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Kennedy's latest 'Experiment' a riot

By Jake Bilinski · Wednesday, April 23,2003 4:32 p.m.

This is one of the most ridiculous movies ever. It's cheap, immature, goofy and stereotypical. It's so white, it's not, and I loved every second of it.

'Holes' a kids movie adults can enjoy

By -Paul Straw · Wednesday, April 23,2003 4:31 p.m.

It is hard to make good movies for children. They are often filled with either crude humor or made overly simple because it is assumed the children who see the movie won't notice. "Holes" fits neither of these molds. "Holes" is even better than most adult movies.

'Bulletproof Monk' needs more meditation

By Sam Shahrani · Wednesday, April 23,2003 4:31 p.m.

Despite the mediocre title, "Bulletproof Monk" is a reasonably entertaining film, a sort of modern take on B-movie, chopsocky films. Admittedly, this film's only hope for an award is from MTV, but for mindless entertainment, you could do worse.

Yo La Tengo's 'sun' burns brightly

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Wednesday, April 23,2003 4:30 p.m.

Yo La Tengo's biggest weakness is that its members are the smartest people to walk into any room. No three people are bigger rock geeks than Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew. Kaplan even used to be a rock critic.

EP a 20 minute, sonically diverse trail

By -Alec Toombs · Wednesday, April 23,2003 4:29 p.m.

Austin-based rockers And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead bridge the gap between last year's Source Tags and Codes and whatever its next album happens to be with the inspired EP, The Secret of Elena's Tomb.

Rumours are true: Fleetwood Mac's back

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Wednesday, April 23,2003 4:28 p.m.

Forget Dr. Dre and Tupac. In the mid-'70s, it was Fleetwood Mac that documented California love after recruiting lovers/singers/ songwriters Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham and morphing from a blues band into a pop-rock outfit. Say You Will marks Fleetwood Mac's first studio album with Buckingham, the band's MVP, since 1987's Tango in the Night. Buckingham has been missing since a 1992 solo album and apparently he's got huge backlog, as this album inexplicably rambles on for 18 tracks and over 76 minutes with no sign any time has passed.

Dynamite goes 'a little deeper'

By Mark Lee · Wednesday, April 23,2003 4:27 p.m.

Normally I'm not one for pulling a lick on a friend to hear an album I review, but this is an exception. Ms. Dynamite is a British singer (which is increasingly in vouge these days) who, to the uninformed, musically-stymied layman may resemble a cockney Pink. She does things with her with music in her sleep that Pink couldn't pull off under the influence of performance-enhancing drugs. While Ms. Dynamite's "Brother" sounds suspiciously similar to Pink's "Family Portrait," the similarities end there. To the hip-hop purist the standout tracks are "Dy-na-mi-tee" and "Danger."

Yorn covers old territory

By Brian Eliott Johnson and Brian Elliott Johnson · Wednesday, April 23,2003 4:26 p.m.

On the initial listening of Pete Yorn's second album, Day I Forgot, it seems a string of stuttering, distorted guitar songs that would serve just as well in the background of a party as in between headphones, blocking everything out. In fact, Day I Forgot could have been a very boring album. It only has around three real songs on it and one of them was cliché ten years ago. But if you do plug in the headphones you'll find yourself surrounded by Yorn's dominating voice. Yorn cares about his songs and the people in them. Then listen to his lyrics and know that they're meaningful, even if a little convoluted.

Aged punk sound gets a makeover

By Amy Oringer and Amy Orringer · Wednesday, April 23,2003 4:24 p.m.

Punk rock heroes really do age gracefully. More than 25 years after their establishment as one of the leaders of the British Punk revolution, the Buzzcocks are still making music that lives up to their legend. We should be grateful these guys didn't put down their instruments for good when the band split up in 1981.

Make you laugh and cry in a single sound

By Seth Forster · Wednesday, April 23,2003 4:23 p.m.

The music of the early '90s marked a turning point in pop music. It was popular to be in pain, to be cynical, and it was acceptable to wear ripped jeans and flannel. About a decade later, Pearl Jam continues to matter less and less because it pays more attention to politics than the music. And I can't recall the last time I've heard anyone play Nirvana. After Uncle Tupelo broke up, singer-songwriter-guitarist Jay Farrar went on to form Son Volt and Jeff Tweedy, also a singer-songwriter-guitarist, went on to form Wilco, two of the most important bands of the last few years.

Event featuring popular arcade game raises money for children's hospital

By Jennifer Mehalik · Wednesday, April 23,2003 4:19 p.m.

Loud, thumping techno music blasts through the arcade of the Indiana Memorial Union as Jim Halliday dances. Yellow and pink lights shine down on him as he steps on red and blue squares with arrows on them, lighting them up like a disco floor. While stepping on the four squares, he keeps his head up, focused on the arrows on the TV screen in front of him. His feet move to the beat, but his arms stay close to his side. He starts to draw a crowd with his performance. Halliday isn't just dancing, he's playing a videogame called Dance Dance Revolution. This weekend, he is going to combine his interest in the unconventional video game with his interest in raising money for Riley Children's Hospital with a fundraiser at Lazerlite, 4505 E. Third St. The DDR-A-Thon will happen from 4 p.m. to midnight on Friday, and from 1 p.m. to midnight on Saturday.

Local band plans to take sinister sound on the road

By -Brandon Tucker · Wednesday, April 23,2003 4:17 p.m.

Libby Bulloff, a fan, describes a typical Turn Pale performance as follows: The stage is dark when Turn Pale begins its performance. Red lights ominously illuminate the stage and smoke crawls around the room. Band members stoically play their instruments and the lead singer is in the crowd groping audience members between lyrics.

China's diplomacy might aid arms talks

By Alyson Brodsy and Christopher Bodeen · Wednesday, April 23,2003 2:09 a.m.

BEIJING -- A half-century after the United States forged an armistice with North Korea and China to halt the Korean War, the three sides meet Wednesday to resolve a new regional crisis -- the North's suspected efforts to build nuclear arms.

Speaking to a new generation

By Hannah Schroder · Wednesday, April 23,2003 2:03 a.m.

On April 18, 1945, journalist Ernie Pyle was killed by a sniper's bullet on a small island in the Pacific Ocean while covering World War II. Now, 58 years later, Pyle's columns are being republished. On the 58th anniversary of Pyle's death, the IU School of Journalism has published his first column on its Web site as part of an effort to honor Pyle's legacy.

Union Board launches lecture series on war

By Christina Galoozis · Wednesday, April 23,2003 2:01 a.m.

The Union Board launched a series titled "Perspectives on War" on April 21, which includes five different topic sessions where students can discuss the war with faculty experts. The remaining four discussions will be held in the Indiana Memorial Union Commons.

Kelley school presents Green awards to companies, students

By Christina Galoozis · Wednesday, April 23,2003 2:01 a.m.

The Kelley School celebrated Earth Day by honoring three Indiana companies for their environmentally sound approaches to business at the second annual Kelley Green Awards Tuesday night. The ceremony was filled with exceptional ideas, fun and lots of laughs. Associate dean of the Kelley School of Business John Hill presented the Green Awards to both the students who nominated the company and the company itself.

Shiite Muslims able to make sacred pilgrimage

By Alyson Brodsy and Ellen Knickmeyer · Wednesday, April 23,2003 2:01 a.m.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims crowded two holy cities Tuesday in a fervent pilgrimage that had been banned for decades under Saddam. At the United Nations, France proposed suspending sanctions targeting Iraqi civilians.

'Echoes of Blue'

By Alyson Brodsy and Tara Burghart · Wednesday, April 23,2003 2:01 a.m.

NEW YORK -- The painting is beautiful to see -- an orange-striped curtain hangs from a wood pole above a shimmering ocean -- but the title "Separation" hints at another meaning. The curtain painted by Shahla Etemadi represents those put up in Caspian Sea swimming spots in Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution to keep men and women separate. The painting is a part of "Echoes in Blue," an exhibition of contemporary Iranian artists on view through April 29 at The National Arts Club.

'Aces' wild as IU splits series with Evansville

By Dan Patrick · Wednesday, April 23,2003 2 a.m.

After IU took a hard-fought 3-2 defeat in the first game, the Aces were high throughout the second contest. The Evansville Aces, that is. Evansville scored eight runs out of 14 hits and played flawless defense by amassing no errors and not allowing a single crimson jersey across home plate. After such a fall-off, IU was not happy with its game. "It's almost embarrassing for us to play as flat as we do at times, and to not execute, and do some of the things that we do for other games or when we're playing other teams," coach Sara Hayes said. "We're going to continue to fight, and hopefully we'll bring what we had in the first game to the games we have left."

France wants sanctions to end

By Alyson Brodsy and Edith M. Lederer · Wednesday, April 23,2003 1:59 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS -- After staunchly opposing the U.S.-led war against Saddam Hussein, France made a surprise proposal Tuesday to meet the United States halfway by calling for the immediate suspension of crippling economic sanctions on Iraq. U.S. Ambassador John Negroponte stuck by President Bush's demand that because of "the dramatically changed circumstances within Iraq," sanctions should be lifted entirely -- not just suspended. "We now need to work with France and other countries to see how best that can be achieved and how quickly."