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Bublé's latest short but sweet

By -Kehla West · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:58 a.m.

The best part of Michael Bublé's latest record is its fresh take on a charming selection of pop standards. The worst part is that there are only eight songs.

Reed revives VU, solo classics with flair, humor

By Ryan Whirty · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:56 a.m.

The first disc of Animal Serenade begins with Lou Reed strumming the famous chords of "Sweet Jane," a song Reed first recorded with the hugely influential Velvet Underground roughly 35 years ago, causing the crowd at The Wiltern in L.A. to roar its approval.

The Who: 'See Them, Feel Them'

By John Barnett · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:54 a.m.

The Who hold a very special place in my heart. Their 1971 masterpiece, Who's Next, was the first pre-Dookie disc I ever purchased.

Clapton surprises with Johnson tribute

By Ryan Whirty · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:52 a.m.

Some blues purists are tired of hearing Eric Clapton claim to be a bluesman, then releasing maudlin pop sludge like "Tears in Heaven" and "My Father's Eyes."

Dylan disc dynamite

By -Kehla West · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:51 a.m.

This album, so long only accessible to hardcore Dylan fans, is finally available to the public. And that is a very, very good thing.

'Winning Days:' Australian for disappointment

By C. Warner Sills and Eric Smith · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:49 a.m.

While recording their second record, Vines bassist Patrick Matthews said, "Not to compare us to the Beatles, but you know how Rubber Soul and Revolver would almost work as a double album? These two are turning out pretty similar, just different songs."

Get your 'Prince' without kissing a frog

By Cassidy Flanagan · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:48 a.m.

"The Prince and Me," or as I now refer to it, "The Prince and (add your name in the blank)," is a film which plays out onscreen the girlish dream of finding Prince Charming. Although in today's world, the land of queens and kings are only found in books. So when I invited six of my girlfriends to view the film with me, deep down we all dreamed of being in our own "Cinderella story."

Aerosmith's 'Bobo' stirs 'Sweet Emotions'

By Amy Hamblen · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:46 a.m.

After releasing 14 studio albums, having a #1 hit single on the charts and being inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, what's left for Aerosmith? Something a little more bluesy.

Feel-good times on the 'Range' meet Disney World

By Natalie A. Trout · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:34 a.m.

"Home on the Range" does exactly what it should. It entertains a younger generation of kids, who have had to share a majority of their recent movies with adults because of the subtly sophisticated humor in contemporary animated films. While "Range" has a few lines skewed to make adults laugh, it doesn't cross the line and leave kids asking mom and dad what was so funny.

Critic smells what The Rock is cooking

By Doug Evans · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:31 a.m.

The Rock has finally met his match, and it is not Hulk Hogan or Stone Cold Steve Austin. It is acting in his most dramatic role yet -- he faced the challenge and surprisingly did it justice.

Comic flick one 'Hell' of a good time

By Sam Shahrani · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:27 a.m.

Based on Mike Mignola's eponymous graphic novel, "Hellboy" centers around the conflicted life of a demon summoned to earth as a harbinger of Armageddon. Instead, he winds up being raised to be compassionate and help defend humanity from the demons and sorcerers bent on the corruption of our world.

Only 9-11 suspect ever convicted freed

By Alyson Brodsy and David Rising · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:24 a.m.

HAMBURG, Germany -- The only Sept. 11 suspect ever convicted walked out of jail Wednesday smiling and laughing, freed less than two and a half years into a 15-year sentence after judges ruled the evidence was too weak to hold him pending a retrial.

Weather postpones in-state rivalry

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:22 a.m.

The IU baseball game Wednesday at Indiana State was cancelled due to inclement weather. Rain and lighting around the area caused the cancellation.

Pirates of the Yangtze

By Alyson Brodsy and Paul Musgrave · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:22 a.m.

SHANGHAI, China-- To say that inexpensive DVDs and CDs are readily available in China is an understatement -- like saying Bill Gates has a modest amount of money.

GET CREAMED

By Holly Johnson and Holy Johnson · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:21 a.m.

It's 3:46 a.m. on a chilly Saturday in early April, and the crowd outside Bloomington's newest nightspot has snaked out of the double plate-glass doors and spilled onto Walnut Street, where stragglers from 21-and-over joints are munching Taco Bell gorditas and attempting to hitch rides home.

'A tradition unlike any other'

By Matt Glenesk · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:21 a.m.

A green jacket? I have a brown one and black one, but green? Who wants to wear green besides the Irish?

PICK YOUR POISON

By Jess Huffman · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:21 a.m.

The beats of Cassidy and R. Kelly's "Hotel," are bumping in Kilroy's' Sports Bar as a group of girls playfully argue, laugh and talk. Their conversation is interrupted when a waiter arrives with a tray of several small glasses. The girls applaud him as he passes them out. He has what the girls want. It's shot time.

Let my cameron go

By Jack Silverstein · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:21 a.m.

As a college senior four months away from graduation, I'm finally starting to really consider my future. With grad school and job searches coming up, and marriage, family and other adult responsibilities somewhere in the distant horizon, it's amazing to think just how different my life will be in the next five or so years.

Pew pride

By Alyson Brodsy and Melanie Sims · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:20 a.m.

Gay choir directors are about as new to the black church as pink hats and pearl sequins on Easter Sunday. They're probably just as visible, just as noticeable -- but much less-discussed when the pews are present. In the church, there are some issues everybody sees and nobody wants to acknowledge.

Read fine print on the condom

By Alyson Brodsy · Thursday, April 8,2004 12:19 a.m.

When you think of an educational bed-time read, the tiny print warning label on a condom wrapper probably doesn't come to mind. Most people are unable to summarize the warning ("if used properly, Latex condoms will help reduce the risk of transmission of HIV infection and many other sexually transmitted diseases"), and once they've reached the point in which a condom becomes a necessity, are unlikely to turn back based on a tiny warning.