This week I’m hitting you with a mix of tunes that I’d classify as “bass music” — because I don’t have a better name. It’s a mixture of ghetto-tech, electro, dubstep and breakbeat. Over the past few years bass has evolved into its own musical scene thanks to people like Diplo and Starkey. The tracklist and mix are after the jump. Continue reading
This week we’re celebrating what would have been Alfred Hitchcock’s 113th birthday by revisiting his first original screenplay and first film for British International Pictures. Often referred to by Hitch himself as the second true “Hitchcock” film it was the only one for which the Master of Suspense took or was given full writing credits and it stood as one of the most realistic portrayals of the boxing world for decades to come. Continue reading
Rarely does anyone fight the good fight and win; the good fight is, by its very nature, a losing one. This week at the University of Georgia, though, a group of students stood up for their rights as journalists, and it appears that their refusal to roll over in the face of censorship may pay off. So how, exactly, did the staff of the Red & Black, UGA’s independent student paper, go from walking out of their offices and starting a Twitter account to being written up in the New York Times in barely more than 24 hours?
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