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The Best Party Anthems: From AC/DC to Jay-Z

The Best Party Anthems: From AC/DC to Jay-Z

A certain breed of parties inevitably comes with a certain breed of music. This is not the kind of indie rock that will get the tight pants crew patting you on the back for your refined taste. This is the kind of music that accompanies beer pong, Abercrombie and Fitch T-shirts, and backwards baseball caps. This is the kind of music that, good or...

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Plan B Should be Your Plan F

Plan B  Should be Your Plan F

I had heard good things about Plan B -- a New York City club on the Lower East Side -- and was excited to check it out. My first disappointment was as soon as I stepped through the door. In contrast to the flashy pictures on the website, the interior looks like a hole in the wall bar (see above). I pity people who have their birthday parties the...

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Music Video, Yale Style -- "95 Theses"

Music Video, Yale Style -- "95 Theses"

From Alexander Dominitz, the director for the student-run film production company Bulldog Productions, comes a music video of a song styled after Jay-Z's "99 Problems" about Martin Luther and the Reformation. Don't write it off without watching it: the video's both well done and entertaining. There is also a website up with cast and crew bios an...

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Jay-Z to Play Free Shows for Barack Obama

Jay-Z to Play Free Shows for Barack Obama

Jay-Z may have 99 problems but a political opinion ain’t one. The rapper have some reasonable doubts about John McCain's bid for the presidency, so Hova is going to bat for his boy Barack Obama. Earlier this year, he recorded a phone message urging Ohio voters to get to the primary polls and now he’s playing free shows at voter registration even...

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