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Thrice gets musical, political

By Jorge Del Pinal | December 1

Orange County's heavy hitting rock band Thrice, which hit D.C.'s 9:30 Club earlier this month, have gained a diehard fan base and a major label record deal thanks to their poignant lyrics, melodic metal/hardcore influenced rock and relentless touring. The band's last two and previously most beloved records, "The Illusion of Safety" and "Artist In The Ambulance," were made with well-known rock producer Brian McTernan (Hot Water Music, The Movielife, Snapcase).

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GALA play gives patrons the 'Blues'

By Marissa Chmiola | December 1

"Eyewitness Blues," a tale of a tired jazz star and his feisty muse directed by Chay Yew, actually plays a lot like a jazz jam session: packed with passion and energy, but often lacking focus and direction. The play tells the story of Junior McCullough (Steven Sapp), a trumpet player who has lost his musical direction, and a visiting muse (Mildred Ruiz), who reminds him of the source of his musicality and leads him through a recollection of his past.

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Career track is an ideals trap

By Molly Norris | December 1

"You're so upwardly mobile!" Thanks, I reply in a choked tone from behind the gun muzzle parting my lips. No one enjoys forecasts of their future's success or failure. Even go-getters don't want a pile of looming expectations. Passing through college's clutches is a dizzying self-evaluation process, which leads to the ultimate question: What's growing up and what's selling out? Fired by ideals at day one, what lingers at day 1,460? After being weighed down by four years of theories and 14 years of debt, it feels good to be wanted, to be salaried.

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Tech Cutie goes on road with Death Cab

By Rebecca Armendariz | December 1

Before the days of "Transatlanticism," the heart-baring boys of Death Cab for Cutie managed their own affairs. Now that things have expanded - the band is off Barsuk, the indie label and dirt that anchored their roots, and on Atlantic, a major label that helps them tour extensively - they need some help.

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Once docile 'Full House' star gets naughty at GWU's Lisner Auditorium

By Patrick Ambrosio | November 21

Over 1,000 students packed into GWU's Lisner Auditorium Tuesday night to see Bob Saget, the man who played America's favorite dad on television for eight years. Instead, they got a man that seemed more like the dirty joke-telling uncle who doesn't get invited to Thanksgiving dinner.

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Music notes

November 21

Fat Lip "The Loneliest Punk" (Delicious Vinyl) Sounds Like: The Second Coming of one of hip-hop's most unique figures. A- "You know who/back on the block/to bust a rhyme like a four-five glock," says Fat Lip on the opening track of "The Loneliest Punk." After dropping off the hip-hop radar for what might as well have been a lifetime, Fat Lip is back with an album that is going to make waves.

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Tech bits

November 21

Xbox 360 in stores Tuesday Eager gamers will be able to pick up Microsoft's new video game console, the Xbox 360, starting Tuesday. Best Buy will open at 9 a.m., an hour earlier than usual, and tech-heads who line up will be given priority to buy one of the consoles.

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Top five balloon floats you won't see in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade

By Melissa Beal | November 21

Each Thanksgiving morning, thousands of people line the streets of New York City to watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, as millions more watch from their living rooms around the country. Elaborate floats and "falloons," those oversized floating balloons carried along in the parade, are an indelible American tradition.

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G-town good for crepes, tea

By Juliana Thrope and Vikas Chopra | November 21

With our adventurous tastes, we have set out to bring you an array of good restaurants to experience while here at AU. We'll take you through many easily accessible neighborhoods and stay within a college student's budget. This month, we head down to Georgetown to find some of the lesser-known eateries in this popular location.

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Andrew Bird eaten up by Black Cat

By Chris DeWitt | November 21

Something's up with Andrew Bird. Despite the obvious being-named-after-a-class-of-animals thing (check your taxonomy, kids), the man lives on a farm with chickens and he named his new record "The Mysterious Production of Eggs." Physically, he has a nose like a beak, and he's really skinny, meaning he must eat like a bird.

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D.C. Improv hits home

By Phuong Nguyen | November 21

Self-proclaimed as the "the nation's premiere comedy venue," the D.C. Improv Comedy Club and Restaurant has much to live up to. Though this venue has only been tickling funny bones since 1992, the club chain originated in New York City in 1963. This chain can proudly chalk up credit for kick-starting the careers of stars like David Letterman, Richard Pryor, Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno and Andy Kaufman in front of that signature exposed-brick background.

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Simulated battle a real 'bang'

By Max Kopper | November 21

Editor's Note: Eagle contributing writer Max Kopper traded in his civilian duds for camouflage gear on Nov. 5 and 6 to be an "embedded" reporter with the Georgetown Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or ROTC, program during a training exercise in Virginia.

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Suspenseful new 'Harry Potter' film is franchise's best

By Chris Patriquin | November 21

Wow. Under the guidance of Mike Newell, the Harry Potter franchise continues its dark descent from children's fantasy to more adult-oriented entertainment. The act of compressing a 734-page novel into a two-and-a-half-hour film is no small feat, but the cast and crew of "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" have done an admirable job.

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Networking more than card collecting

By Sean Miller | November 21

People think networking is simply approaching a potential employer in a social setting, making inconsequential small talk, getting a business card and firing off an e-mail the next day asking for a job. In practice though, collecting business cards just means adding people to your list of contacts and turning that card collection into job offers isn't always successful.

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The hit list

November 21

1. Hot Doggs Rapper Snoop Dogg recently signed a deal with Platinum One Media to create a new line of foot-long hot dogs endorsed by the celebrity. "Snoop Doggs" are being made in Massachusetts and will hit stores in January. In other Dogg news, Snoop has a new film called "Boss'n Up" coming out Dec.

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Tosh's accent funny, jokes

By Olga Khazan | November 21

Daniel Tosh "True Stories I Made Up" Comedy Central $14.99 B- Stand-up comedy, like middle-eastern food, comes in two extremes: it's either a tasty eclectic adventure, or it causes intense nausea and discomfort immediately after intake. Comedian Daniel Tosh is a rare exception to this rule.

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Dance Place welcomes young and old to the art of modern dance

By Tamara Brown | November 17

Modern dance is not necessarily for everyone, but it is certainly worth experiencing. Dance Place D.C. hopes to give everyone that opportunity. On Sunday, Dance Place presented Carla & Company with BosmaDance and choreographer Amir Kolben as part of their Sunday Family Series.

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