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Secret Machines deliver solid sounds on their self-titled release that proves they have a real career ahead of them.

A secret talent discovered

By Thomas Wachtel · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 6:26 p.m.

Here, Secret Machines show off their versatility and skill in the shift from heaviness to 60’s psychedelia, and that versatility makes the album more interesting and better.

Copeland's return is both surprising and excellent.

Sunshine-drenched pop

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 6:22 p.m.

You Are My Sunshine sees Copeland find their place within their music by combining elements that made them successful in the past. Some songs may run together, but the album is still a bright light from a band thought to have burned out.

Quietdrive look and sound just like so many other bands it's ridiculous.

No deliverance from mediocrity

By Tyler James Perry · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 6:17 p.m.

Quietdrive show at times that they have a relative amount of talent and creativity, but most of it is expended trying to sound like other pop radio bands. While not every song sounds the same, there’s not exactly an abundance of versatility either.

Wasn't Nikka Costa really trendy in the late '90s?

A diamond in the rough

By Kristy Brannon · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 6:13 p.m.

Pebble to a Pearl is not a must-have addition to every music collection by any means, but perhaps a worthwhile addition for fans of unique easy-listening tunes. While the last half of the album falls short after the spectacular title track, Pebble to a Pearl is somehow refreshingly familiar.

Travis only poses with the coolest of outdoor furniture.

I gotta meet this J. Smith

By Alex Benson · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 6:10 p.m.

Headphones will not do the album justice. Your first listen to Travis’ new album should be through high-quality surround sound speakers around 3 a.m. while letting yourself submit to the electricity radiating from this masterpiece.

Obviously, all of Billy Currington's fans come for the music.

Little bit of greatness

By Danielle Rindler · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 6:07 p.m.

Little Bit Of Everything is a fitting title for this compilation. From soulful songs to proclamations of love and a few gritty country staples sprinkled throughout, this album lives up to its title. Among the mostly slow melodies and well-written yet unexceptional lyrics, a few tracks stand out.

There's clearly something cool up there.

Worth the gossip

By Wes Jakacki · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 6:02 p.m.

Although LaMontagne brings nothing new to the table, his ability to create music equal parts thoughtful and earnest is something to be admired.

Standing in front of a giant Lite-Brite increases Keane's sex appeal.

Keane struggle to find themselves

By Drew Anderson · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 5:59 p.m.

Perfect Symmetry is definitely a step above Keane’s last efforts to fully solidify the grasp of alternative pop music, but in doing so, they almost lose the identity they’ve built up so far.

Trashy Halloween

By Megan Clayton · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 5:55 p.m.

Students get some of their best costumes from throwaway materials.

Goodbye to the Wildcats

By Michael Mellini · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 5:52 p.m.

WEEKEND Writer Michael Mellini discusses the effect "High School Musical" has had on pop culture in recent years.

Sidetracked

Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 5:49 p.m.

Three WEEKEND reviewers tackle the newest music has to offer.

Halloween events

By Catie Connors · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 5:48 p.m.

Here's a list of Halloween events around town.

“Oh hey Shia, I think I found my career down here. It’s been lost since 1997.”

Indy and the aliens aim to please

By John Barnett · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 5:46 p.m.

“Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” is an enjoyable attempt at reigniting a fire that burned its brightest almost three decades ago. Hopefully Indiana Jones will be at peace now, taking pleasure in his twilight years with wife Marion and son Mutt. I, for one, don’t need to see Harrison Ford searching for Atlantis at age 70.

Even with three singer-turned-actress performers, "Secret Life of Bees" fails to entertain.

Boring bees

By Michael Mellini · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 5:43 p.m.

Hopefully “The Secret Life of Bees” was a good book, because the film adaptation’s slow-moving and heavy-handed plot never allow it to be entertaining.

Friends of marchers in the 2007 Zombie parade came to add to the atmosphere by acting as reporters on the scene, commenting on the zombies’ smell, appearance and demeanor.

Dress up & get down

By Allison Tyra · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 5:42 p.m.

Bloomington’s scene offers a frighteningly-good selection of Halloween entertainment.

Word is that the creepy thing floating there called Mark Wahlberg Marky Mark.

'Payne'-ful

By Jordan Greenberg · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 5:40 p.m.

Even armed with a big-name actor and a smoking-hot actress, “Max Payne” still fails to deliver anything remotely appealing. It’s yet another video-game-based bomb that offers nothing new to audiences and is devoid of a complete plot.

"Sex Drive" features some great girl-on-donut action.

'Sex Drive': the new 'Superbad'

By Paul Mattingly · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 5:34 p.m.

Some of the best comedies ever made have been released in the last year and a half (and all by Judd Apatow), and it’s pretty easy to say “Sex Drive” belongs right beside them.

TV’s best Halloween treats

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 5:32 p.m.

Usually, TV and Halloween mix together worse than apples and razor blades, but these episodes prove that sometimes the medium gets it right. If only more shows tackled the holiday – who doesn’t want to see a “House” or “Entourage” Halloween?

Oliver Stone has created yet another contrived and uneven film about a president.

Bush not given his due in 'W.'

By Nathan Dixon · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 5:30 p.m.

Sadly, the film has more style than substance. Bush ends up seeming oversimplified, and given the amount of ripe material that could have been pulled from W’s second term, the film feels incomplete and disappointing. But probably not as disappointing as his presidency.

A document rests on a desk Sept. 16th at the Wylie House Museum.

Documents shed light on IU’s original first family

By Sarah Hutchins · Wednesday, Oct. 22,2008 12:12 a.m.

Five years ago Jo Burgess, director of the Wylie House Museum, made a trip to Arlington, Mass., to visit a little-known relative of the Wylie family, Morton Bradley Jr. While this was Burgess’ first trip to see Bradley, staff of the IU Art Museum and IU Foundation had visited him many times. At one point during most visits, Bradley would make a point to trudge up to the attic of his estate, returning with a small gift for the museum cradled in his hands.

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