Cold War Kids makes plans to return
Each time Cold War Kids’ bassist Matt Maust came to the edge of the stage, Ivy Tech junior Dan Jones and his friends thrust their palms forward — face up — and shouted at him.
Each time Cold War Kids’ bassist Matt Maust came to the edge of the stage, Ivy Tech junior Dan Jones and his friends thrust their palms forward — face up — and shouted at him.
Starting in 2000 with his first gig in Bloomington, musician Denis Taaffe has recorded and produced 161 albums.
For more than 25 years, the City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department has coordinated the Summer Performing Arts Series to showcase local talent. The department will continue the tradition for summer 2012 and is seeking musicians and bands to participate in the summer series, which will take place May through September in city parks.
The War on Drugs have released four records since being on Bloomington’s Secretly Canadian label for the past four years.Tonight, the Philadelphia foursome will take the stage at The Bishop with fellow East Coasters Purling Hiss and Carter Tanton. Frontman Adam Granduciel recently spoke with the IDS about the positive reception of “Slave Ambient,” and the evolution of their sound and “Law and Order.”
IU’s campus has been home to Latin American music for 50 years and has one of the largest collections of this genre of music in the country. From Oct. 19 to 23, members of the Latin American Music Center and Latin American music community worldwide came to IU to celebrate the anniversary.
The competition, similar to “American Idol,” brings 30 Jewish singers to Israel to compete and train with popular Israeli musicians. While abroad in Israel last year, Eitan Kantor’s talent brought him to the finals of “Hallelujah,” an international singing contest.
At 8 p.m. Nov. 11 at the Bishop, the Adultery Brothers will perform with Indianapolis-based Great Future. Admission is $4.
For the month of November, two Indiana Daily Student reporters will each be limited to wearing only six items of clothing as they take part in the Six Items or Less experiment.
During weekend nights, Aldrich is the one who changes, like a chameleon turning from forest green to candy-apple red. Aldrich, known as Miss Montana Melons, is a drag queen performer at Uncle Elizabeth’s Nightclub on West Third Street in Bloomington.
Cold War Kids will perform at 8 p.m. today at The Bluebird Nightclub. Tickets are $16. Today’s concert is the first of three consecutive Spirit of ’68 shows this week, preceding “The War on Drugs” at The Bishop on Thursday and Dr. Dog at The Bluebird on Friday.
The theater group VIDA chose its name not only because the letters stand for vision, identity, drama and art, but also because the word “vida” is also Spanish for life, and that is an important message the members of this group want to share.
Students interested in learning about the art of Pilates — a physical exercise based on strength, endurance and flexibility — will have the opportunity today. Melissa Nobel, professional Pilates instructor and head instructor at Bodycenter Bloomington, will be teaching a free Pilates class from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at The Venue Fine Art and Gifts.
Now that October is gone, winter is coming. The next few months are going to be full of biting winds, red noses, lumpy jackets and serious debates on the merits of skipping class because of the cold. No one really likes to be cold. It makes you shiver, chafes at the skin and is just uncomfortable. People should start preparing their closets before the weather gets nasty. Unlike other seasons, it is more difficult to combat the cold by altering clothes you already have.
The headlining act landed in Bloomington on Saturday just before 4 p.m. and was gone by 10 p.m.
Blaring fire trucks and glowing floats cruised down Third Street and Indiana Avenue on Friday as the 53rd annual Homecoming parade delivered the spirit of IU. Musician and record producer Todd Rundgren served as grand marshal.
Today at 7 p.m., the IU Cinema is honoring Halloween with a special screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 horror classic “Psycho.”
On Friday night, Max’s Place featured bands Shaggy Wonda and Ladymoon. Shaggy Wonda played the Pulp Fiction soundtrack for its second set, and each band member wore a black suit with a black tie, mimicking Samuel Jackson and John Travolta’s characters from the movie.
Booker T. Jones has long been graduated from IU, but appreciation and admiration for the award-winning musician is still high on the IU campus. The sound of applause echoed from alumni to current students to professors who showed up Friday night to watch the legendary Jones perform at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater.
What began as a love for the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” and a need for quick money has turned into a Halloween phenomenon at the Buskirk-Chumley for the last six years.
It was 7 p.m. on Thursday of Homecoming week, and the first-IU’s Got Talent was about to begin in Alumni Hall.