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Popular musicians draw inspiration from personal lives


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The 2012 Grammys have come and gone, but an interest in the honorees’ artistic inspiration remains. For many of the hottest artists, their personal lives make for songwriting gold — and sometimes the messier their lives are, the more brilliant an artist’s work becomes. Adele took home a whopping six Grammys, including record of the […]

Admissions Office hosts Twitter dialogue with students, parents


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In a network-savvy move, the USC Admissions Office took its question-and-answer session online from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Wednesday. The Twitter-based information session allowed interested applicants and families to sit in on an admissions answer session remotely, as officers tweeted updates. From 1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., the floor belonged to those remote Twitter […]

Students reflect on Jobs’ impact


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Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder and former CEO of Apple Inc., passed away Oct. 5 at the age of 56. News of his death dominated global media headlines and the online sphere throughout the day, with tweets tagged as “#RIP Steve Jobs” and “#ThankYouSteve” peaking in the late afternoon and continuing into the evening. USC […]

Justin Bieber sends Lil’ Wayne gift via Twitter


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Posting birthday gifts on Twitter might be the next big fad. To wish Lil’ Wayne a happy 29th birthday — which the artist celebrated Sept. 27 — Justin Bieber tweeted his own version of the rapper’s “How to Love.” Posted during the insomniac hours of Wednesday morning, the tweet read, “Trying to sleep. until then […]

Portugal. The Man tweets its way to the top


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When Portugal. The Man found out that its trailer, van and $100,000 worth of equipment had been stolen at Chicago’s Lollapalooza early August, the four band members did what anyone would do in this modern age: They tweeted about it. The word traveled fast. Portugal. The Man became a trending topic on Twitter, and soon, […]

New music app too awkward for everyday use


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Would you use an app that lets you know who else in your building likes the music that you do? The idea sounds a little creepy. Imagine walking up to a complete stranger and saying “I noticed you like Band of Horses too!” Yet, sonar.me is a new app that lets music fans do just […]

Students tweet their way to a better semester


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It’s barely a week into the fall semester, yet the university is already getting people excited for this year. On August 22, the school Twitter account (@USCedu) posted the question, “First week! #uscclass to tell us about the class you’re most excited about. Follow the hashtag & get recs from your fellow students.” Dozens of USC […]