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I was wearing my own Sunday best for the Fleetwood Mac concert at Oracle Arena: my lucky jean jacket, a white cropped sweater from my dear friend, a shiny pair of loafers and the delicate feather necklace my mom gave me when I left for college. I was dressed for my lord and savior, Stevie Nicks.
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Bad Bad Hats is a band that likes to pose as uptight but never actually takes itself too seriously. Though the musical execution lacked flourishes, the straightforward playing style befitted the power pop ballads.
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Ward’s classic rock vibes reach into every facet of her life — the artist can wax poetic about her love for vintage clothes from the ‘60s and ‘70s.
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While Bowie’s absence was conspicuously felt, his music echoed through The Regency Ballroom with every distorted guitar chord.
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Yet the more time I spent with the melodramatic heartbreak melodies, I realized there were more than two genres of breakup music.
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With an audience that seemed happy to race past the openers to get to the main event, this performance might not have been the one for Roan, but if her physical and vocal presence are anything to judge by, then the next one very well might be.
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An inspiring playlist to get ya moving. Get up, get active, bop around, shake it and groove on, Bears!
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Lana Del Rey’s Lust for Life wraps itself around a simple, perhaps uncharacteristic idea: despite the chaos in the world, we have each other, and the choices we make can help us find eternal happiness.
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My younger brother was the first person to show me “What Makes You Beautiful,” released in 2011. We probably played that song 30 times that afternoon and danced nonstop around the living room the whole time. We watched the music video and critiqued the attractiveness of all the lead singers
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Grief comes in waves, and these waves never go away permanently. During the last few years of his life, my paternal grandpa brought our family to the beach twice every summer. He was too frail to come down to the sand, so he enjoyed the view from the picnic area.
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