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Matt Pond PA discusses touring, music
By ALLIE CONTI | Apr. 16, 2008Matt Pond called me in a whisper aboard his tour bus Saturday afternoon.
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Summer guide to the biggest live music tours in Florida
By ADRIAN RUHI | Apr. 16, 2008For some, summer means no school, endless hours of basking in the sun, and milking your parents for money before you go back to "adult duties" in the fall. For me, though, it means paying absurdly high prices on Ticketmaster to see some of pop music's biggest acts perform extravagant sets in not-ideal-for-live-music venues, like NBA arenas. To help you decide what to check out this summer, here are few of my picks.
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Florida acoustic pop group making national waves
By MARGARET FRANCOIS | Apr. 16, 2008It is not every day that you walk into your first period class as an aspiring musician and walk out with a manager, but that is exactly what happened for members of the Florida pop group Mark & James.
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Guitar weapon of choice on Massacre's 'Underground'
By ROBERT HILSON | Apr. 16, 2008Anton Newcombe isn't your run-of-the-mill cult figure.
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LIFESTYLE
'Sex and the City' star writes of his life after cancer
By STEFANIE ROBERTS | Apr. 16, 2008Many of actor Evan Handler's fans know him best as Harry Goldenblatt from "Sex and the City": the balding husband to WASP-turned-yenta Charlotte York.
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SEX
Relationship tips for a summer away from campus
By PAIGE USYK | Apr. 16, 2008Like every semester over the last couple of years, I have many friends graduating this term.
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Stop having empty, meaningless relationships
By PAIGE USYK | Apr. 9, 2008One of the luxuries of writing this column for some time is that I can go back and read my earlier columns and shake my head in shame.
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LIFESTYLE
SFCC student changing bike community
By JENNA LANIA | Apr. 9, 2008Ani Previc, 21, stands 4 feet 10 inches tall, but has not let her size or age stop her from seeing her goals to fruition.
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FASHION
Dyes and prints a fresh look for summer
By VANESSA DIMAGGIO | Apr. 9, 2008This summer's fashion is all about mixing it up. It's about making a splash with bold colors and prints, as well as experimenting with ethnic-inspired pieces.
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Anti-academia finds outlets in television, music
By DAVID LOW | Apr. 9, 2008I'm tired.
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Britain's Estelle glimmers on sophomore long player
By ADRIAN RUHI | Apr. 9, 2008You have probably never heard of Estelle, but you will shortly.
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'Walk It Off' never finds its legs
By ROBERT HILSON | Apr. 9, 2008Blame it on the blogs. Blame it on the fickle keyboard elitists who promised us that Tapes 'n Tapes was the second coming of Pavement, the perfectly refined seed of Frank Black and Kim Deal, the revolution that would reclaim the Minneapolis post-punk high ground long abandoned by the Replacements.
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Band touring, preparing new long player
By ALLIE CONTI | Apr. 2, 2008Nightmare of You is not a hardcore band (however misleading their name may be), it is not a pop-punk band and the members are not fighting against their roots.
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'Consolers' bulk a buzz-killer
By ROBERT HILSON | Apr. 2, 2008After the Raconteurs got burned a few years back for proclaiming to NME that "Broken Boy Soldiers" would be their answer to Nirvana's "Nevermind," they apparently decided to dial down the hype machine.
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Avenue takes on: Suwannee Springfest bluegrass festival
By MATTHEW CLARK | Apr. 2, 2008The mission seemed simple enough: In an age of torrent files and Hype Machine, I set out to see if there was any music left uncorrupted by the ongoing wars between corporate America and 20-something hipsters downloading off or blogs or the "OC" soundtrack series.
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Gnarls Barkley gets darker
By ADRIAN RUHI | Apr. 2, 2008Rushed to release several weeks early due to bootlegging, Gnarls Barkley's "The Odd Couple" is anything but rushed.
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MOVIES AND TV
Film's co-writer discusses screenplay, cast, sports and charity work
By PEDRO LORENZ GONZALEZ | Apr. 2, 2008This Friday marks the culmination of quite a journey for a little screenplay that could when "Leatherheads" hits the big screen.
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FASHION
Top 5 tips to avoid a fashion fiasco on campus
By VANESSA DIMAGGIO | Apr. 2, 2008Admit it, ladies.
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SEX
Sex dreams completely normal and healthy
By PAIGE USYK | Apr. 2, 2008I woke up last week in a feverish sweat that had nothing to do with a possible flu.
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Sex slump all in your head
By PAIGE USYK | Mar. 26, 2008Spring is officially upon us: the birds and bees are buzzing and boinking, my dog is howling at the moon and most of you probably ended your winter sex slump on Spring Break.
