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Chicago's Anne Heaton to play Bluebird Tuesday

By Colleen Koch and Colleen Star Koch · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

A Chicago native, Anne Heaton says she has been singing since she was born. "My mom says I was always humming," she says. A precocious child, she asked for piano lessons at the age of three. Her mom complied with the tot's strange request. Heaton took classical piano lessons from then until she went to college, where she traded the piano lessons for singing in a rock band.

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After 7 years and 4 albums...

By Jamieson Hawkins · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

With four CDs under their belts, the guys of X-Ray Roger Jimmy have managed to stay together for more than seven years, despite changes in members, the challenges of marketing their original CDs and earning their college degrees. Together, front man Jason Michael Thomas, bassist Andrew Wincek, drummer Brent England and lead guitarist Jeffrey Libey have enabled X-Ray Roger Jimmy to evolve into the competitive regional band it is today.

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Decade hasn't diminished flick

By Neal Meyer · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

In the world of anniversary and special-edition DVD releases, a good number of them are either unwanted or unnecessary. In this myriad of multi-disc collections, a film comes along that is worthy of the title of special edition. Such is the case with the 10th-anniversary release of Unforgiven.

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Crazy cannibal finds more screen success

By Sam Shahrani · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

"Hello, Clarice..." For anyone who's seen "Silence of the Lambs," that, and a plethora of other phrases uttered by the unnerving Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter (Anthony Hopkins), have become oft-quoted phrases in our pop culture lexicon.

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Country maverick offers perspective

By Michael Tapscott and Mike Tapscott · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

Sept. 11 has without a doubt produced some of the most tragically lame music in history. One would expect artists to explore the intricacies that make such crises exist. Instead, popular music has exploited the public with the most shamelessly jingoistic music ever. The worst of it is coming from the Nashville country music factory. The main culprits are Toby Keith's "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue (the Angry American)" ("Soon as we could see clearly / Through our big black eye / Man, we lit up your world / Like the Fourth of July") and Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" ("I watch CNN but I'm not sure I can tell you / The difference in Iraq and Iran"), displaying the kind of arrogance and nihilism that propagates our cultural mess.

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'Moonlight' more than the expected sob-fest

By Parker Witman and Parker Wittman · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

Though it may look like your average star-studded, soft-spot, string-pulling tear-jerker, Moonlight Mile is certainly a pleasant surprise of a story. Loosely based on writer/director Brad Silberling's own tragic loss of his girlfriend Rebecca Schaeffer (an up-and-coming TV star who in 1989 was murdered by an obsessed fan), the film takes a quirky yet earnest look at the taxing and complicated process of grieving and the rearrangement of life after grief.

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September...what the hell happened?

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

Last month was without a doubt the worst for filmmaking in the entirety of the medium. Viewers with already questionable tastes were made dumber by the likes of Swimfan, Shi..., uh, I mean City By the Sea, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, The Banger Sisters, Sweet Home Alabama and The Tuxedo. Sure, I only saw one of the aforementioned bunch, and probably the worst at that, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever. The only ballistics needed for this cinematic excrement is to count the shotgun blast-sized plot holes dispersed throughout.

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Camp's debut lacks depth

By By Jonathan Sanders and Jonathan Sanders · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

Jeremy Camp is carrying on the broad tradition of his Christian-rock predecessors. Bands like Third Day and Audio Adrenaline have navigated this spiritual ocean for years, and they have done a much better job than Camp at avoiding religious clichés. The bottom line is that if you buy this album and listen to the first three tracks, you'll have heard all that Stay has to offer.

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Little Milton adds to blues tradition

By Ryan Whirty and Ryan Wirty · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

Since beginning his career nearly 50 years ago, bluesman Little Milton Campbell has recorded for some of the greatest and most important labels on R&B history, including Sun, Stax and now Malaco. And along the way, he's established himself as one of the genre's elder statesmen by producing a sturdy, dependable catalog of material that skillfully straddles the fence between blues and soul.

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Songwriting duo releases soulful debut

By Natalie A. Trout · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

It's all about rhythm and lyrics for the soulful duo Floetry. Marcia Ambrosius and Natalie Stewart (nicknamed the Songstress and the Floacist, respectively), the two women who make up the group, released their first album, Floetic, on Oct. 1. It could be a bit of a disappointment to fans of their first single.

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DVD shows why series excelled

By By Jonathan Sanders and Jonathan Sanders · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

Fox struck a virtual goldmine last season when it acquired the breakout television hit "24," which is one of the most addicting shows I've seen since "The Sopranos." Innovative and eye-catching, the show takes place over the course of a single day, through 24 one-hour episodes.

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School of Music should recognize Booker T.

By Ryan Whirty and Ryan Wirty · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

During the mid-1960s, Booker T. Jones was a music student at IU. On weekdays he would get up for 7 a.m. theory classes before spending countless hours practicing the trombone in the music school. All in all, Booker T. Jones led the life of a normal college student during the week. Then came the weekends. After classes finished on Friday, Jones would hop in a car and drive hundreds of miles to Memphis, Tenn., where he recorded some of the sweetest and most influential music of the rock and roll era.

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'You Can't Always Get What You Want'... but close

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

The Rolling Stones' Forty Licks, much like Elvis' recent ELV1S: 30 #1 Hits and the Beatles' Beatles 1, which in essence re-spawned the greatest hits album in 2000, is a fairly comprehensive listen into the almost 40-year career of Britain's reigning rock titans.

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Christian Veggies go big screen

By Natalie A. Trout · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

Most anyone raised in a Christian household knows the vegetables from "Veggie Tales." Christians young and old seem to be in love with the talking vegetables, their stories and their songs. "Jonah" is the first full-length movie for "Veggie Tales" and sold out its first night here in Bloomington.

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Enamored by indie flicks, IU students pursue their own filmmaking success

By Josh Kastrinsky · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

It is often said that Hollywood ran out of creative ideas years ago. Judging from a lineup for this winter that includes "Jackass: The Movie," "The Santa Clause 2" and "Friday After Next," there's little evidence to discredit that statement. Who wouldn't want to pay $7 and give up two hours of their life to see rehashed jokes from Tim Allen in a fat suit?

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French New Wave goes digital

By by Isaac Edwards and Isaac Edwards · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

For those unfamiliar with Eric Rohmer, one of the original French New Wave directors, his new film, The Lady and the Duke, stands out for two reasons. First off, Rohmer proves that only the dead actually die, directing his latest film at the ripe age of 82. Second, Rohmer has proven once again the ingenuity of his obviously still-sharp mind, infusing The Lady and the Duke with a digital twist. Set in 18th-century France during the tumultuous French Revolution, Rohmer disowns the costly budgeting of naturalism within a period piece and ops instead for a stylized dream of a composition.

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Simple plan, simple music

By Josh Kastrinsky · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

Pop-punk hybrids have always had a place in the hearts of America's "TRL" culture. An ancestor of this modern breed is Green Day, though Blink-182 has captured the crown in recent years. Unfortunately, bands hoping to imitate the success consistently come up short. Enter Simple Plan, a Montreal quintet whose debut album sounds like a mix of Blink-182, A New Found Glory and Good Charlotte, but without any edge or variety in song structure or content. The first single on No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls, "I'd Do Anything," is engineered for top-40 radio, including a guest spot from Blink-182's Mark Hoppus on vocals.

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Coldplay dude hits the Faultline

By By Jonathan Sanders and Jonathan Sanders · Thursday, Oct. 10,2002 12 a.m.

The art of dissonance blends with challenging musical innovation to create an album well worth hearing. Faultline doesn't create music for the weak-minded. This album is going to take some delving, some real exploration. But when you find the core of the electronic blends that are Your Love Means Everything, you'll have found a complete album worthy of a place in your record collection.

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Hoosiers take third at shootout

By Alyson Brodsy and Matt Glenesk · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 1:42 p.m.

The IU women's golf team traveled just up the road to Franklin, Ind., to take part in the fifth annual Shootout at the Legends Tuesday and returned to campus with a third place finish. The third place finish is the highest the Hoosiers have finished in the event. In the previous four years the team has not finished above fourth place. While the squad did not walk away with the team championship trophy, junior Karen Dennison captured her second individual title of the year by shooting a 212 and finishing 4-under par for the tournament. Dennison finished four shots ahead of her closest competitor, junior Malinda Johnson from Wisconsin.

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Mourning ends on 'The West Wing'

By Alyson Brodsy and Lynn Elber · Wednesday, Oct. 9,2002 1:46 a.m.

LOS ANGELES -- The mourning period was suitable. It's been more than a year since beloved White House secretary Dolores Landingham was laid to rest on "The West Wing." Still, we would be ready to resent just about anyone who tried to replace Mrs. Landingham. As played by Kathryn Joosten, she was not only a moral bulwark for Martin Sheen's President Bartlet but a real pistol to boot.

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