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'Dead' brings the 'Payne' to Xbox

By Alex Toombs · Thursday, Sept. 5,2002 12 a.m.

\"Dead to Rights" is a sleazily entertaining new game available solely for Xbox. A cross-breed of "Grand Theft Auto 3," "Max Payne" and the old-school "Double Dragon," "Dead to Rights" is essentially a cheesy cop flick-turned-video game.

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LOCAL H: rock and roll professionals

By Andy Garrison · Thursday, Sept. 5,2002 12 a.m.

Having only two members, Local H already sets itself apart from the rest of the rock world anyway. According to lead singer/guitarist David Scott Lucas, that's not such a bad thing, either.

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Coldplay's latest full of hot hits

By Parker Witman and Parker Wittman · Thursday, Sept. 5,2002 12 a.m.

After Coldplay's first album, the critically acclaimed commercial success Parachutes, it was hard to imagine where the band would, or could, go. For many, Parachutes represented a beacon of hope in the murky cesspool of unoriginality that has plagued pop music for years. Those who got past writing Coldplay off as "that 'Yellow' band" likely found themselves refreshed and excited by the depth and potential that Coldplay demonstrated on Parachutes.

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Tarantino blasts his way onto DVD

By Alex Toombs · Thursday, Sept. 5,2002 12 a.m.

Quentin Tarantino is without a doubt the most dominant filmmaker of the 1990s. He burst onto the scene with the hilarious misconcieved-heist picture "Reservoir Dogs" in 1992, then followed that up with the Palme d'Or-winning crime caper "Pulp Fiction" and peaked with his 1997 blaxploitation-tinged Elmore Leonard adaptation "Jackie Brown." Each film was different than the other, yet singularly the voice of Tarantino.

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Chicks have soul and let it show

By Jessica Halverson and Jesscia Halverson · Thursday, Sept. 5,2002 12 a.m.

Country music has been reduced to mockery. With modern country infused with the pop-driven sounds of Faith Hill and, well, everyone else, instead of the Cash and Haggard-type soulful strumming, the best you'll hear on country airwaves is usually some untalented, lovesick ballad with a token steel-guitar riff. But you won't get that from the Dixie Chicks.

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Reality TV rules

By Tom Whalen · Thursday, Sept. 5,2002 12 a.m.

Until two weeks ago, I was skeptical of the whole reality TV fad. I watch "The Real World." In fact, I've never missed an episode, EVER. I'm not joking either. I have seen every episode of "The Real World," with "The Real World" movie obviously not counting because, honestly, who watched that? I don't know anyone who watched it. To admit to watching "The Real World" movie would be like admitting to owning a Hootie and the Blowfish record. Hootie and the Blowfish sold like a billion records, but nobody owns one, do they?

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Brilliant 'Bedroom' just a bore on DVD

By by Isaac Edwards and Isaac Edwards · Thursday, Sept. 5,2002 12 a.m.

Before I begin talking about "In the Bedroom" as a DVD, let me address it as a film. Nominated for multiple awards, including five Oscars, new director Todd Field burst on the scene last year with a film that quietly quaked with a seething emotion very rarely captured. Based on a short story by Andre Dubus, "In the Bedroom" portrays how one family deals with the death of its teenage son. Field, for his directorial debut, actually took something of a risk, but one that is much-appreciated and that paid off with an Oscar nomination for best picture.

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Round one: Ben Folds vs. R.E.M.

By Tom McMahon · Thursday, Sept. 5,2002 12 a.m.

If what they say is true about presentation being everything, then no one is going to want to eat this CD. It looks like Goner paid a fifth-grader to use his home computer to print off the album cover. Maybe the idea was to lower expectations, because the quality of the CD surprised me after removing it from the case.

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Sleater-Kinney's newest stretches no boundaries

By Michael Tapscott and Mike Tapscott · Thursday, Sept. 5,2002 12 a.m.

The band that Greil Marcus, the god of rock critics, dubbed the best band in rock and roll is back after a two-year hiatus. Sleater-Kinney has returned with its most experimental album to date. The musicians are no longer sporting the "Ramones read Newsweek" assault on the listener. Instead, One Beat is a showcase for instrumental aptitude.

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The sum and substance of a weekend night

By Michael Tapscott and Mike Tapscott · Thursday, Sept. 5,2002 12 a.m.

You set the scene: a local bar/dive, tight-clothed (underage) girls and guys who constantly look wet. Like so many nights before there was a prowl, there was a dense, wafting air of cigarettes and alcohol. This is what we have assimilated ourselves to, but I am always in the mood for assimilation of any kind.

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The divine look of body art

By Colleen Koch and Colleen Star Koch · Thursday, Sept. 5,2002 12 a.m.

Tattooing has been around for centuries, but Bloomington's tattoo studios are now able perform this ancient art in its most contemporary form. Those with a design or an idea have several choices for safe, quality body art.

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Playwright honored with lifetime achievement award

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 4,2002 11:59 p.m.

NEW YORK -- Calling the arts "a highway into the soul of the people," playwright Arthur Miller accepted an international prize, an honor deferred once by Sept. 11 and a second time by the illness of his late wife. A six-nation panel of advisers gave Miller its Praemium Imperiale prize Tuesday to honor a body of work that has spanned more than half a century and that includes "Death of a Salesman" and "The Crucible," both standards of American theater. The panel was to announce the award last Sept. 14 in France but canceled after the September terrorist attacks. Miller missed the October award ceremony in Tokyo because of the sudden illness of his wife, photographer Inge Morath, who later died.

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Big shows visit Auditorium

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 4,2002 11:58 p.m.

Most students and alumni of IU and residents of Bloomington are familiar with the IU Auditorium. Since 1941, the auditorium has been a top venue for concerts, comedians, IU student events, Broadway shows and big name entertainers. The auditorium was originally made possible by state funding, and a Federal Works Agency project at the request of making the IU campus a facility capable of supporting the greatest entertainment the world has to offer. With the reputation that the auditorium has gained through the years, the auditorium needs to be run professionally. Doug Booher, auditorium director, works with the staff to provide the best possible arts and entertainment events for students, faculty, staff and the community.

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Reality TV rules

By Tom Whalen · Wednesday, Sept. 4,2002 11:57 p.m.

Until two weeks ago, I was skeptical of the whole reality TV fad. I watch "The Real World." In fact, I've never missed an episode, EVER. I'm not joking either. I have seen every episode of "The Real World," with "The Real World" movie obviously not counting because, honestly, who watched that? I don't know anyone who watched it. To admit to watching "The Real World" movie would be like admitting to owning a Hootie and the Blowfish record. Hootie and the Blowfish sold like a billion records, but nobody owns one, do they?

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The sum and substance of a weekend night

By Michael Tapscott · Wednesday, Sept. 4,2002 11:56 p.m.

You set the scene: a local bar/dive, tight-clothed (underage) girls and guys who constantly look wet. Like so many nights before there was a prowl, there was a dense, wafting air of cigarettes and alcohol. This is what we have assimilated ourselves to, but I am always in the mood for assimilation of any kind.

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Brilliant 'Bedroom' just a bore on DVD

By by Isaac Edwards and Isaac Edwards · Wednesday, Sept. 4,2002 11:55 p.m.

Before I begin talking about "In the Bedroom" as a DVD, let me address it as a film. Nominated for multiple awards, including five Oscars, new director Todd Field burst on the scene last year with a film that quietly quaked with a seething emotion very rarely captured. Based on a short story by Andre Dubus, "In the Bedroom" portrays how one family deals with the death of its teenage son. Field, for his directorial debut, actually took something of a risk, but one that is much-appreciated and that paid off with an Oscar nomination for best picture.

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Simpsons second DVD improves on first

By Matthew Seremet · Wednesday, Sept. 4,2002 11:55 p.m.

As I tore off the Aug. 5 page of my "Simpsons" calendar, I was elated that the second season of the prime-time cartoon show was now finally released on DVD. I rushed out, bought my copy and watched the first episode right away. Before I knew it, I had watched them all. This DVD set is perfect for any Simpsons addict.

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Former mayor diagnosed with cancer

By Alyson Brodsy · Wednesday, Sept. 4,2002 11:51 p.m.

Frank McCloskey, former Bloomington mayor and former Indiana Congressman, has been diagnosed with bladder cancer. "I\'ve never had any symptoms besides a passing cough," said the 63 year-old McCloskey. "This has been a realization of mortality." McCloskey had been in Kosovo up until three weeks ago.

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'Dead' brings the 'Payne' to Xbox

By Alex Toombs · Wednesday, Sept. 4,2002 11:51 p.m.

\"Dead to Rights" is a sleazily entertaining new game available solely for Xbox. A cross-breed of "Grand Theft Auto 3," "Max Payne" and the old-school "Double Dragon," "Dead to Rights" is essentially a cheesy cop flick-turned-video game.

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Tarantino blasts his way onto DVD

By Alex Toombs · Wednesday, Sept. 4,2002 11:51 p.m.

Quentin Tarantino is without a doubt the most dominant filmmaker of the 1990s. He burst onto the scene with the hilarious misconcieved-heist picture "Reservoir Dogs" in 1992, then followed that up with the Palme d'Or-winning crime caper "Pulp Fiction" and peaked with his 1997 blaxploitation-tinged Elmore Leonard adaptation "Jackie Brown." Each film was different than the other, yet singularly the voice of Tarantino.

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