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A false choice

By Indira Dammu · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 9:03 p.m.

There was a moment during Friday night’s presidential debate between Sen. John McCain and Sen. Barack Obama that perplexed me. While discussing the recent Russian incursion into Georgian territory, McCain predictably resorted to a heated attack on Russia. When Obama was asked to respond, he unequivocally stated, “I think Senator McCain and I agree for the most part on these issues.”

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The most bloated budget

By DJ Funkhouser · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 9:02 p.m.

If one good thing can come out of the recent financial crisis, it’s that people are beginning to realize just how much our government can spend – we can’t just keep printing off dollar bills. Talk is going on about where the United States can afford to cut back. Although it’s never a popular stance in this belligerent country, maybe we ought to look at our bloated military budget.

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Putting things into perspective

By Jack Killen · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 8:59 p.m.

The jury’s in. No one need fear that Sept. 11, 2001, will ever be forgotten. The horrendous events of that day obliterated the complacency of a nation. I have genuine sympathy for the victims of this tragedy. We would be gravely mistaken, however, to reference this date as the epitome of inhumanity and loss, because that same month, eight African nations were embroiled in the deadliest conflict since WWII, the Second Congo War.

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Amen to alcohol on Sundays

Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 8:56 p.m.

Many of us on the editorial board who hail from out of state have occasionally found Indiana to be a peculiar place.One of the most peculiar things about it is its rule against selling alcohol on Sunday. Needless to say, plenty of us found about this law only after bringing up a twelve pack to a cashier on the second busiest shopping day of the week. Many of us found being turned away decidedly inconvenient.Hoosiers for Beverage Choices, a coalition of trade associations and retailers, is lobbying Indiana to repeal its long-standing ban on Sunday alcohol sales.It claims that more than 13,000 people from all 92 Indiana counties have signed its online petition seeking Sunday liquor sales. As it stands now, the law does not allow any Indiana store to sell alcohol for carryout on Sundays, however – and this part really confuses us – bars and restaurants are permitted to sell alcohol by the drink.

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Amen to alcohol on Sundays

Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 8:43 p.m.

Many of us on the editorial board who hail from out of state have occasionally found Indiana to be a peculiar place. One of the most peculiar things about it is its rule against selling alcohol on Sunday. Hoosiers for Beverage Choices, a coalition of trade associations and retailers, is lobbying Indiana to repeal its long-standing ban on Sunday alcohol sales. It claims that more than 13,000 people from all 92 Indiana counties have signed its online petition seeking Sunday liquor sales.

Kings Of Leon like it to keep it real With cigarettes and sunglasses.

Kings of disappointment

By Wes Jakacki · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 6:04 p.m.

Either the Kings have hit a wall, or they are just trying to sell out in a big way. Even the best tracks sound at best like B-sides off Because of the Times.

Jackson Browne is still writing great songs and kicking ass after all these years.

Time can’t conquer Jackson Browne

By Tyler James Perry · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 6:01 p.m.

Time the Conqueror is a good comeback for Browne, as the political nature of the songs here are likely to ruffle some feathers and spark conversation about the sad state of affairs that is the world today.

It's debatable that the Pussycat Dolls' music is worse than their wardrobe.

Dolls dominate dance, demolish emotions

Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 5:57 p.m.

While the club hits on Doll Domination are sure to keep people dancing all night, the Pussycat Dolls struggle with ballads and originality.

The title of Astronautalis' next album: Papaya.

Tasty musical fruit

By Jenna Blumenfeld · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 5:53 p.m.

Astronautalis masterfully and effortlessly permeates multiple fields of music, manifesting a stellar genre all his own. Pomegranate is one giant leap for trans-genre music.

We all knew the day would come that plants would rise up and eat us.

A slight aftertaste

By Rachel Skybetter · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 5:49 p.m.

Jenny Lewis’ second solo album is a combination of her typical bluesy, rocky, gospel vocals that were so brilliantly executed on her first album. However, there is a certain disconnect and the notion that perhaps she’s trying a little too hard.

Plain White T's music has finally caught up with their fashion sense.

Big bad record

By Cory Barker · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 5:44 p.m.

Even though the band has always written oversimplified pop songs, Plain White T’s have reached a new plateau of cheese. At least some older songs contained sizable hooks to sing along with; here, most of the tracks are “Delilah” clones that feature no range, an abnormal mess of handclaps and a lack of anything redeeming. 

This Econo Lodge bed was never the same again.

Old crows, new show

Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 5:40 p.m.

Old Crow Medicine Show no doubt have the exceptional talent to recall the unique sound of Americana, and Tennessee Pusher will undoubtedly break their old-style charm to an even larger audience.

The Buzzkills are just one of Bloomington's many fine bands.

Quite the buzzkill

By Danielle Fleischman · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 5:37 p.m.

Which Way is Down is not the best of what the local Bloomington music scene has to offer. Nevertheless, The Buzzkills do a reasonable job with what they are trying to accomplish. They don’t break any new ground or take any major risks here, but they’re at least successful for creating rock music that sounds decent.

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Campus culture of international film

By Sean Morrison · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 5:36 p.m.

While the Lotus festival fuels interest in international music around Bloomington, students more interested in film might be wondering how they can experience the town’s international culture offerings.

It takes a lot of skill to be as good as TV on the Radio are, but it takes even more to squat on a fence.

Dear excellence

By John Barnett · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 5:34 p.m.

Dear Science, the third full-length from Brooklyn quintet TV on the Radio, immediately harkens back to a different era with insistent hand claps and a faux-Rivingtons/Trashmen vocal scat on “Halfway Home,” all building to an aural explosion, ushering in the band’s latest experimental musical treatise. If you thought Return to Cookie Mountain was heady, prepare yourself.

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Global sound around town

By Greg Winget · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 5:33 p.m.

The Lotus Fest isn’t the only place in Bloomington to hear international music.Although Bloomington is the home of this annual world music extravaganza, international music can be heard around town year-round.

Cold War Kids dress like they've lived in a bomb shelter since the Cold War ended.

Cold War Kids bomb

By Alex Benson · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 5:30 p.m.

Loyalty to Loyalty is a major letdown. A lot of times it’s difficult to pinpoint where a wrong turn was made on various albums, but it’s blatantly obvious as to why Cold War Kids didn’t come through on Loyalty to Loyalty: The songs here are not catchy.  

After “Transformers,” Shia just can’t get away from Chevrolet.

‘Eagle’ lands smoothly

By Paul Mattingly · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 5:25 p.m.

Take the pace of “The Fugitive,” combine that with the plots of “Enemy of the State” and “2001: A Space Odyssey” and throw in the newest “It” actor, and you get “Eagle Eye.”  “Eagle Eye” is not as good as the movies that inspired it, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t work.

Colonial Williamsburg re-enactments are the best form of entertainment around.

Gagging for more

By Megan Clayton · Wednesday, Oct. 1,2008 5:23 p.m.

“Choke” is one of the strangest books, as well as the only Chuck Palahniuk novel I’ve ever read besides “Fight Club,” so I was anxious (as I always am when good books get made into movies) to see if it was done right. Though the execution wasn’t perfect, it was a worthy adaptation of Palahniuk’s novel.

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