Want to interview a famous person via CollegeCandy? You do? Great, here’s your chance. As you might have noticed, we’ve teamed up with Adobe for their $10,000 Imagination Challenge. If your eyes just got caught on the $10,000, don’t be embarrassed. Be proactive! Go to their site today to find out how YOU can win that awesome prize. But for right now, let’s get back to business. Famous people and you.

Adobe is bringing on four amazing celeb judges for the Imagination Challenge: Deadmau5, Jake & Amir of CollegeHumor.com and Rivers Cuomo. And they’ve given us the exclusive opportunity to solicit questions from our readers!

Add your question in the comments below by Sept. 9th and it could be answered by any of judges. Just imagine it now…Jake & Amir answering your question! (Yep, CollegeCandy has a big crush on them!)

[Sarabeth here, back with some more jams to add to your iTunes library! Every Wednesday, I'm bringing you music suggestions - could be something new, old, hugely popular or fairly unknown -  to awesome-ify your  collection.]

Well, springtime in central Texas was short lived. We had a week of 70 degree weather, but now it’s back to being balls hot. For that one brief period of AMAZING weather, I reveled in being able to drive around town with my windows down and my music way, way up. And nothing says window-down music like a little old school. And nothing says old school like Weezer’s Blue Album. (You know, when they were still good.)

About the Band:
Weezer is an alternative rock back hailing from, of course, LA, California. Front man Rivers Cuomo is currently backed up by Patrick Wilson, Brian Bell, and Scott Shiner. While famous in their own right, back in the day their first gig was opening for Keanu Reeve’s band, Dogstar Read More »

Despite what you might hearing the media, there are big things happening in music other than Aretha Franklin’s boobs (but seriously, how ginormous are they?!). I thought I’d share the rundown with all of you so you can stay on top of what’s happening in the biz.

First thing, I think they stopped saying “biz” several years ago. Remove it from your lexicon.

- The bloggers over at BestWeekEver exposed me to a little website called Muxtape.com today. You can upload your own music and turn it into a playlist that’s accessible to everyone on the site. It’s a great way to access new music (I got to fall in love with Cat Power all over again this morning) or just share your impeccable music tastes with everybody.

The uploading is a little slow, possibly due to an unusual amount of traffic, but invest some time in it if you have a few minutes. Read More »

Rivers Cuomo: ‘Blast Off’

‘Blast Off’ is the first single from the Weezer frontman’s solo debut Alone. Download it now.