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Nothing too 'Happy' about these 'Friends'

Always looking to broaden my reviewing horizons, I chose this week to review the DVD of the internet cartoon "Happy Tree Friends." The cover showed a goofy looking blue moose, sticking a knife into a toaster.


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First Year Players present 'Joseph' musical at SAB

The lights, the music, the dancing, the SAB? Broadway takes over U.Va as the First Year Players put on their fall production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." "I chose to do this show because [Joseph] is a non-stop, action packed show with great music and dancing," said director Ben Lovell.


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This is it: Strokes show courage under 'Fire'

The Strokes are rock stars in the purest sense: They just want to get drunk and hit on hot girls, all with an apathetic malaise. Their new album, "Room On Fire" is the highly anticipated follow-up to "Is This It," a rare album that rode critical buzz into popular acclaim.


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Princess and the twee: Scottish belle goes solo

Isobel Campbell's debut solo album isn't about the music, per se. Instead of drawing the listener into each respective composition, "Amorino," a jazz-driven collection of songs enhanced by a full orchestra, focuses more on conjuring a mood and creating a meandering ambiance than absorbing the listener into pesky details. There's really no escaping the fact that the label branded on Campbell's former band, Belle & Sebastian, will continue to haunt Campbell: twee.


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