'Back to school, back to school, to prove to dad that I'm not a fool.' Ah, the end of summer begets a new school year bedecked with $140 backpacks, a cornucopia of halter tops, and 'great for dorm room' crap from Target. And who better to put teh dopest a cappella licks to your otherwise run-of-the-mill BTS experience than Acappella U?? That's what I thought. Oh, and please watch Flight of the Conhords as soon as humanly possible. 'Sexyback' (Justin Timberlake / Back Row) 'God Only Knows' (Beach Boys / Brown Derbies) 'Either Way' (Guster / L'Shir) 'Life' (Fleet Street Singers) 'My Love (Justin Timberlake / UNC Clefhangers)

Guster Episode!

This week, Freddie from acaTunes is back playing only Guster covertunes. Guster fans rejoice!!

Barrel of a Gun (Northwestern University Purple Haze)
Medicine (UVA Academical Village People)
I Spy (CC The Back Row)
Parachute (U Maine Steiners)
Mona Lisa (Northwestern University Significant Others)

It's the big 4-0 for the big A-U, and you won't be dissapointed. Not that Joey ever leaves his audience dissapointed, especially the ladies;-) We're rolling out non-stop heavy hitters for the occasion, including the new Dear Abbeys, Beelzebubs, and Noteworthy. No, not that Noteworthy. The OTHER Noteworthy, who is still, um, Noteworthy. "Jesusland" (Ben Folds / BU Dear Abbeys) "All Night Long" (Lionel Richie / Dear Abbeys) "Linger" (Cranberries / Tufts Beelzebubs) "Wonderwall" (Oasis / UGA Noteworthy) "City of Blinding Lights" (U2 / Beelzebubs)

In true collegiate fashion, we're cramming to get that thesis done by the deadline. We haven't come up with a topic yet, and it's due Friday, but we're sure something will come to us if we just watch a little bit more of the History Channel. This go-round we bring you some quality, mid-major a cappella, music that DOSEN'T make you wonder if it is, indeed, actually made entirely by singers. This is the bread and butter of collegiate a cappella, the backbone if you will, the sort of salt-of-the-earth, middle-class a cappella that this university was built on. Well, not really, but that sounded good, right? Right On (Hartford College L'Shir) St. Theresa (Wisconsin Redefined) Taken Up (St. Olaf Limestones) Walk Away (Hartford College Vocal Explosion) Someone to Fall Back On (USC Reverse Osmosis) The Seed (3.) (Brown Jabberwocks)

This weeks episode of A Cappella U is a special tribute to Virginia Tech and features information on the "For Today" CD Compilation put together by your guest host from a few weeks ago, Matt Bolling. Some great music for a great cause. All proceeds from the subscriptions for this podcast will also be donated to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund at Virginia Tech. Please pick up a copy at www.fortodaycd.com.


Counting Blue Cars by The Madison Project (JMU)
Tonight, Tonight by Choeur du Roi (Richmond)
This Side by The Octaves (Richmond)
Meaning by The Hullabahoos (UVA)
Spiderwebs by Low Key (JMU)
Prayer of the Children by Juxtaposition (Virginia Tech)

Hola, amigos!! What's that? You don't habla espanol? No problemo! I will translate. . . no, no, it's not cultural appreciation day here at Acappella University, nor is it Spanish 201. It's just my hangover from a week spent south of the border, down Mexico way. Hey - I bet I could write a song about that. I hope ya'll liked Matt Bolling as a substitute prof, 'cause you're going to get another healthy dose of him for EP. 38. Matt, a Va Tech alumni, will be playing some tracks next time from For Today We Are All Hokies: An A Cappella Tribute, which is a double CD fundraiser that's available on acatunes. For now though, we're up to our usual shenanegains (sp?), including a MONEY interview with some dude from the HOTTEST group at UMass, the Dynamics. The Playa list. . . "Blurry" (Puddle Of Mudd/Va Tech Juxtaposition) "Wake Me Up" (Wham!/Cornell Last Call) "Everywhere" (Michelle Branch - UMass Dynamics) "Such Great Heights" (The Postal Service - UMass Dynamics) "Vogue" (Madonna - Wisconsin Tangled Up In Blue)

Now that you've done your taxes, you get to listen to a fresh-cut episode of Acappella U. Hooray podcast! We've gotten the message you've been sending us about playing better music, and we're responding with deadly force. We even brought in Russel Crowe to help. Oh, and we MAY be sojourning to NYC this weekend for the ICCA Finals. Oh, and the new Bubs CD comes out Saturday too. But I digress - the playlist, if you please. . . . Hysteria (Muse/Duke Pitchforks) Mama (Genesis/Binghamton Crosbys) Not the Doctor (Alanis Moirisette/Northwestern Significant Others) Seven (Prince/UCLA Awaken A Cappella) Hide and Seek (Imogen Heap/transit)

Our next act needs no introduction, which is nice, beacause they are, quite simply, ineffable. This is Off The Beat. "Snakes On A Plane" (Solos: Will, Jonah and Rina, org. Cobra Starship) "Mercy On Me" (Solo: Donna, org. Christina Aguilera)

Here are the BU Treblemakers, the premiere co-ed group at Boston University!! Enjoy, more video coming in four days! "When I Get Home" (BU Treblemakers / Townhall) "Twentysomething" (BU Treblemakers / Jamie Cullum)