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How can the Daily Kent Stater determine the 25 greatest hip-hop and R&B artists of today's college generation? We can't. Representing a speck of Kent State, our staff is in no position to argue which hip-hop and R&B artists have influenced an entire campus. (3) comments
The mission statement at Etsy.com is simple: To be "your place to buy & sell all things handmade." That is, to connect the creators of crafts with people interested in purchasing them. All the crafts on sale at Etsy, everything from clothing to jewelry to one-of-a-kind art, were carefully and lovingly made by a real person. (0) comments
The current king of crime novels, James Patterson, has churned out another of his Big Mac-like books; this one coming out only two months after the last was published. It's called Step on a Crack, apparently the first book in a potential new series, and is better than the past six books he's written combined. (0) comments
"The Winner" had all the potential for a successful sitcom - "The Daily Show's" Rob Corddry, "Family Guy's" Seth MacFarlane executive producing and a concept that somewhat resembled another "Daily Show" alumnus Steve Carell's 40-Year-Old Virgin. Unfortunately, it's about as unfunny as any other sitcom that has come and gone since the heyday of "Friends" and "Seinfeld. (0) comments
Sienna Miller's job description seems to involve one position: stylish on-and-off again girlfriend of Jude Law. Factory Girl proves that Miller can do much more than look pretty in the pages of fashion magazines. The girl can act. Miller plays Edie Sedgwick, who is most known for her work and friendship with Andy Warhol. (0) comments
It's always difficult to see a suspense movie based off real tragedies when the end result is inevitable. Last year, audiences squirmed watching doomed passengers aboard United 93 and gasped at the sad fate of a 1970s Israeli Olympic team in Munich. However, it's almost worse when the inevitable means the identity of a killer is never confirmed and the killer is never caught. (0) comments
What do you get when you have two cellists - one who loves hard rock, the other loves Sigur Rós - a jazz drummer, an upright bass player and a lead singer who will travel anywhere to see Damien Rice? It sounds like a band formula that would never work, but not for The Speedbumps. (0) comments
After all the rage about its first album released in 2004, Arcade Fire's Funeral left high expectations for its anticipated new album, Neon Bible. The band takes its sound to exciting places with the use of a pipe organ, a military choir and a full Hungarian orchestra. (0) comments
Cartoon Network's Adult Swim has made its name by hosting some of late night television's most recognizable cult characters. In November 2004, two amateur film students, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim created an obscure short program called "Tom Goes to the Mayor. (0) comments
Robert Taylor Daily Kent Stater Gilmore Girls The CW, Tuesdays at 8 p.m. Well, we all knew it was coming. Lorelai and Christopher realized that, despite having a daughter together and trying their best at making married life work, they just weren't meant for each other. (0) comments
People always speak of the funny feeling they got when they climbed the rope in gym class. For the two founding members of the hip-hop rock group Gym Class Heroes, they had a similar feeling of connection between each other during phys ed, but it was one of similar interests. (0) comments
James Murphy, voice and brain of LCD Soundsystem, once said, "LCD is like a laboratory for experiments on what a band should be." The comment seems a little bit pretentious and haughty for its own good, but so far, LCD has made us simultaneously dance and think while impressing critics and gaining street credibility. (0) comments
NEW RELEASES CDs - 3/2 Air - Pocket Symphony Ryland Angel - Open Fire Antibalas - Security Apostle of Hustle - National Anthem of Nowhere Bright Eyes - Four Winds EP Chimaira - Resurrection !!! - Myth Takes Finger Eleven - Them Vs. You Vs. Me Albert Hammond Jr. (0) comments