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The Twitter

As online editor for The Chronicle, I've been experimenting with different uses of Twitter to suit The Chronicle's journalistic purposes. So far, no success. Frankly, I believe Twitter will be a...


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ugk

Before Chamillionaire was ridin' dirty, T.I. was livin' his life (in jail) and Weezy was stuntin' like his daddy, UGK (Underground Kingz) presided over the Southern rap scene. The Houston-based duo...


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adventureland

I have a crush on Kristen Stewart. Maybe it's because of the dark, emotional roles that seem to attract her. Maybe it was her part in Twilight that got me hooked. But really, I think it's because...


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peter bjorn and john

Peter Bjorn and John's Living Thing is probably the most even-tempered album you'll hear all year. The three are simply too cool to get riled up. Their initial success with 2006's Writer's Block...


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This Sporting Life

Each year of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, a filmmaker curates a themed series. This year, Steve James, Academy Award-winning director of Hoop Dreams, is curating "This Sporting Life,"...


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Banal is boss in Horrors

In an impressive feat, Hoof 'n' Horn makes the banalities of suburban life and visits to the dentist as exciting as the bloodthirsty carnivorous plants that characterize the rock musical.


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bela fleck and friends

Bela Fleck has something of the Midas touch about him. Whether he's playing newgrass or jazz fusion, classical concerti or jam-band vamps, Fleck has a penchant for garnering the applause of critics...


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duke,Horizontal

Let me make everyone sufficiently uncomfortable right now: this is not an article about threesomes. Microsoft Word's spell check seems not to know whether threesome is a word, but the term isn't...


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yeah yeah yeahs

Nothing better summarizes the overall intensity of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' It's Blitz! than the album's cover image: a stillshot of a woman's hand squeezing and shattering an egg, with its yolk...