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Two Davids, One Goliath: Cook is crowned 'American Idol'

By Brittany Coombs | May 28, 2008

Just in case you missed it, one week ago a brand-new pop star was born out of the American Idol machine. Surrounded by cheering fans, draped in confetti and swarmed by already-ousted contestants eager to bask in the winner's glow, David Cook became the seventh champion of the unstoppable pop show, edging out runner-up David Archuleta by 12 million votes in a surprising and trend-bucking landslide victory. Cook's impressive win came after last Tuesday's second-to-last show, which saw both him and his young competitor lay everything they had on the line.

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Frigid at first, Augustana wraps up Green Key in Alumni Hall

May 20, 2008

Courtesy of Augustanamusic.com In an age when you have to wonder how much of an artist's actual voice is used in every song and Ashlee Simpson dances awkwardly off the stage on "Saturday Night Live" after getting caught lip syncing, actual musical talent comes as a welcome relief.

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A ban on sex to save the world: 'The Boycott' revamps a classic

By Rebecca Wall | May 19, 2008

Courtesy of Theboycottplay.com / The Dartmouth Staff "Y'all know the one thing grabs folks' attention better than gettin' some is not gettin' any!" proclaims the web site for Kathryn Blume's one-woman play, "The Boycott." "So come on everyone, let's cross our legs and save that world!" It may seem like a familiar premise: A concerned citizen decides to mobilize the masses against a contemporary menace by launching a national sex strike.

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'PRFORM' plays musical matchmaker

By Lauren Dowling | May 15, 2008

The halls of East Wheelock were uncharacteristically noisy last Friday afternoon. With instrument cases, extension cords and empty pizza boxes strewn about, Brace Commons came alive with PRFORM's Musicians Meet Jam Session. PRFORM was conceived by Alex Lloyd '10, a member of the campus band, Occam's Razor, as an "on-campus performing artists' union." Frustrated by the various difficulties facing Dartmouth bands, Lloyd and bandmate Max Bogren '10 formed PRFORM last winter as a means of uniting musicians, facilitating band formation and solving common problems with the campus music scene.

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Summer blockbusters beat the heat

By A.J. Fox | May 12, 2008

Over the next few months, throngs of excitable young people will seek refuge from global warming inside the air-conditioned womb of the multiplex, where they will be treated to that particular brand of sensory assault known as "the summer movie." Every summer, Hollywood lets loose a thundering stampede of enormous films, full of the hottest stars, the coolest special effects and the probable absence of little extras like plot.

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Madonna turns to hip-hop for boost with latest 'Hard Candy'

By Rebecca Wall | May 7, 2008

The second best part about "Four Minutes"-- the first single, a duet with Justin Timberlake, from Madonna's new album, "Hard Candy" (2008) -- is that it's difficult to tell whose voice is higher, his or hers. The best part is the interplay between the brooding and brassy loop, the electro-synth beat and the repetitive, largely monotonous chanting.

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