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By Peter Banuelos The Daily Barometer Fans will always remember Michael the icon and Michael the musical genius. When Michael Jackson announced that his world-wide tour, "This Is It," would be his final curtain call and that it would be everyone's last chance to see the King of Pop put on the show of a lifetime, fans all over the world rushed to buy their tickets.

Friday, November 06: > Reggie Ginn & Colour, 8 p.m. at Coffee Culture Cafe on Kings Blvd, FREE! Making an ambition trip to the Northwest, these Californian female artists are full of vibrant contemporary indie rock and are ready to show Corvallis what they've got.

By Rick Crawford Diversions Last Friday evening I found myself wandering the campus of the University of Oregon wearing one of my orange beaver shirts. Needless to say I was a little nervous. But I was there for a very specific reason. Last Friday night was an annual event that is usually way under the radar.

As far as college bands go, you may run into any of several musical archetypes that a young group of people will join together in order to emulate. This leads to plenty of alt-rock, punk, pop and heavy metal groups that perform their material with varying degrees of success, quality and skill.

By Ross Leonard Diversions For every war there then comes a movie that changes the perspective of the war itself - a movie that opens people's eyes to how terrible war is. The war we deal with today is in Iraq and the movie that will change your perspective on it is "The Hurt Locker.

l "Living Room" ­- Tegan and Sara, If It Was You (Gail Cole, The Daily Barometer, Editor in Chief) l "Play Crack The Sky" ­- Brand New, Deja Entendu (Candice Ruud, The Daily Barometer, Managing Editor) l "You Could Be Happy" ­- Snow Patrol, Eyes Open

The Almost Monster Monster Label: Tooth and Nail Records Check out: "Hands," "Monster," "Hand Grenade" Underoath drummer, Aaron Gillespie, returns with his pop-rock extension project, which has seemingly turned into a pop-folk project with "Monster." The album is lively, acoustic and full of Gillespie's positive lyrics and soothing voice.

By Ian Grogan Diversions Fellas, it's all right to admit it, sometimes we just need to shed a good tear. Sometimes it's good to let your manly facade down and let out some emotion. We don't have to be manly men all the time. In fact some of the manliest men have admitted to crying.