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Bloomington: Not just for drunks anymore

By Robert Mixner · Thursday, July 10,2003 12 a.m.

Bloomington is home to entertainment of all kinds. This town regularly features various kinds of movies and musical acts, both local bands and those known nationwide. If none of that is what you consider fun -- honestly, you're probably not one of our readers. But say you're tired of that sort of thing, and are looking for something else to do. Of course, Indiana University has been named the Princeton Review's No. 1 party school of 2002, so there's always getting drunk. Though, maybe that isn't what you want either.

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'Terminator' flick anything but robotic

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, July 10,2003 12 a.m.

After the cinematic maelstrom that was "Jingle All the Way," "Batman and Robin," "End of Days," "The 6th Day" and "Collateral Damage," it's amazing that Arnold Schwarzenegger still has a career. His last certifiable hit was "Eraser," all the way back in 1996, and even that flick was proceeded by the half-assed turd of a movie, "Junior."

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I've fallen down the 'Well'

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, July 10,2003 12 a.m.

Hardcore is the punk-metal hybrid that has a hard time getting a mainstream following since punks and metalheads disagree more often than "tastes great" and "less filling." The other problem is the larynx-shredding vocals. Even those with a hardy musical appetite have a hard time getting used to the hyperintense barking.

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Buddy Guy's 'Blues Singer'

By Michael Tapscott and Mike Tapscott · Thursday, July 10,2003 12 a.m.

Buddy Guy lives in my hometown. I'm not talking about Chicago, I'm talking about Flossmoor, a particularly white, southern suburb of the city. Flossmoor is an isolated place. Buried beneath cavernous oak trees, it is surrounded by mildly dangerous, lower-class black towns like Ford Heights, Hazel Crest, Country Club Hills and Middle America -- consumer culture riddled (you know, business parks and endless strip malls), asphalt suburbs. You can't park a pickup truck in your driveway in Flossmoor, or leave your lawn unmowed -- it's against the law. The town was built up around Western Ave. as a weekend and summer retreat for rich, city businessmen.

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There's nothing 'Broken' about this 'Social Scene'

By Jessica Smith · Thursday, July 10,2003 12 a.m.

Once in a while, a band breaks through the dull pop-culture scene and tears the norm to shreds. Toronto-based Broken Social Scene brings solo artists like Jason Collett and members of bands such as Metric and Stars together in a beautiful culmination of musical knowledge and experimental personality. You Forgot it in People is the second CD from this indie collective and is unlike anything I have ever heard. The first song, "Capture the Flag", lulls you into mellow anticipation and abruptly ends in a climactic explosion of guitar, cymbals and a drum beat so hypnotic that you can't help but love it. Innovative transitions between songs are jolting but entertaining.

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Historical epic comes home

By -Alec Toombs · Thursday, July 10,2003 12 a.m.

Martin Scorsese is perpetually being robbed. After having directed such classics as "Mean Streets," "Taxi Driver," "Raging Bull" and "Goodfellas," it's mind-boggling to think the man's never won an Oscar. And so the story goes again with Scorsese's latest effort -- his dream project -- "Gangs of New York." Hailed by critics and abandoned by audiences, "Gangs" is a near-masterpiece that should have taken home a slew of golden boys, including Best Costumes, Best Set Design, Best Actor and Best Director, but alas, didn't.

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Henry Rollins saves the world

By Abhi Kumar · Thursday, July 10,2003 12 a.m.

This game has such potential it makes me want to cry. It is the distant future, you are Mace Griffin, a "Ranger;" a galactic cop. Framed, by the political fat cats, for a crime you didn't commit, you get sent to prison and when you come out, the universe is a different place. The Rangers are disbanded and the galaxy is rife with crime and chaos. So what do you do? It's simple: you vow revenge on the politico punks who threw you in the slammer and become… a bounty hunter. Sound like fun? Wait, there's more. This is also the first game to seamlessly combine the action of first-person shooters with the excitement of flight simulation, and to top it all off, you get Henry Rollins voicing Mace Griffin. I mean come on! What else does a game need, right?

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Sailing not so smooth with 'Sinbad'

By Laurinda Lee · Thursday, July 10,2003 12 a.m.

The theater was deserted save for four young children who ran raucously down the aisles while their parents looked silently on. I wondered briefly about the emptiness as I sat down, but it didn't take me long to realize why. "Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas" tells the tale of the great Arabian pirate and adventurer, Sinbad (voiced by Brad Pitt), who after being falsely accused of stealing the Book of Peace, is condemned to die. He is, however, given ten days to prove his innocence, and thus embarks on an extraordinary adventure to recover the stolen book. Sounds like the plan for a great movie, but for some reason, "Sinbad" fails to rise above mediocrity.

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Buddy Hackett made me laugh

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, July 10,2003 12 a.m.

Buddy Hackett made me laugh. That's probably something that the marketing staff at any entertainment-producing organization would want to hear. After all, I am not in Buddy Hackett's target demographic. That's also probably irrelevant now after Hackett's death at age 78 last Monday. But now's a good time to make another point.

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Using good music to make good music

By Mia Partlow · Thursday, July 10,2003 12 a.m.

Tindersticks, a six piece big band with an intimate sound, has created a beautiful album with Waiting for the Moon, its sixth studio LP. And it is enjoyable to listen to despite its lack of originality. Tindersticks play a sound derived, clearly, from Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, but somehow it works. Cave, the reigning king of underground music (at least as far as this reviewer is concerned), specializes in morbid lounge ballads that are beyond astounding.

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Type O Negative a bloody mess

By -Val Tsoutsouris · Thursday, July 10,2003 12 a.m.

Goth and metal don't mix. For evidence, listen to Type O Negative's Life Is Killing Me. Is frontman Peter Steele serious or joking? The more one listens, the more unsure one gets. For example, a song on Life Is Killing Me is called "(We Were) Electrocute." Sorry, but wordplay doesn't go with this music. While this reviewer might be missing the joke, there's no questioning the music: it's lethargic, restrained and bland. Guitar shredding is absent, leaving the listener to focus on Steele's overmodulated baritone. With repeated listenings, Steele's singing just gets annoying.

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Once again the French appropriate

By Mia Partlow · Thursday, July 10,2003 12 a.m.

In the most generalizing and stereotypical way possible, one can divide most indie-rock bands into two broad categories: the 'always building up to something' band, and the 'something important is happening right now' band. The French electronic band M83 belongs to the latter category. Its second full-length Dead Cities, Red Seas, & Lost Ghosts creates a sound that is as big as an ocean (or a sea?) and as depressingly ephemeral as, uh, a ghost.

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Pray this isn't 'For the Ride Home'

By Seth Forster · Thursday, July 10,2003 12 a.m.

Looking at the album cover, I see Josh Kelley's drinking a cup of coffee. He must have been listening to this album. Of the two things that most offend me most in music, the completely, intentionally, sterilized, unoffensive manufacture of mainstream pop music ranks right up there with the hypocritical shock-value arrogance of pseudo-self-important modern art. Now that I've got that out in the open, I can go into detail on the music for the drones. The few hooks that exist seem borrowed and the writing is empty at best: "You've been bad / You've been good / Did you lose your mind / Like I knew you would?" In his sweater and unkempt hair, Josh Kelley is a hard guy not to like and the organ work and occasional banjo and steel help too.

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Court refuses to alter decision

Wednesday, July 9,2003 10:48 p.m.

RICHMOND, Va. -- A federal appeals court Wednesday refused to rehear the claims of an American-born man captured in Afghanistan who says he is being unconstitutionally held in a military jail as an "enemy combatant."

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IU loses Kelley school benefactor

By Aaron Uslan · Wednesday, July 9,2003 10:22 p.m.

A funeral service will be held today at 10 a.m. at the First Friends Church in Kokomo for the man we can thank for introducing Steakburgers to the market. Indiana businessman, philanthropist and IU alumnus Estel Wood Kelley passed away Friday in Indianapolis at the age of 86. A 1939 IU graduate, he died at the Krannert Pavilion of the IU Medical Center after a long battle with cancer.

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Problems recognized in department

By Nicholas J. Schmidt and Nick J. Schmidt · Wednesday, July 9,2003 10:10 p.m.

Changes are underway in the African-American and African-Diaspora Studies Department, headed by Chairperson John Stanfield. Since his appointment in July 2002, Stanfield has seen some problems that have been ailing the department, and is slowly trying to fix them, he said in an e-mail sent to the department.

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New center to address Latino issues

By Patrice Worthy · Wednesday, July 9,2003 10:10 p.m.

The Latino population is one of the fastest growing population groups in the United States. Latinos are represented everywhere, and here in Bloomington, they are a huge part of the ethnic minority. The Spanish speaking population has grown so rapidly that many organizations have come together in order to help them adjust to living in North America.

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A marathon journey

By Zack Eldridge · Wednesday, July 9,2003 9:50 p.m.

Not long ago, Amie Dworecki was forced to give up running competitively because of bad knees. Her doctor advised her to stop running long distances.

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Three more players verbally commit to IU

Wednesday, July 9,2003 9:40 p.m.

Men's basketball coach Mike Davis always has been considered a knowledgeable recruiter. Chances are, he just landed another prized recruit to add to his resume. D.J. White, a 6-foot-7-inch, 233-pound forward from Tuscaloosa, Ala., verbally committed to play for the Hoosiers on Monday. He will begin playing in the 2004-2005 season. White, who made his intentions clear while playing at the Nike All-America Camp in Indianapolis, is considered by many recruiting services to be one of the top 10 players in the class of 2004. White joins Pike's Robert Vaden and Fort Wayne Elmhurst's James Hardy as players who have committed to IU. All three are participating in the Nike Camp, getting the opportunity to play against the country's top 180 high school players. The experience they gain at the Nike Camp will help prepare them not only for their basketball careers, but also for decisions they will face off the court.

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