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Jesus Christ discusses role in Tim Tebow's Heisman win

Following University of Florida Quarterback Tim Tebow's historic Heisman win Saturday night, Jesus Christ, savior of the world, held a press conference in Gainesville to discuss his role in Tebow's victory. "We watched a lot of tape," Christ said.

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Saturday Special: Bon Iver at the Bowery

Justin Vernon, lead singer of the quiet and soulful act Bon Iver (definitely pronounced "Bohn Eevair"), played a short and intimate solo set at the Bowery Ballroom Friday night, where he opened for Elvis Perkins.

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The bottom half of the Top Ten albums of 2007

One of the most basic human instincts, aside from seeking warmth and food, is making lists. We love lists.

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Share your Top 25 Tracks of 2007 with Newsvine's 'Listen In'

There's no shortage of musical opinions here at Listen In, but every once in a while we get sick of ourselves. So we turn to you, dear Newsviners, to find out what tracks you've kept on repeat on the old iPod.

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Year in Review: Five albums that should have rocked but flopped instead

2007 saw the return of some tried and true musical veterans as well as the sophomore shots from overblogged emergent acts whose 2K5 footprints were bound to lead somewhere great.

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What's the Big Deal with Bob Dylan?

Yeah, yeah. He was the "voice of a generation." He was a symbol of peaceful and thoughtful social resistance. He's been the centerpiece of a Martin Scorcese documentary and a new, highly anticipated movie about his life.

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OLPC Laptops 'on their way,' according to new email

For those of us early adopters who shelled out $400 earlier this month for the highly anticipated XO laptop, there's good news: the laptops are en route to "Afghanistan, Cambodia, Haiti, Mongolia or Rwanda" and our laptops should arrive in the next 3-4 weeks, according to an emai …

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One month, 15 days, 23 hours and 42 minutes with Radiohead's 'In Rainbows'

It's been exactly that amount of time since they released their latest LP, and I can say with confidence that In Rainbows is Radiohead's masterpiece, surpassing both the post-modern swagger of 1997's OK Computer and the post-apocalyptic dystopia of 2000's Kid A.

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What's the BIG deal? — Animal Collective

To kick off our series, I'd like to look at the band Animal Collective. Here is a band that has released four consecutive albums that have garnered universal acclaim in independent music circles.

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Branding LISTEN IN — new logos, new series idea inside.

So part of developing a readership, as Eric has already pointed out, is branding.

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In defense of hype: or How I learned to stop worrying and love the 'Fork.

Across the board, Pitchfork Media, a web site dedicated to music (news, features, free downloads and their infamous CD reviews) is categorically loathed across the Internet.

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One Laptop Per Child "Give One, Get One" starts today

If you haven't yet heard of MIT Media Lab's One Laptop Per Child initiative, chances are you haven't been paying attention.

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An atheist confronts nihilism: This article really means nothing.

On September 5, 2007 at 1:20pm I was having a leisurely conversation with my cousin while we were driving back to Long Island from Upstate New York.

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I legally own 19% of the music I've downloaded this year. I should be the RIAA's best friend.

And yet I am almost positive I am not. In light of today's shutdown of the popular bit torrent tracker "OiNK," a few thoughts:

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iPhone Tip: How to play Google Video on your iPhone

Google Video streams content via Flash, which is not supported by the iPhone. However, there is a simple workaround for playing Google Videos on your iPhone.

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Review: Handsome Furs — "Plague Park"

It's official: Wolf Parade is officially the first-ever retroactively crowned supergroup. Let me explain.

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The Long Zoom: Visualizing 16 months of original Newsvine content

To the right is a graphic that I have compiled which contains the first 60 stories I have written for Newsvine. The graphic spans from January 2006, when I posted my first story, the thrilling "Scientific Rhetoric: How creationists reframed the debate," through April 2007.

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Why we shouldn't aspire to grammatical correctness

One of my most intelligent students, a senior in my AP Literature and Composition class, caught me off guard today with this statement that I overheard in passing: "I hope that by the time I die I have a complete understanding of proper English."

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Papal decrees vs. The Onion's satire — Can you tell the difference?

Seriously. Is there anything these guys do or say that wouldn't fit perfectly — seamlessly — on the front page of The Onion? For comparison's sake, here's the lead to a "news" story from The Onion in 2002:

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Review: The Lovely Sparrows (You gotta hear these guys)

I don't have much to say about this Austin, TX based indie-rock outfit. I came across them serendipitously while playing around with Mozilla's delightful new music player, Songbird.

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Getting englsh! off the ground

After much deliberation, I've come up with plan for the englsh! project, which I unofficially announced here back in February. I intend to create a social community English teachers can use to share ideas — assignments, lesson plans, electronic resources, etc.

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