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Rigler’s latest novel sure to please avid Jane Austen fans
By BRIANA O’SULLIVAN | July 2, 2008If the early 90s sci-fi show "Quantum Leap" and PBS's "Masterpiece Theatre" had a passionate affair, "Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict" by Laurie Viera Rigler would be their love child.
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Experimental Noise:Action Research blends music and mayhem
By SHAW PATTON | July 2, 2008All rules are out the window when it comes to experimental music. Primal screams, scratchy dialogue, looping riffs and ambient echoes are just some of the sounds at a typical Action Research show.
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"Get Smart" goes dull
By Allison Griner | July 2, 2008The tuxedos, guns and gadgets are back. "Get Smart," a big-screen adaptation of the 1960s show parodying the spy genre, indulges in every James Bond and Pink Panther stereotype to create an enjoyable spoof.
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Go bold with accessories
By EMILIE WILLIAMS | July 2, 2008Think pink, do blue, be seen in green and say hello to yellow. This summer's shoes and purses are all about vibrant colors.
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Hippies score on debut
By ROBERT HILSON | July 2, 2008Fleet Foxes isn't your father's Seattle band. The five-piece Puget pioneers avoid flannel, regularly bathe and - here's the real departure - seem genuinely happy to be alive. These guys have aesthetic taste, favoring 16th century cover artwork over naked babies (Nirvana) and mangy farm animals (Pearl Jam). Of greater importance, the group's brand of Brian Wilson-flavored folk lullaby makes more noise in blogs than in stadiums, a telltale sign that they are out of place and time.
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Music for the Masses: Local musician created own record label, will travel on Warped Tour
By BAILEY PARKE | June 18, 2008Joe Loffredo leads a double life. By day, he sports a button-down shirt tucked into khaki slacks. By night, he dons a bandana and high-top sneakers.
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Avenue review: The Early Twenties
By SHAW PATTON | June 18, 2008While you may not run into Soulja Boy on campus, critiquing local musicians can be risky. In the attempt to discover local music and at the suggestion of a fellow writer, below is a local band review.
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R.E.M. deliver impressive show, prove they can still rock
By ROBERT HILSON | June 18, 2008"We are young despite the years we are concern/ We are hope despite the times." So sings Michael Stipe on R.E.M.'s classic "These Days," the band's statement of purpose and a tune that had been rattling in my head a full week prior to an early summer gig at the University of California, Berkeley campus. The song rocks, no questions asked, but it's also slightly cringe-inducing, should you picture it played by three middle-aged hipsters - one frumpy (Peter Buck), one bald (Stipe) and one timelessly nerdy (Mike Mills). It also begs the question, are these guys full of it? Twenty years on, are once-ballsy claims now as hollow as one of Buck's signature Rickenbackers? In short, does R.E.M. still matter?
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“The Incredible Hulk” fails to continue Marvel’s success
By JESSICA METZGER | June 18, 2008"The Incredible Hulk" is an incredible disappointment. I had such high hopes for this remake after Marvel Studios' success with "Iron Man" and the film's reported box office numbers. True, this version is better than the 2003 "Hulk" but this film is still not up to par with what you would expect from a superhero movie.
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Bonnaroo 2008: Attendees endured show delays, hot weather and rain showers
By LAURA NOVETZKE | June 18, 2008One after another, cars poured out of the Wal-Mart parking lot in the quaint town of Manchester, Tenn. Thursday morning.
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Top picks for fresh summer scents
By TINA WOLFAND | June 18, 2008Summer is definitely the time of year to be flirtier, especially when it comes to fragrances. I've done some research at Sephora and concocted a list of this summer's must-have scents for guys and girls.
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Juneteenth Festival showcases African–American heritage
By MARGARITA DELAPAZ | June 11, 2008A late flight into the wrong airport did not keep Kenneth Ogungbemi from attending the Juneteenth Festival & Juried Art Show last year. It did, however, keep him from competing.
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Beat the summer heat with comfortable smock dresses
By EMILIE WILLIAMS | June 11, 2008The times have changed, and we girls should be grateful. In 1958, women at UF were finally permitted to wear Bermuda shorts as long as they were not a disruption to class. According to a Tampa Tribune article published in April, faculty members could ban females from class if they felt their shorts were a distraction.
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Prevent summer disasters with simple beauty tricks
By TINA WOLFAND | June 11, 2008It's almost July, and all Florida ladies know that means stifling heat and humidity that make looking your best seem like an impossible task.
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‘Zohan’ delivers stylish, silly humor
By JESSICA METZGER | June 11, 2008Don't mess with the Sandman. Adam Sandler has done it again with his combination of ridiculous characters, raunchy humor and crazy fight sequences that help make his new flick, "Don't Mess With the Zohan," gut-bustingly funny.
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Old shtick on ‘Weezer’
By ROBERT HILSON | June 11, 2008Not many guitar heroes make it through their high school years without getting slapped with the dropout tag, so it's even more impressive that Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo gets to flaunt a bachelor's degree in English from Harvard University. A decade-long stint with the Ivy League's finest must afford one all kinds of vital knowledge, and yet Cuomo still can't wrap his horn-rimmed head around the law of diminishing returns.
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One—night stands can boost confidence
By ANNIE ANTHONY | June 11, 2008A one-night stand is nothing to be ashamed of. You should be proud of it. Cramming a mini-relationship based on attraction and minimal conversation into less than 24 hours is a feat.
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Handler’s book a summer must–read
By BRIANA O’SULLIVAN | June 11, 2008Chelsea Handler began telling wild and eccentric lies at the age of 9. Since then, she has not stopped, and neither have the bizarre situations her untruths get her into.
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Battling for bike safety: Band, organization work to keep cyclists safe
By BAILEY PARKE | June 11, 2008James Brown was pacing back and forth nervously waiting for the second call. It was late in the evening on May 5, 2007. He had just finished playing a show in Miami with his band, Battle!, of Gainesville. He was hoping she would be OK.
