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Kutiman's videos have exploded on the Web, drawing million of viewers in a matter of days, and offering amateur musicians (whose concerts are usually a party of one) some long sought-after attention. Before he came along, the Monster Love Bot had garnered a mere 4,627 hits on YouTube. Reggae artist Mighty Lion's "exclusive" a cappella clip fared even worse, attracting just 4,423 pairs of eyeballs since he uploaded it last March. But now, thanks to "This Is What It Became," the Lion and the Love Bot have been introduced to more than half a million...
Overall rating: Subprime. * There’s only so much that the devoted House Masters, friendly staff, and scarily committed amateur athletes can do to make up for the miniscule bedrooms, scanty house spirit, and (literally) crappy dining hall. Just know that you can eat your tears away on Housing Day when Winthrop lures you to the river with food and beverage. "But really?!" you exclaim. "Worse than Dunster?!! Did any other house actually get a 'subprime”'rating??...BUT WE HAVE RIVER VIEWS...
...letting dance champions take center stage. “The focus isn’t on what we could do,” says Fallon. “It’s about getting everyone up on their feet.” Ceilis are all about letting everyone, from amateur dancers to the downright rhythmically challenged, partake in the fun that is Irish dancing. FROM THE TOP Last year, however, organizing a Ceili might have proved impossible. Corcairdhearg is a new student organization, founded in the spring of 2008. The idea stemmed from Fallon and O’Brien?...
...into China's increasing trend of cell-phone reading and has a social-networking site in the pipeline to try to build a steady user base. Still, Hou realizes that to expand readership further in the long term, it may not be enough to rely solely on amateur writers and their largely similar tomb-raider or martial-arts novels. "We have been in talks with big-name writers like Yu Hua as well," says the CEO. "We will be much more comprehensive than...
...71st annual show, especially considering the constraints of its venue. The LHO’s production—which runs through March 14 with a rotating cast—represents months of preparation by a small army of volunteers including Harvard undergraduates, graduate students, numerous musicians, and singers both amateur and professional, as well as a large production team. The opera was sung in Italian with English supertitles above the stage. First performed in Milan in 1887, “Otello” was Verdi’s penultimate opera and is widely considered his greatest tragedy. The work represented...