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About Nathon Jones

Nathon Jones

Nate Jones is an actor/musician from Champaign, and he is a Cancer. When he is not rocking the funky vocals for the local band Brother Embassy, he can be seen acting in movies, theater, and music videos. In his free time, Nate Jones enjoys practicing kung-fu, watching Bruce Lee movies and kicking some noob tail on Halo 3. Nate Jones loves getting the (fake) dirt on some of Champaign-Urbana's biggest celebrities.


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Nominees' Advertising Campaigns Revealed!

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Since 2005, WPGU and Buzz have presented the Champaign-Urbana Local Music Awards, a festivity to celebrate excellence in the music scene. Nominees are selected and then voted on by the public in categories such as ‘Best Rock’, ‘Best Hip-Hop’ and ‘Best Singer/Songwriter’.

Each year, the nominees have become increasingly aggressive in their promotion tactics and going as far as printing so-called ‘attack ads’ on their competition to sway the vote to their advantage. Our Sizzler! reporters have uncovered a few of the smear ads sent to voters this year:

Check out the madness after the jump!

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Next week, an exclusive video found by our reporters!

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