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Mos Def

Less Def. "Whoa, Mos Def is coming to Nocturnum?" I imagine quite a few Humboldtians were pleasantly surprised by the news while at the same time wondering why they hadn’t been alerted sooner. To their credit, People Productions, who in the last year have managed to lure Snoop Dogg, Nas and Mos Def’s fellow Black […]

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Backspacer

After 2006’s self-titled album reestablished them as a rock band to be reckoned with, the hoopla over Pearl Jam’s current release, Backspacer, has felt more like a pop culturally relevant event than anything they’ve done since the mid-’90s. Eddie Vedder and company had the honor of being the inaugural musical guest on Conan O’Brian’s Tonight […]

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Clan of Cave Dorks

Previews They’re baaack. This summer, the battle between those uber-noble Autobots and the wicked-evil Decepticons rages ever on. That’s right. It’s time to strap your self in for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, the 2+ hour revival of the universe-shaking conflict between robotic alien species. Shia LaBeouf returns in this sequel as Sam Witwicky, that […]

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