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Music Spotlight: The Next Big Sound

Outta the way, Tom Anderson and Mark Zuckerburg, the four guys of The Next Big Sound are about to blow you out of the water. After a successful launch, the creators of The Next Big Sound are sure to be the next big thing.

 

TNBS is a musical social network – the site is a haven for all aspiring

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Latest comment by Anonymous: NEXT BIG SOUND IS MUSIC OF THE FUTURE!!!
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Travel Europe Right Here in America

Forget the Red Light District, you can smoke weed at home. For other ways to enjoy the attractions of Europe without leaving the comforts of America, check out our list after the jump.

Terps Haul In Another Recruit

More good news for the Maryland men's basketball team.  According to TurtleSportsReport.com, Maryland added 6-foot-9 Steve Goins for next year, a huge boost for the team.

 

Goins, from Chicago, committed several weeks ago but just recently found out he had sufficient grades.

Huge news for

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Way to Spend Your Weekend

Not graduating and have no idea what to do?  Check out Pizza Fest, noon to 10 PM tomorrow and Sunday.  This is the second annual Pizza Fest, and it features live music, a pizza-eating competition, and a best pizza contest.  Love the 'za?  I think you know where to head!

The Best Way to Start Fall Quarter with Style and Class?  Tastes of Chicago, Gourmet-Style
Love Tastes of Chicago, but wish it could feature some real Chicago culinary style? Looks like you're in luck. Next September, you can check out the first gourmet version of Tastes...for a cool $150 for the day or $250 for the weekend. (http://www.chicagogourmet.org/)

Bonus features for your buck? Over 150 wineries from around the world, celebrity chefs, and some sweet seminars are taking over Millennium Park. Could the wine info alone beat the Norris wine tasting mini course?
Annual College Art Party Hits Chicago
While most college seniors are graduating in a haze of mind-numbing speeches and cap-throwing, Columbia College Chicago sends their students out in style with a giant all-day art fair, including a free performance by OK Go. (Yeah, be jealous.)

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Former Michigan Quarterback Takes Over for Da Bears
For Michigan fans that take pleasure in the pain of others, there’s some bad news. Rex Grossman (Florida’s quarterback against UM in the Outback Bowl 2003) has been benched after two years of never-ending criticism from around the league. Sadly, you can’t tear a guy apart when he’... MORE »
Link: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20...
It's Tool (Theft) Time!
I don't know if you heard the horrifying news, but a box of tools was nonviolently removed from the Chicago campus. A greater tragedy has never struck Northwestern. If you want to protect yourself and loved ones from crimes such as these, you are advised to "notify the...Evanstono [sic] police department immedi... MORE »
Civilization: (Finally) Here
According to a Columbia Missourian article last week, civilization - aka direct flights to a major city that isn't Kansas City or St. Louis - is coming to mid-Missouri.

With help from MU, Jefferson City and the Tri-county Lodging Association in the Lake of the Ozarks area, Columbia hopes to bring a regi... MORE »
Link: http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2007/08/...
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