Spring Break
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Open mic nights a highly competitive network
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Two Fridays ago, Mike Roach took the stage, guitar in hand, in the Old Town coffee shop the Alley Cat for the weekly open mic night. Despite just recently battling both the swine flu and mononucleosis, Roach joined his roommate and fellow band member Johnny Claiborne for their 20-minute set, sticking to their commitment of gaining exposure for their music The small room stood full with people reading or concentrating on homework, a mug keeping their textbooks company on the table.
'Tamsin' brings out the adolescent in all of us
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In keeping with a belated Halloween spirit, let's review a book about ghosts. Teenage ghosts at that. Not much is scarier or weirder than teenagers, right? In fact, Peter S. Beagle's "Tamsin" features a whole host of creepy, unearthly creatures, not only ghosts, but the fairy-like pookas, the household spirits called billy-blinds, the phantasmal group of huntsmen Wild Hunt and more.
Hardcore flavor tripping making life a little sweeter [VIDEO]
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Some of you may recall our column several weeks ago about the Facebook app FarmVille. We queried CSU students, trying, in vain, to discover why it is so popular. When we failed to find a single player of the game on the Plaza one afternoon. We concluded that they must all have been indoors playing it at that time of day.
Say Anything saying everything and more
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Sounds Like: Mayday Parade, Motion City Soundtrack Release Date: Nov. 3, 2009 "I hate everyone," sarcastically claims Say Anything vocalist Max Bemis in the chorus of "Hate Everyone," for the band's return this week with a new self-titled album. The song is a pop-punk anthem of satirical confusion and the first single released off the album.
KCSU DJ Profile: Nic
Time: Tuesdays from 9 to 11 p.m. Real name: Nic Turiciano Major: Aspiring journalism major Q: Years at KCSU? A: One month Q: Favorite music genre(s)? A: Indie/electronica/I'malittlebitcountryi'malittlebitrockn'roll Q: What's your favorite album right n
