This week’s song is performed by the American hard rock band Shinedown, established 2001 in Jacksonville, Florida. One of their musical influences is fellow Jacksonville rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, the band responsible for popularizing “Sweet Home Alabama.” Click here for a listen of Shinedown’s “Her Name is Alice,” as featured on Almost Alice, the compilation [...]
By Tara Wu With your girlfriend / boyfriend: For those spine-tingling moments when you’re clinging onto each other for your dear lives (or at least pretending to), scary movie classics like The Grudge and The Ring are always the answer. They’re the perfect opportunity for girls to panic and hug the living daylights out of [...]
By now you’ve watched a movie in 3D – probably the recently released Avatar or Alice in Wonderland, if not both. Being a Burton fan, I’m planning to watch Alice over spring break but was disappointed to find that the theater where I’m meeting SoCal friends does not have IMAX 3D but plain ‘ol 3D. [...]
As suggested by Silvia Cernea, this week’s track is “Computer Camp Love” by Norwegian electro band Datarock. Their music is characterized by dance punk and – you guessed it – wacky song titles like “I Used to Dance with My Daddy” and “Fa-Fa-Fa.” Click here for a listen of their music video of “Computer Camp [...]
Usually, displaying your artwork is all about “location, location, location”. But in the world of spray cans and controversy, there are limitations. Where your paint finds its canvas isn’t always in plain view but picking out the most interesting façade of that alley between the two warehouses or the textured metal of that old train [...]
By Fiona Hannigan Berkeley is a special place. It almost seems removed from the hustle and bustle of “corporate,” “mainstream” America. Almost every Berkeley block has a used or independent bookstore, offering something that can’t be found in any familiar Barnes & Noble: an intellectual, inviting atmosphere; personal attention from employees; and often much better [...]
As suggested by Ericka Veliz, this week’s track is performed by an indie band, The Morning Benders, hailing from none other than Berkeley, California. That’s right, Berkeley, the land of the hobos and hippies and really good cheeseboard pizza. And now, this. Click here for a listen of The Morning Benders’ “Waiting for a War.” [...]
As suggested by Caliber member Silvia Cernea, this week’s music track is performed by The xx, a three-piece British band hailing from London, established 2005. Music genre is a bit hard to define. Using punk ’80s guitar sounds and a dash of R&B, their album’s unique sounds have been called “sleek” and “whispery” and their [...]
Every week our staff will roam the blogosphere in search of the funniest photos around, be they: classic comics, inspirational, the latest pictorial parodies of Kanye West‘s VMA moments or photos that are JPW (Just Plain Weird). As this is our first in the Photo of the Week series, we’ll start you off with two [...]
By Silvia Cernea Introducing… five surefire ways of forcing yourself to like a certain album! * Guaranteed to work with anything other than Miley Cyrus, The Jonas Brothers and Nickelback. They may be beyond salvation. Jump In the Pool: Imagine a little kid afraid to jump in the pool because the water is freezing. His [...]
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