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If Dad plays video games in your garage all day, you should probably spend more time with Mom.

Worth the quarters

By Scott Leadingham · Thursday, Jan. 24,2008 12 a.m.

Steve Wiebe is not a winner. It seems like he's never good enough at anything in life he tries -- whether it's music, sports or his job at Boeing.

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Extra big laughs

By John Barnett and Matt Peyton · Thursday, Jan. 24,2008 12 a.m.

A television series about the lives of extras on TV and in film sounds about as exciting and funny as a series about the lives of nine-to-fivers at a paper company, and it almost is.

Eels and his band straddle the difficult line between indie-rockers and steel mill workers.

Lots of bits and pieces

By Sandy Cohen and Wes Jakacki · Thursday, Jan. 24,2008 12 a.m.

For those who aren't well-acquainted with Eels, here's your introduction. Eels is the band name and musical engine for one man -- Mark Everett, also known as Mr. E or just E.

Mark Oliveiro performs his original piece, "A Cycle of Fallacy for Soprano," during the Center for Electronic and Computer Music recital Saturday afternoon.

Do you compute?

By Brian J. McFillen · Thursday, Jan. 24,2008 12 a.m.

A helicopter roars overhead, disrupting the insectoid buzz that fills the air of an invisible, unknown wilderness.

'The Gendercator'

By Erin Riley · Thursday, Jan. 24,2008 12 a.m.

Indiana-native filmmaker Catherine Crouch will be in the audience to discuss her controversial short film "The Gendercator."

Winona Ryder, having already shoplifted purses and dresses, goes for the Holy Grail: a dummy.

Sweet sacrilege

By Andrea Alumbaugh and Nasser Karimi · Thursday, Jan. 24,2008 12 a.m.

Considering the straight-to-DVD-caliber comedies that are released each year, "The Ten" stands out like a fresh daisy in a pile of rhino crap.

Stephen Merritt's secret: he's actually a dwarf!

Distorted vision

By Brian J. McFillen · Thursday, Jan. 24,2008 12 a.m.

In case this is the first thing you've read about The Magnetic Fields' Distortion, here's what you have to know: For the band's most recent album, it has buried its usual pop compositions under hissing distortion and chilly electronic effects a la shoegaze-pioneers The Jesus and Mary Chain.

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Take the J Train

By Chelsea Merta · Thursday, Jan. 24,2008 12 a.m.

Ever been in a swanky jazz club on a bustling Friday night, enjoying gourmet bread rolls and flower-shaped butter pats, when a thundering train roars by, literally feet away from where you are sitting?

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Guild, studios to start informal talks

By Lynn Elber · Wednesday, Jan. 23,2008 11:47 p.m.

LOS ANGELES – With idled entertainment industry workers and Oscar-nominated actors among the interested observers, striking writers and studios are talking again after weeks of bargaining silence.

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Thrifty threads

By Jessica Andrews · Wednesday, Jan. 23,2008 11:42 p.m.

As the average price for a pair of designer jeans or a new pair of Ugg boots continues to skyrocket, it is no wonder many IU students are turning to stores that offer vintage clothing and second-hand apparel to complete their look. Bloomington boasts nearly a dozen thrift stores that sell used clothing, shoes and other attire at affordable prices.

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