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LIFESTYLE
Thin male models nix ideal body image
By VANESSA DIMAGGIO | Feb. 20, 2008The days of the bronzed, buff beefcake as the male body ideal may be over.
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MUSIC
The Avenue takes on: New Jersey and the Spice Girls
By ANA MONTANO | Feb. 20, 2008How far would you go to see one of your favorite groups from the '90s reunited in concert? For me, the answer was New Jersey.
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MOVIES AND TV
Who takes home a naked, gold dude? We like 'Juno'
By DANNY DJELJOSEVIC | Feb. 20, 2008It's that time of year again when Hollywood pats itself on the back for a job well done on a bunch of films that came out in fall or winter, ignoring great films that came out earlier in the year like "Zodiac." While I care very little about the Oscars in general (let's be honest here: a silly little statue of a naked gold man means nothing), here are my picks for the show on Sunday.
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Indie band Sigur Ros's movie to be shown at Hippodrome
By LAURA NOVETZKE | Feb. 20, 2008This weekend, Gainesville's indie music scene will take a diary tour of the Icelandic landscape through the eyes and ears of Sigur Ros.
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MUSIC
Raveonettes score with 'Lust, Lust, Lust'
By ROBERT HILSON | Feb. 20, 2008After all the impotent posturing in modern rock music, hearing a band for once back its chic style with actual substance comes as quite a turn-on. When a group looks as cool as The Raveonettes, an equally impressive sound equates to a sinfully good album.
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British Sea Power releases third album
By ROBERT HILSON | Feb. 13, 2008The English foursome British Sea Power's third release "Do You Like Rock Music?" opens with the ominous mantra, "we're all in it."
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Gainesville band gains popularity
By CAITLIN C. HEALY | Feb. 13, 2008What's in a name? For Gainesville band Oh Fortuna, everything.
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Pop artists remix Jackson songs
By ADRIAN RUHI | Feb. 13, 2008Whether you like it or not, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" is the most popular album of all time.
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MOVIES AND TV
Moviefone for the painfully alone
By DANNY DJELJOSEVIC | Feb. 13, 2008So you're single and it's Valentine's Day. The love of your life isn't returning your phone calls, text messages or threatening carrier-pigeon communiqués, so why not rekindle your love affair with cinema?
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LIFESTYLE
Best of the worst books for your bibliophile Valentine
By STEFANIE ROBERTS | Feb. 13, 2008Although the Butler Plaza Barnes & Noble tried to take the guesswork out of securing appropriate lovey-dovey literature by amassing the "best" of its collection on one table, the final selections were pretty far off - or right on target, depending on your sense of humor.
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SEX
Valentine’s Day trying for couples and singles
By PAIGE USYK | Feb. 13, 2008Whatever your opinion is of Valentine's Day, everyone can agree that men and women view the holiday differently.
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MUSIC
Umoja Orchestra releases CD at Common Grounds
Feb. 13, 2008Avenue Contributing Writer
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FASHION
Dressing up for V-day
By VANESSA DIMAGGIO | Feb. 13, 2008Valentine's Day has arrived, and couples and single hopefuls alike face the task of figuring out what to wear on that special night.
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SEX
Romance can hinder good sex
By PAIGE USYK | Feb. 6, 2008Lately, I've been thinking: do sex and romance ever co-exist?
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MUSIC
Hot Chip dissapoints
By ROBERT HILSON | Feb. 6, 2008In indie rock, there's a time-tested tradition of tacking tongue-in-cheek titles onto unassuming works.
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LIFESTYLE
The Week in Entertainment
By ANA MONTANO | Feb. 6, 2008Good news for TV fans. The writer's strike is looking like there's an end in sight. According to a person familiar with the talks, significant progress has been made and a deal announcement could occur within in the week.
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LIFESTYLE
Trauma helps woman find new trade
By ANA MONTANO | Feb. 6, 2008The accident left her horribly mangled.
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LIFESTYLE
New flourishes add pop to old styles
By VANESSA DIMAGGIO | Feb. 6, 2008There comes a point in every fashionable college student's life when you look in the closet and just think, "blah."
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Campaign songs slightly inspirational, annoying
By DAVID LEE COMBS | Feb. 6, 2008In 1840, presidential candidate William Henry Harrison blew up the charts with the still-bangin' political anthem "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too." A twelve verse-long indictment of his opponent Martin Van Buren, the song probably had all of the novel appeal a Crazy Frog jam would generate today.
