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POSTED ON March 15 AT 03:59 PM BY Stefania

Spring Break 2K10 in Bloomington

Jealous of everyone on vacay in Panama City- getting burnt by the sun, paying well over the normal price for a motel by the beach and living out some MTV wet t-shirt fantasy? NO! [...]

POSTED ON February 27 AT 06:17 PM BY Stefania

Interview with Cursive

Go back 15 years and you have the birth of Cursive, an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska.  This mid-western city may seem like an odd place for bands to get their start, but [...]

POSTED ON February 24 AT 01:09 PM BY Stefania

Hip Hop Awareness Week!

Monday’s Caucus Bus Tour kick-started the 10th annual Hip-Hop Awareness Week, run by the IU Hip Hop Congress chapter and derived from its international grassroots [...]

POSTED ON February 22 AT 10:18 PM BY Stefania

Q&A with Balmorhea

*Due to a family emergency, Balmorhea has canceled some tour dates including Bloomington. But you should still read all about ‘em (Pronounced Bal-Moray) In 2009, acoustic [...]

POSTED ON February 22 AT 11:30 AM BY Stefania

TODAY! Hip Hop Caucus Bus tour on campus

I wish that I knew about this event earlier. Hip Hop Caucus and Repower America have come together to bring you The Hip Hop Caucus Bus Tour, and Bloomington is one of six [...]

POSTED ON February 15 AT 12:12 AM BY rayd

Surfer Blood – Astro Coast Review

Surfer Blood is a band of four dudes (who don’t surf) from Florida that have done a good job cultivating the laid back party/drug/cool kid image that is catching on these [...]

POSTED ON February 08 AT 10:19 PM BY Stefania

The week in shows (February 9-17)

Sanka’s Redemption, Sports and Jackalantern Tues., Feb. 9 The Bishop (18+) $1 Facebook’d NO! MTV Raps Showcase feat. Jet One and Stakzilla, Sony Bamboo, Remnent and DJ [...]

POSTED ON January 24 AT 08:20 PM BY Stefania

Pit Stop Music Marathon March 6-13

Ladies and germs, For an entire week, Bloomington will be hosting Pit Stop Music Marathon, in which 20+ acts will perform at The Bishop and the Video Saloon(21+). The official Web [...]

POSTED ON January 24 AT 08:10 PM BY Stefania

Jens Lekman Surprise Show 12/30/09

Jens at the Secretly Canadian headquarters, photo via the label’s twitter I first found out that I couldn’t attend Jens Lekman’s New Year’s Eve show in Chicago,  [...]

POSTED ON January 20 AT 08:20 PM BY Stefania

Landlocked Top 5 1/11-17

Landlocked Music Top 5 Sellers For the week of 1/11-1/17/10: 1. Vampire Weekend- Contra 2. Yeasayer- Odd Blood 3. The xx- The xx (coming to Bloomington April 6 at the [...]

POSTED ON March 15 AT 11:34 PM BY Cory Barker

TV Recap: ‘The Pacific,’ “Part One”

ED NOTE: We’re currently having issues posting photos, so that’s why this post looks a little barren. Let me preface my thoughts on hour one of HBO’s [...]

POSTED ON March 15 AT 11:03 PM BY Cory Barker

NOTE: Issues uploading photos

Hey folks – Cory Barker, Watchers editor here. Just stopping by to say we are having trouble uploading photos to posts currently, and hopefully we can get that fixed as soon [...]

POSTED ON March 15 AT 09:16 PM BY Samantha Kirby

TV Recap: ‘White Collar,” “Out of the [...]

So yea, explosive ending for White Collar. I’ve been waiting since Tuesday to watch it, and might I say that I wish I could have seen it sooner. The suspense was killing me! [...]

POSTED ON March 14 AT 05:55 PM BY Brett Eppley

TV Recaps: ‘American Idol,’ “Four [...]

After watching Thursday night’s American Idol results show, I think one thing has become very clear. Anyone wanting to vote needs to be put through a field sobriety test. I [...]

POSTED ON March 13 AT 10:56 PM BY Brian Welk

TV Recap: “24″ ‘2:00 a.m. – 3:00 [...]

When we last left our heroes, Jack had figured out how to communicate with the young, American born terrorist Marcos inside the giant air compressor MacGuffin, and in a sinister [...]

POSTED ON March 13 AT 06:59 PM BY jbarrar

TV Recaps: “Grey’s Anatomy,” [...]

Finally something worth talking about. There’s steam back in Seattle, to say the least. “We push ourselves because we have to, not because we like it.” And yes, [...]

POSTED ON March 12 AT 10:13 PM BY Megan Clayton

TV Recap: “30 Rock,” ‘Future Husband’

On this week’s episode of “30 Rock” Liz once again searched for Mr. Right, Jack dealt with a big-time merger and Tracy perfected his acting skills to further his new dream of [...]

POSTED ON March 11 AT 04:06 PM BY Kyle Kerns

TV News: Spartacus halts production, Whitfield diagnosed [...]

Bad news, guys. Actor Andy Whitfield, who plays Spartacus, has been diagnosed with cancer. The Hollywood Reporter is saying that Whitfield was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s [...]

POSTED ON March 11 AT 01:57 AM BY Alex Rast

TV Recap: ‘Greek,’ “The Big Easy does [...]

Photo courtesy of abcfamily.com College students wearing decorative masks and running around wearing different color beads around their necks… yes it is mardi gras in [...]

POSTED ON March 10 AT 10:29 PM BY Brian Marks

TV Recap: ‘Parenthood,’ “Man vs. [...]

Week two was still strong for “Parenthood.” Adam and Kristina try to cope with Max’s Asperger’s diagnosis, while Amber and Drew struggle with a new school [...]