Because not everything has to go mainstream and major-label. The story of a talented British band and how their fans made their album possible.
“From that day on, if I was ever goin’ somewhere, I was runn-ing!” If any of you darling readers are unfamiliar with the above reference, I’ll tell you two things: first, that it’s taken from my all-time favorite movie, Forrest Gump. Secondly, you need to update your Netflix queue, stat. The film opens with little [...]
For those of you unaware, Treasure Island is a two-day music festival on Treasure Island, San Francisco, which occurs every year sometime in October. Saturday was all about dance-dance-dance-jump-yay! At noon, lesser known bands started off the day. Unfortunately I didn’t get to the island until about 5 p.m and was unable to catch any [...]
I’m not good at math. But I am good at making musical generalizations based on the Billboard Hot 100 and the generous contributions of my frat house neighbors every freaking weekend. Thanks to your badass audio system, every song now sounds exactly the same to me! And now I can prove it: (Click on image [...]
Introducing Caliber’s weekly digest on events around campus — our occasional reminder that college life is not all academics. To make it easier for you, we’ve included links to the Facebook events. MONDAY Oct 18 Art Practice Wiesenfeld Visiting Artist Lecture Series presents Michael Arcega 7:30 pm-9:00 pm 155 Kroeber Hall Perks: Listen to Bay [...]
After Econ 1 students were assigned a two-page paper, the head graduate student instructor shot us an email clarifying the homework and couldn’t help but add in a general life rule: “The default interpretation of two pages is two pages double spaced with reasonable margins (approximately an inch on all sides) and a font size of 12 [...]
By Shannon Najmabadi, Journalist Human rights and torture accountability groups have launched an allied campaign to pass a Berkeley City Council Resolution that will welcome cleared Guantanamo detainees to Berkeley. Many of the Guantanamo Bay detainees were sold to U.S. forces in exchange for a cash bounty and false confessions of terrorist activity were obtained [...]
Craving homemade pancakes in delightful shapes and colors? Look no further than this month’s website spotlight: jimspancakes.com. Even with over 20,000 Facebook fans, Jim’s Pancakes is at its core a humble food blog with the motto “just trying to make some cool pancakes for my daughter.” Jim’s pancake legacy comes from his dad, who “used to [...]
. Hey mom and dad. I know you want the best for me. And I know that you paid a ton for my (increasingly expensive) Berkeley education. I also know that you always wanted me to be a successful, well-paid, questionably ethical business person at the Haas School of Business. But I have news for [...]
Jeffrey Russell Koller is a second year Mechanical Engineering major, a member of the prestigious order of Parker, and one classy photography. Despite the new age hype over digital photography, there are still some, like Jeff, who stick to the simpler things. Or maybe we just think they are simple, he spends much of his [...]
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