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Throwing Stars to perform at The Bishop

By Briana Barger · Tuesday, Nov. 2,2010 12:15 a.m.

Local band Throwing Stars will perform along with Secretly Canadian/Joyful Noise, Pravada and Marmoset at 9 p.m. Wednesday at The Bishop.

Thousands of musicians around globe vie for spot at Jacobs

By Samuel Tallman · Tuesday, Nov. 2,2010 12:12 a.m.

Fall 2011 applications aren’t due until Dec. 1, but thousands of young musicians around the world have already applied and are hard at work preparing for their auditions.

Q&A with Dave Davison of Maps and Atlases

By Corinne Lambert · Tuesday, Nov. 2,2010 12:08 a.m.

The IDS interviewed lead singer and guitarist of Maps and Atlases Dave Davison. Davison, along with the rest of Maps and Atlases, will be returning to Bloomington at 9 p.m. today at The Bishop.

COLUMN: From Halloween costume to closet

By Keiara Carr · Tuesday, Nov. 2,2010 12:05 a.m.

Besides hustling kids out of candy, my favorite part of Halloween is the costumes. However, as I stewed over my bucket of Whoppers and Jujubes, I just couldn’t believe how many costumes will go back to their respected closet, box or random pile on the floor until next year.

Mellencamp opens “No Better Than This” tour at auditorium

By Bennett Fuson · Monday, Nov. 1,2010 12:34 a.m.

John Mellencamp performed two shows during the weekend at the IU Auditorium as the opening of his “No Better Than This” tour.

Quartet first to win award for Emerging Jazz Artist Project

By Casey Engelman · Sunday, Oct. 31,2010 11:52 p.m.

The Jeff McLaughlin Quartet was named as the first winning group of the Emerging Jazz Artist Project. The four students at the Jacobs School of Music were awarded for their musical prowess. Their reward was a nationally released album in their name.

COLUMN: The Fourth Estate

By Ben Phelps · Sunday, Oct. 31,2010 11:49 p.m.

Washington, D.C. — I’ve never seen so many signs. But of the hundreds on the National Mall on Saturday, one struck me as especially poignant: “When comedians are our Fourth Estate, we’re in trouble.”

Rundgren’s performance spans rockstar’s career

By Barb Anguiano · Sunday, Oct. 31,2010 11:44 p.m.

It’s been more than five years since Wells Scholars professor for the 2010 fall semester Todd Rundgren has performed a solo show.

Rundgren to perform biographical concert today

Sunday, Oct. 31,2010 3:40 p.m.

Seventies rockstar and current Wells’ Scholar Professor Todd Rundgren will be performing a biographical concert at 8 p.m. today at Auer Hall.

Mellencamp launches tour with 2 IU Auditorium shows

By Bennett Fuson · Friday, Oct. 29,2010 12:32 a.m.

John Mellencamp, the Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter and longtime Bloomington resident, will perform Friday and Saturday.

University Players to perform a business adaptation of Julius Caesar

By Taylor Smith · Thursday, Oct. 28,2010 11:36 p.m.

After many late nights of rehearsals and hours spent memorizing lines in iambic pentameter, 13 actors in tailored business suits are ready to take the stage ... if you can call it a stage.

‘Rocky Horror’ invites viewers to play along

By Rachel Trees · Thursday, Oct. 28,2010 11:35 p.m.

Cardinal Stage Company and the Buskirk-Chumley Theater are allowing fans of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” to participate in the “Time Warp” for the sixth year.

Rundgren lectures about Beatles

By Barb Anguiano · Thursday, Oct. 28,2010 11:33 p.m.

Lecturing during Professor Glenn Gass’ Music of the Beatles class, Rundgren spoke about the effects of the Beatles as pop icons, influencing the lives of the baby boom generation in everything from hair styles to religion.

Guided By Voices to perform at The Bluebird Nightclub

By Andrew Crowley · Thursday, Oct. 28,2010 11:31 p.m.

The 90s classic lineup of Guided By Voices has made Bloomington one of its stops in the reunion tour.

The Bishop concert to "Rot the Night Away"

By Corinne Lambert · Thursday, Oct. 28,2010 10:48 p.m.

The gritty rock band Dreamers of the Ghetto will be headlining this Halloween thriller while other local artists are collaborating to form cover bands of Nirvana, Suicide, The Misfits and The Wipers.

Dennis James gives sound to silence at IU Auditorium

By Bennett Fuson · Thursday, Oct. 28,2010 1:12 a.m.

Dennis James, the acclaimed organist and silent film revivalist, made his annual Halloween visit to Bloomington on Wednesday to a small but wildly enthusiastic (and eccentrically costumed) crowd.

The best songs are sad songs

By Dan Alten · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2010 10:49 p.m.

The song is about the fact that when you are happy, you can’t write a worthwhile song because when you are content, there isn’t much to sing about. Clavin is essentially saying the only good songs are sad songs. This is a view I carry as well.

Organ performers to play spooky music

By Samuel Tallman · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2010 10:47 p.m.

Students and faculty from the Jacobs School of Music are joining the Halloween spirit as they prepare to play spooky organ music Friday.

Rockstar Rundgren to lecture on ‘The Beatles Effect’

By Barb Anguiano · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2010 9:20 p.m.

Todd Rundgren, who has toured with Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band and has worked with the other three former Beatles in the studio in the past, will be talking about the Fab Four during his lecture today.

"The Wiz" character Q&A

By Rachel Trees · Wednesday, Oct. 27,2010 12:19 a.m.

“The Wiz” is opening Thursday at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. The IDS spoke to sophomore Allie Hillmann, who plays the role of Addaperle, the good witch of the north.

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