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Powerpop CD Review: Red Jacket Mine – Someone Else’s Cake
Judging by the songs on Someone Else’s Cake, its not hard to figure out where Lincoln Barr and Red Jacket Mine get their inspiration. Sounds like they raided the Stiff Records archives. “Amy” is a pleasant, catchy powerpop song to start off the disc. “Nickle & Dime” sounds like it could have been an outtake
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Sports
05/13 Headlines: Syracuse football 2013 grade positions, ACC expectations, NY Giants Nassib & Pugh
The Giants and Bills have started camp and Tom Coughlin, former SU running back and head coach of the Giants, is already forming an opinion on Nassib & Pugh. More below… How Will Syracuse Fare in the ACC Atlantic Division in 2013? Rant Sports The 2012 Syracuse run defense was not a think to admire
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05/08 Headlines: Syracuse LAX reaches #2, ACC Bowl lineup, B-Ball schedules Villanova
Orange Up to No. 2 in the Polls SUAthletics.com Syracuse is ranked No. 2 in both national lacrosse polls this week. The Orange trails No. 1 North Carolina in the most recent editions of the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Top 20 Poll and USILA Coaches’ Poll, released Monday, May 6. It’s the Orange’s highest …[read more] FOOTBALL
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05/06 Headlines: Mike Hopkins – Syracuse head coach in waiting, breakout year for CJ Fair?
The headlines are all about Syracuse basketball with a great deal of activity around Mike Hopkins and his status as coach in waiting. The Wall Street Journal, NY Times, and Fox News all ran stories on it, two of which you’ll find below. On a side note, check out the video to your right. It’s
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05/03 Headlines: Scott Shafer, Jarrod West must step up, and preview of SU running game
Scott Shafer is a Hard Nosed Long Driver Three Idiots on Sports Can Syracuse football coach Scott Shafer hit his driver? It certainly appears so. According to the 11 Warriors, during yesterday’s Chick-Fil-A Bowl Challenge …[read more] Jarrod West Must Step up as No. 1 Receiver for Syracuse Orange in 2013 Rant Sports The Syracuse
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04/29 Headlines: Giants and Coughlin turn to Syracuse in the NFL Draft, more football
The NFL draft was captivating for Syracuse football fans this year – fantastic if you are a Giants fan on top of that. Read on below…. Giants build Syracuse alumni club of NJ ESPN (blog) The New York Giants made an interesting and uncharacteristic move in the fourth round of the NFL draft, trading up
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Life
Syracuse Fans & the Final Four – What to do in Atlanta and Where to do it
It was March of 1996 and your Orangemen made it to the Final Four. As luck would have it, your girlfriend’s sister’s husband’s nephew was getting married and Drumlin’s and you were told that if you didn’t show up, your relationship was history. So you caved in, took her to the wedding and danced the
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Guest Post – A Degree: Your First Big Career Decision (or How to Become a Doctor, Not Just Play One on TV)
“A doctor gave a man six months to live. The man couldn’t pay his bill, so he gave him another six months.” – Henny Youngman There was a time when job opportunity existed for all who educated themselves, almost regardless of choice of study. Those days are gone. Ask any Starbucks barista. You’ll find intelligent
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A previous Fan Fest in review (or 1 reason to make your kid an offer he can’t refuse)
My son and I headed out of the city smog driving due north on Rt. 81 hoping to take one last big breathe of summer before the return to job and school. Bob had just gotten his first camera and the novelty of a new toy meant pictures of everything, from the inedible, rubberized pork
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Music
Powerpop CD Review: Red Jacket Mine – Someone Else’s Cake
Judging by the songs on Someone Else’s Cake, its not hard to figure out where Lincoln Barr and Red Jacket Mine get their inspiration. Sounds like they raided the Stiff Records archives. “Amy” is a pleasant, catchy powerpop song to start off the disc. “Nickle & Dime” sounds like it could have been an outtake
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Powerpop CD Review: Drink a Toast to Innocence, a Tribute to Lite Rock
About a year, maybe 18 months ago, I got a facebook friend request from a guy named Andrew Curry. I don’t know Andrew and, that being the case, I would never have bothered to “friend” him. But, Andrew wrote me a particularly nice note. While I had no idea why he would want to friend
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Be a powerpop sleuth and win a valuable prize – a copy of Jamie & Steve’s latest CD!
I had been trying to come up with an idea for a contest with a powerpop twist. I was sitting in my home office listening to the monotonous staccato of rain on my desktop, watching a video of a recent Jamie & Steve performance and reading my name on the glass of my office door.
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News
Powerpop CD Review: Red Jacket Mine – Someone Else’s Cake
Judging by the songs on Someone Else’s Cake, its not hard to figure out where Lincoln Barr and Red Jacket Mine get their inspiration. Sounds like they raided the Stiff Records archives. “Amy” is a pleasant, catchy powerpop song to start off the disc. “Nickle & Dime” sounds like it could have been an outtake
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05/15 Headlines: NcNabb to retire an Eagle, Syracuse’s 2014 recruiting update
Donovan McNabb to retire with the Eagles in September Philly.com A team announcement has not been made, but according to the Syracuse alum, the Eagles may make it official in Week 3, when his former coach, Andy Reid, returns to Philadelphia with the Kansas City Chiefs. The Eagles took McNabb with the 2nd overall …[read
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Powerpop CD Review: Drink a Toast to Innocence, a Tribute to Lite Rock
About a year, maybe 18 months ago, I got a facebook friend request from a guy named Andrew Curry. I don’t know Andrew and, that being the case, I would never have bothered to “friend” him. But, Andrew wrote me a particularly nice note. While I had no idea why he would want to friend
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