Community Arts

The worst show this fall

Wait a second, Entertainment Weekly. Don’t give out the worst show of the year honors yet. You’re probably thinking, “FrankTV.” Duh. No show could be as bad as a guy trying to ride a one-trick pony for a second season. However, Mike Huckabee recently received his own television show called “Huckabee.” Producers wanted the title to express, “Simply Mike Huckabee,” but at the same time, didn’t want potheads thinking the Jamie Kennedy Experiment had been resurrected.

Around the arts

'Scream' star performs at Buskirk-Chumley

With jokes covering everything from herpes to plastic surgery, comedian Jamie Kennedy filled two performances with stand-up comedy at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater on Tuesday.

Heroes of open mic night

Although karaoke is said to be a Japanese tradition that stemmed from bar life, the art has become refined in its own right in Bloomington.

Waldron shows SMALL gallery of items smaller than 10-by-10 inches

The John Waldron Arts Center has an exhibition of miniature artwork that defies the notion bigger equals better.

Colts add 3 RBs after injuries

The Indianapolis Colts needed help in their injury-depleted backfield. They expect three new running backs to fill the holes. With Pro Bowler Joseph Addai unlikely to play Sunday against Green Bay, and Mike Hart out for the rest of the season, the Colts added three running backs to the roster Wednesday, one day after acquiring defensive tackle John McCargo in a trade with Buffalo. The Colts addressed their most pressing need – a leaky run defense – with the trade for McCargo, but Sunday’s injuries to Addai and Hart changed their priorities.

Burton puts Chase sights on Johnson

Forty-one-year-old Jeff Burton now has two race wins in 2008, but his victory Saturday night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway outside of Charlotte, N.C., could not have come at a better time.

Wishing I could make it rain like Pacman

LAS VEGAS – Sometimes, the smartest move is to fold. That statement is extremely relevant for a lot of businesses in Las Vegas. Last week, the Indiana Daily Student sent me to Vegas for an extensive research trip for this column. Before you run to the newsroom to grab an application, let me tell you that the Indiana Daily Student didn’t pay a cent for my trip. National sports columnists don’t get top priority on budgetary concerns, and I doubt they will ever pay me a dime past the amazing weekly salary I currently rake in.

IU men's soccer team gets ‘motivation’ for Freitag, make strides

Dropping out of the national rankings and falling further back in the Big Ten, IU men’s soccer coach Mike Freitag decided to change up his typical practice regimen this week. His players responded. “I found out that these guys need external motivation,” Freitag said. “If you lose, you have to run. ... I didn’t have those punishments before. We had a long discussion as a team on how to get things right. You get it out in the air, talk about it, and go back to work, and that is what we did.” The Hoosiers face No. 9 Notre Dame at 7:30 p.m. today at Bill Armstrong Stadium. Senior midfielder John Mellencamp said the added passion in practice is necessary for his team’s crucial matchup against the Fighting Irish. “It was one of the most intense trainings I have seen this season,” he said. “There was a lot more competition today and guys were taking things personally on the field. No one wanted to lose a single thing they did today, and that is the mind-set that gets you ready to play a game.”

Revenge of the dorks

Traditionally, a man in a movie has been portrayed as a hyper-masculine archetypical male, who, at the last possible moment, darts onscreen to save the day and then saves his love from near-certain demise, all the while looking impossibly handsome and glossy.

Mason Jennings rocks Bluebird

Minneapolis-based artist Mason Jennings made the crowd dance at the Bluebird Nightclub  during his performance Tuesday night.

Indie band Deerhoof to play at Buskirk

Indie band Deerhoof, which began as an art-rock duo in San Francisco in 1994, will perform at 8 p.m. today at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater. Tickets are $12.

Low economy provides high times for urban art

In a recent article titled “Local arts world wobbles as patrons feel squeeze,” Boston Globe writer Joan Anderman describes the economic perils faced by Boston Symphony Orchestra subscribers who can no longer spend upwards of $100 to see a show.

Rocky Horror Picture Show ‘eye-opening’ experience

It’s the show where incest is strangely embedded, aliens fill the stage and a separation between the audience and performers is nonexistent.  

Old dogs use old tricks

Sometimes it’s pretty easy to see why print journalism is so behind most other mainstream media outlets. It seems that a major portion of its problems stem from its unwillingness to change its approach or accept anything new. In various situations, it’s probably a good thing that print journalists stick to their guns, but the following situation demonstrates how insane print journalists can be.

Sketchy political comedy

IDS Opinion Editor Nathan Dixon cuts down "Saturday Night Live" and their recent success.

Sidetracked

Three of WEEKEND'S best reviewers tackle the newest tracks in music.

More happening than you’d think

This is a frightening movie about one of the many ways mankind could meet its end, this time by way of nature purging us from the planet.

The best comedy on TV

I think the brilliance of “30 Rock” alone is enough incentive to buy the second season, but if you need another reason, the commentaries are a truly hilarious and illuminating extension to the regular episodes. Otherwise, it left me wanting “more” like the back of the box promised.

Out of the waiting room

Life Is Not A Waiting Room is full of solid songs that any fans of melodic rock should enjoy and should get the band out of the waiting room and into the mainstream consciousness.