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(09/21/06 3:59am)
James Brown, decked out in a bright red sequined suit, got down on his knees during a nearly 15-minute rendition of "A Man's Man's Man's World" and told the audience members he loved all 2,500 of them Tuesday night during his performance at the IU Auditorium.\nErupting in applause that bounced off the balcony, the people in the crowd yelled back their adoration for the "hardest working man in show business," who begged for 10 more minutes of performance time. \nEven at 73, Brown moved, shook and rocked with more than a dozen singers and musicians behind him. He played classic hits; "Living in America," "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pt. 1" and "I Got You (I Feel Good)." He got some of his biggest applause for a cover of "Georgia on My Mind."\nSenior Chase Herschman was grinning ear-to-ear and took a second to stop dancing to put in his two cents.\n"JB is my hero," he said. "And he's still got it."\nAudience members said they loved his backup band, which Brown had in the palm of his hand. Telling his guitarist to get down like B.B. King, Brown initiated a "rock-off" between band members, simply by saying, "Hit me, pow!" Brown was in complete control -- at least while he was singing.\nWhen he tried to speak in between songs, audience members giggled, and asking each other what he was trying to say. Brown is known for being notoriously hard to understand and for giving drunken, babbling interviews where he quotes his own songs.\n"Living in America" was the highlight for freshman Josh Greenberger who said it was moving when Brown's dancers came out draped in American flags.\n"He looks sexy for a man who is 70 plus," Greenberger said.\nHe got mostly favorable reviews, though a couple audience members left early, unfulfilled.\n"It was a little worse than I expected," senior Michael Kosene said. "The only trademarks were to see the signature moves, like when he went down on his knees."\nAn older crowd filled the auditorium, which led its student manager, junior Nicole Pollard to say there were "not a lot of students." The approximately half non-student crowd stayed seated for much of the performance and insisted that students do the same thing. \nWhen one male student stood up to cheer during the ten minutes where Brown's band was playing before he got on stage, he was attacked. An elderly attendee was so infuriated by the standing that he grabbed the student by his shirt and violently yanked him down into his seat.\nThe IU Soul Revue, led by Director Nathanael Fareed Mahluli, warmed up the crowd with half an hour of grooving soul music. They performed classic songs like Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered," and The Isley Brothers' "Who's That Lady" to big applause.\nIU Soul Revue singers -- women dressed in sleeveless, red sequined dresses, and guys in silver sequins -- lit up the stage and got the crowd pumped for the main act saying, "I know you're ready for James Brown" twice, to huge applause. \nIn between acts, IU President Adam Herbert was backstage to meet Brown and take a picture as a slow clap rumbled through the crowd at 8:50 p.m.\n"Oh yeah, I've been looking forward to it," Herbert said. "I want to see if he does the mashed potato."\nAuditorium director Doug Booher was hanging out with Brown backstage and reported that the legend hadn't been at IU in 38 years.\n"He definitely lives up to his legend status," Booher said. "He's excited to be here. He still commands an audience of 2,500 after all these years."\nBrown came out, shook hands with Herbert, telling the president he was happy to be there and took a picture before going on stage. Herbert smiled and said he was a fan since the '60s before hurrying back to his seat saying, "I don't want to miss any of this"
(09/21/06 3:12am)
The Stella shorts are hilarious: A couple dozen absurd short films by David Wain, Michael Ian Black, and Michael Showalter, in which the three run around in suits playing with dildos, simulating gay sex, and sing and goof around. Sadly, the show couldn't capture the freshness and absurdity of the shorts. \nDuring a long documentary about the history of Stella comedy, the three stars say the studio asked them if they could be funny without all the dildo jokes prevalent in their skits. They shrug and say, "Not really." They're right. \nWhat started as a three-man stand-up routine in New York and gained steam as a series of short skits on the Internet became a half hour show on Comedy Central. Even big Stella fans like me and my friends who loved the skits avoided this show, and it was canceled after 10 episodes. \nThe creative minds behind the hilarious movie "Wet Hot American Summer" and the cult series "The State" get some laughs in Stella, but it's uneven and mostly nonsensical. \nThe pilot involves the three boys becoming homeless, wearing disguises to get their apartment back and performing open heart surgery on their landlord with a butter knife and ladle. He dies, but it's OK: We find out he was a Nazi war criminal. The boys are rewarded with a wicker basket and three months free rent. \nOther ridiculous plot points are wild and sound funny but, often, just come across as weird. The three suit-clad characters wear black face to cover up scars they got from bullies taking over their paper route. They go hunting and, Dick Cheney-style, shoot and kill the guy with whom they're hunting and eat him. \nThere are a couple strong episodes stuck in here - "Coffee Shop" and "Campaign" come to mind - but in general the series has fantastical plots that might shock, but have no real value. \nThe history of Stella documentary is interesting but runs long at 45 minutes. The bloopers are moderately funny, but the commentaries are mostly stale. \nCheck out the short films online for free at Youtube, and re-watch "Wet Hot American Summer." There's a reason it took a decade to get this show on the air. It's not worth the half hour treatment.
(09/20/06 4:49am)
James Brown, decked out in a bright red sequined suit, got down on his knees during a nearly 15-minute rendition of "A Man's Man's Man's World" and told the audience members he loved all 2,500 of them Tuesday night during his performance at the IU Auditorium.\nErupting in applause that bounced off the balcony, the people in the crowd yelled back their adoration for the "hardest working man in show business," who begged for 10 more minutes of performance time. \nEven at 73, Brown moved, shook and rocked with more than a dozen singers and musicians behind him. He played classic hits; "Living in America," "Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pt. 1" and "I Got You (I Feel Good)." He got some of his biggest applause for a cover of "Georgia on My Mind."\nSenior Chase Herschman was grinning ear-to-ear and took a second to stop dancing to put in his two cents.\n"JB is my hero," he said. "And he's still got it."\nAudience members said they loved his backup band, which Brown had in the palm of his hand. Telling his guitarist to get down like B.B. King, Brown initiated a "rock-off" between band members, simply by saying, "Hit me, pow!" Brown was in complete control -- at least while he was singing.\nWhen he tried to speak in between songs, audience members giggled, and asking each other what he was trying to say. Brown is known for being notoriously hard to understand and for giving drunken, babbling interviews where he quotes his own songs.\n"Living in America" was the highlight for freshman Josh Greenberger who said it was moving when Brown's dancers came out draped in American flags.\n"He looks sexy for a man who is 70 plus," Greenberger said.\nHe got mostly favorable reviews, though a couple audience members left early, unfulfilled.\n"It was a little worse than I expected," senior Michael Kosene said. "The only trademarks were to see the signature moves, like when he went down on his knees."\nAn older crowd filled the auditorium, which led its student manager, junior Nicole Pollard to say there were "not a lot of students." The approximately half non-student crowd stayed seated for much of the performance and insisted that students do the same thing. \nWhen one male student stood up to cheer during the ten minutes where Brown's band was playing before he got on stage, he was attacked. An elderly attendee was so infuriated by the standing that he grabbed the student by his shirt and violently yanked him down into his seat.\nThe IU Soul Revue, led by Director Nathanael Fareed Mahluli, warmed up the crowd with half an hour of grooving soul music. They performed classic songs like Stevie Wonder's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered," and The Isley Brothers' "Who's That Lady" to big applause.\nIU Soul Revue singers -- women dressed in sleeveless, red sequined dresses, and guys in silver sequins -- lit up the stage and got the crowd pumped for the main act saying, "I know you're ready for James Brown" twice, to huge applause. \nIn between acts, IU President Adam Herbert was backstage to meet Brown and take a picture as a slow clap rumbled through the crowd at 8:50 p.m.\n"Oh yeah, I've been looking forward to it," Herbert said. "I want to see if he does the mashed potato."\nAuditorium director Doug Booher was hanging out with Brown backstage and reported that the legend hadn't been at IU in 38 years.\n"He definitely lives up to his legend status," Booher said. "He's excited to be here. He still commands an audience of 2,500 after all these years."\nBrown came out, shook hands with Herbert, telling the president he was happy to be there and took a picture before going on stage. Herbert smiled and said he was a fan since the '60s before hurrying back to his seat saying, "I don't want to miss any of this"
(09/19/06 3:55am)
The "Godfather of Soul" James Brown is performing at 8 p.m. tonight at the IU Auditorium. \nAt 73 years old, Brown brings his "Seven Decades of Funk" tour to Bloomington for a night of funk and a chance to see a true genre-spanning legend of rock 'n' roll. It's "an offer you can't refuse."\nIt's not too late to get tickets for the show. IU Auditorium Director Doug Booher said that as of Monday afternoon, more than 2,100 tickets had been sold, which leaves 800-900 available.\nBrown's career kicked off in 1956 with his first hit "Please, Please, Please," and he has added 17 No. 1 hits and 114 total entries on Billboard's R&B singles chart since, according to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Web site. Big hits like "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag, Pt. 1," "I Got You (I Feel Good)," and "Try Me" stand on their own, but Brown is mostly known for his dynamic, wild stage show.\nRichie Unterberger, an author of books on music history, writes in an article on allmusic.com that "other singers were more popular, others were equally skilled, but few other African-American musicians have been so influential on the course of popular music. And no other musician, pop or otherwise, put on a more exciting, exhilarating stage show; Brown's performances were marvels of athletic stamina and split-second timing."\nBooher said he can't wait for the performance.\n"You don't get an opportunity that often to see a performer that has been so meaningful," he said. "His impact is pretty widely felt. It's going to be a pretty spectacular night." \nWarming up the crowd with a half-hour set before Brown will be the IU Soul Revue, led by Director Nathanael Fareed Mahluli, who said the group plans to play a high-energy set with "stuff from Earth, Wind and Fire, some '60s stuff and more, but I don't want give away all our secrets." \n"We got an invitation, and I couldn't resist," Mahluli said. "I'm a big-time James Brown fan. I know his band is going to be amazing."\nThe show gives the IU Soul Revue a chance to showcase its talent, including five horns, two keyboardists, a guitarist and percussionist, and 11 vocalists, before its main performance with the rest of the African American Arts Institute on Nov. 4.\nTo create even more buzz around the rock 'n' roll hall of fame performer, YouTube and the IU Auditorium teamed up to create a James Brown impersonation contest. The creator of the best James Brown impression clip loaded on YouTube received two free tickets to the show. The winner was selected by an auditorium panel Monday night but was not named to the media as of press time. Senior Andy Shore didn't need extra incentive to see Brown. He has been talking about the show for months, as soon as it was revealed that Brown's performance would be on his birthday. Adding in a "Godfather" movie quote for good measure, he expressed the excitement that caused him to have an AOL away message reading: "really excited for James Brown." \n"He's one of those artists I've always wanted to see," he said. "I get to see the 'Godfather of Soul,' and it doesn't even have to be the day of his daughter's wedding -- just my birthday"
(09/18/06 2:56am)
The anxious wait is over for Daniel Eliot's friends and family.\nEliot, an IU student who went missing at the end of August, was found in Manhattan Saturday, said Ronald Eliot, his father. Tracing his ATM account and the global positioning system in his phone brought police to him and he is currently being held at a center in New York until his parents bring him home. \nRonald Eliot said Sunday that he and his wife planned to fly to New York that night.\nEliot's friend Randyn Payne's voice was noticeably happy on the phone as he reacted to knowing his friend was safe. \n"I'm so relieved," he said. "Everyone's been so nervous and upset. It's great to get such a big chunk of good news. He's OK, and he's coming home soon. We all love the kid. It'll be good to have him around." \nEliot had been missing since Aug. 31. Family members first discovered Eliot's disappearance when officials called his aunt to tell her he had not shown up for his student teaching job at Carmel High School that day.\nRonald Eliot said he was grateful for the effort made by the police, the media and the concerned friends and family who brought his son home. \nFamily members still do not know why Eliot went away without telling anyone where he was staying or what his emotional state was, his father said, but it might have been that.\nRonald Eliot said he thinks stress led to his disappearance but said he will know a lot more once they have him home and are able to talk to him, Ronald Eliot said. \nAbove all, Ronald Eliot said he is relieved. He had been worried as days and weeks went by with no word from his son. He said he prayed for his son's safety and was audibly ecstatic that his prayers had been answered. \n"I feel like the Lord blessed us," Ronald Eliot said. "Me and my wife are very happy, but we'll feel a lot better once he's back here with us"
(09/14/06 4:00am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>YouTube.com features videos of all kinds, from the oddly funny: President Bush drunk and an unbelievable robot dance, to released entertainment like Daily Show clips, The O.K. Go treadmill dance, and anything you can imagine. The only thing you won't be able to find is porn or a video of Steve Irwin's death, though there are a lot of fakes. The free Web site doesn't require a password or fee to peruse the overwhelming amounts of videos.
And contrary to Senator Ted Steven's statement, it is not run through a series of tubes. Though there is a hilarious techno remix with a video mocking the Senator's assessment that he "got an internet" through a "series of tubes."
IU students, athletes, and even teachers have their fair share of videos on the increasingly popular site. There are amateur videos about life at IU, performances of Super Mario Brothers with guys in costume and saxophonists playing music, sports clips, and more that don't even have an IU tag. A series of practical joke clips that senior Andrew Gant made with friends filmed all over IU have acquired thousands of views.
"Village People Lecture Hall Prank" 1290 views
The video begins as students walk into an IU lecture hall one by one and sit down in Village people costumes, and have their name flashed on the screen. Their teacher begins the lecture, and before she can gain any momentum, the Village People interrupt the lecture when the music to "YMCA" blasts through the room. The Village People walk to the front of the class to dance as D.J White looks from the classroom.
"Teachers all react differently though," Gant said. "Some get absolutely pissed and some absolutely love it and look forward to it. We would then dance all over the classroom, sometimes the teacher would even join, or sometimes the teacher would be fuming in the corner with anger."
They go from there to every major landmark on campus. Getting down in front of Showalter fountain, on top of the library steps, in the business school, and in library, dancing on tables in food courts, and even get special access. They make their way onto football field, humping the rock and dancing on the IU emblem at midfield.
What started as a prank has become a phenomenon. Gant spent the summer in LA working on music video sets for artists like Little John and Chamillionaire. He one day hopes to be saying "Yeayyyyahhh" and "ridin' dirty" as he does this for a living.
"After releasing these videos on the internet they have become so popular to where we are getting request from friends and random students to run through their classes during Halloween," Gant said. "Even some teachers have requested us to."
"Ghostbusters Lecture Hall Prank" 3691 views
There hasn't been a Ghostbusters movie since 1989, but the ghostbusters live on at IU through a YouTube video. A student in a white sheet runs through a large lecture hall as a student sitting in class tapes it.
"The method to pull the prank off would be me going into some random class I'm not in and act like a student, even if some random quiz is put in front of me. Then I would wait about ten to 15 minutes and give the go ahead to the 5 or 6 pranksters outside the room through text."
Four ghost busters burst through the door in uniforms, look around and chase the ghost out of the room.
Usually the class is startled at first, and then bursts out laughing once they realize what's going on.
"When they bust in, I'm usually sitting in the back with a camera filming them. People don't even notice I'm filming because of all the excitement going on in the first place."
The short film ends with an extended scene where the ghost busters kick him while he's down. It's a parody of Office Space using the same song and actions as the scene where they beat up the copier.
Gant hopes to up the ante in his victory lap and outdo his other pranks.
"So this year is our finale, we are all seniors, and we plan to do something phenomenal. We have a few ideas we are discussing right now, but none are for sure yet."
You can find home video quality clips from some famous IU basketball games, but the best clips are the compilations showing the best of three of the most talked about IU athletes and coaches of the last decade.
There's a commercial featuring a woman sweeping the innards of Assembly Hall singing Indiana fight song, the commercials of coach Hep defending the rock and then there's IU's bread and butter: basketball.
"A.J. Moye!"- 3541 views
DMX song "Party Up"
The former IU baller has a best of video featuring highlights of his basketball career at IU. One highlight includes a graphic of A.J. humping the Duke logo. A Moye fan commented on the video, saying 'ya don't know what ya got till it's gone' ... so true."
"Mike Davis Goes Nuts" 481 views
With the "chicken dance song" playing in the background, Mike Davis storms the court in a Kentucky game. The on-minute video shows Davis getting a technical foul and then proceeding to be thrown out of the last minute of the game.
"Bobby Knights Top Ten" 30,435 views
The coach IU still misses has a few MyTube pages, featuring his raging swearing tirades. In one he calls journalism "one or two steps above prostitution," in another he takes a whip and calls it the best motivational device I've ever found. In a fitting end to the clips, Knight says I hope they bury me upside down so my critics can kiss my ass. Knight also has a clip showing his famous chair throwing incident, with 18,000 views. Sadly, there are none of him threatening the student which got him fired.
Other Notable IU Tubes
Some videos attempt to capture life at IU, with a group of friends dancing around their dorm room and talking about whatever pops into their head. Another shows dancing at a Little 500 dance party, but the real jewels are the choreographed videos with a central theme.
"Super Sexy Mario Brothers"
Two guys in Mario and Luigi costumes dance around on a stage at the National Junior Classical League convention at Indiana University. Two saxophonists play Mario Brothers theme music as the red and green long sleeved "brothers" decked out in suspenders and little hats chase down a guy holding a cardboard cut-out star. When they collect the star, the saxophonists play the star theme, The skit even incorporates the coin gathering aspect of Mario as the Mario jumps straight up into a paper box a stage hand holds and removes a symbol of a coin as the saxophonists chime in with Mario sounding coin noises.
"Law Prof Sings Dionne Warwick" 565 views
An IU professor sang "I will survive" in feather boa and jackal hat as a way to raise money at the annual "Singing for Summer Salaries" to benefit those students who take unpaid summer internships. A bidding war determines which professor will sing, according to the video post. With the two star (out of five) rating, he is advised not to quit his day job.
There's surely dozens if not hundred more IU videos on the web that didn't attach IU to the title. And if this internet craze doesn't tail off with the "jamming of the tubes," hundreds more are sure to follow.
About YouTube
Founded in February 2005, YouTube is a consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience.
Everyone can watch videos on YouTube—both on YouTube.com and across the Internet. People can see first-hand accounts of current events, find videos about their hobbies and interests, and discover the quirky and unusual. As more people capture special moments on video, YouTube is empowering them to become the broadcasters of tomorrow.
What is YouTube?
YouTube is a place for people to engage in new ways with video by sharing, commenting on, and viewing videos. YouTube originally started as a personal video sharing service, and has grown into an entertainment destination with people watching more than 70 million videos on the site daily.
With YouTube, people can:
* Upload, tag and share videos worldwide
* Browse millions of original videos uploaded by community members
* Find, join and create video groups to connect with people who have similar interests
* Customize the experience by subscribing to member videos, saving favorites, and creating playlists
* Integrate YouTube videos on websites using video embeds or APIs
* Make videos public or private—users can elect to broadcast their videos publicly or share them privately with friends and family upon upload
YouTube is building a community that is highly motivated to watch and share videos. The service is free for everyone. We always encourage our users to contact us with thoughts, suggestions, feedback or otherwise random ramblings. Make sure to check out our Blog to keep up to date on all the latest YouTube developments.
--Courtesy of YouTube.com
(09/14/06 3:37am)
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>YouTube.com features videos of all kinds, from the oddly funny: President Bush drunk and an unbelievable robot dance, to released entertainment like Daily Show clips, The O.K. Go treadmill dance, and anything you can imagine. The only thing you won't be able to find is porn or a video of Steve Irwin's death, though there are a lot of fakes. The free Web site doesn't require a password or fee to peruse the overwhelming amounts of videos.
And contrary to Senator Ted Steven's statement, it is not run through a series of tubes. Though there is a hilarious techno remix with a video mocking the Senator's assessment that he "got an internet" through a "series of tubes."
IU students, athletes, and even teachers have their fair share of videos on the increasingly popular site. There are amateur videos about life at IU, performances of Super Mario Brothers with guys in costume and saxophonists playing music, sports clips, and more that don't even have an IU tag. A series of practical joke clips that senior Andrew Gant made with friends filmed all over IU have acquired thousands of views.
"Village People Lecture Hall Prank" 1290 views
The video begins as students walk into an IU lecture hall one by one and sit down in Village people costumes, and have their name flashed on the screen. Their teacher begins the lecture, and before she can gain any momentum, the Village People interrupt the lecture when the music to "YMCA" blasts through the room. The Village People walk to the front of the class to dance as D.J White looks from the classroom.
"Teachers all react differently though," Gant said. "Some get absolutely pissed and some absolutely love it and look forward to it. We would then dance all over the classroom, sometimes the teacher would even join, or sometimes the teacher would be fuming in the corner with anger."
They go from there to every major landmark on campus. Getting down in front of Showalter fountain, on top of the library steps, in the business school, and in library, dancing on tables in food courts, and even get special access. They make their way onto football field, humping the rock and dancing on the IU emblem at midfield.
What started as a prank has become a phenomenon. Gant spent the summer in LA working on music video sets for artists like Little John and Chamillionaire. He one day hopes to be saying "Yeayyyyahhh" and "ridin' dirty" as he does this for a living.
"After releasing these videos on the internet they have become so popular to where we are getting request from friends and random students to run through their classes during Halloween," Gant said. "Even some teachers have requested us to."
"Ghostbusters Lecture Hall Prank" 3691 views
There hasn't been a Ghostbusters movie since 1989, but the ghostbusters live on at IU through a YouTube video. A student in a white sheet runs through a large lecture hall as a student sitting in class tapes it.
"The method to pull the prank off would be me going into some random class I'm not in and act like a student, even if some random quiz is put in front of me. Then I would wait about ten to 15 minutes and give the go ahead to the 5 or 6 pranksters outside the room through text."
Four ghost busters burst through the door in uniforms, look around and chase the ghost out of the room.
Usually the class is startled at first, and then bursts out laughing once they realize what's going on.
"When they bust in, I'm usually sitting in the back with a camera filming them. People don't even notice I'm filming because of all the excitement going on in the first place."
The short film ends with an extended scene where the ghost busters kick him while he's down. It's a parody of Office Space using the same song and actions as the scene where they beat up the copier.
Gant hopes to up the ante in his victory lap and outdo his other pranks.
"So this year is our finale, we are all seniors, and we plan to do something phenomenal. We have a few ideas we are discussing right now, but none are for sure yet."
You can find home video quality clips from some famous IU basketball games, but the best clips are the compilations showing the best of three of the most talked about IU athletes and coaches of the last decade.
There's a commercial featuring a woman sweeping the innards of Assembly Hall singing Indiana fight song, the commercials of coach Hep defending the rock and then there's IU's bread and butter: basketball.
"A.J. Moye!"- 3541 views
DMX song "Party Up"
The former IU baller has a best of video featuring highlights of his basketball career at IU. One highlight includes a graphic of A.J. humping the Duke logo. A Moye fan commented on the video, saying 'ya don't know what ya got till it's gone' ... so true."
"Mike Davis Goes Nuts" 481 views
With the "chicken dance song" playing in the background, Mike Davis storms the court in a Kentucky game. The on-minute video shows Davis getting a technical foul and then proceeding to be thrown out of the last minute of the game.
"Bobby Knights Top Ten" 30,435 views
The coach IU still misses has a few MyTube pages, featuring his raging swearing tirades. In one he calls journalism "one or two steps above prostitution," in another he takes a whip and calls it the best motivational device I've ever found. In a fitting end to the clips, Knight says I hope they bury me upside down so my critics can kiss my ass. Knight also has a clip showing his famous chair throwing incident, with 18,000 views. Sadly, there are none of him threatening the student which got him fired.
Other Notable IU Tubes
Some videos attempt to capture life at IU, with a group of friends dancing around their dorm room and talking about whatever pops into their head. Another shows dancing at a Little 500 dance party, but the real jewels are the choreographed videos with a central theme.
"Super Sexy Mario Brothers"
Two guys in Mario and Luigi costumes dance around on a stage at the National Junior Classical League convention at Indiana University. Two saxophonists play Mario Brothers theme music as the red and green long sleeved "brothers" decked out in suspenders and little hats chase down a guy holding a cardboard cut-out star. When they collect the star, the saxophonists play the star theme, The skit even incorporates the coin gathering aspect of Mario as the Mario jumps straight up into a paper box a stage hand holds and removes a symbol of a coin as the saxophonists chime in with Mario sounding coin noises.
"Law Prof Sings Dionne Warwick" 565 views
An IU professor sang "I will survive" in feather boa and jackal hat as a way to raise money at the annual "Singing for Summer Salaries" to benefit those students who take unpaid summer internships. A bidding war determines which professor will sing, according to the video post. With the two star (out of five) rating, he is advised not to quit his day job.
There's surely dozens if not hundred more IU videos on the web that didn't attach IU to the title. And if this internet craze doesn't tail off with the "jamming of the tubes," hundreds more are sure to follow.
About YouTube
Founded in February 2005, YouTube is a consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience.
Everyone can watch videos on YouTube—both on YouTube.com and across the Internet. People can see first-hand accounts of current events, find videos about their hobbies and interests, and discover the quirky and unusual. As more people capture special moments on video, YouTube is empowering them to become the broadcasters of tomorrow.
What is YouTube?
YouTube is a place for people to engage in new ways with video by sharing, commenting on, and viewing videos. YouTube originally started as a personal video sharing service, and has grown into an entertainment destination with people watching more than 70 million videos on the site daily.
With YouTube, people can:
* Upload, tag and share videos worldwide
* Browse millions of original videos uploaded by community members
* Find, join and create video groups to connect with people who have similar interests
* Customize the experience by subscribing to member videos, saving favorites, and creating playlists
* Integrate YouTube videos on websites using video embeds or APIs
* Make videos public or private—users can elect to broadcast their videos publicly or share them privately with friends and family upon upload
YouTube is building a community that is highly motivated to watch and share videos. The service is free for everyone. We always encourage our users to contact us with thoughts, suggestions, feedback or otherwise random ramblings. Make sure to check out our Blog to keep up to date on all the latest YouTube developments.
--Courtesy of YouTube.com
(09/14/06 3:16am)
At around 10 p.m. Aug. 31, Daniel Eliot spoke to his friend Randyn Payne, telling him what a good day he had and how he looked forward to his job interview the next day.\nEliot failed to show up the next day for his student teaching job at Carmel High School and did not call or give notice. His car was gone and a search of his room found that his backpack was still there.\n"There's been no calls, no friend interactions, nothing. It's like he disappeared off the face of the earth," Daniel's father Ronald Eliot said last week.\nBoth Daniel's father and the Indianapolis Police Department said there are leads they are following but could not give more information on the ongoing investigation. There was a small monetary ATM withdrawal the Friday after Daniel went missing, but the police do not want to reveal whether or not it was Daniel at the ATM.\n"We don't know if he left on his own or if he was taken or what? We always call and keep good contact. We've never had any secrets. That's what has been so troubling," Ronald Eliot said.\nHe said he is satisfied with what the Indianapolis Police Department has been doing to find his son. The police said they could not give any more information about leads, so as not to disrupt the ongoing investigation.\n"To everyone here, it's a big question mark as to where he's at," Ronald Eliot said. \nHe said he has gotten numerous calls from Daniel Eloit's friends worrying about him.\nHis friends have grown concerned, writing on his Facebook wall to tell him they care about him and are eagerly waiting his safe return. \n"Thinking of you and praying. Miss you and want to see your smiling face soon!" Sarah Clark wrote. \n"He's my only son and my wife's baby," Ronald Eliot said. "Being parents, it's really bad for us, but we're keeping hope and prayers that he'll come back soon as safe as possible."\nAnyone with information about Daniel Eliot's whereabouts is urged to contact his parents at 812-375-9051 or detective Paul Scott at 317-327-6916.
(09/11/06 2:52am)
Freshman Josh Webber spent a sleepless Thursday night camped out from 11 p.m. to 10 a.m. in front of the IU Auditorium to be first in line to buy tickets for Ben Folds' Nov. 9 concert at IU. \nIn spite of his dedication, Webber ended up in the middle of the line, sandwiched between people who had just arrived because of a lottery system that was instituted, giving all Folds fans an equal opportunity to buy tickets regardless of their arrival time.\nWebber missed a night of sleep and didn't even get the front row seats he had hoped for, but he said he would settle for something in the middle of the auditorium.\n"It would be nice to be able to touch him, but that's not looking so realistic," Webber said. "Hopefully I'll at least be near the center."\nBen Folds' song "Annie Waits" was fittingly played through the auditorium as concert-goers waited for their tickets Friday morning. Weaving through the lobby of the auditorium, the line was filled with students seeking up to eight of the 3,200 available tickets. House manager Jon Larkin said he "wouldn't be surprised if it was sold out" and said it was as big a line as he had seen in quite some time for an IU Auditorium show. He added that people assume it will be sold out but said about a third of the tickets are still available.\n"This one's pretty big," he said. "Mellencamp was huge. Incubus was big, too. It's bigger than anything we had last semester."\nSophomore Shane Tucker said he has waited for tickets for five Ben Folds shows and had "never seen a line like this."\nWebber said he didn't regret staying outside all night, even though he got no sleep. \n"It was fine. It was cold, but we love Ben Folds so we'll do anything for him," he said. \nFreshman Brandon Buck, wearing his Ben Folds T-shirt while buying the tickets, arrived at 8 a.m. to ensure he landed seats.\nFolds is typically a favorite among college students but draws other crowds as well. Bloomington resident Janis Bollin, a mother of a high school student, stood out in the crowd of college students to buy tickets for her daughter as well as herself and friends.\nSophomore Francesca Christopher was planning on having her friend buy her ticket for her, but her friend forgot his credit card at home, so she brought it to him.\n"I was still going to go to the concert, but now I have to wait in line," she said. "I'm missing Portuguese class for this."\nSenior Laura Lazaridis was a little worried she might not get tickets, as she arrived after 10 a.m. \n"My roommate called, and I was like, 'Oh crap, I forgot. I'm gonna be late,'" she said.\nTickets to Ben Folds are $25 for IUB students and $35 for nonstudents. Ticket holders will be required to show a valid student ID when entering the event. Folds will play at 8 p.m. Nov. 9 at the IU Auditorium.
(09/08/06 6:21pm)
Junior Laura Fonseca sat waiting for the bus to the supplemental school where she was teaching on Manguinhos, a city on the island of Itaparica off Salvador, Brazil. She ended up with a long wait, as the bus never showed up and didn't for the rest of the week. \nShe found out eventually that not only had funding been cut from the program, but there wasn't even enough money to put gas in a car to tell Fonseca they were not coming. It was a low point of her trip, but the incredible stories of loving, positive interactions made her journey one worth sharing, and she's dedicated to helping others follow their own dreams.\nFonseca and junior Gail Robertson, along with two others, sold bracelets door-to-door, earning more than $3,000 to fund their month-long trip to Brazil. The money paid for four students' plane tickets and their stay as they worked to teach English and help out in after-school activities to keep kids off the streets and involved in productive activities. Now they want to make that dream possible for other IU students. \nWhile it is typical for students to take mission trips and go on social service programs, these four students funded their own trips and are planning a two-month trip for 15 people next year. \nThey are part of the campus group called Gust, a program Fonseca developed last semester to help students go to places that are dubbed "unsafe" by helping them acquire contacts and raise funds.\nFonseca is president of the organization, which has meetings at 7:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesdays of every month in Ballantine 139. \nThe trip was made possible with help from assistant instructor Phillip Wagner, founder of Rhythm of Hope, a social outreach program in Brazil, said Fonseca. She said Wagner has lots of contacts in the region and is knowledgeable about the area. \nRhythm of Hope is a program that makes connections for people who want to volunteer, sponsor a program or publicize needs or programs, according to its Web site. They take existing programs and help volunteers assist in those programs and make connections. \nWagner said the trip the IU students went on is "a perfect example of how Rhythm of Hope can help people who want to make a difference and get involved." \nWhen the IU students got to the island, they found that literacy was so low they ended up teaching native students Portuguese -- the Brazilians' own language -- instead of strictly English, which they had planned on. The IU students instructed 12- to 26-year-old women Monday through Thursday and helped out at a day care on Fridays. \nThough the island lacked the convenience of everyday life, Fonseca said there was music everywhere, with children singing, dancing and playing. She said the adults fish when they're hungry and live hand-to-mouth. \n"They're happy to be alive," she said. "The adults are more energetic, much calmer and have less worries about day-to-day life."\nRobertson and Fonseca did notice many troubling aspects of life on the island. Fonseca said there was a large population of uneducated children because most of them are only in class two hours a day and have too much free time to get into trouble.\nShe said fighting is more prevalent in the city of Salvador, but Wagner and Fonseca insist they feel comfortable there and that it is safe to travel. \n"Right outside our house, a 10-year-old had another child in a headlock and was threatening him with a rusty pair of scissors," Fonseca said.\nShe said she was able to stop the attack just in time, but there is a lot of violence they can't stop. By being there and keeping the kids entertained, the community is strengthened, she said. Though there was a lot of violence, Robertson said she never once felt unsafe.\nBoth Fonseca and Robertson said the older their students were, the more receptive they were to teaching. They videotaped the experience and said they plan on making a tape of what they are doing.\nFonseca speaks fluent Portuguese and Spanish, but Robertson was new to the language. She said she speaks German and English but understood enough Portuguese to get by, using sign language to communicate.\n"We taught them to sing 'Ice Ice Baby,' play cards and (do) the limbo," Robertson said. "They're amazing at soccer."\nFonseca and Wagner had booths side by side yesterday at the Student Involvement Fair, where they handed out brochures to encourage more participants to get involved and make their social consciousness a reality.\n"If you get in the mind-set, any trip can happen," Robertson said. "It's just a matter of making contacts and working hard"
(09/07/06 4:00am)
What if I were to tell you that Entourage became formulaic and stale in its third season with lame characters like Dom, and Weeds is getting more chronic every episode. Is that something you might be interested in? \nThe pace of Weeds flies by even though they start each episode the second the last episode ends. While Entourage meanders through finding Vince a new project week after week, Weeds' plot lines weave in and out. \nHaving Nancy (a drug dealer), go from never wanting to see a past flame (a DEA agent) again to marrying him in the third episode is a perfect example. Entourage would have drawn it out over a season and a half. It's getting to the point where I look forward to Lucky Louis on Sunday night more than Entourage, which used to be my favorite show. From the great opening song all the way through, Weeds is single-handedly making Showtime worth having. With a new guest star like Elvis Costello singing the "tickie tackie" theme song and an amazing cast, Weeds is smokin'. (Though I do miss the old theme song.) \nWeeds simply makes the audience care about the characters more than Entourage does. When Silas poked a hole in a condom before sleeping with his girlfriend everyone in the room with me gasped. You would have thought Maury had just told my roommate, "Benny -- in the case of little Jamal -- you are NOT the father," the way he was yelling and wildly throwing his arms around. \nThe only time I really cared about the characters in Entourage this season was when Turtle lost Saigon as a rapper. While both are advertised as comedies and Entourage has "Drama," Weeds would be a fascinating show strictly as a drama. \nI wanted Queens Boulevard to kick ass and have Vince be the next Scarface in "Medellin." I understand it's important to have ups and downs, but I never feel like the problems are real. Vince will always be working tight jobs and Ari will always be their agent. The only real problem they had is the fight in Vegas and they glossed over that the next episode like it never happened. Drama should have been too bruised up to shoot his pilot, Vince should have had to own up to his image going down and Eric should have gotten some shit for so poorly managing Vince. \nSpeaking of Eric, what happened to Sloan and why did the writers give up on developing Eric as a character all season? They gave us the ultimate man fantasy, the threesome, and managed to blow that for us. We got no hot scenes and it was so disappointing that I had a dream that night that a hottie wanted a threesome with me and my girlfriend and I turned it down. They ruined the dream.\nBoth shows had recent plots about masturbating, but while Johnny Drama's jerk-off in his trailer was funny, I was kind of blue-balled. Weeds had Andy's immaculate speech to Nancy's son to encourage him to stop masturbating in socks and flush them down the toilet. \nExplaining to his nephew Shane (hard to believe he was the voice of "Nemo") how to get the "Pearl Jam" out of his "Randy Johnson" with the help of a banana peel had me playing that clip all week on On Demand. \nEven without that speech, Andy is the most underrated character on T.V. Seriously, who even knows his name or anything he's been in before Weeds? His recent stint in rabbinical school, where he's basically just there to nail a hot rabbi, has been hilarious. \nEntourage is still a must see half hour, but it's become a caricature of itself. Ari especially. While he has always been larger than life, his "hug it out bitch" and Lloyd gay-bashing has gotten old. \nIt's essential to have cliffhangers, but who honestly believes Ari is done as Vince's agent? He just won the Emmy and is arguably the most popular character. You have to give us a reason to worry he wont be back. It's fun and a solid half hour, but it just doesn't have the pop it once had. \nThe whole Dom character arc was a waste of time and added nothing to the show. Seeing his ass every episode didn't help either. I did love Martin Landau as the senile producer, but still they need to get better guest stars than Seth Green, James Woods, and DJ AM. \nNext year IMDB reported that the hottest name is the biz is slatted for three episodes. That's right: Britney's boy toy K-Fed is taking his immaculate career to the next level. I guess William Hung was busy. \nIt's time for Entourage to regroup, hug it out, and get back to what made them so hot in the first place.
(09/07/06 2:44am)
What if I were to tell you that Entourage became formulaic and stale in its third season with lame characters like Dom, and Weeds is getting more chronic every episode. Is that something you might be interested in? \nThe pace of Weeds flies by even though they start each episode the second the last episode ends. While Entourage meanders through finding Vince a new project week after week, Weeds' plot lines weave in and out. \nHaving Nancy (a drug dealer), go from never wanting to see a past flame (a DEA agent) again to marrying him in the third episode is a perfect example. Entourage would have drawn it out over a season and a half. It's getting to the point where I look forward to Lucky Louis on Sunday night more than Entourage, which used to be my favorite show. From the great opening song all the way through, Weeds is single-handedly making Showtime worth having. With a new guest star like Elvis Costello singing the "tickie tackie" theme song and an amazing cast, Weeds is smokin'. (Though I do miss the old theme song.) \nWeeds simply makes the audience care about the characters more than Entourage does. When Silas poked a hole in a condom before sleeping with his girlfriend everyone in the room with me gasped. You would have thought Maury had just told my roommate, "Benny -- in the case of little Jamal -- you are NOT the father," the way he was yelling and wildly throwing his arms around. \nThe only time I really cared about the characters in Entourage this season was when Turtle lost Saigon as a rapper. While both are advertised as comedies and Entourage has "Drama," Weeds would be a fascinating show strictly as a drama. \nI wanted Queens Boulevard to kick ass and have Vince be the next Scarface in "Medellin." I understand it's important to have ups and downs, but I never feel like the problems are real. Vince will always be working tight jobs and Ari will always be their agent. The only real problem they had is the fight in Vegas and they glossed over that the next episode like it never happened. Drama should have been too bruised up to shoot his pilot, Vince should have had to own up to his image going down and Eric should have gotten some shit for so poorly managing Vince. \nSpeaking of Eric, what happened to Sloan and why did the writers give up on developing Eric as a character all season? They gave us the ultimate man fantasy, the threesome, and managed to blow that for us. We got no hot scenes and it was so disappointing that I had a dream that night that a hottie wanted a threesome with me and my girlfriend and I turned it down. They ruined the dream.\nBoth shows had recent plots about masturbating, but while Johnny Drama's jerk-off in his trailer was funny, I was kind of blue-balled. Weeds had Andy's immaculate speech to Nancy's son to encourage him to stop masturbating in socks and flush them down the toilet. \nExplaining to his nephew Shane (hard to believe he was the voice of "Nemo") how to get the "Pearl Jam" out of his "Randy Johnson" with the help of a banana peel had me playing that clip all week on On Demand. \nEven without that speech, Andy is the most underrated character on T.V. Seriously, who even knows his name or anything he's been in before Weeds? His recent stint in rabbinical school, where he's basically just there to nail a hot rabbi, has been hilarious. \nEntourage is still a must see half hour, but it's become a caricature of itself. Ari especially. While he has always been larger than life, his "hug it out bitch" and Lloyd gay-bashing has gotten old. \nIt's essential to have cliffhangers, but who honestly believes Ari is done as Vince's agent? He just won the Emmy and is arguably the most popular character. You have to give us a reason to worry he wont be back. It's fun and a solid half hour, but it just doesn't have the pop it once had. \nThe whole Dom character arc was a waste of time and added nothing to the show. Seeing his ass every episode didn't help either. I did love Martin Landau as the senile producer, but still they need to get better guest stars than Seth Green, James Woods, and DJ AM. \nNext year IMDB reported that the hottest name is the biz is slatted for three episodes. That's right: Britney's boy toy K-Fed is taking his immaculate career to the next level. I guess William Hung was busy. \nIt's time for Entourage to regroup, hug it out, and get back to what made them so hot in the first place.
(09/05/06 5:09pm)
IU senior Daniel Eliot has been missing since Thursday night, according to police. \nNo friends or family members have spoken to or seen him, and he is not answering his phone, said his father, Ronald Eliot. Friends and family became alarmed when he did not show up Friday to his job as a student teacher at Carmel High School. \n"There's been no calls, no friend interactions, nothing. It's like he disappeared off the face of the earth," Ronald Eliot said.\nRonald Eliot said his son was upset recently and had some personal problems leading up to his disappearance. His friend, Randyn Payne, said he was in high spirits when he spoke to him at about 10 p.m. Thursday.\n"He called Thursday one of his best days of student teaching," Payne said. "Even his typically worst class was good. He was ready to teach, had a job interview he was excited about Friday and we had plans to go to Bloomington this weekend."\nCarmel High School officials called Eliot's aunt Friday morning to tell the family he had not shown up for student-teaching. His parents became concerned and went to his aunt's house, where Eliot has been staying while student-teaching, and contacted police.\nPolice searched Eliot's room and found his backpack was still there, but his car was gone. There was also a small withdrawal from his bank account in downtown Indianapolis Friday, but police will have to wait until Tuesday to see the surveillance tape to determine if Eliot took the money out.\nIU Police Department shift commander Andy Stephenson said he is aware the Eliot family is working with the Indianapolis Police Department but had no new information on Eliot's whereabouts. \n"He's his own man," Ronald Eliot said. "I'm hoping this time he went off somewhere, thinking things out." \nAbout two years ago, Daniel Eliot turned off his phone and went to Florida for a few days, Ronald Eliot said. His friends and family are concerned and hope he is just taking time to think but want to hear from him to make sure he's safe, he said.\n"He's my only son and my wife's baby," he said. "Being parents, it's really bad for us, but we're keeping hope and prayers that he'll come back soon as safe as possible."\nAnyone with information about Daniel Eliot's whereabouts is urged to contact his parents at 317-283-8433 or Indianapolis Police at 317-327-3811.
(09/04/06 10:12pm)
IU senior Daniel Eliot, has been missing since Thursday night, according to police. \nNo friends or family members have spoken to or seen him, and he is not answering his phone, said his father, Ronald Eliot. Friends and family became alarmed when he did not show up Friday to his job as a student teacher at Carmel High School. \n"There's been no calls, no friend interactions, nothing. It's like he disappeared off the face of the earth," Ronald Eliot said.\nRonald Eliot said his son was upset recently and had some personal problems leading up to his disappearance. His friend, Randyn Payne, said he was in high spirits when he spoke to him at about 10 p.m. Thursday.\n"He called Thursday one of his best days of student teaching," Payne said. "Even his typically worst class was good. He was ready to teach, had a job interview he was excited about Friday and we had plans to go to Bloomington this weekend."\nCarmel High School officials called Eliot's aunt Friday morning to tell the family he had not shown up for student-teaching. His parents became concerned and went to his aunt's house, where Eliot has been staying while student-teaching, and contacted police.\nPolice searched Eliot's room and found his backpack was still there, but his car was gone. There was also a small withdrawal from his bank account in downtown Indianapolis Friday, but police will have to wait until Tuesday to see the surveillance tape to determine if Eliot took the money out.\nIU Police Department shift commander Andy Stephenson said he is aware the Eliot family is working with the Indianapolis Police Department but had no new information on Eliot's whereabouts. \n"He's his own man," Ronald Eliot said. "I'm hoping this time he went off somewhere, thinking things out." \nAbout two years ago, Daniel Eliot turned off his phone and went to Florida for a few days, Ronald Eliot said. His friends and family are concerned and hope he is just taking time to think but want to hear from him to make sure he's safe, he said.\n"He's my only son and my wife's baby," he said. "Being parents, it's really bad for us, but we're keeping hope and prayers that he'll come back soon as safe as possible."\nAnyone with information about Daniel Eliot's whereabouts is urged to contact his parents at 317-327-6916 or Indianapolis Police at 317-327-6916.
(08/31/06 4:13am)
Pacing back and forth, rubbing his beard as he settles into his first day of teaching The Music of The Beatles class at IU in four years, music professor Andy Hollinden first takes time to share his love of music with the class. \n"Music is medicine where I come from," he said. "It's cheap, and it won't get you thrown in jail ... or pregnant." \nHollinden puts the personalities of the artists he teaches into his personality. He employs the sarcasm of musician Frank Zappa, the peace and love of The Beatles and the soul searching of Jimi Hendrix. \nAndy Hollinden is a rock star -- at least according to the name of a popular Facebook group, in which students post their favorite quotes from the legendary teacher. He doesn't fill arenas or even play live music anymore, but through his music classes -- which encompass everything from doo-wop to old-time blues to "Me So Horny" -- Hollinden stays in the cannon of popular music. \nThis year Hollinden takes over sole rocking responsibilities at IU while the unofficial ambassador of rock music classes, music professor Glenn Gass, is on sabbatical in Hawaii. Hollinden will be teaching Gass' Beatles and rock history classes. In addition, he is teaching his own class, Z301, Rock Music in the '70s and '80s, which includes singer-songwriters, metal, rock, hip hop and everything in between. \nHaving three classes with a grand total of 1,080 students is quite a heavy load for someone who hadn't even considered a teaching career until the opportunity fell into his lap.
(08/31/06 4:00am)
Welcome back, freshmen. There's a whole 80 page magazine called Orienter on campus to help you through your first year, but at WEEKEND we'll give it to you in a nutshell.\nYOU STAY CLASSY BLOOMINGTON\nWith classes like the history of video games, The Beatles, movies of Spike Lee, and Rock and Roll of the '70s and '80s, why not go to class? \nThe first week of classes is underway and with no parents around to make you go to class, it's tempting to skip out. I know my nose may appear brown right now, but classes are really worth your time. \nOffice hours are vital to success. It's a way to let your teacher know you, which isn't often possible in large lectures. Also, it may just raise your grade. One teacher I've had bumped my grade almost 10 percent every test just by going over it with her once I'd gotten it back. Go to the teacher before the test, too. They enjoy the company at office hours and they'll give you the benefit of doubt when the semester is over.\nChoose a major early, but feel free to shop around. There's a ton of great majors offered at IU and if you don't like what's offered you can make your own. Senior Benny Goldman created an individualized major of music business and had an internship at New Line Cinema in New York this summer.\nClasses that can ruin a schedule are K201, the dreaded Computer in Business class. Also, "anything with A in front of it sucks," said business major Sam Nelson, referring to accounting classes. There are required classes for every major, but ask around and find out who the good professors are.\nTo quote the Talking Heads: "If your work isn't what you love, then something isn't right."\nNOSHIN' and MUNCHIN'\nThe food courts have their share of decent, nutritious food, and there's a wide array of fast food for the unadventurous, but some of the best food can be found in the various ethnic options.\n"Don't spend all your money at Chili's, Panera, and Steak and Shake," said IU alum Eric Weiler. "The ethnic places on 4th are great and Smokin' Jack's Rib Shack is awesome."\nSenior Benny Goldman plans to hit up every ethnic place on 4th, from Indian cuisine at Bombay House to Café et Crepe for European and Siam House for Thai food. \nFor late night munchies you can get late night pizza deals like the Big Ten special and sandwich deliveries, but for those on the town there are a handful of choices. On Walnut there's Rockit's for pizza by the slice and there's Taco Bell. On Kirkwood there's La Bamba for Mexican, Jimmy John's sandwiches, the hot dog vendor. The newest entry in the game is D.P. Dough, which just opened under 420. Serving Pizza's cousin, the calzone, D.P. has over 50 'zones and with free delivery until 4 a.m. on weekends D.P is like Hansel: so hot right now.\n"D.P. Dough is amazing. I loved the one with pineapple," said senior Sage Gosch-Braun.\nB-town makes a fine pizza pie as well. Mother Bear's is typically voted the best pizza, but Buccetto's definitely gives it a run for its money with its diverse toppings, kick-ass salads and pasta.\nKroger and Marsh have great dollar deals, but it's worth a trip to the Farmers Market and fruit and vegetable markets to get fresh produce. \nSINK THE HUH? HAIRY WHAT? AMF?\nIt's said on T-shirts that Bloomington is a drinking town with a basketball problem. We often get voted pretty high up on the biggest drinking school and with good reason. Our drinks have funny names and we play drinking games for any activity. There's the several shot drinks the Hairy Bear at Bears, the AMF at Upstairs, and the classic "Sink The Biz" game at Nick's.\nI'M BORED\nA lot of students end up sitting around their dorm watching "Grey's Anatomy" and "Entourage" DVDs all day, not realizing the Bloomington is a bumping college town. Bars, comedy clubs, a thriving outdoor adventure scene and great shopping are just the tip of the iceberg.\nComedy Caravan is a great way to see good, cheap comedy and was voted one of the top ten places to see stand-up in the country. Every Monday and Saturday some of the greatest up-and-coming comics grace the stage at Bear's. They get around three comics a night and with the strong drink the Hairy Bear in hand, the comics somehow appear even funnier.\nWalking up and down Kirkwood is a great way to spend an afternoon. With shops from Urban Outfitters to vintage clothes, music, and great eats along the way, there's a lot to check out.\nBloomington is rich in outdoor activities from a day pontoon boating on Lake Monroe, a day trip to Griffy Lake, or a group experience with IU Outdoor Adventure. IUOA leads trips from vertical caving to kayaking, mountain climbing and even skydiving and week-long white water rafting trips.\nWRAPPING IT UP\nNo matter what you do, get out there and do it. There's great free, cheap, and fun stuff to do all the time in Bloomington. You'll hear that college is the place to find yourself and it is a bit of a cliché, but it's true. \n"My biggest advice is to get involved with organizations as early as possible," said senior Mary Barrett. "It's the best way to meet people"
(08/31/06 2:02am)
Welcome back, freshmen. There's a whole 80 page magazine called Orienter on campus to help you through your first year, but at WEEKEND we'll give it to you in a nutshell.\nYOU STAY CLASSY BLOOMINGTON\nWith classes like the history of video games, The Beatles, movies of Spike Lee, and Rock and Roll of the '70s and '80s, why not go to class? \nThe first week of classes is underway and with no parents around to make you go to class, it's tempting to skip out. I know my nose may appear brown right now, but classes are really worth your time. \nOffice hours are vital to success. It's a way to let your teacher know you, which isn't often possible in large lectures. Also, it may just raise your grade. One teacher I've had bumped my grade almost 10 percent every test just by going over it with her once I'd gotten it back. Go to the teacher before the test, too. They enjoy the company at office hours and they'll give you the benefit of doubt when the semester is over.\nChoose a major early, but feel free to shop around. There's a ton of great majors offered at IU and if you don't like what's offered you can make your own. Senior Benny Goldman created an individualized major of music business and had an internship at New Line Cinema in New York this summer.\nClasses that can ruin a schedule are K201, the dreaded Computer in Business class. Also, "anything with A in front of it sucks," said business major Sam Nelson, referring to accounting classes. There are required classes for every major, but ask around and find out who the good professors are.\nTo quote the Talking Heads: "If your work isn't what you love, then something isn't right."\nNOSHIN' and MUNCHIN'\nThe food courts have their share of decent, nutritious food, and there's a wide array of fast food for the unadventurous, but some of the best food can be found in the various ethnic options.\n"Don't spend all your money at Chili's, Panera, and Steak and Shake," said IU alum Eric Weiler. "The ethnic places on 4th are great and Smokin' Jack's Rib Shack is awesome."\nSenior Benny Goldman plans to hit up every ethnic place on 4th, from Indian cuisine at Bombay House to Café et Crepe for European and Siam House for Thai food. \nFor late night munchies you can get late night pizza deals like the Big Ten special and sandwich deliveries, but for those on the town there are a handful of choices. On Walnut there's Rockit's for pizza by the slice and there's Taco Bell. On Kirkwood there's La Bamba for Mexican, Jimmy John's sandwiches, the hot dog vendor. The newest entry in the game is D.P. Dough, which just opened under 420. Serving Pizza's cousin, the calzone, D.P. has over 50 'zones and with free delivery until 4 a.m. on weekends D.P is like Hansel: so hot right now.\n"D.P. Dough is amazing. I loved the one with pineapple," said senior Sage Gosch-Braun.\nB-town makes a fine pizza pie as well. Mother Bear's is typically voted the best pizza, but Buccetto's definitely gives it a run for its money with its diverse toppings, kick-ass salads and pasta.\nKroger and Marsh have great dollar deals, but it's worth a trip to the Farmers Market and fruit and vegetable markets to get fresh produce. \nSINK THE HUH? HAIRY WHAT? AMF?\nIt's said on T-shirts that Bloomington is a drinking town with a basketball problem. We often get voted pretty high up on the biggest drinking school and with good reason. Our drinks have funny names and we play drinking games for any activity. There's the several shot drinks the Hairy Bear at Bears, the AMF at Upstairs, and the classic "Sink The Biz" game at Nick's.\nI'M BORED\nA lot of students end up sitting around their dorm watching "Grey's Anatomy" and "Entourage" DVDs all day, not realizing the Bloomington is a bumping college town. Bars, comedy clubs, a thriving outdoor adventure scene and great shopping are just the tip of the iceberg.\nComedy Caravan is a great way to see good, cheap comedy and was voted one of the top ten places to see stand-up in the country. Every Monday and Saturday some of the greatest up-and-coming comics grace the stage at Bear's. They get around three comics a night and with the strong drink the Hairy Bear in hand, the comics somehow appear even funnier.\nWalking up and down Kirkwood is a great way to spend an afternoon. With shops from Urban Outfitters to vintage clothes, music, and great eats along the way, there's a lot to check out.\nBloomington is rich in outdoor activities from a day pontoon boating on Lake Monroe, a day trip to Griffy Lake, or a group experience with IU Outdoor Adventure. IUOA leads trips from vertical caving to kayaking, mountain climbing and even skydiving and week-long white water rafting trips.\nWRAPPING IT UP\nNo matter what you do, get out there and do it. There's great free, cheap, and fun stuff to do all the time in Bloomington. You'll hear that college is the place to find yourself and it is a bit of a cliché, but it's true. \n"My biggest advice is to get involved with organizations as early as possible," said senior Mary Barrett. "It's the best way to meet people"
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08.06.2006:When we realized we could go in the front row for every act to take pictures, things got ridiculously better. There were setbacks, like being dragged from the press area at a legendary Flaming Lips show, but front row access for dynamic hip hop acts Gnarls Barkley, Blackalicious, and Kanye West made Saturday an unforgettable day and night of music. Not to mention the free food, drinks, and hanging out with artists backstage.\nThe themes of the day were that everybody still likes "Makin me Crazy" and artists don't like George Bush. The only late night artist we saw that didn't talk shit about our president was Kanye, who has voiced his opinion pretty famously already.\nThis festival gets better every hour. We started Saturday off with a band we'd only heard of, but never heard, "Built to Spill." What a great surprise. They rocked with three lead guitarists' inventive style using slide, looping, and playing off each other beautifully with a great voice carrying them through the set. Definitely worth picking up an album or two of these guys. They were briefly over-shadowed by Wayne Coyne from "The Flaming Lips" signing a girls tush in the VIP area behind the stage, which was hilarious. Even as "Built to Spill" was rocking, Wayne just being Wayne got more attention.\nLyrics Born was another unexpected good show. Rocking a small stage, he got the crowd to sing along, urging the crowd to stop complaining and watching tv and get out and do something. The show was fun, had some call and response, like "Fuck George Bush" and kept us entertained until we headed over to "Gnarls Barkley."\nAll of "Gnarls Barkley" came onstage decked out in tennis clothes, headbands, and a couple racquets, playing "We are the Champions," with a massive crowd pumping their fists like a Queen show. Danger Mouse sampled and played keyboard, with a string section really filling out their sound.\nIt's official. "Makin me Crazy" is the song of the summer. The Raconteurs, "Gnarls Barkley," and Kanye all played it on the same stage within 26 hours of each other, all kicking ass.\nBarkley put on a solid show, but were not as great as I'd hoped.\nBlackalicious on the other hand, was unbelievable. Led by the fantastic MC Gift of Gab with a special appearance by RV Salters on a funky keyboard, they made a rap fan out of me. Gab would bust off freestyle's so fluid and quick I had to close my eyes to hear every word. Sometimes I'd get off and it would just sound like a stream of beautiful consonants, until I heard a word that stuck out, like hysterectomy. Rob was pumped about the keyboardist when they announced him and I soon found out why. When he wasn't dancing slyly between his machines, he complimented the DJ and Gab perfectly. I never thought I would really love a rap show, but I would pay good money to see that again. At one point they broke the crowd in half having one half yell to the other "Party over here, fuck y'all over there!" getting louder and louder building into another delicious offering of Blackalicious.\nAs we walked to "The Flaming Lips," I told Rob it would be hard to top "Blackalicious," but The Flaming Lips put on an incredible audio and visual display. We got right up to the press picture area and took pictures inches from their lead singer as he prepared for the incredible intro. He was blown up in a plastic balloon (think bubble boy in Seinfeld) and launched into the crowd, riding on people's hands like body surfing without the chance of getting hurt. \nHere's where I almost get kicked out of the festival:\nI handed the camera to Rob to get pics with his 6'4" frame and forgot about Journalism for a minute to try to touch the bubble. In the haste I was pushed from behind into a 400 pound security guy. He saw me without a camera in a place I wasn't supposed to be and took it as a personal insult. He grabbed me by the wrist and viciously dragged me out of the photo area. I reached down for my backpack and that got him even madder. He turned my palm face up and grabbed at my wristbands, trying to rip off my ticket for the rest of the festival. I flung my arm back behind me into another 400 pound security guard who put me in a headlock. The two of them are shoving me out, trying to get on their walkie-talkies and ruin my weekend, but I just turned and deftly escaped through the crowd and found a decent spot a few rows back and watched the amazing show. \nAs always, the Lips had the stage filled with dancers in costumes. This time it was aliens, Santa Clauses and super heroes. And Coyne loves toys. Confetti machines, monstrous balloons that bounce 15 feet in the air before coming back to the crowd, and streamers poured into the stands as the sun set over Grant Park and the gorgeous Chicago sky line. \n"Let's stop traffic on Lake Shore Drive," lead singer Wayne Coyne yelled to the loving crowd. They played a perfect set, with "fanatical" and "The yeah yeah yeah song" off their new album sounding a million times better in person than on the album.\nCoyne fell in love with singalongs, having the crowd scream "fanatical, fuck!" and singing along the chorus to "Yoshimi battles the pink robots."\nCoyne got political saying, "Everybody needs to speak their minds. If they did, maybe George Bush wouldn't be in office."\nThey played "Race for the Prize," and "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" to great response, before closing with "Do you Realize."\nBefore playing their first hit "She Don't Use Jelly," Coyne said that Chicago radio was the place where the single took off, and they played their 12 times that year.\n"We love you, we'll continue to love you and we'll see you again," he said.\nClosing out the night was Chicago's own Kanye West who came out to massive "Kanye, Kanye" chants. He lived up to his headliner status, playing his hits (All falls down, Jesus Walks, and covering a couple other monster songs. He somehow maneuvered from Workout Plan to the "Eurythmics'" 80s hit "Sweet Dreams." At this point after Rob went front row to take pictures, I met him in the artist lounge and chilled with Lyrics Born and yet again, Joel from Umphreys.\nWe kicked back in the lounge, listening to Kanye, but not really watching, reflecting on having the best job in the world. If you have to work on Saturday night, I highly suggest it be at what is becoming the coolest festival of the year with backstage passes.\nSorry it's so long. Rob is getting annoyed. We should really head out for the last day of shows. Check back tomorrow for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Wilco, Matisyahu, and Ben Kweller and more!
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08.05.2006: Bursting through the gates, hundreds of fans sprinted to get front and center for opening act, "The Subways." I hadn't seen that much potential energy since last week when a rancid gallon of milk Rob's family forgot to throw out before going to Europe was about to explode in his fridge. Having gotten in an hour early with media passes, Rob and I just casually walked the few feet to the stage and propped ourselves front row center.
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08.07.2006:Another perfect day and night of shows made made Lollapalooza the place to be this summer.\n \nMatisyahu put on a spellbounding performance that may have set the guiness record for crowd surfing, the Chili Peppers came close to Lolla Founder Perry Ferrell's billing as the best rock band in the country and Ben Kweller and Wilco rocked.\n \nRob is incredible at getting the most out of your press pass. Utilizing the golf carts to take us from show to show, sneaking into the artist tent, and going backstage to meet Jared Leto, Jeff Tweedy, Ferrell, Umphrey's McGee and Lyrics Born. Sneaking into the front of the stage for amazing pictures at Gnarls Barkley, Flaming Lips, and Kanye was brilliant, even though we got hassled to no end.\n \nI want to take my time with the last day and look at the pictures so I can give you a full vision of the awesome three days of music. I'm just sad it's over.\n \nCheck back in the next couple days for dozens of close-up pics of the bands, backstage stories, and in depth reviews of best shows, funniest stories, and more.