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Sidetracked

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Alex Cohen grades this week’s hottest tracks.


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Love at first bullet

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Before Beyonce and Jay-Z, Justin and Britney and even before Joanie and Chachi, there was Bonnie and Clyde.


O'Sullivan's on 114 N. Washington St.
• Michael Kors striped suit-set: $295
• Countess Maria red patterned tie: $50
• Light blue Kenneth Cole button-up shirt: $59.50
• Kenneth Clue patent leather shoes: $165
TOTAL: $569.50

Casino chic

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Being a high roller is no easy task, and looking like one is an even greater challenge. Today’s big earners at the casinos know that in order to play well, you have to look good, too.


WILL SMITH stars as Robert Neville in Warner Bros. Pictures

Short of legendary

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When something is labeled as an “alternate” version, it should be at least slightly different than what was shown in the theater, not the exact same film with a different ending tacked on.

"Man, that chick on the right looks pretty hot. Wait, she's a what? Wait... WHAT?!"

Lonely together

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Reading the reviews accompanying each Raconteurs album, it’s hard not to feel a bit sorry for Brendan Benson.


Nothing says badass quite like middle age, glasses and a banjo – in the softest focus you can imagine.

Party like it's 1929

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West Virginia native Tim O’Brien is an award-winning songwriter and vocalist. As a member of bluegrass band Hot Rize, he won the International Bluegrass Music Association’s first Entertainer of the Year award in 1990.


Panic at the Disco

Pretty. Great.

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Panic! At The Disco burst into the mainstream in 2006 with heaps of off-the-wall pop songs and “guyliner.


Gnarls Barkley

Prince Gnarls

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With its trippy-electronic pop production and the infectious single “Crazy,” Gnarls Barkley’s St. Elsewhere was the album of the summer in 2006.


One of the Counting Crows has better hair than the others. Can you spot him?

Count on the Crows

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After a band has been around for a while, the question always arises of whether the group has passed the prime of its musical career. With their recent release from Geffen Records titled Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings, the Counting Crows’ sweet melodic harmonies and thoughtful lyrics drift further from the assumption that there is nothing more left in store for the band than its ’90s hits.


Michael Reschke

Billy's goat

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Billy’s Chicago Place proves that nothing is as good as the original. Although I was pleased with my overall dining experience, I’m convinced that I’ll have to go to Chicago if I want to experience the authentic Chicago-style food so many IU students rave about.


Isn't the using a cowboy hat as a bowl as over as using a cowboy hat as a hat?

Iraq war, MTV style

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The title of Kimberly Peirce’s “Stop-Loss” refers to a military policy that involuntarily extends an enlisted person’s service duty.


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IUSA Editorial

$82,600 - That’s IUSA’s budget for 2007-2008. If it’s true that “you get what you pay for,” IU students are getting shortchanged.


Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Live it up

Go ahead and get the large popcorn; you won’t want to leave the theater for refills. “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day” has the perfect combination of clever wit and slapstick gags that only the British seem to have mastered.


In Columbia Pictures

Big bets, low payoff

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Virtually unknown last year, Jim Sturgess quickly gained some worldwide popularity due to his performance in the Beatles-inspired musical “Across The Universe.”




Israelpalooza

Bringing Israel to Bloomington

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Students who don’t want to spend thousands of dollars and a dozen hours on a plane to visit Israel but still want to experience the culture are in luck.


Jacob Kriese

A CREAN START

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Tom Crean agreed to become the IU men’s basketball coach after signing a letter of agreement Tuesday to coach the Hoosiers, IU trustee Philip Eskew Jr. confirmed Tuesday.  VIDEO:  Crean speaks to reporters  SOUNDSLIDE:  Crean arrives in town  BLOG:  Deadline