Z100 Jingle Ball Rock We remember Z100 fondly. It was our morning listen for much of elementary school, and for better or worse, has stuck to the same broadcasting formula for all this time. The annual Jingle Ball is a fun tradition, if for nothing else, as a convenient year end recap of all the biggest pop hits of the year we might have missed. Getting all these names together for one night only is......

A few weeks ago, Columbia students reeled from the news that Golden Globe-nominated, Saturn Award- and SAG Award-winning actor Matthew Fox was chosen as the class day speaker. Bwog wrote about Fox's second banana performance in We Are Marshal, which starred Matthew McConaughey: "Our Class Day speaker got upstaged by the smelliest-looking man in show business." Yesterday, the NY Times had an editorial that weighs in on Columbia's controversial decision to have the Lost......

A few times a week, Gothamist publishes music reviews by our contributor Jeff Baum. The opinions below belong entirely to the author. Hard-Fi appears to have a bit of an identity crisis. They've found a bit of success in the UK and seem to be making a big push towards America. When I saw them back in July at Mercury Lounge, I was completely blown away by the energy and stage presence. To their credit,......

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Attention closeted Boy Band fans - or even if you're just simply closeted, does Gothamist have a show for you. We had a blast at the satirical Christian boy band extravaganza Altar Boyz , a fun, pleasant surprise in the less-than-crowded arena of Off-Broadway musicals. Kudos for those involved for daring to present something that feels fresh and new, yet warmly familiar, like a favorite sweater. The familiarity stems from the fact that Backstreet/N'Sync type......

A glimpse into the musical tastes of some bloggers can be seen at Professor Barnhardt's Journal, where Bob Sassone asked a few for their ultimate mix of 20 songs from the past 25 years, including me. Bob told us to "list your favorites, not some list of 'best' or 'popular' or 'influential,' or whatever VH-1 was doing with that thing." Lots of bloggers seem to be They Might Be Giants fans. Even so, fellow contributor,......