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Jacobs faculty lectures for library series

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Classic musical numbers, Chicago blues and rural folk music filled the auditorium at the Monroe County Public Library Monday night during the panel discussion titled “Dealing with Hard Times: Popular Music During the Depression.” Jacobs faculty members Constance Cook Glen, Andrew Hollinden and Glenn Gass lectured as part of the IU Library series “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”, which continues through the end of October. All three included music from the Depression era, as well as music that was influenced and had influence during the time period.


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Local beats take back the streets

A long-forgotten Bloomington tradition was rekindled Friday evening with the year’s third “Dancing in the Streets” public concert event. Despite the ominous gray clouds that loomed overhead, Bloomington residents danced and listened as local bands took their talents to the streets.


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H1N1 infects Backstreet Boy

Backstreet Boys member Brian Litrell has been diagnosed with H1N1. The band cancelled their PINKTOBER Hard Rock Café signing in New York City as a result.



Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan to play at IU Nov. 2

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Performing in Bloomington, Ind., will be an opportunity for legendary pop, folk and rock legend Bob Dylan to reinvent himself yet again.








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Bob Dylan to return to IU

Folk-rock legend Bob Dylan will perform at IU next month, his second trip to Bloomington in two years after performing in October 2007. Dylan will be at the IU Auditorium again at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 2.


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CBS worker arrested in Letterman blackmail plot

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NEW YORK — A CBS News employee is accused of trying to extort $2 million from David Letterman, forcing the late-night host to admit in an extraordinary monologue before millions of viewers that he had sexual relationships with female employees.


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Letterman creates brilliant hour of TV from woes

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LOS ANGELES — It was business as usual for David Letterman and CBS' "Late Show." The band played. The host, dapper as always in a well-tailored suit, recited his monologue; some jokes hit, some missed.



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Fire, brimstone and a couple chords

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For those of you milling about Ballantine Hall and Woodburn Hall, you might have noticed a man with a guitar strapped over his shoulder preaching the Word of God. While students jeered and laughed, this man strummed and hummed. Well, it was more like shouting over some guitar chords that we were all sinners and were going to burn in Hell.


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5 great songs that make Indiana home

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Cornfields, the Indianapolis 500 and John Mellencamp are just three things I love about Indiana. True, the yearly ice storms and high heat indexes can be annoying, but Indiana is so unique in its given right. Whether you have been here your whole life or just the years you’ve spent at IU, Indiana is a home to us all.


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Students create Tundra remixes

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The IU Hip Hop Congress invites all student DJs to compete in the IU Remix Competition for a chance to perform at Oct. 10th’s Tundra Music Festival, which will take place behind Foster Quad. The winner will receive an all-access pass to the event as well as 45 minutes of performance time in the festival’s DJ Dome, opening for acts such as Louisville natives OK Deejays, Indianapolis’ Trill Tight DJs, Action Jackson, and Sound Remedy and Chicago’s TRAV.