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March Madness in Holand or Remember When You Could Always Count On Certain Teams? I get into sports exactly twice a year. The first time is college football season. Most of my fall weekends are spent watching Notre Dame or any other team that might be on. The second time is when the Madness hits. I always thought of the Madness as the frenzy of game-watching and bracket-building that lead to the Big Dance. But now, some punks have decided to add a little more madness to the Madness. In particular, I'm talking about UAB, Bucknell, Vermont, and Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwakee. The bracket breakers. The teams that should have been sent home dribbling by tonight at the latest are now headlining what CBS is referring to as the four greatest performances of the series. So now my Chicago and Syracuse brackets are officially fubar, and even though I'm calling for Illinios when it's all said and done, nobody has been putting in any stellar performances. On the one hand, it'...

The Four Months of Greatness or Blessings for Your Ears March 1st - Doves - Some Cities April 26th - Ben Folds - Songs for Silverman April 26th - Better Than Ezra - Before the Robots May 10th - Dave Matthews Band - Stand Up May 24th - The Wallflowers - Rebel, Sweetheart May 30th - Oasis - Don't Believe the Truth June 6th - Coldplay - X

What Will Happen To YOU When I Take Over The World? or Are You Too Stupid to Procreate? Don't take this if you can't handle the truth. 1.) Let's start with something you've already had a few seconds to think about. Do you really think that you are too stupid to procreate? A. No, the world is better for having my living genes in the pool. B. DON'T TAKE AWAY MY NOOKIE!! C. I'm still looking up "procreate." How do you spell that again? 2.) dO u TyPe LiKe DiS aLl Da TyMe?!? lOlZ!! A. Just seeing that makes me want to shoot you. B. I thought "tyme" had an 'i' in it... C. lOlZ!! 3.) When you graduate, which field of work would suit you best? A. Smashing subatomic particles with the new JoshBuilt (TM) Particle Accelerators B. Smashing potatoes to feed to my family C. Smashing beer cans with my forehead 4.) If you could choose a new national anthem, what would it be? A. "Columbia" ~ Oasis B....

Insomniac's Digest or A Voice Spoke From Out of the Cave Assorted tidbits of news from the sharpest mathematician to ever cut the cheese: ~ The ESA has officially warned Marian College for the number of students who are illegally downloading music, video, and gaming files on our network, prompting the Director of Technology to issue an official memorandum the minute he got off the phone asking everyone to remove all downloading software. Apparently, the Tech Department got several phone calls from students who wanted to know how to get the software off of their computers. Um, excuse me, but what kind of dumb shit are you if you put things on your computer which you don't know how to remove? Idiots. Notice, however, that I only said "several phone calls." We still believe that most people didn't remove their apps, which will mean some nice new IP tracking software will be in the budget very soon. ~ While a minor in Sociology was rumored to be in th...

The Excitement is Building or [big grin] Oasis fans, we have an unconfirmed track listing for the new album! Various sources, while not quoting an original source, seem to believe that most of it is authentic. The title of the album, "Don't Believe the Truth", was recently confirmed by one of the Gallagher brothers. Hopefully they keep it, cos I like it. I've heard a live clip of Stop the Clocks, and several of the others have been mentioned by Noel himself in various interviews. The boys recorded 66 songs for this album (!) and wanted to release a double album, but they don't want to give Sony that much goodness (this is their last contracted album with Sony). 1. Love Is Like A Bomb 2. The Meaning Of Soul 3. Stop The Clocks 4. A Bell Will Ring 5. Mucky Fingers 6. Mosquito 7. Guess God Thinks I’m Able 8. Part Of The Queue 9. Lord Don't Slow Me Down 10. I Stand Alone 11. The Importance Of Being Idle 12. I Want To Live In A Dream In My R...

The 2004 Ho's Choice Music Awards Welcome one and all to the most anticipated post of every year on Musing - the HCMAs! Without further ado, let's get it on. Discovery Artist of the Year - Dave Matthews Band In the band's own way, DMB has become my number one fav. There's no denying the unbelievable amount of creativity and skill that it takes to improvise and to jam like this jam band does. They're like the jazz musicians of the rock genre. And indeed, with a saxophonist and a violinist, they are nothing like your typical rock band. For the ability to cover the entire gamut of emotions that any one person can feel and for skill virtually unsurpassed by any others, there is really no other choice more deserving of this award than the Dave Matthews Band. Album of the Year - Get Born by Jet Start to finish, this album is 100% rock 'n' roll music at its best. The fact that they sound like an early version of Oasis or The Strokes helps t...

Happy & Optimistic [Alternate Take] - Updated or Bookmania! Having forced my musical opinions on all of you only a couples weeks ago, I decided that I may as well continue the abuse and mention (as briefly as possible) which books I am looking forward to in this year 2005. ~ Robert Jordan has taken a lot of shit for the slow pace of the last four Wheel of Time books, but for fans like myself who are willing to forgive all of his faults just so we can make it to the Last Battle, the anticipation over 2005's release ( Knife of Dreams ) is building steadily. No official month of release yet, although Tor's website promises "early 2005." Yeah, I'll believe it when I'm holding it in my two hands. ~ Just a few days ago, the official release date for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was announced - July 16th. Very few details have been released as of yet, other than the teaser that the opening chapter of HPatHBP has been brewing in the author...