September 11

Fighting, football, and fermented beverages

Now with even more alliteration! The first Cal football home game took place this saturday, and it was a good one. We kicked Minnesota's ass (42-17), had a number of spectacular plays, and the event was generally entertaining. The most exciting thing wasn't the [...]

September 6

StalkBookâ„¢

So, yeah, the new Facebook is here, and it's causing quite a bit of hoopla. A number of groups have sprung up in protest of the new "News Feed" and "Mini-Feed" features now central to a user's home page and profile, most noticeably [...]

September 1

The polish of experience

I have been ever perplexed by the stigma of the "sellout" or changing artist in the context of the music industry. I do not deny that there are hordes of cookie-cutter bands whose sole purposes are to rely on the producer's injection of popular [...]

August 27

Denial

So the semester begins tomorrow and I just remembered. Kind of. I mean, I know it's been in the works for some time now, but I was in a very content state of mixed apathy and forgetfulness concerning it. I have a [...]

August 11

Gnarls Barkley: Why?

Why do people enjoy this artist so? The popular track, "Crazy", has an interesting sound and is a little fun, but people have been raving about the album aside from this song and I don't know why. It's disconnected and can't seem to decide what [...]

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