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Hodi's Half Note celebrates one year of music
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A few years ago the Fort Collins music community experienced a lull. With the closing of the Starlight (now Hodi's Half Note), the Mishawaka Amphitheater, and Connor O'Neils, local bands were left with idle hands. But things are starting to turn around. It is no mishap that the conception of the Fort Collins Musicians Association (FCMA) and the anniversary of Hodi's Half Note have coincided with a communal sign of relief from local musicians.
CD Review: Lenny Kravitz's "It is Time for a Love Revolution"
Kravitz gets old
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Intro: Lenny Kravitz demands respect. At 43, Kravitz has won four Grammys, repeatedly topped the charts and even starred in a series of commercials for The Gap. So why is his eighth studio album, "It is Time for a Love Revolution" such a misguided mess? Pros: It isn't all bad.
Magazine Review: Utne Reader
Borderline preachy
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Purpose: The following claim was uncovered at the Utne Reader website: "Utne Reader and Utne.com are digests of independent ideas and alternative culture. Not right, not left, but forward thinking." The magazine is liberal; its main priorities are the environment, social justice and liberal-slanted politics.
Movie Review: There Will Be Blood
Leaves blood chilled ...
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Movie critics have been almost unanimous in their praise of "There Will Be Blood," though this praise is tempered with a sense of unease. Roger Ebert compared the experience of seeing "There Will Be Blood" to "viewing a natural disaster that you cannot turn away from.
Tasty Temptations: Energize with an easy omlette
Keep it clean, keep it simple
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Last week's meal was on the more difficult side, so this week I decided to make something quick and easy: an omelette. Using only one pot, this omelet will make your mouth water and keep your kitchen clean. It will impress friends and is easy enough to make daily for extra nutrition before class.
Loss gives women's basketball skid an even dozen
New Mexico: 74, CSU: 47
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Sloppy is an adjective defined in the dictionary as: "Marked by a lack of neatness or order; untidy." And sloppy is exactly how the CSU women's basketball team played against New Mexico Wednesday night at Moby Arena on their way to a 12-consecutive loss, 74-47.
New football coach inks 25 recruits
Fairchild announces first class Wednesday
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College football recruiting is always a race against the clock. But for the new CSU staff, this year was a sprint. Steve Fairchild, hired in December after the firing of Sonny Lubick, had just weeks to put together his first recruiting class, as opposed to the months it typically takes most college coaches.
