The sunny side of Scottish rock
Prior to Belle & Sebastian's 2003 album Dear Catastrophe Waitress, the band's career appeared to be fizzling out.
Prior to Belle & Sebastian's 2003 album Dear Catastrophe Waitress, the band's career appeared to be fizzling out.
Much like the classic children's books by H.A. and Margaret Rey, "Curious George" will tickle your senses.
I was walking through the public library the other day and I came across something of a treasure.
As the first song on the new album, the slow guitar riffs give the feeling of a Switchfoot meets Goo Goo Dolls melody.
"Final Destination 3," of the 'Final Destination' horror trilogy, manages to go to some new levels.
What a difference a year makes.
The magic of Peter Sellers' presence in the original "Pink Panther" films of the '60s, '70s and even '80s, was his remarkable appearance of dramatic ineptitude: he did not seem to know that he was acting in a comedy film.
Like him or not, Woody Allen is a brilliant filmmaker who has had a long-standing career.
Now that the technology to quickly make animated movies has caught up with the intense desire to make them, each year there seem to be more and more animated theatrical releases.
Jack Johnson seems like the perfect guy to write songs to fill an album called Sing-A-Longs and Lullabies for the Film Curious George.
Cripes -- textbooks are getting expensive! Why, in an informal poll among us here at the editorial board HQ and former Texas book depository (not the one Kennedy was shot from -- the other one), we found that in our college careers we had spent the following on textbooks: $240,568.06, three diamond tiaras, a 1968 Dodge Charger, the Maltese Falcon, six livers (four were our own), three pints of sperm, a labridoodle named "Peaches," a flock of pygmy goats and a fully furnished lean-to, the starting lineup of the 1976 Cincinnati Reds, a glass eyeball taped to a stick (for looking around corners), five sensual foot massages, Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, one and 3/4 immortal souls, the greater part of the Lesser Antilles and a signed picture of IDS editor in chief Rick Newkirk himself -- you know, that one where he's bronco-busting with his shirt off.
Feb. 17 and 18 mark the 74th IU Sing. Each year more than 3,000 students come together, giving their time to the theatrical competition, according the IU Student Foundation Web site. The beginnings of IU Sing can be traced back to famed songwriter and IU alumnus Hoagy Carmichael. His "Showdown" appeared in the 1920s and was a musical send-off for graduating seniors, according to an Indiana Daily Student article. The show's first official running in 1932 brought competition to the event.
There was more than love in the air at the Indiana Memorial Union Tuesday afternoon, with the electronic hum of dozens of gadgets on display for the annual UITS Information Technology Fair, "Making IT Happen!"
With the IU Student Association elections just around the corner, the Hoosier and Red Hot tickets are busy spreading the word about their tickets and learning everything there is to know about IUSA. Yet, attendance at the "All-Candidate Meeting" Monday night was "disconcerting" to IUSA President Alex Shortle, because, while all four members of the Red Hot executive team were present, none from the Hoosier ticket attended.
He's the talk of the town and the voice of IU's first sports TV show.
I was walking through the public library the other day and I came across something of a treasure.
Next time you're in a 300 person psychology lecture, take a good, long look at your classmates.
As the first song on the new album, the slow guitar riffs give the feeling of a Switchfoot meets Goo Goo Dolls melody.
What a difference a year makes.
Cameron Crowe, the shaggy-haired, music-lovin' director, is the master of one-liners.