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MMMBoppers explore new sound
By Andrew Hibbard | April 28, 2008Back in the summer of 1997, three bright-eyed teenagers dominated the airwaves with the infectious pop song "MMMBop."
Back in the summer of 1997, three bright-eyed teenagers dominated the airwaves with the infectious pop song "MMMBop."
While students scramble to squeeze in last-minute papers, memorize a Rolodex-worth of biology note cards and work through old problem sets, breaks are in dire need, and staying on Duke campus just...
I can tell you that correct Chronicle style forbids first-person ledes, but this isn't the Chronicle-this is recess.
Although I'm a proud member of the Class of 2008, I had my first article printed in recess all the way back in October of 2002.
88 Minutes confirms many stereotypes often associated with Hollywood.
These are the last words that I will write for the Chronicle.
Hello world. This is Alex Warr writing, and, to quote a beloved editor of yesteryear, we've never met. There are several reasons for this. It could be my heterosexual life-mate Varun usually uses...
On the evening of April 24, caricatures will come to life, figuratively speaking. The Art of Political Satire successfully weaves together the media of sketch comedy and political cartooning....
Kissing Ali Locker the summer after sixth grade. Beating Mario Golf. My Bar Mitzvah. The first time I saw Mariah Carey on a tire swing in the "Always Be My Baby" video. In no particular order,...
The tagline says, "Terror has evolved," but the new thriller, The Ruins, is really just more of the same old, same old. Adapted from a 2006 novel of the same name by Scott Smith, The Ruins follows...
Dan Bejar built his name as Destroyer but has become equally well known for his involvement in indie supergroups the New Pornographers and Swan Lake.
Bombadil has come a long way. And I don't mean from Bolivia, as their vivid use of charangos and zamponas might suggest.
Starting this weekend, students can partake in the generally-exclusive experience of viewing a collection of brand-new theater works.
Centered around the less-than-ideal lives of the intellectually superior Weatherhold family, Smart People will remind students and professors stuck in the world of straight A's and Ph.D's that...
In college, Sunday brunch serves an essential function-allowing students to openly exchange their walks of shame, drunken hook-ups and emergency room visits of the past weekend.
Jackie Chan. Jet Li. One screen. One big let down. The fight scenes were great-like all the new martial-arts movies coming out these days-but even the spectacle of a white-clad Jet Li sparring with...
The Brian Jonestown Massacre are dinosaurs, managing somehow to be relics of two long gone eras: the mid to late 1960s, which they hearken back to in their songs and band name, and the indie scene...
Venturing into the world of Man Man is an at-your-own-risk endeavor. Don't believe me? They even have their fans sign waivers before each concert that read, "Soul corruption and face melting both...
With the recent surge of retro-inspired Brit pop in the indie scene, innovative bands come as a refreshing change. Unfortunately, the Kooks are not one of them. They are, however, a successful...
When Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) is dumped by his girlfriend, TV star Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell), he is devastated. After a few weeks of feeling miserable, Peter decides, on the urgings of his...