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Dredging up new psychedelic, concept album

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, Dec. 5,2002 12 a.m.

Concept albums make me cringe. Bands with pretentiously misspelled names like Dredg make me wince. After listening to Dredg's El Cielo, I may need to reconsider. Part of the problem is that the first thing that comes to mind when the words "concept album" come up are, "Domo arrigato, Mr. Roboto." Ugh. The second thing is wailing about how dragons will take over the Earth by the year 10,000. Double ugh.

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Spend your Friday somewhere else

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

So it's Friday again, and who would have guessed it, Craig (Ice Cube) and Day-Day (Mike Epps) are behind on their rent. The only difference this time is that the two perennial slackers had their rent money swiped by a ghetto-Santa-Claus-thief (that, as they often remind you, is how it goes in the 'hood...ha). What's more, their naggy old landlady won't bend on the rent deadline and has promised the duo an encounter with her recently paroled nephew, a former jailhouse acquaintance of Craig and Day-Day who would love to "get to know them better" on behalf of his dear aunty. And now it's just like any other Friday. Our slacker heroes have 24 hours to come up with cash to protect their precious "dignity," and as you can imagine, their journey for the dough will run them into all sorts of trouble, create all sorts of excuses for fart jokes and introduce them to all sorts of madcap ghetto caricatures (well, maybe just a bunch of busty women, a mini-pimp and some good, old-fashioned 'hood-rats).

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Planning a primo party

By By Ryan Heath and Ryan Heath · Thursday, Dec. 5,2002 12 a.m.

It's Saturday night and you've decided to accompany a few of your friends to a party. The shindig is being held at a friend's house, and by the time you arrive the place is hoppin' with drunken revelry. After muscling your way through a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd and nearly falling on your face after tripping over a piece of furniture, you finally make your way to that permanent party staple: the keg. But after downing several cups of the golden brew, you find yourself waiting in a bathroom line so long that you begin to worry about either seriously damaging your bladder or finding the nearest potted plant that needs watering.

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Dylan's collection a holiday bonus

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

In 1975, Bob Dylan toured the Northeastern states and parts of Canada in a medicine-show spectacle he called the Rolling Thunder Revue. Traveling like a circus with Dylan were such characters as T-Bone Burnett (producer of the "O Brother" soundtrack), Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Roger McGuinn and Allen Ginsberg. In retrospect, '75 was seen as a year Dylan returned to form; he released his heartbreaking Blood On the Tracks album, came back to protest with "Hurricane" and generally seemed happy and engaging on stage.

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The two sides of Conor Oberst

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

New albums by Desaparecidos and Bright Eyes are two very different experiences masterminded by the same boy wonder, Conor Oberst of Omaha. Oberst has been drawing praise for years now and continues to do so with Desaparecidos' debut album and Bright Eyes' fourth album, Lifted. For the record, as of 2002 he is a veteran at the ripe old age of 22. Bright Eyes is an emo-type outfit that Oberst fronts like a folk troubadour. On the band's latest album, his words and acoustic guitar are moved to the front. Instead of the usual rock band accompaniment, Lifted... is rounded out with old-world instruments and '60s pop arrangements.

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Groove to the music

By Kathleen Quilligan and Kathleen Quilligen · Thursday, Dec. 5,2002 12 a.m.

A few stragglers run through the door, their footfalls unintentionally pounding out the beat of the music that blasts from the speakers. "How you guys doing tonight?" yells junior Diana Ballas above the music to the group assembled before her, all while her hips keep time. Her question is answered with cheers, whoops and claps, signaling the beginning of class. Ballas is one of the four Group X leaders who instruct a hip-hop dancing class at the SRSC.

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Top 10: A documentary of my Thanksgiving holiday

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

1) The Thanksgiving Party and Dinner Thanksgiving in my parents' house was spent in some ulterior time frame. A large portion of my family was there, and I avoided eye contact all night. Questions like, "So, when are you graduating?," etc... 2) Faith Hill Special on ABC, Thursday Night As Thanksgiving dinner broke and the fam exited to the living room, the television was turned on to this moronic schlock-fest. It was a surreal experience, in a way. I thought about how it might be funny to gut myself while sitting on the couch, replacing order with chaos and finally giving everyone a purpose.

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Two words: Dragon fighting

By Jake Bilinski · Thursday, Dec. 5,2002 12 a.m.

People often question me when I say I really like "Reign of Fire." I mean, true, it's not exactly what I'd call a "good film," but when I want a movie to entertain me, it doesn't get much better than 102 minutes of humans and dragons doing everything they can to kill one another. Dragons awake and occupy themselves by killing off all things living. Enter Quinn (Bale), fire chief and protecting leader of a small community of struggling survivors. Then enter Van Zan (McConaughey), hardcore freelance dragon slayer who hunts down the beasts via a modern arsenal. Together, the two men set out to reclaim mankind's place atop the food chain. It's one hell of a show.

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Snoop's latest off the hizzook

By Natalie A. Trout · Thursday, Dec. 5,2002 12 a.m.

Snoop Dogg is back at it again with his sixth album, Paid Tha Cost to be da Bo$$. It's as successful as any album in the past, with notoriously catchy Snoop beats and background music. It's off the hizzook. The Long Beach rapper is still at it with other MCs, such as Jay-Z, Redman, Nate Dogg, Warren G and Ludacris, on this album, and he also has a few solo tracks on it as well.

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Soderberg probes deep thoughts

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

In Steven Soderbergh's recent rendezvous with the experimental, George Clooney plays a psychologist sent to investigate an unraveling space crew in "Solaris." Russian master Andrei Tarkovsky first adapted the sci-fi classic into an epic, nearly-three-hour film in 1972 that was seen as a rival to Kubrick's "2001." After Soderbergh's last unwelcome exposure in the avant with "Full Frontal," many saw this next spaced-out foray as almost laughable. They aren't laughing anymore. Tightly directed and tautly trim at half of Tarkovsky's time, Soderbergh's "Solaris" is catching critics by surprise and leaving its audiences unexpectedly discussing metaphysics by the time the credits roll. When Chris Kelvin (Clooney) comes aboard the Prometheus, the sentient, oceanic planet Solaris is creating hallucinations of the past memories and repressed fantasies of the crew.

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Bond is back in 'Die Another Day'

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

In his 40th year, James Bond has become the most successful franchise in film history, providing his audience with the staples of espionage: fast cars, faster women and stuff blowing up. Lee Tamahori's new installment into that long tradition, "Die Another Day," lives up to its predecessors. Starting with one of the best Bond action sequences to be shot on celluloid, our "double O" agent is chased across a landmine-peppered field in North Korea on hovercraft. Throughout the film, Bond becomes the globetrotting, PP-7-packing, explosion-inducing agent we have all come to know, but this is not what makes "Die Another Day" one of the best Bond films in recent decades.

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Some attractions never get old

By Seth Forster · Thursday, Dec. 5,2002 12 a.m.

It's that time again, folks. Elvis Costello's new series of reissues has been released. But here's a warning: those of you looking for the album with the charging elephants on the cover will be confused. The cover art is just unreadable splatter paint, so it will be harder to show off your tasteful CD collection to new acquaintances than you might have thought. But given that the original art is in the booklet, and even more importantly, that this is a great album, all is forgiven...even if the raw versions of "Greenshirt" and "Big Boys" from This Year's Model are more effective.

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Dead Poets Opus Society

By -Paul Straw · Thursday, Dec. 5,2002 12 a.m.

"The Emperor's Club" is a feel-good movie that in the end just doesn't really feel that good. Kevin Kline plays Mr. Hundert, a Greek and Roman history teacher who excels at his job. Students respect him, listen to him and work hard. This is until the arrival of Sedgewick Bell (Emile Hirsch), a senator's son and a disruptive force within the classroom. Despite Bell's constant disregard for his studies, Hundert sees himself in Bell and takes the student under his wing. Bell suddenly finds the urge to work hard and rises near the top of the class.

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IU faces Texas Longhorns in post season game

By Aaron Beard · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:59 p.m.

The Hoosier volleyball team will enter its first NCAA Tournament bid in three years to face the Texas Longhorns tonight. IU's match marks the opening of the Pacific Regional with the winner facing either No. 10 Arizona or University of Texas-Arlington in the second round.

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Bush believes al Qaeda behind bombing

By Abdullah AlShihri and Sandra Sobieraj · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:53 p.m.

WASHINGTON -- Voicing fresh terrorism fears that stretch from Africa to the Middle East, President Bush said Wednesday he believes the al Qaeda network was behind last week's attacks in Kenya and that terrorists have disrupted the Israel-Palestinian peace process. Bush, fielding reporters' questions at a White House bill-signing ceremony, declined to criticize the Israeli government, whose troops fired Tuesday on a taxi at a West Bank checkpoint, killing a 95-year-old Palestinian great-grandmother.

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Iraq criticizes palace inspection

By Abdullah AlShihri and Charles J. Hanley · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:53 p.m.

AL-MUTHANNA STATE ESTABLISHMENT, Iraq -- U.N. monitors Wednesday visited sites associated with mass destruction weapons Baghdad insists it no longer holds. Iraq, meanwhile, criticized the first inspection of a presidential palace, saying it was carried out under U.S. pressure to try to provoke a confrontation. In Baghdad, a senior Iraqi official said Iraq will hand over its report on chemical, biological and nuclear programs on Saturday, a day ahead of the U.N. deadline. The official, Gen. Hossam Mohammed Amin, said the report will not admit to any proscribed weaponry "because, really, we have no weapons of mass destruction."

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Korea rejects weapons inspectors

By Abdullah AlShihri · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:51 p.m.

SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea rejected a call by the U.N. nuclear monitoring agency for the communist country to abandon its nuclear weapons program and allow foreign inspections. North Korean Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun said the Nov. 29 resolution was "extremely unilateral," the North Korean official news agency KCNA reported Wednesday.

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Weather delays shuttle landing

By Abdullah AlShihri and Juan A. Lozano · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:50 p.m.

SPACE CENTER, Houston -- Clouds over the landing site in Florida canceled space shuttle Endeavour's first attempt Wednesday afternoon to touch down, delaying the homecoming of the international space station's former crew. "Unfortunately, due to weather beginning to deteriorate, we'd like to wave you off on this attempt," Mission Control told the shuttle crew.

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Egyptian-American released from prison in Cairo after appeal

By Abdullah AlShihri and Maamoun Youssef · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:48 p.m.

CAIRO, Egypt -- An Egyptian-American sociologist awaiting retrial on charges of tarnishing Egypt's image said Wednesday he was considering applying for leave to travel abroad for medical treatment. Saad Eddin Ibrahim was released from prison Tuesday after an Egyptian appeals court overturned his conviction and seven-year sentence and ordered a retrial. The conviction had also been for accepting foreign money without government approval and embezzling funds.

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Debasing animal rights

By Terry Ord · Wednesday, Dec. 4,2002 11:46 p.m.

The issue of animal rights has a long history. But it wasn't until the publication of Peter Singer's "Animal Liberation" in 1975 that the animal rights movement gained particular momentum. Three decades later, recent cover stories by Time magazine and The New York Times Magazine illustrate the issue is still hotly debated.

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