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Blondie a great blast from the past

By Brant Fechter · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12:15 a.m.

Blondie's Greatest Hits showcases how a rock and roll band can have the talent to supply a buffet of hot pop, punk, New Wave, rap, blues, disco and spicy reggae. This CD is the perfect dance mix for a retro party supplied with disco ball and bell bottoms.

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'Kid' a college of polished glitz

By by Isaac Edwards and Isaac Edwards · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12 a.m.

Generally defined, a documentary film is one that approaches its subject with objectivity. When the very first title card to a documentary is, "There are three sides to every story: my side, your side and the truth...," that objectivism is being challenged. With this being the opening title to "The Kid Stays in the Picture," it quickly becomes apparent just where that objectivism lies: right out the window. "The Kid Stays in the Picture" is the unapologetically self-slanted story of "my side," which is Robert Evans' side. Evans glitzes his pitch with such schmaltzy self-glorification that it almost feels pornographic, and voyeurism has rarely been in such good fun.

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Spineless studio snubs sniper

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12 a.m.

Hollywood's done it again, folks. Just when you thought those "sharks" in suits couldn't become anymore pansy -- they have. The geniuses at 20th Century Fox have decided to indefinitely halt the release of "Phone Booth," a high-concept thriller originally set for release around Thanksgiving, due to the recent attacks of the infamous D.C. sniper.

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How to throw the perfect Halloween Party

By Jessica Palmer · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12 a.m.

Throwing a killer Halloween party is no small task. It's a delicate balance between concentrated effort and nonchalance. Some may go so far as to call it an art -- which may be a stretch. But honestly, what is worse than laboring over the perfect costume than wasting it on a miserable excuse for a good time? Luckily, Weekend is here to help. Want to throw the Halloween party everyone will be crashing? Included are four easy steps to ensure success in all of your Halloween party endeavors.

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'Caution:' This album is just plain mediocre

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12 a.m.

Hot Water Music is one of those bands that I always resolve to see when it plays the Warped Tour. Then I get my program for the multiple-stage punk festival and realize there is always someone better playing on another stage at the same time. So I decide to miss the band and wait until next year, when someone else invariably comes around and forces me to miss Hot Water Music again.

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Sometimes you just need the Pixies

By Seth Forster · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12 a.m.

So, I'm in the music library studying for a music history exam. After about three hours in a row of listening to music that spans 408 B.C. to 1300 A.D. and looking over the study guide for the 30th time, I feel like I'm going to explode. I need a little sonic salvation, so I put on the Pixies. The first time I heard this band (that I remember) was about five years ago, and I don't think I feel much different about them now than I did then. I only randomly listen to these guys about once every few months. It's a sort of weird therapy.

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'Barenaked' sounds great - but it's not

By Katie Burns · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12 a.m.

Jennifer Love Hewitt has released her fourth album, Barenaked, and it is as memorable as the prior three. The album is shallow, predictable and imitative of all the female pop music that has been successful in the past year.

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Haunts Abound

By Elizabeth Bahra · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12 a.m.

Imagine this: You're in a pitch-black wine cellar with dirt walls, below the basement of an old mansion. You and your four counterparts are holding hands and prompting some sort of paranormal, or ghostly, activity. All of a sudden, three blue lights appear behind you and, as you're watching, gradually disappear. It couldn't be the other people in the room, and there is nothing on the ground when you turn the lights back on.

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Chevelle copies Tool, with great success

By Tom McMahon · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12 a.m.

Look, it's Tool. No, it's Chevelle. The three Midwestern boys who started off with Point #1 have come a long way. That first album was supposed to have had a couple of singles and been very popular on college campuses (as the band was in college at the time) but I sure didn't hear any of those songs.

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Cars, violence can't carry flick

By Brian Haney · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12 a.m.

This movie has sweet action, but that's about all. The heaps of potential this movie brings to the theaters are absent, as was character depth, dialogue, any semblance of romantic interplay or a meaningful storyline. Frank Martin (Jason Statham) lives what seems to be a quiet life along the French Mediterranean, hiring himself out as a mercenary "transporter" who moves goods one place to another, no questions asked. I am sure you can see the brilliance emerging. The "Snatch'' star, whose stony features and receding hairline imply a British Bruce Willis, gets marked for death after he breaks his own rules (never look in the package) and discovers that one of his delivery items is a bound-and-gagged woman.

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Blondie a great blast from the past

By Brant Fechter · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12 a.m.

Blondie's Greatest Hits showcases how a rock and roll band can have the talent to supply a buffet of hot pop, punk, New Wave, rap, blues, disco and spicy reggae. This CD is the perfect dance mix for a retro party supplied with disco ball and bell bottoms.

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Jackson sheds Jedi digs, dons a kilt for latest film

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12 a.m.

Samuel L. Jackson is one of the best and most prolific actors working today. The sheer number of films he makes necessitates that some be good, others bad and some just smack dab in between -- "Formula 51" (originally known as "The 51st State" in its native England) is the latter. The film is a modestly entertaining hybrid of the works of Quentin Tarantino, Guy Ritchie (himself a Tarantino wannabe) and a "Trainspotting"-era Danny Boyle.

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'Ring' meets all horrific expectations

By Parker Witman and Parker Wittman · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12 a.m.

When it comes to horror movies like "The Ring," there are a handful of brief, salient questions that should be answered without ambiguity. And instead of spending the next 350 words trying to get all the questions answered, we'll just get the big ones out of the way now.

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'The Instigator' ruffles feathers

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12 a.m.

"Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?" This was a question posed by Rob Gordon (John Cusack) in the instant classic "High Fidelity," and one that pertains quite literally to Old 97's frontman Rhett Miller's second solo effort, and his first on a major label, The Instigator.

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EA serves up another hat trick

By C. Warner Sills and Mike D’Avria · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12 a.m.

EA has been making amazing hockey games since the creation of the company. Well, the newest version, "NHL 2003," is slower than Disney on Ice, the camera is too close to the action and the hits are about as hard as a "Celebrity Boxing" match. Luckily, EA has added hundreds of different gameplay and display options that let you customize the game to your liking. Once you speed up the skaters and add a bit of aggression, you realize that this is the best hockey game ever created. The graphics and sound make people think they are watching ESPN, but watching is just part of the fun. But be forewarned: as soon as you pick up a controller, it may be weeks before you put it down.

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Broadway diva Headley shows R&B potential

By K James Sward · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12 a.m.

Crossover acts have always been present in the entertainment industry. Musicians like Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Mandy Moore and Britney Spears have all dabbled with acting, resulting in fluctuating degrees of success. Recently, actors have realized their musical talent (or lack thereof), using their Hollywood success to establish a musical career. Take, for example, comedian Jack Black (of Tenacious D) or more recently, Jennifer Love Hewitt. Heather Headley takes "crossing over" to a whole new level with the release of This Is Who I Am. Already a Tony Award-winning actress for her performance in the title role in Elton John and Tim Rice's "Aida," Headley transitions into the over-crowded R&B genre.

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Clowns aren't always funny

By by Isaac Edwards and Isaac Edwards · Thursday, Oct. 24,2002 12 a.m.

Clowns are not happy people. They offer you their candy-coated smile and a taffy chew and damn your soul before you can say, "Bozo." And everyone knows what Bozo -- or should I say B.O.Z.O.? -- really stands for: Beelzebub's Overly-Zealous Offspring. The simple fact that clowns are in allegiance with the Dark Lord came as no surprise: thus, when, in 1990, ABC aired the mini-series adaptation of Stephen King's killer-clown epic "It."

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Finding my roots

By Joe Grace · Wednesday, Oct. 23,2002 6:06 p.m.

I went home last weekend to Evansville hoping to rediscover my roots, which I apparently lost somewhere on a "C" bus in my time here at Bloomington. This first came to my attention last week when I was having a conversation with a friend from home and she oh-so-casually remarked that I had a northern accent. There is no possible way, I told her. A person probably cannot forget a manner of living in a matter of a couple of weeks. Wrong, she replied. That should be, "People prolly can't fuhget a manna of livin' ina madda uva couple uh weeks." Crap. I had obviously forgotten how to say "y'all." So, I went home.

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