music
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ReSpekt wishes you a happy new year
Regina Spektor recently recorded a cute little ditty wishing everyone a happy new year — “My Dear Acquaintance,” originally offered for free to customers on the Apple store, though it appears to now cost $0.99. At any rate, the song purrs sweetness, and through her lyrics, I’d like to wish all of you a fantastic…
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2007’s best beats
Although this is not an explicitly music-focused blog, given the blogosphere’s obsession with year-end “best-of” lists, I felt it would be appropriate to try it on for size for this blog. Music has always had a major presence in my life, from singing self-created ballads to myself softly while wandering through the woodsy area behind…
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On the airwaves..
As a student of mass communication, I am constantly frustrated by the boredom presented by American advertising. Advertisers consistently insult our intelligence as viewers and consumers of information. When ads do manage to steer away from dullness, they are usually degrading to anything feminine or nontraditional, catering to the interests of middle-class, Middle American mothers…
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How to win an election
On the way back toward the Union between classes this afternoon, I stopped in at Ingraham Hall to use the bathroom. Shortly after approaching the urinal and unzipping, I heard a voice behind me proclaim, “Why hello there young sir, my name is Professor Smith and I’m here to teach today’s lesson on human anatomy.”…
joe erbentraut 