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Conversation with transvestite prostitute gives insight
June 9, 2010When I told my editor I’d do a feature on a tranny prostitute, I sort of meant it as a joke.
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Supervillains return to Gainesville
By Webb | June 9, 2010The Supervillains, an Orlando-based ska and reggae band that's been around since 1998, will be playing at Common Grounds with local opening acts Cardboard Paradise, Half Track and rapper DP on Thursday. The four members of the Supervillains packed the house on its last visit to Common Grounds and are predicted to do it all over again tonight.
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TBS show walks the line
By RUDY MENDOZA | June 9, 2010Suicide, drug addiction, bestiality and glory holes. Dark and disturbing realities in our society, or a family-friendly pilot episode that is “very funny”? TBS aired its first original primetime animated series, “Neighbors From Hell,” on Monday.
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Audience participation is key to ‘Shear Madness’ plot
By Britt Perkins | June 9, 2010Mrs. Schubert in the salon with the scissors? Don’t put it past “Shear Madness,” a comedic whodunit that is as entertaining and flamboyant as it sounds.
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Off the Record
By JAMES KAUPHOLZ | June 9, 2010Since Band of Horses came out with its first two releases — Everything All the Time and Cease to Begin — they have become an indie/rock staple.
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Finding the best Gainesville pools to cool off in isn’t easy
By Webb | June 2, 2010You can’t describe summertime in Gainesville. You have to experience it – the 98- degree temperatures, 110 percent humidity, mosquitoes the size of cockroaches and sweat stains galore. It’s a time when even a brief walk to class leaves you with a swamp in your pants.
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Youth soccer fills void for sports fans in summer
By DAVE JOHNSON | June 2, 2010Summer is a hard time for sports fans. As the NBA and NHL playoffs come to a close, fans are left trying to subsist off of the meager pickings of summer sports.
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Jorts mark Gator pride
By Alex Orlando | June 2, 2010Everyone’s seen ‘em on ACRs, rednecks and, most recently, hipsters.
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UF Comedy Team to perform in Aspen for second time
By Jon Silman | June 2, 2010The UF Stand Up Comedy Team has made it to the Funniest Four of The Rooftop Comedy National College Comedy Competition for the second consecutive year. The fabulous foursome are: Rudy “Glitter Machine” Mendoza, Calvin “Time Hooker” Cole, Tim “Shadow Box” Keck and Brian “New Guy” Amos.
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The Latest in Literary Mashups: "Android Karenina"
By Britt Perkins | June 2, 2010"Functioning robots are all alike; every malfunctioning robot malfunctions in its own way."
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Super Mario Galaxy 2 Reviewed
June 2, 2010Space. The final frontier. Where no one can hear you scream, and where everyone's favorite mustached avenger must return to once again save the princess on the back of a dinosaur-dragon and get a piece of that cake! Finally.
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Gardening in home is easy, cheap
By Erin Rauch | May 26, 2010Want to learn how to grow weeds? Have you been itching to use your green thumb this summer? Then I'm here to tell you that it's not only easy, it's fun and affordable.
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Summer festivals showcase eclectic musical landscape
By BRIT PERKINS | May 26, 2010Finally, festival season is here. And the Avenue has searched high and low to bring you music options both near and far.
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Facial hair fad hits Gainesville’s guys
May 26, 2010I first discovered the mustache thing when I was in Chicago last August. Every time I saw a bike ride by, I had handlebar double-vision.
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A guide on how to recognize jerks
By DAVE JOHNSON | May 26, 2010Dear readers, I have enjoyed my time so far serving as an Avenue columnist. By which, I mean that I enjoy getting my opinions and musings out there so I can entertain some bored students who just finished the crossword in the classifieds section. However, I will be taking my column in a different direction this time. Instead of entertaining you people with (mostly) true stories about being bored and anti-social, I will use my position as a semi-legitimate column writer to warn one and all about a very grave threat to our collective well-being: douchebags.
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Home brewing, a complicated but rewarding endeavor
By RICHARD STEHLI | May 26, 2010With all sorts of extra time on your hands during Gainesville's offseason and a serious prerogative to stay indoors, why not try your hand at some new hobbies? How about making your own alcohol? Part chemistry, part cooking, part art and part drinking, home brewing is a great way to pass those extra hours of summer daylight.
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Vinyl records see resurgence, boost in retail sales
By ALI RIECH | May 26, 2010While a penchant for minimalism and convenient digital technology drives the majority of music sales (or lack thereof), a growing number of music fans are returning to a bulkier but more interactive format - the vinyl record.
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Lost finale brings answers, leaves questions
By Drew Wilson | May 26, 2010No more season-ending cliffhangers, no more time travelling and no more Hurley episodes: Lost is over.
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Droney Woods Sound Tour brings nature, music together
By Alex Orlando | May 26, 2010Electric hums echoed down gravel paths, through trees and over creeks as a crowd meandered its way through the woods of southwest Gainesville on a steamy Saturday afternoon.
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Paxico via Mexico debuts EP, discusses band’s future
By Erin Rauch | May 19, 2010There were no maracas in Paxico via Mexico’s set on Saturday. None of the band members were wearing sombreros.
