Romantic radical. Dynamic innovator. Spunky boffin.
Kyle Whelliston was all of these things and so much more. Over the course of thirty-one years, he wrote 2,357 articles and essays for various online and print publications, as well as some books. As per his last will and testament, all 2,900,229 of his life's words have been collected here, in one place, for eternal posterity. Keep his flame alive. This is the Whelliston Memorial Library.
79. Guy Sebastian - Like a Drum (2013)
The idea for a weekly reality television series in which contestants compete for a record contract originated not in America or England, but Oceania. In 1999, New Zealand’s TV2 aired Popstars. Then, after a larger test in Australia, came worldwide replication and a string of one-hit wonders. That pop music has survived this widespread stifling of innovation is quite miraculous indeed.
MMBOW #15 - Nick Fazekas, Nevada
After Nevada's streaking ascent to the Sweet Sixteen out of a 10-seed (they defeated Michigan State and UMPFN before falling to eventual national runner-up Georgia Tech), they lost their coach (Trent Johnson) to Stanford and their top scorer (Kirk Snyder) to the NBA. Most preseason publications had them contending, but not winning, a tough Western Athletic Conference.
A Brief History Of Guarantee Games
CLEMSON, S.C. — On Tuesday night, the purple and orange-clad fans filed into Littlejohn Coliseum to see undefeated and newly-minted No. 25 Clemson play. Only a few fans had ever heard of the evening’s opposition, the little winless school with the odd nickname struggling through its transition from Division II to I. Even fewer knew exactly why the North Florida Ospreys were there.
93. Bosse - So oder so (2013)
Stefan Raab, a Köln-based writer of radio jingles and novelty songs, wrote and performed the surrealist disco tune “Wadde Hadde Dude Da” at Eurovision 2000. It placed fifth, and he was the national jury president that picked Lena’s “Satellite” ten years later, launching it to Germany’s first ESC victory in 28 years. But over that decade, Mr.
MMBOW #5 - David Moss, Indiana State
Kids sometimes ask me what it takes to be Mid-Majority Baller Of The Week. "Eat your vegetables," I tell them. "And always listen to your parents." After they tell me to go "F" myself, I bemoan the general coarsening of the Great American Dialogue.