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Most anticipated albums

Motion City Soundtrack – My Dinosaur Life (Jan. 19): After dropping off the planet for a several months, MCS re-emerged wearing their capital H and with some of their darkest songs to date. We need a change of pants just thinking about it.


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Breaking down the wall: 30 years later

Over 30 years ago, after their final show during the band's 1977 tour, In the Flesh, Pink Floyd's bassist and singer Roger Waters expressed a desire to place a wall between the audience and himself.


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Dreaming of a Red Christmas

With the snow blanketing a cold Queen City and the streets salted like a Planters nut, it's time to gather up the family, carry up all those old decorations and reminisce about being a 16-year-old redheaded swingster on American Idol.


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My mistress

Through the ups and the downs, the hardships, the heartaches and all the happiness she has been there with me. Whether it was in celebration or in sorrow, she kept me company.


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Worst albums

The Devil Wears Prada – With Roots Above and Branches Below (May 5): Enough is enough. The devil does not wear Prada; his name is Mike Hranica and he has the mouth of a 12 year-old girl with no friends and esteem issues. Why is this band still around? Ah yes, T-shirt sales.


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Bands on the rise

Mayday Parade: Headlining the AP Fall Ball and releasing their first Fearless album, these Florida power poppers are finally starting to break into the mainstream that every diehard named Katie knew they would eventually lose them to. Polished like your Sunday best, if they find their way to radio, odds are they're not leaving.


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Battle for books

The Board of Education for the Buffalo Public School System voted six to two last Wednesday to approve a freeze on the establishment of new charter schools in the greater Buffalo area. The vote makes clear Buffalo Public School officials' frustration over the number of charter schools.


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Bench boosts Bulls to first home win

Thursday night, the men's basketball team was looking to pick up its 1,000th victory in school history. Ironically, the Bulls were also playing for their first home win of the season. Although the win plateau was in the back of its mind, Buffalo was more concerned with sending its fans away from Alumni Arena happy for the first time all year.


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Equal rights denied again

The State Senate voted down a bill on Wednesday to allow for same sex marriage. There was no doubt that discussions on beliefs came before the vote, as legislators' consciences even remembered the civil rights movement.


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Facebook invaders

As students made their daily – or hourly – pit stops to their Facebook profiles on Tuesday, they might have noticed something out of the ordinary. A letter addressed to all 350 million Facebook users was at the top of their news feed.


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