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Calumet Reel

Bloomington locals return from tour

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Following a summer containing a Midwest tour, a battle of the bands competition and the release of its second EP “Roastin’ Ma Pups,” local band The Calumet Reel will take the stage at The Bishop.

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Safe choices in the CD player, on the road

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A friend of mine almost crashed her car Tuesday because she was singing along to a Van Morrison song, and the magic of Van the Man put her into a world of her own to the extent that she couldn’t focus on the world of the road. If you are the one driving, never play a song that makes you lose control. It’s incredibly hard to drive while you are hard-core grooving.



Wavves

Wavves rocks Rhino’s Youth Center

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Fresh off their performance at Chicago’s Lollapalooza music festival in August, lo-fi punk band Wavves performed Tuesday at Rhino’s Youth Center.




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Jacobs professor receives $30,000 grant

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Julian Hook has two doctorates: one in music, one in math. However, this unusual combination of interests paid off for the Jacobs School of Music professor, who was awarded a $30,000 Sabbatical Fellowship from the American Philosophical Society in late Spring.


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All the right ingredients

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Today, I would like to stress the importance of knowing your stuff in the kitchen.  Namely, I’d like to stress how you should have everything on your ingredients list in your kitchen.


Poetry Slam

HBO Def Jam poet to visit IU

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Union Board’s Performing Arts and Canvas committees will present their free monthly spoken-word poetry slam at 7:30 p.m. today in the Indiana Memorial Union’s Whittenberger Auditorium. The slam host and judge will be veteran spoken-word poet Shihan Van Clief from HBO’s “Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry.”



Todd Rundgren

1970s rock star Todd Rundgren to perform, teach at IU

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Music professor Glenn Gass is not surprised by the number of blank stares he receives from his students when he announces that Todd Rundgren will be lecturing during class, even though Rundgren is considered one of 1970s most successful rock stars.


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Layering is key

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It seems to me that somewhere between grabbing a frappuccino and walking to class, I have strolled right into fall.


Waves

Spirit of ‘68 books punk noise bands at Rhino’s

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California natives Christmas Island and local band Apache Dropout will open for Wavves at 8 p.m. Sept. 14. No Age will also be joined by local bands The Broderick and Osteoferocious for their 8 p.m. Sept. 15 performance.




Rob Riggle

Riggle, Albanese joke about past

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September 10 marked a special day in IU history: the firing of Bobby Knight. And comedian Rob Riggle didn’t take the occasion for granted.