Band of the Week:The Aggrolites
By Autumn Barker This week’s Band of the Week is the Los Angeles based reggae/soul group, The Aggrolites. The band will be performing at High Dive on Feb. 26. The doors will open at 8 p.m., and the show is scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m. Banditos, Mighty Mongo and The Partials will also be … Read more
Get to Know Gainesville: Tim Stout
By Laici Little We’ve all seen the pastors yelling at Turlington. If you’re like me, you may have stood and listened to them for a bit. Although Tim Stout was a pastor for many years, you won’t find him screaming doomsday around campus. You are more likely to see this 67-year-old walking around with his … Read more
Fashion Friday: A Touch of Fur
By Julianne Wilson Happy Fashion Friday, all! So this past week, things got extremely fury in Milan at the Fendi Fall/Winter 2013 Ready To Wear fashion show . I’m not talking about just the average collar and wrist trims or ordinary fur coats, although that was there too. I’m talking head-to-toe fur combinations. This leads me … Read more
Seinfeld Life Lesson: Putting Your Foot in Your Mouth
By Sam Blend The situation: Jerry and Elaine are at a dinner with distant members of Jerry’s family, hosted by his elderly relative, Monya. He has not seen or spoken to these people in years, and he and Elaine are grasping for things to talk about. They are so desperate that they begin to discuss … Read more
Fashion Deal: 1920s Revival
By Thuria Abuzamel Hello fellow fashionistas! Thanks for checking out the Orange and Blue blog! This semester, I will be posting weekly deals that major clothing and accessories stores are having. Whether it is from online or in-stores, I will choose must-have items and will show you how you can dress them for your body … Read more
Band of the Week: Roadkill Ghost Choir
By Autumn Barker This week’s Band of the Week is indie folk-rock band Roadkill Ghost Choir. The band will be performing at 1982 Bar on Feb. 20. The doors will open at 9 p.m., and the show is scheduled to start at 9:20 p.m. Pseudo Kids, Day Joy, Burned Down Houses and Half Undressed will … Read more
Valve removing themselves from Steam?
Opinion by Mike Profeta Recently, Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve hosted a talk at the University of Texas. All else aside, something that stood out to me — and several others, I’m sure — was his idea that Valve is a bottleneck to the Steam publishing model. He said that he believes that publishing to … Read more
Get to know Gainesville: Mengshan Zhou
By Laici Little We walk across campus or shuffle our way through Trader Joe’s, and the people we pass turn into nameless blurs. We forget that the stranger next to us on the bus has a story of his or her own. This week, I heard the story of a 25- year-old woman named Mengshan … Read more
Seinfeld Life Lesson: Male Un-bonding
By Samantha Blend In the second episode of Seinfeld, Jerry finds himself awkwardly grappling with “Male Un-bonding”. (Side note: “Male Un-bonding” is the name of the episode and is actually the only episode title of the series that doesn’t begin with the word “The”. This latest useless fact has been brought to you by yours … Read more
Michael Kors brings Gator vibes to NY Fashion Week
His collection was full of oranges and blues By Julianne Wilson Out of the hundreds of designers who show their collections at Fashion Week, Michael Kors is among the few whose name people can not only pronounce but also whose brand is actually pretty well understood. This is because Michael Kors is everyone’s go-to guy … Read more
