Todd Snider "Peace, Love And Anarchy (Rarities, B-Sides And Demos Vol. 1)" Oh Boy Records Todd Snider writes songs. That's it. He does it damn well, though. Nothing extravagant here - they're funny and sweet and a little heartbreaking sometimes, but mostly they're just pretty little packages, sparse and unadorned.
A rotating roster, improvisation and structured jams. Sounds like jazz? It is … sort of. You may have seen Hello Society at any number of events around Foggy Bottom since the band's inception in the spring of 2005 playing as the house band at a performance by Think Tank, a spoken-word group on campus at the time.
Whether you stumble upon the Mount Vernon Quad on your way to get a late lunch at Ames or brave the shuttle to see one of your favorite bands, make sure to spend your Saturday on the Quad for Fountain Day. Typically held to celebrate the turning on of the main fountain on the Mount Vernon Campus, Fountain Day also brings arts and crafts, free food and live music to the typically underappreciated campus.
If you have $5 As is so often the case, you can pocket the cash and go do something free, in this case attend a birthday party, specifically one for William Shakespeare, being held from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at Folger Shakespeare Library at 201 East Capitol St.
Sitting in his manager's basement in Los Angeles, My Chemical Romance guitarist Frank Iero took calls from college journalists across the country while the rest of his band was in Japan. Just a few days earlier, he had one of his wisdom teeth pulled and with it, came out his sinus wall.
"I suppose Americans are a bit more handsome and respectful," said Owen Clarke, the guitarist and synth player of Hot Chip, comparing American audiences to his native British crowds. "Not nearly as pissed," added Felix Martin, the band's mustached drum machine programmer.
I bet you're asking yourself, "Say, Bar Belle, what's it been like, turning out a column of questionable journalistic integrity week in and week out?" Well reader, in this column, I am required to tell you! Over the past year, I've been forced into frat parties, thrown from dive bars and pushed to the brink of alcoholism - all for no pay and three dozen writing clips I can't use because my name's not on the byline.
by Nicole Cairns Senior Staff Writer The agony and pain of finals is quickly approaching. For some of us, our time at GW is coming to a close and we're applying for jobs. Others are planning their summer vacations and trying to land a great internship.
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