Lines were blurred between hearing and listening in one of this summer’s biggest hits. If it weren’t for the topless women prancing around Robin Thicke, T.I. and Pharrell in the music video for “Blurred Lines,” no one would have heard what Thicke was “trying to say.”
The open mic stood center stage like a blinking cursor on a blank Word document, expectantly waiting for someone to approach it. Natalie Nix, 26, a UF English alumna and emcee for The Conch, was the first to take on the mic.
Dispersed throughout 46 acres are 10 cows, 11 horses, 25 chickens, two roosters, five dogs, three donkeys and about 100 goats. It’s safe to say Charlie Meister has his hands full — usually with bottles and animal feed.
The kids who flocked to see the midnight premieres of the Harry Potter movies wearing striped scarves, fake glasses and lightning bolts drawn on their foreheads with their mom’s eyebrow pencils are all grown up.
Chatter filled High Dive’s concert room as wisps of cigarette smoke from the outside bar drifted through the graffiti-covered door.
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Red has a reputation of making women feel ambitious, daring and confident. Think of the little red dress you zip up to impress or those haute red heels that are your go-to accessory.
Good cuddling buddies: teddy bears, puppies, kittens and bunnies. Dust mites, not so much. Yet, apparently, some single men may not mind sharing their bed with these tiny creatures.
An AK-47 hangs on a wall, black as space and soft as a pillow.
Inside the soft blue 3,000 square-foot warehouse, aisles that ran the length of the shop held numerous customers. Sarah Goff, co-founder and co-owner of the project, was the first to catch my attention. She asked if I needed help. We cordially talked for a minute until Mike Myers, the other co-founder and co-owner, could manage a break from the hustle and bustle.
If you’ve ever been to a museum, you know that the temptation to touch various pieces of art almost vibrates inside you.
I’m ba-aaaack. Although awards season won’t kick off until the winter, there are a few star-studded stragglers to tide us over. The MTV Video Music Awards was no exception — and boy, did we have a show in store. Here are just some of the highlights from last Sunday’s big night:
More than a thousand people are using a new site to find inexpensive brand-name clothes. One hundred and fifty of them are at UF.
James Franco joined the likes of Donald Trump, Flavor Flav and Pamela Anderson as the guest of honor at one of Comedy Central’s 90-minute celebrity roasts, which will air this weekend.
It’s not common for a popular band to come from a college town, but Gainesville has hatched some very cool musicians. Among them, about 21 years ago, came the ska-punk-rock band, Less Than Jake.
The first date is going well. The young couple is having a great time. The food is delicious.
The controversy that surrounded Lindsay Lohan for years has given her a reputation of being inconsiderate and messy. Recently, however, she has been finding ways to rebuild her image and heal from addiction.
Something is emerging on campus. Maybe it is the heat that brought them out.
Those looking to buy nail polish remover at CVS no longer have to worry about bringing their IDs.
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