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Peterson pledges action after Indy violence

Sunday, Aug. 6,2006 6 p.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Mayor Bart Peterson met with aides and top criminal justice officials Saturday to find ways to curb a recent spike in violent crime that included overnight shootings that killed five people. Peterson went Saturday morning to a downtown gas station that had been the scene of a shootout hours earlier that killed two people and injured two others.

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Technology transcends Lollapalooza

By Alyson Brodsy and Tara Burghart · Sunday, Aug. 6,2006 4:08 p.m.

CHICAGO - While indie rock band Cursive played one of the nine stages at the Lollapalooza music festival, a nearby air-conditioned tent was packed with people checking their e-mail, updating their blogs and charging their cell phones. Some milled about waiting for a laptop with wireless Internet access to free up. Others plopped down on couches and watched satellite television -- or a live feed of Cursive, performing just outside. Visitors to this year's three-day edition of Lollapalooza, which began Friday in Chicago's Grant Park, will find technology almost as ubiquitous as the music.

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Purdue president announces resignation

By Trevor brown · Friday, Aug. 4,2006 10:23 p.m.

IU's search for its next president got more crowded Friday as Purdue University President Martin C. Jischke announced his retirement and said emphatically he will not consider being a candidate for the IU position.

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Blogapalooza: Surf and eating turf

By Alyson Brodsy and Rob O'Connor · Friday, Aug. 4,2006 12 a.m.

"I am far too large and awkward to be crowd surfing." That is first thing that went through my head as a thousand hands held me atop the crowd at Lollapalooza. For some reason it seemed like a good idea at the time, and don't get me wrong it was great fun. I just feel bad for the four people who may have been incidentally drop kicked as I was tossed around like a rag doll. If it makes them feel better I was dropped on my head... twice.

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Blogapalooza: Do you realize I have the most beautiful Blog?

By C. Warner Sills and Rob O'Connor · Friday, Aug. 4,2006 12 a.m.

I can't believe that I am being forced to work weekends. I mean this is ridiculous. On Saturdays most people would probably go to a park or see a concert or something. Not me though. I am always on the job. I almost wore my legs out running around from stage to stage, band to band, all so I could come back here to tell you what has been happening at Lollapalooza. Oh well, it is a tough life but someone has to do it.

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Blogapalooza: "Let's make traffic stop on Lake Shore Drive"

By C. Warner Sills and Zack Teibloom · Friday, Aug. 4,2006 12 a.m.

When we realized we could go in the front row for every act to take pictures, things got ridiculously better. There were setbacks, like being dragged from the press area at a legendary Flaming Lips show, but front row access for dynamic hip hop acts Gnarls Barkley, Blackalicious, and Kanye West made Saturday an unforgettable day and night of music. Not to mention the free food, drinks, and hanging out with artists backstage.

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Blogapalooza: Lolla is Red Hot

By Alyson Brodsy and Zack Teibloom · Friday, Aug. 4,2006 12 a.m.

Another perfect day and night of shows made made Lollapalooza the place to be this summer. Matisyahu put on a spellbounding performance that may have set the guiness record for crowd surfing, the Chili Peppers came close to Lolla Founder Perry Ferrell's billing as the best rock band in the country and Ben Kweller and Wilco rocked.

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Hoosier feels at home on bricks

By David A. Nosko · Thursday, Aug. 3,2006 10:30 a.m.

INDIANAPOLIS -- The residents of Columbus, Ind., might write-in a presidential vote in 2008, to none other than 2005 Allstate 400 at the Brickyard Champion Tony Stewart.

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Democrats criticize politics of I-69

By David A. Nosko · Thursday, Aug. 3,2006 10:28 a.m.

Hoosiers will have to wait until January 2007 for a Statehouse vote on the fate of an already paved State Road 37 because the new pavement groundwork for an I-69 toll road from Evansville to Indiana was legislated as part of the Gov. Mitch Daniels "Major Moves" bill. But local Hoosiers say the fight to protect Mother Nature and the battle to preserve the Hoosier heartland have just begun. Local Democratic leaders have reiterated their vote of "no" toward the I-69 toll road plan, and tens of thousands of Hoosiers affected by the proposal are up in arms but hopeful about protecting Indiana's long-term economic future. Hoosiers will have the opportunity this November to offer their vote of confidence about their elected officials' vision.

Expert novices help define indie rock

By Alyson Brodsy and Josh Millrod · Thursday, Aug. 3,2006 12 a.m.

Think back to the worst band in your high school. The one with that awful singer, that dude who could barely play guitar and that drummer who couldn't keep a steady beat. In their best moments, they were still barely holding it together. Then imagine them sticking it out for twelve years and becoming one of the most influential indie rock bands in history. In fact, they basically invented the genre. This is the story of Beat Happening. By their last album You Turn Me On, Beat Happening had toured the world, received critical acclaim in major music magazines and founded K Records which would become indie rock's most prosperous record label. They still couldn't play their instruments that well and their singer's rumbling bass singing still wasn't quite in tune.

Into the great Abyss

By Alyson Brodsy and Zack Teibloom · Thursday, Aug. 3,2006 12 a.m.

"When we get down there you may be face-to-face with a snake or a dead animal. I'm not scaring you, am I?" IU Outdoor Adventure Trip Leader Matt Lattis asked as we began our vertical descent into the deepest cave in Indiana. He offered to take the IDS staffer who doesn't know how to tie his own tie on a day trip to explore the great abyss of one of 2,000 caves in Indiana. A cave enthusiast since the eighth grade, Lattis is one of the trip leaders at IU Outdoor Adventure. The program consists of specialized classes and individualized trips ranging from day trips in Bloomington to week long trips all over the world. Kayaking in Kentucky, rock climbing and caving in Southern Illinois, and backpacking and whitewater rafting trips are a few of the orientation trips available to freshman in August, but students can plan their own trips year round with help from IUOA.

Crockett and Tubbs return

By Alyson Brodsy and Chris Wisner · Thursday, Aug. 3,2006 12 a.m.

"Miami Vice," created long ago by Michael Mann when pastel shirts were in and it was cool to wear your sunglasses at night, has now received a complete update that makes it seem like the 1980s never even happened. "Vice" is now dark, gritty and lacking any sort of humor -- it isn't your normal police procedural in the least. Crockett (Colin Farrell) and Tubbs (Jamie Foxx -- whose performance in Mann's "Collateral" guaranteed they'd work together again) get in over their heads with a South American drug cartel and as they get deeper, the risks become greater. To make matters worse, Crockett is falling in love with his boss's girlfriend, Isabella (Gong Li, "Memoirs of a Geisha").

It's never to early to start drinking

By Alyson Brodsy and Chris Green · Thursday, Aug. 3,2006 12 a.m.

Well, it's kind of difficult to review live albums. Personally, I'm not really a fan of live albums. I would much rather go to the show personally and experience the band firsthand. But I realize that this isn't always possibly, especially with bands that aren't around anymore (like the Clash). Anyway, I'm rambling. I haven't even told you what's being reviewed yet. Flogging Molly have been on the top of their game for several years now, and they don't plan on stopping anytime soon. The band has followed up their brilliant 2004 release Within A Mile Of Home with a new album entitled Whiskey on a Sunday. Four acoustic tracks, five live tracks, and a brand spanking new studio track.

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J5's 4th a good time, but not their best

By Alyson Brodsy and Chris Green · Thursday, Aug. 3,2006 12 a.m.

Jurassic 5 is a stunning array of talent. Take five MC's (each with their own distinct sound) and two DJ's putting out honest, raw and catchy hip-hop reminiscent of the old-school days of NWA and the Wu-Tang Clan (when ODB was still alive and not in jail). This is the boys' 4th release, entitled Feedback. Party people, get ready for some old-school party rap here. Unfortunately, this release is a bit disappointing for a J5 fan. First off, the production is weak. This can be explained by the departure of DJ Cut Chemist, who is pursuing a solo career. Gone are the goofy samples and speedy cutting and crossing that Chemist brought to the distinct J5 sound.

Drinking games: Serious Bizness

By Alyson Brodsy and Zack Teibloom · Thursday, Aug. 3,2006 12 a.m.

From the moment the bouncer asks you your middle name and birth sign at the door, the drinking games are on. The earliest known drinking game in literature is from Plato's Symposium in which players fill a bowl with wine, drink it, and pass it on. Games have gotten more advanced, and the rules differ from town to town, even within Bloomington, but the idea is the same: Why not play a game to show off your ping pong ball throwing, cup flipping, and beer pouring skills with a little peer pressure?

Powell and Pressburger's pilgrimage

By Alyson Brodsy and Chris Wisner · Thursday, Aug. 3,2006 12 a.m.

For too long I've only seen Powell and Pressburger's Technicolor epics such as "The Red Shoes" and "The Tales of Hoffmann" and while they are fun to watch, ultimately they come off very dated and awkward in places. I had begun to think all of the Brit directing duo's films were like this, but then "A Canterbury Tale" came my way. Taking Chaucer's story and adapting it for the then modern times of England, Powell and Pressburger place three journeyers -- an American soldier, a British officer and village girl -- on a quest from Kent to Canterbury during World War II. When they reach Kent though, the chances of them making it to the fabled destination seems grim as they're hopelessly caught up in a series of village crimes that, while not murders, are far from normal criminal activity.

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