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The Netflix Files works to find the hidden gems of Netflix’s Watch Instantly feature, the films and TV shows that have gone largely unnoticed by the streaming community. This ever-popular column has been on indefinite hiatus all semester due to other commitments.

You don't want no part of this shit.

While you decide how you want to spend this glorious Friday of Spring Weekend, April 20th of the last year before the earth implodes, be sure to stay cognizant of the dangers of Marihuana addiction, as highlighted by the 1936 classic Reefer Madness.

That’s right, the “new drug menace which is destroying the youth of America in alarmingly increasing numbers” might even find its way onto our beloved campus. Think of how much less fun the What Cheer? Brigade would be if you spent the whole concert wanting to rape, murder, run over pedestrians with your new T-Bird and/or leap out a third-story window just because you think you can fly. Because that’s what you’re looking at with Public Enemy Number One — La Marihuana. [Read more →]

Duuuude, it’s 4/20. You know what that means: you need to find something to do between 4:30 and 6 pm (when the concert doors open) this afternoon. Something that involves sitting around with friends and not moving too much for a while. JC (just chilling). Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered.

With RJDJ (Apple) and ScenePlayer (Android), you’re inside the music. Open up the app, choose the Soundtrips mode and let your phone do its own thing. By recording your surrounding sounds, it gets a feel for what type of environment you’re in, and selects a song accordingly. Per the Apple Store: ”music doesn’t get any more trippy than this.” You’re welcome. (If you’re in a more active mood, choose the Moovz mode, and control the music by touching or tilting your phone.)

At Spring Weekend 2010, Snoop Dogg gave the Brown community some invaluable advice about the three things you should do when you wake up in the morning. If you’ve already brushed your teeth and thanked your lucky stars you’re alive, there’s only one thing left to do.

Childish Gambino is better than you. This is not meant to alienate you as a reader — it’s just the cold, hard truth.

At age 22, Donald Glover was a comedy writer for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and a year later he was writing for 30 Rock. By 25, Glover had released two mixtapes as Childish Gambino, a name created with a Wu-Tang Clan name generator. Childish’s third album, “Culdesac,” included, among others, the undeniably swaggamatic “Freaks and Geaks” (see video above), which was eventually featured on a commercial for Adidas shoes and the computer screens of millions of drunk college kids trying to impress their friends. When Glover started a Twitter campaign to snag the part of Peter Parker in the new The Amazing Spiderman movie (#donald4spiderman), the tag got over 100 tweets per minute. Former president and chairman of Marvel Comics Stan Lee tweeted back his support. (Note: In the end the part did go to the guy with better hair.)

And when Gambino’s new album “Camp” got a pitiful 1.6 on Pitchfork? The internet exploded. Spring Weekend 2010 rapper Wale summed up the collective sentiment pretty nicely: “Pitchfork…we don’t believe u…u need more people …yall can’t talk bout this culture, cuz yall not part of it.” Word. Pitchfork is dumb. We all know they only gives perfect 10s to bands with cats in them.

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Furby is obviously a campus celeb, so it wasn’t surprising that he was invited to ride in style to last night’s Avicii concert at the University of Rhode Island. Although Furby is a big fan of Brown’s Spring Week, the little guy needed a change of scenery (read: Kingston, RI) in order to appreciate Spring Week all the more.

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We already posted this a few weeks ago, but in case you still need to get a move on your Spring Weekend game, please do us all a favor and listen to our concert cheat sheet.

Out of the ten thousand Spring Weekend acts, y’all are apparently most excited for Childish Gambino, according to our last poll. But really, the concerts themselves are beside the point — a mere excuse for a weekend of blissful excess. In the spirit of hedonism, we want to know exactly how you’ll be conducting your revelry…

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And the results of the last poll: [Read more →]

Do it like this guy

Although it has cooled down since Tuesday’s heat wave, there’s nothing better than the prospect of dunking John Stein in a pool of ice cold water to get you outside. And that’s only the first in a long list of things to do this afternoon at the annual SPEC Carnival, which includes the inflatable versions of bull riding, jousting and foot racing. And even if getting rug burn on your knees is not your thing, or your Whisco hangover is still a bit too intense, there’s one thing you won’t want to miss: the snacks.

Yes, I know you’ve told yourself you’re going to stay healthy this Spring Weekend, and imma let you finish, but the amount and variety of delicious food is the best of all time: burgers, popcorn, hotdogs, lemonade, sno-cones; you name it, they have it. No matter what diet you’re “following”, the smell of cotton candy as you walk by will entrance you. Don’t resist — this is what Spring Weekend is all about. [Read more →]

Producing a play is hell.

But that doesn’t mean it isn’t fun. And maddening. And gut-wrenching.

Do you want all these emotions, and a kickass ensemble cast to go with it? Then hit up Kassar Fox at 9 p.m. tonight and enjoy the debut of “Nothing Productive,” an original webseries chronicling the trials and tribulations of dysfunctional students trying to create functional… stuff. Eight people stuck in one room with an overload of chaos and questionable levels of sanity, attempting to make theater things happen — what could possibly go wrong? Written and directed by Kate Doyle ’12, executively produced by Andrew Favaloro GS, produced by Josh Bloom ’14, and starring the cream of Brown’s acting crop, “Nothing Productive” is, honest to God, the best thing you can do to pump yourselves up for Spring Weekend. You won’t get any work done anyways, so why not have a laugh or ten watching others do the same?

And then watch ours afterwards…