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Still brilliant after all these years

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, Nov. 14,2002 12:01 a.m.

In the liner notes to the new Paul Simon best-of, On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Goin', writer David Wild credits Simon, along with Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder and Randy Newman, for taking American songwriting "to a deeper and more intelligent place." Unfortunately for him, Simon's career has been lower-key than those three. He isn't as weird or respected as Dylan. He isn't as funky, soulful or courageous as Wonder. He isn't as funny as Newman, nor does he have the Oscar telecast as an annual forum like Newman does. Furthermore, he hasn't embraced cheeseball arena-rock aspects as fully as Bruce Springsteen.

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Sanding the floor in our hearts

By Tom Whalen · Thursday, Nov. 14,2002 12 a.m.

Last weekend I downloaded a song. OK, so I pirate music -- get over it. I don't even know who sings the song, I only know the title: "You're the Best Around." You all know this song, and somewhere inside your head you're asking yourself, "How do I know that song?" It's the theme song from "The Karate Kid." The song that's played at the end during the tournament. "You're the Best Around." You know I'm right.

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Film not limited to arthouse theaters

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, Nov. 14,2002 12 a.m.

This Mexican gem, which in English translates to "And Your Mother Too," accounts the sexual goings-on of two immensely different friends. Many cineastes missed this bold masterwork during its limited run in Bloomington this past May, but now that it's available on DVD, filmgoers with more adventurous tastes would be well advised to check it out.

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Coffee Comfort

By Brant Fechter · Thursday, Nov. 14,2002 12 a.m.

It's hard to escape the hustle and bustle of school life around campus. Most students are busy reading, studying and trying to pass classes. But there is one place where students can go to feel secure in this time of demand, a place where they feel comfortable hunched over the books. At Starbucks, winner of the Best Place to Get Coffee, students relax as they fuel their minds with hot coffee to make that A or the next deadline. It is a haven for graduate students who need to feel at home when they haven't closed their books in days.

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Eminem, Hanson beat the rap

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, Nov. 14,2002 12 a.m.

Curtis Hanson is a director of immense, eclectic skill. Whether spearheading a hard-boiled, '50s-era cop yarn, a drug-tinged tour of higher academia, or, in the case of his latest film, "8 Mile," the pseudo-biographical mythos surrounding hip hop's foremost purveyor of controversy, he infuses each work with a sense of class and precision. Eminem capably headlines "8 Mile" as Jimmy Smith Jr., aka Rabbit, the disillusioned punch-press-operator son of an alcoholic, trailer-trash mother (a decent yet slightly miscast Kim Basinger). Rabbit moonlights as a rapper, oftentimes unsuccessfully, amid a seedy club lining Detroit's 8 Mile -- a stretch of road separating the inner city and white suburbs.

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*NSync: without the ugly ones

By Natalie A. Trout · Thursday, Nov. 14,2002 12 a.m.

Whether or not *NSync will make another album wasn't on the minds of the group's fans the week Justin Timberlake's debut solo album hit the streets. Arguably the most popular member of the group, Timberlake has released Justified with hopes of making it big on his own.

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Sex wars: Domination

By Michael Tapscott and Mike Tapscott · Thursday, Nov. 14,2002 12 a.m.

For a long time, I assumed that forming relationships was a completely arbitrary action. It was the outgrowth of being thrust into a situation with a certain person and dependent on how impressive you were to them. After four years in college, it has become abundantly clear to me that this is true.

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Still brilliant after all these years

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, Nov. 14,2002 12 a.m.

In the liner notes to the new Paul Simon best-of, On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Goin', writer David Wild credits Simon, along with Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder and Randy Newman, for taking American songwriting "to a deeper and more intelligent place." Unfortunately for him, Simon's career has been lower-key than those three. He isn't as weird or respected as Dylan. He isn't as funky, soulful or courageous as Wonder. He isn't as funny as Newman, nor does he have the Oscar telecast as an annual forum like Newman does. Furthermore, he hasn't embraced cheeseball arena-rock aspects as fully as Bruce Springsteen.

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Heart and soul adds to mood music

By Ryan Whirty and Ryan Wirty · Thursday, Nov. 14,2002 12 a.m.

Tracy Chapman's Let It Rain, the sixth album in a career that rocketed to prominence in 1988 with a powerful, eponymous debut and spiked again with 1995's bluesy New Beginning, is dark. At least it sounds dark. Dour strings, sparse arrangements and doleful vocals combine to produce an album that, at first listen, sounds almost like a dirge mourning the loss of happiness, or, as suggested in the aptly titled "In the Dark," innocence: "Make my mind unable / To force the body to do its will / Let it be right for belief and denial / To share a space in the heart and leave us only to imagine / About the things some do in the dark."

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Take Tolkien's journey into your own hands

By Tim Street · Thursday, Nov. 14,2002 12 a.m.

In a little more than a month, the second film in director Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy will debut, and fans will flock to theaters to take in more of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic story. But luckily, EA Games has already released its first video game based on the movies, allowing gamers to relive and play scenes from the first movie and get a sneak peek at some of the upcoming scenes from the second movie, "The Two Towers."

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Loaded 'Spidey' discs swing onto DVD

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, Nov. 14,2002 12 a.m.

Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" was released amid a sea of buzz this past May, following hot on the heels of Bryan Singer's "X-Men" -- both adapted from popular Marvel Comics. "X-Men" changed the company's cards, and "Spider-Man" blew them into another stratosphere, easily becoming the summer's most financially successful film.

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The Epic

By Jamieson Hawkins · Thursday, Nov. 14,2002 12 a.m.

The people have spoken and The Epic's Kevin Cochran is this year's Best Male vocalist. At the same time, The Epic beat out a host of other bands to become this year's Best Local Band. Springing from Carmel, Ind., Cochran, now 22, has lived in Indiana all his life. A SPEA major and super senior, Cochran loves Bloomington so much he decided to stay here an extra semester after his December graduation.

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X-Act DJ

By Jessica Palmer · Thursday, Nov. 14,2002 12 a.m.

The survey says DJ X-Acto rocks. He also blends, cuts, scratches, spins and juggles -- beats. Meet the IU student who literally creates the party every time he steps behind the turntables. DJ X-Acto is Scott Rappaport, a junior. Rappaport thought of the name DJ X-Acto in high school, in reference to the precision involved in spinning. He studies telecommunications, business and music. Originally from Los Angeles, Rappaport has music in his blood. He says his father, a music lover and former radio personality in Chicago and L.A., has always been a source of motivation for him.

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'Fatale' little more than soft porn

By Yahya Chami and Yayha Chami · Thursday, Nov. 14,2002 12 a.m.

Every year moviemakers hold their breath wondering if they will get the nomination for the Academy of Motion Picture Art and Science's Oscar. The actors and screenwriters for "Femme Fatale" won't be. The movie sells itself as a film noir erotic thriller. It is erotic; Rebecca Romijn-Stamos lights up the screen with sensuality. But it lacks in the thriller department. There are plot twists and turns, but they feel like riding a kiddy rollercoaster. A bizarre robbery gone extremely array leads Romijn-Stamos' character into hiding from her former partners in crime. From then the movie takes a surreal voyage exploring the possibilities of the road not taken. Along the way she becomes the wife of a U.S. diplomat and crosses paths with the paparazzi with a heart of gold, Antonio Banderas. The plot doesn't fit tightly together and requires many leaps of faith on the part of the viewer.

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Family feel sets Siam House apart

By Elizabeth Bahra · Thursday, Nov. 14,2002 12 a.m.

"Think Bangkok, eat Bloomington," says Gary Cushinberry, CEO of Siam House on East Fourth Street. The small, yellow restaurant is a world of curry, Pad Thai and Tom Yum. Home to true Thai cuisine, Siam House has been voted Bloomington's Best Restaurant for Ethnic Cuisine. "It is a great feeling to be recognized in the IU community as being the best ethnic restaurant," Cushinberry says. "We look forward to serving our customers." Wim Pok, owner of the restaurant, says she tries to maintain authenticity in the preparation of Thai food. "We cook for the customer the way we eat," Pok says. "I don't cook for Americans. I maintain the Thai." Pok says Siam House's family feel is what sets it apart from other restaurants.

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Clashes in style make 'Fish' float belly-up

By K James Sward · Thursday, Nov. 14,2002 12 a.m.

What is it about imported talent from the United Kingdom that we like so much here in the States? It isn't as if the UK is some untapped musical oasis where talent is left unexplored; in fact, the stateside music industry has been capitalizing off UK talent since the The Beatles.

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15-cent draft fun

By Natalie A. Trout · Thursday, Nov. 14,2002 12 a.m.

Leia Pratapas, a junior, sits at a booth with three of her best friends on her 21st birthday. On her head is a blue construction helmet, which perfectly holds two 15-cent drafts on each side, with a tube that conveniently reaches her mouth. "I think it's leaking," Pratapas screams as she spills beer onto the table and giggles. Her friends down their own 15-cent drafts at the Bluebird on a Wednesday night. One of her friends knocks one over on the table and doesn't seem to mind she's lost a beer.

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Grinding axes with coffee chain

Wednesday, Nov. 13,2002 11:58 p.m.

Members of Students for Justice in Palestine organized a protest against Starbuck's coffee as encouragement to boycott the store's coffee for several reasons that were listed on their fliers. The president of the group, Deema Dabis, led the protest. "If I can change one person's mind, there can be a chain reaction," Dabis said. "People should open their minds to see both sides of this story."

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*NSync: without the ugly ones

By Natalie A. Trout · Wednesday, Nov. 13,2002 11:55 p.m.

Whether or not *NSync will make another album wasn't on the minds of the group's fans the week Justin Timberlake's debut solo album hit the streets. Arguably the most popular member of the group, Timberlake has released Justified with hopes of making it big on his own.

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