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Bowie's futuristic sound and vision

By C. Warner Sills and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, July 19,2006 1:36 p.m.

David Bowie has always been somewhat of a chameleon in the rock and roll arena. He single-handedly jumpstarted the glam rock scene of the 1970's, paving the roads for other artists like Mott the Hoople, Iggy Pop and T-Rex, to name a few--and since then has moved from genre to genre, style to style with the comfort and ease of an artist determined to challenge himself and the world of music. Low was the first of three albums known as the Berlin Trilogy (the others being 1977s Heroes and 1979s Lodger) that Bowie recorded in Berlin with ex-Roxy Music member/ambient soundscape connoisseur Brian Eno.

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Relive the Illinoise

By Alyson Brodsy and John Barnett · Wednesday, July 19,2006 1:32 p.m.

Sufjan Stevens' Illinois was an unassuming masterpiece. It was also an unlikely one, with 12-word song titles, extended instrumental flourishes and clocking in at nearly 80 minutes with 22 tracks on a single disc. The good news is, there's more. Nearly reaching 80 minutes, and crammed with 21 tracks itself, The Avalanche lives up to its namesake, inundating the Sufjan faithful with a substantive shower of outtakes, extras, faux b-sides and alternate takes leftover from his 2005 breakthrough.

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Thom might be wrong

By Alyson Brodsy and Josh Millrod · Wednesday, July 19,2006 1:26 p.m.

There are two types of Radiohead fans: Those who yearn for the days of Pablo Honey and The Bends and those who saw the future in Kid A and Amnesiac. The old guard versus the avant-garde. Alternative rock versus some strange incarnation of rock and modern classical. Thom Yorke's new solo album, The Eraser, is guaranteed to please neither. The Eraser represents an attempt to appease two rival camps. Rather than pick a direction to head, the album inhabits a grey area between the simple song structures and driving rock grooves of Radiohead's earlier albums and their more recent futuristic noise experiments.

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Better than 'Cars'

By Alyson Brodsy and Rob O'Connor · Wednesday, July 19,2006 1:13 p.m.

"Monster House" is great. It is probably the best animated film to come out since "The Incredibles." There is only one real problem with "Monster House," and I feel that I should address it at the top so that I can spend the rest of this review showering this movie with some much deserved praise. The problem is that it is July and this is very clearly a Halloween movie. It takes place on Halloween, and is about a haunted house with kids going trick or treating in costumes. Obviously they were so proud of this film (and rightfully so) that they felt it deserved summer blockbuster status, but watching kids running around on a crisp fall day talking about trick or treating is quite simply out of place when it is 95 degrees outside.

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Crazy 'Little' Thing Called Crap

By C. Warner Sills and Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, July 19,2006 1:11 p.m.

It's fair to say that my expectations going into "Little Man" were about as low as the main character's center of gravity. A movie like this is going to be stupid. We know that. But stupidity, if done right (see "Airplane!," Leslie Nielson or Monty Python's entire career), can be very funny. Unfortunately the Wayans Bros. decided to go beyond stupid, entering a world of, wait for it, shit-fueled unadulterated suck. Calvin AKA Little Man (Marlon Wayans) is vertically challenged. Calvin also chose a life of crime. After being released from a stint in prison, he robs an extremely valuable diamond from a poorly run jewelry store with his friend/driver Percy (Tracy Morgan, whose only funny line, "word." may also be the only funny part of the film). After Calvin and Percy flee the scene with the police on their backs they stash the bling in the purse of a random woman in a pharmacy.

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Blah... Shrug...

By Alyson Brodsy and Michael Mellini · Wednesday, July 19,2006 12:58 p.m.

Meh. That's the only word I can think of to describe "You, Me and Dupree." What? I need another 400 words? Crap, ok …It's not that the jokes in "You, Me and Dupree" aren't funny; there just aren't many of them. A few comments may evoke a smirk, but there's really nothing laugh-out-loud funny like most Owen Wilson films. The movie's plot is basically a sitcom premise. Unemployed party boy Dupree loses his job and moves in with his best friend Carl (Matt Dillon) much to the dismay of his new bride Molly (Kate Hudson). The first hour is the same scene repeated several times. Carl and Molly wake up in the morning to go to work and find Dupree passed out on the couch. Throughout the day Dupree makes some attempt at finding a job but gives up to play with the neighborhood kids. Then right as Molly and Carl are about to return home (uh-oh) Dupree pulls some asinine stunt.

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Indiana Black Expo

By Trevor brown · Sunday, July 16,2006 11:19 p.m.

In hopes of drastically improving diversity enrollment and relations during the coming years, University officials used "IU day" at the Indiana Black Expo to attract potential students while celebrating its alumni's achievements Sunday.

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'A crime against students'?

By Julie Mahomed · Sunday, July 16,2006 11:19 p.m.

Making textbooks tax-free for students will be one of the IU Student Association's top priorities for the upcoming year, said student representatives.

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At war's doorstep

By Trevor brown · Sunday, July 16,2006 11:19 p.m.

Air raid sirens screeched in the background late Sunday at nearly 11:25 p.m.

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Hoosiers to dive at World Cup in China

By Matt Dollinger · Sunday, July 16,2006 11:05 p.m.

IU diver Christina Loukas and former IU diver Cassandra Cardinell will trade in their cream and crimson uniforms and instead represent their country in red, white and blue.

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Hoosier to join Foreign Tour squad

By Ari Shifron · Sunday, July 16,2006 11:03 p.m.

IU women's basketball player Leah Enterline will put everything on the line and enter the 2006 Big Ten Women's Basketball Foreign Tour squad this summer.

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Athletic pride

By Alyson Brodsy and Jonathan P. Rossing · Sunday, July 16,2006 11 p.m.

Last week, in this space, I unofficially declared July as gay pride month in the world of sports and provided some examples of how athletic competition isn't always such a welcoming environment for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.

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Dude, I'm in fashion

By Alyson Brodsy and Brian J. McFillen · Sunday, July 16,2006 10:58 p.m.

According to abcnews.com, a media sea change is coming -- an un-plucked, un-moisturized sea change -- brought on in the wake of the collapse of Cargo, a shopping-themed magazine for men, and advertising firm Leo Burnett's finding that "half of men (surveyed) say their role in society is unclear and that they feel 'less dominant' than in previous decades ... (And) more than 70 percent of men said advertising was out of touch with men's 'reality'..." In short, ABC says: "Metrosexual Is Out, Macho Is In."

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A deal with the dragon?

By Alyson Brodsy · Sunday, July 16,2006 10:57 p.m.

An IU delegation led by Interim Provost Michael McRobbie signed a "landmark" agreement with China's prestigious Tsinghua University July 10 to "establish a cooperative research program that includes student exchanges and collaborations targeting improvements in information technology" (IDS, July 13).

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