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Want a surefire way to guarantee everyone's heard of your band? Try naming it after a word everyone knows.
Want a surefire way to guarantee everyone's heard of your band? Try naming it after a word everyone knows.
ASBURY PARK, N.J. -- The sun was shining. The surfers were riding the waves. The beach and boardwalk were packed. Matt and Katie were in bare feet. The Boss was in his element. And his fans -- some 10,000 of them -- were in hog heaven. Glory days, indeed: Bruce Springsteen headlined a "Today" show broadcast Tuesday from the hard-luck Jersey shore city where he made his name, performing live on a program that showcased some of his home state's greatest hits. Springsteen, 52, played an acoustic set in Convention Hall to warm up, then returned with his nine-member band for a miniconcert that was carried live on "Today." The appearance coincided with the release of "The Rising," the new CD from Springsteen and his E Street Band.
Not-so-secret agent Austin Powers returns to save the world from himself in "Goldmember," but is more than likely to save the world from this summer's poor excuses for comedies. While not as funny or clever as the previous Austin Powers films, "Goldmember" was definitely one of the funniest movies I've seen in awhile... unless you count "Crossroads."
Blattert full of passionate ignorance What about open-mindedness towards Boy Scouts?
Eigenmann Hall and Foster-Harper are the latest dorms to be renovated on the IU campus. The improvements to Foster-Harper include updating computer data outlets, television outlets, replacing heating and air-conditioning units, doors, furniture and improving the dorms' public areas.
Over the first nine tracks of In the Morning, Joe Louis Walker deftly careens from one type of blues to another. From the Latin-tinged opener "You're Just About to Lose Your Clown" to the echoes of Louis Jordan on "Joe's Jump," to the inspired gospel of "Where Jesus Leads," Walker displays a mastery of practically every type of blues known to man.
A major accounting firm convicted of obstructing justice. A leading brokerage caught misleading its clients. Arrogant chief executives falling like flies. Huge corporations tumbling into bankruptcy. Business pages that reflect crime stories. "The events that occurred during the last six months is just the beginning of other corporate frauds to be uncovered as the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) and Congress prepare to broaden and deepen their investigation," IU corporate finance professor Shreenivas Kamma said. "It is just that the magnitude of the effect won't be so huge."
Solomon Burke was one of the original soul music pioneers, with early influential singles like "Cry To Me" and "Everybody Needs Somebody To Love." Unfortunately, like many other great voices who have had to rely heavily on producers, patrons and songwriters, he was passed over for younger and more hip models.
Cook Group Incorporated, a Bloomington-based group of medical device companies, has agreed to a $3 billion acquisition offer from Guidant Corporation based in Indianapolis. Guidant, a world-class company in the development and design of cardiovascular medical products, will now take over the 40-year-old company.
As Director of Athletics Michael McNeely takes his daily jog, he notices a part of campus that doesn't seem to fit, a section of campus that seems miles away from the University's dormitories and classroom buildings.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Chuck D is back with a new Public Enemy album, the provocative Revolverlution. It's a bizarre project, featuring eight new Public Enemy songs and a handful of old tracks with new backing music created by fans. The group continues their tradition in true form, bringing a strong voice of social conscience and a forum for pertinent social issues that demand attention.
Several law enforcement agencies resumed the search Wednesday for an IU student missing for more than two years. Meanwhile, a television station in Indianapolis is reporting new details in the case.
WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan chorus of critics on Wednesday questioned the extent of President Bush's support for protecting corporate whistle-blowers who expose cooked books or mislead investors.
So you've been broke and then your back hurts / well show me somebody who ain't," he said over 10 years ago. That pretty much set the mood for the last decade or so of the Boss' career as a solo artist -- which was much better than most singer-songwriters of the time, but fell far short of his groundbreaking career with the E Street Band -- all the way from 1987's Tunnel of Love through the agonizing cuts on Ghost of Tom Joad. So it shouldn't be much of a surprise to hear that The Rising comes across as more of a solo project, though it features the E Street Band throughout.
WASHINGTON -- In publicly admonishing Sen. Robert Torricelli, the Senate Ethics Committee gave Republicans a new weapon in their campaign to oust the freshman New Jersey Democrat this fall -- and, potentially, to regain control of the Senate.
Want a surefire way to guarantee everyone's heard of your band? Try naming it after a word everyone knows.
OSCEOLA, Ind. -- Authorities from two counties are hoping for a peaceful weekend at a private farm hosting a white pride-themed festival in northern Indiana.
EVANSVILLE -- The route that environmentalists have backed for the Interstate 69 extension between Indianapolis and Evansville is not among the five that state officials said Wednesday they preferred.
The Bloomington City Council preliminarily approved the budgets for both the police and fire departments. After the Council discussed the budgets, it passed an ordinance to set the salaries for the departments for 2003. The police department asked for more money in 2003 than in 2002, mostly for two main expenses.
NEW YORK -- This year's Grammy Awards celebrated a new generation of women singing sweet soul music that hearkens back to the heydey of the '60s and '70s. Alicia Keys and India.Arie snagged 13 nominations between them, and Keys walked away with five trophies.