The Oracle: By winning the 2008 national championship last Monday, the Kansas University Jayhawk men's basketball team provided me with an incomprehensible consolation victory.
One might think that Los Campesinos! is a simple, laid-back agrarian bunch judging by the name, but this seven-piece Welsh outfit's musical style testifies to anything but that.
It's hard to pigeonhole Gnarls Barkley into a specific genre. The collaboration between Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse draws from many influences, but their unique blend quickly garnered critical acclaim and various awards.
"Run Fatboy Run," David Schwimmer's directorial debut, is another in a string of schlubby-guy-doesn't-really-deserve-to-get-the-girl-but-improves-just-enough-to-get-the-girl-anyway comedies (see also: "Knocked Up").
It's a common dream for jam buddies to take their musical efforts from an after-school activity to a point where they can share their music with the entire world.
Ask anyone who watched MTV's new number-one hit, "Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew" and they will tell you that Kaba Modern deserved to be in the top two; perhaps even win the $100,000 grand prize along with a touring contract.
By going to school and living in one of the safest and most well-off cities in the country, it is easy to get wrapped up in homework, classes, work, hanging out with friends and the myriad of other activities and responsibilities that college students typically encounter.
"Hello, nice to meet you! My name is John Doe, what's yours?" "It's nice to meet you!" I respond. "My name is Emma Seemann." Laughter breaks out. No seriously, that's my name.
We all secretly do it. We all wonder what they're doing, how they look, whom they're dating and whether they ever gave us a second thought when they broke our hearts. Do they feel sorry now, or are we erased from their past as fast as they can say, "It's not you … it's me"?
