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Green action starts locally

This letter is in response to Nathan Dixon’s April 2 column, “Green Debates.”


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Hideous “hippy” bins

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Are those hideous recycling bins on campus really necessary? I realize we’re “going green,” and I’m fine with recycling, but must they be covered in hippy


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What’s lost in going green?

This is a response to Chase Cooper’s position in the recent conversation on climate change in the IDS (“Global warming or misinforming,” April 16). You’ll have to forgive me if I find the logic


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Intolerant? (not) me too

Cheryl Thomas’ article “Confused? Me Too” (IDS, April 8) decrying the Beaties’ decision for

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No debate needed for gay marriage

In Robert Granger’s column on April 11 (“Politics, never right”), he makes a well-reasoned point that there


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Not my hero

John McCain hangs his presidential hopes on a remarkable act of courage. Americans love a war hero. McCain might even





Reilly poisons pop expectations

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Ike Reilly, respected in indie rock circles and unknown elsewhere, has released an album of unreleased material. His Dylanesque lyrics buttress a sound that spans the gamut from garage rock to folk blues, and despite its wide smattering of his work, Hit Parade provides another access point into a great career.


Leona Lewis

Another cliche pop album

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Leona Lewis won a British talent show. Apparently, Britain needs better talent. Her album Spirit sounds every bit as ridiculous and nauseating as anything else a teenage girl would listen to. It’s amazing that the record industry still puts out complete pre-packaged shit like this album, yet millions still eat it up like candy.


Tapes 'n Tapes

Mixed Tapes

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Tapes ’n Tapes hits the sophomore slump after its excellent debut, The Loon, with a more straightforward sound and little sonic experimentation. The brashness and scrappiness has been replaced by complacency. Despite fat bass-lines, catchy guitar riffs, playful drums and dabs of psychedelia, Walk It Off can’t disguise its true weakness: bad songs.


Dead Child

Children will die from hearing this

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Attack is nothing more than your typical run-of-the-mill metal album, which of course means that it’s downright awful. There are tons of chugging guitar solos that go on far too long, shrieking vocals and handfuls of lyrics about doom and gloom. Anyone with ears who doesn’t still wear their Anthrax T-shirt should probably avoid this.


Revolution Studios', Walden Media's, and Beacon Pictures' The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep is the story of a young boy who brings home a magical egg -- and soon finds himself raising an amazing creature, Crusoe (pictured), the mythical "water horse" of Scottish lore.

No horsing around

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Following the pattern of recent years, “The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep” is more of the same cutesy children’s-book-adaptation fodder that we’ve come to expect from Hollywood.


Blueprint just looks so friendly and gentle.

Blueprint for success

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Blueprint might be the hardest working fixture of underground hip-hop. After nearly a decade in the rap game, it’s way past due for the Columbus, Ohio, rapper/producer to make a Clipse-like crossover from the darling of hip-hop heads to powerhouse indie outfit.


White Hinterland

Factoring it

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White Hinterland’s debut album is a modern girl’s answer to nerd rock.


The Epochs

Not quite epochal

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I wouldn’t be surprised if The Epochs, with their blend of catchy lyrics, pop melodies and electronic hooks find a welcoming niche in the consumerist, profit-driven music world.


The Dodos

Smarter Dodos

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San Francisco-based indie duo The Dodos will bring their music to Dunn Meadow on April 19 for WIUX’s Culture Shock. So what you’re probably wondering is: What do they sound like?


You wouldn't know it at first, but Mahjongg can actually play a mean game of mahjongg.

Audio jungle

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When explaining music to others, I have always found it difficult trying to decide how to define a band that’s just a few degrees left of normal. Mahjongg has not made this task any easier.


"Keanu, not all of us can be as well-versed in quantum physics, Japanese poetry and kung fu as you!"

Kings of conspiracy

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It used to be that if a viewer wanted to see a gritty police story, they’d turn to the silver screen.