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The Price is right

By C. Warner Sills and Benny Goldman · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

Every once in a while a rap album comes along that makes me re-evaluate my whole music repertoire and wonder why I listen to anything other than great rap music. Sean Price's Jesus Price Supastar is the latest in that category. Price, once known as Ruck in the duo Heltah Skeltah, is incredibly consistent on his 16-track sophomore solo effort.

The peak of a quirky career

By C. Warner Sills and John Barnett · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

If you've ever been to or even seen footage of a Flaming Lips show, then you know the meaning of a bad trip. From album to album, all the way back to 1986's Hear It Is to last year's At War With The Mystics, ringleader Wayne Coyne and his band have striven for a unique blend of surreal lyrical imagery and imminently listenable, albeit often cautious, sonic experimentation. The highlight of their 20-plus year career together is 1999's The Soft Bulletin, a record about everything from scientists to spider bites that could well be the trippiest record ever made by a bunch of guys who claim sobriety.

'Flags' flies high

By C. Warner Sills and Wes Jakacki · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

In "Flags of Our Fathers," a World War II film adapted from the John Bradley novel, Clint Eastwood makes a time piece that portrays the feelings and mindset of the greatest generation in American history. The movie does an excellent job of paying homage to the men and women who gave their lives to preserve our way of life, as it shows the soldiers in a glorious light.

Live from the Beehive

By C. Warner Sills and Craig Shank and Zach Pollakoff · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

Don't get us wrong, we play a lot of Indie rock. It's not that we've given up on classic rock, that we don't seriously crave Akon at a dance party, or that, if we could, we'd rank JT at number one last year, but at WIUX we have a mission statement that we love to adhere to. Underrepresented artists and local music take priority here.

Aussies bring fresh sound

By C. Warner Sills and Wes Jakacki · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

Nearly two years after its release, Melbourne's Cat Empire drags their sophomore effort across to U.S. shores, but it's no less fresh than it was upon its original release. Cat Empire is a six-piece musical melting pot of jazz, reggae, ska, funk, rock and even hip-hop. On their second album, Two Shoes, Cat Empire brings a mix of all these world music styles to make a truly great record.

Classic stand up gets weak DVD

By C. Warner Sills and Benny Goldman · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

Twenty-three years after it was one of the first HBO comedy specials, Eddie Murphy's long awaited DVD release of "Delirious" is finally here. "Delirious," which chronicles a performance at Washington, D.C.'s Constitution Hall in 1983 is raunchy, controversial and very funny. It shows a brash 22-year-old fresh off the success of an incredible three-year run on "Saturday Night Live" looking more confident than ever.

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Stewart ignores neocon failures

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

Reflecting on one of Brian Stewart’s recent columns (“Vulture politics”, Jan. 30), I must say I am pleasantly surprised to read that he is such a big George Orwell fan.

Hannibal better before 'Rising'

By C. Warner Sills and Doug Evans · Thursday, Feb. 15,2007 12 a.m.

Just when you thought the story of film's most legendary psychopath could go no further, Hollywood has delivered us a prequel. How unfitting for a character as diabolic and unfathomable as Hannibal Lecter.

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Applications available now for 2-week course in Sierra Nevada

By Chelsea Merta · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2007 11:57 p.m.

Imagine beginning your summer in eastern California looking for ancient calderas, glaciers and alkaline lakes. Climbing dormant volcanoes and exploring Death Valley -- there isn't a boring day in this "classroom." On May 16, between 14 and 18 undergraduate students will fly out of Indianapolis to Las Vegas for 15 days of intensive studies.

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Bowl For Kids' Sake hopes to raise $179K

By Shannon McEnerney · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2007 11:55 p.m.

As House Manager of the IU Auditorium, Jon Larkin has the job of preparing the upcoming shows. At this time of the year, however, raising thousands of dollars for Bowl for Kids' Sake is something he chooses to do in his free time.

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IU gets 1st 'snow day' since 1996

By Michael Zennie · Wednesday, Feb. 14,2007 11:44 p.m.

It was like campus, buildings and all, had been scooped up Wednesday by some invisible force and deposited in a nearly-deserted winter landscape. Gone were the familiar throngs of students, scurrying across campus. Whole minutes ticked by, without a single person passing in front of Ballantine Hall.

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Around the World

Wednesday, Feb. 14,2007 11:13 p.m.

State Farm Insurance is suspending sales of any new commercial or homeowner policies in Mississippi starting Friday. State Farm cited in part a wave of litigation it has faced after Hurricane Katrina. Mike Fernandez, vice president of public affairs, said the state's "current legal and political environment is simply untenable. We're just not in a position to accept any additional risk in this homeowners' market."

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