Staff Picks April 25 - May 1

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Jaime E. Galvan, 29, city editor

Watching: "Forgetting Sarah Marshall"
TV: "2008 NFL Draft"
Listening:
1. "Mr. Tough" Yo La Tengo
2. "The W.A.N.D." The Flaming Lips
3. "Tough Kid" Honeycut
4. "Genevieve" Greyboy
5. "Upstarts in a Blowout" Cody Chestnutt
Podcasting: The Sci-Fi Observer
(shameless self-promotion)

Laura Martinez, Old enough, Reporter

Watching: "The Wedding Date"
Reading: "The Fifth Horseman" by James Patteson and "I Heard That Song Before" by Mary Higgins Clark
TV: Desperate Housewives, Law and Order and Grey's Anatomy
Listening:
1. "Someday" Nickleback
2. "Sway" Michael Buble
3. "That's What I Like About You" The Romantics
4. "New Sensation" Inxs
5. "Don't Cha" PussyCat Dolls

Jamie Chase, 26, Scoop Designer

Watching: "Stranger than Fiction"
Reading: "The Woad to Wuin" by Peter David
TV: NCIS
Listening:
1. "Strawberry Fields" Ben Harper
2. "Bullet and a Target" Citizen Cope
3. "Angry Situation" Save Ferris
4. "Control" Poe
5. "Bittersweet Symphony" The Verve

Alejandro Goga, 32, Spanish designer

Watching: "300" on DVD
Reading: "Tales for Kids" (easy reading).
TV: Don't like TV.
Listening:
1. "Imagine" Lennon
2. "What a Wonderful World" Louis Armstrong
3. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" Nirvana
4. "Second Movement of Emperor Concert" Beethoven
5. "Bizarre Love Triangle" Frente
Playing: Mario Bros (the only one I have, hahaha)

Jorge Montero, 29, Assistant Director of Spanish Publications

Watching: "La Misma Luna" at the theater and "Ratatouille"  on DVD.
Reading: The Brownsville Herald and El Nuevo Heraldo (everyday)
TV: "First 48", "Crime 360"
1. "Amor del bueno" Reyli
2. "Persiana Americana" Soda Stereo
3. "Antología" Shakira
4. "Calabria" Enur
5. "Gotas de Agua Dulce" Juanes

Armando Sanchez, 23, Sports Designer

Watching: "The Bucket List"
TV: CSI
Listening:
1. "Shinedown" Godsmack
2. "So Happy" Theory of a Deadman                                                                                                                                  
3. "Falling Down" Atreyu
4. "The Fad" Chevelle
5. "Fake It" Seether
Playing:  Waiting for Grand Theft Auto IV!

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