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Binges won/t mend a broken heart
By BRANDT WILLIAMS | July 22, 2009It/s 3 a.m., you/re piss-drunk, out of breath, rolling among sweat-stained sheets and incapable of sleep. No, you/re not in the thrusts of a one-night stand; you/re dealing with heartbreak after being served a monogamist/s worst fear: the breakup.
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LIFESTYLE
Colourslide prepares to go major with new album in fall
By MEAGAN MCGONE | July 22, 2009Ask any band to classify its music, and its members are likely to give a thoughtfully drawn-out list of categories. A band's sound never fits into one simple genre.
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Band promotes environmental efforts on tour
By Jon Silman | July 15, 2009T13C! is a band on a mission.
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MUSIC
Country music offers support, advice for all stages of life
By Jon Silman | July 15, 2009It is the year of open-mindedness. We have a black president, and there's a good chance we'll have our first Hispanic Supreme Court judge. States are falling to gay marriage faster than the value of the American dollar. And the number one selling genre of music in our modern times is country.
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MUSIC
National resurgence of records noted locally
By HUNTER SIZEMORE | July 15, 2009While the CD bows out to digital music in terms of convenience, vinyl records are making a comeback nationwide with listeners who want more than a sound file.
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LIFESTYLE
DJs spin parties to life at Gainesville’s bars, clubs
By MEAGAN MCGONE | July 15, 2009It's 15 minutes until midnight on a Saturday. The bouncer sits at the entrance to Spannk, wrapping neon green bands around clubbers' wrists. As they enter the bar, green and red beams of light dance through the thick smoke from the fog machine like laser confetti.
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MUSIC
Former Starting Line frontman introduces new project
By EMILY FUGGETTA | July 15, 2009You might know him as the frontman for The Starting Line, but Gainesville is about to get a new picture of Kenneth Vasoli.
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MUSIC
Local bands prepare to move on
By Alex Orlando | July 15, 2009Gainesville is the cradle of startup bands. As new bands pop up left and right, there inevitably comes a point, at which they must drift on. After the diplomas have been handed, the career pressures start to pile on, bands are left with three choices: stay put, break up or leave the nest.
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MUSIC
Summer music festivals
By MARGARET GRECO | July 15, 2009If you do anything this summer, go to a music festival. The summer's music festivals are kicking off soon, and they are competing to have the biggest little bands, host the greenest event and to all in all be the one festival that will be worth your time and money. Who will win this winner-take-all fight? No one knows yet, but these shows are sure to be the most blogged and bragged about events of the summer.
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MOVIES AND TV
Band-based films find balance between music, plotlines
By GREG FINK | July 15, 2009Music and film don't always synch up. While some try to hard to push the entertainment factor with forced tour bus orgies and unlimited profanity, others come up dry. But among the failed attempts, some music-related films mesh both genres of entertainment in perfect harmony.
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Musicians’ melodies leave women wanting more
By MEAGAN MCGONE | July 15, 2009It's practically a scientific fact that women have a sexual fascination with musicians.
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When tripling up, leave love and coyness at the door
July 8, 2009BRANDT WILLIAMSON, Avenue Writer
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LIFESTYLE
Rules may be needed to define proper smartphone use
By MARY HILLYER PEELEN | July 8, 2009No matter the time or setting there is a likely to be the sound of a phone buzzing or a screen being rapped on nearby.
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LIFESTYLE
Book traces journalist’s struggle with prescription drugs
By ALISHA KINMAN | July 8, 2009Joshua Lyon became addicted to prescription drugs when he was introduced to Vicodin as part of an assignment for Jane magazine.
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Grade school instills competition at early age
By ERIK VOSS | July 8, 2009When I was in the fifth grade, my teacher introduced a new weekly competition called "Student of the Week." Every Friday afternoon she would saunter out from behind her desk, a freshly word-processed certificate in hand, and appoint one poor soul to a weeklong sentence of hatred from his or her peers.
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FASHION
City brings clothes to life
By REBEKAH GEIER | July 8, 2009New York City styles the world. As home to the most notable fashion design academies, an extraordinary talent base, and Seventh "Fashion" Avenue, its style is unparalleled.
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MOVIES AND TV
Director shows films, scouts talent at local festival
By Jon Silman | July 8, 2009There are some people who strive for greatness. Ken Edwards, of England, ate 36 cockroaches in one minute. Jackie Bibby, "The Texas Snake Man," sat in a bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes. Director Jon Russell Cring shot 12 movies in 20 months with equipment his wife won in a student filmmaking contest.
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Movies making jump to third dimension
By JONATHAN SILMAN | July 1, 2009Superman may be bulletproof, submarines may be waterproof, but Hollywood is recession proof.
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Alachua celebrates freedom with $30k fireworks display
By STEPHANIE GRANADA | July 1, 2009On Saturday it is time again to celebrate all that is the great U.S. But America's birthday party is bound to be smaller this year as small city budgets and low monetary contributions have led many cities to dwarf or even altogether cancel Independence Day celebrations.
