies flew across the floor and lifted into air, freezing in acrobatic and abstract poses.
GAME OVER
It would be hard to jump on the R.E.M. bandwagon at the release of their 14th full-length album.
Four-time Pulitzer Prize finalist Anne V. Hull, a Washington Post reporter, took time out of her three-month vacation to speak with UF journalism students on Monday about her career as a journalist.
When listeners of the Kevin and Casey morning show on KISS 105.3 FM were asked what they would do to meet Disney's Hannah Montana, they gave some interesting responses.
Girl Talk is a sellout.
Girl Talk is a sellout.
Most people know David Nelson as a wide receiver stuck in the logjam of playmakers on the UF depth chart.
With record sales way down and a general lack of memorable rap releases so far this year (sans U.G.K., Common and Talib Kweli), Kanye West hopes to make it his year with his third album, "Graduation," set for release Tuesday.
Even with a nomination for a Latin Grammy, an appearance on MTV2 and extensive touring worldwide (including to the prestigious Roskilde Festival in Denmark), Miami's electronic/Latin darlings Spam Allstars still enjoy appearing in Gainesville regularly.
Solutions by The State News
