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Top 10 totally unrealistic Spring Fling headliner suggestions

Last week, BØRNS revealed via an inadvertent leak on his Facebook page that he would be performing at Spring Fling on May 1.It remains unclear whether the indie pop artist of Hulu commercial fame will be headlining this year, and since the announcement, speculation about other potential headliners ...




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The ABCs of Literature: Terry Pratchett

Even when people talk about the fantasy genre with affection, remembering the books that they first loved as children and that continue to enchant them today, they rarely talk about fantasy as serious literature, the kind that reflects our world back to us and betters our understanding of it. There's ...



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Politics take center stage in second season of 'I Am Cait'

In its second season, “I Am Cait” (2015 - present) remains, like its star Caitlyn Jenner herself, a confusing mess of contradictions. After a much-discussed first season, which aired on the heels of Jenner’s very public coming out, Caitlyn is back for another go with her the group of trans friends ...



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Pop Filter: The learning cliff

Many people tell me that they really want to get started arranging, but that pesky learning curve is like trying to learn Dwarf Fortress. If you want to have an easier time getting started out, here's a few things I recommend you do:Learn music theory. A good way to get started with that is to take ...


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After Years: Chapter Seven

Editor’s note: This column is part of a fictional weekly serial.“So do we think it’s amnesia? And he’s really just a cute little old man now? Or are we leaning towards mastermind with borderline sociopathy — he’s fully aware of his past, and he’s been pretending this whole time? The scary ...


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Events Box — 3.31.16

Looking for some post-spring break relaxation? Check out one of these arts events happening on campus this weekend.Torn Ticket II Presents — Urinetown: The Musical: Torn Ticket II is putting on their spring major production of Urinetown, a musical satire of the legal system, class divide, corporate ...



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Gail Carriger

Steampunk is a difficult genre, not only to categorize but to master. It can involve everything from tiny robots infused into everyone's blood at the orders of a 19th-century version of Genghis Khan's horde to necromancers raising hordes of the dead to female airship captains carrying secretive ...







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Screen Time: The Mascot

Over spring break, the CW did a thing. Characters on both “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” and “Jane the Virgin,” which air back-to-back on Monday nights, explicitly interrogated whether their women-led stories pass the Bechdel test. Each show’s writers could’ve strung together an episode’s worth ...



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Beach House brings dream pop back to Boston

On March 11, dream pop band Beach House took the stage at the House of Blues for a sold-out show, returning to Boston after two new album releases and nearly four years of international touring. Joined by two backing instrumentalists for its live performances, the critically-acclaimed duo, French-born ...


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Pop Filter: Based Basses

Bass lines matter. In pop music, especially, we look for the bass line to tell us how to get into the groove of the song, and that holds true for a cappella. Even when the other harmonies are off engaging in some rhythmic shenanigans, the bass continues to ground the group in the correct key and time ...