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Ratatat's "LP3" lacks dynamics, but great for selling cars
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Ratatat. Aside from being fun to say, the word is also the name of a Brooklyn-based instrumental music duo that has been pumping out a club-ready fusion of electric guitar, synthesizer and hip-hop beats since 2004. If you haven't heard of them, you've almost certainly heard their music: their instantly likeable tunes populate major motion pictures and car commercials alike.
'College' meets low expectations
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A rather predictable disappointment, "College" sufficiently stereotypes college students as raunchy, mindless partiers, going beyond other party movies. Previews for the movie provided no incentive to attend, making the actual viewing predictably bad. After opening weekend, it only grossed $2.
Tea master helps students learn 'art of tea'
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LOS ANGELES - She stands several inches under 5 feet tall, a diminutive, delicate looking woman of 88. But place her on a chair in her traditional Japanese tea room and Sosei Matsumoto becomes a larger-than-life figure. This tiny woman is a tea master, skilled in what the Japanese call chado or "the art of tea.
Psychologist reports about life after death
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A psychologist's true account of parapsychology, Many Lives, Many Masters addresses life after death, other lifetimes and the unconscious connections between people. Brian Weiss, who holds an M.D. in psychology, assists people with their anxiety through hypnosis and occasional medicinal treatments.
New-age site seeing
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What do you do on the Internet? Research? Download music? Surf Facebook? There are a lot of marvelous services available, courtesy of the World Wide Web, and in case you haven't heard of those that we are about to share with you, you might consider checking them out the next time you are waiting for that girl or guy to "poke" you back.
"Peanuts" animator Bill Melendez dies at 91
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SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Bill Melendez, the animator who gave life to Snoopy, Charlie Brown and other "Peanuts" characters in scores of movies and TV specials, has died. He was 91. Melendez died Tuesday at St. John's Hospital, according to publicist Amy Goldsmith.
TriMedia highlights
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Brian Mueller used to just make videos for his family. Now, the junior math education major will watch a production of his own on the silver screen this weekend alongside professional films from around the world. In March, Mueller and his crew, consisting of CSU sophomores Ben Vacha, an electrical engineering major, Auston Brecht, an open option major and Kurt Tiedemann, a junior psychology major, participated in CSU's annual Rams With Cams film festival and competition, and their first-place winning entry caught the eye of TriMedia Film Festival representatives looking for videos to showcase in the student section of their festival.
