The late-90s illicit three images: roller blades, Tim the “Toolman” Taylor, and Third Eye Blind. But with the group’s “Semi-Charmed Life” at the top of the charts, the band continued to steadily...

DJ Terrence Parker doesn’t set down his phone until he’s done performing. Rather than using the device to make long-distance calls, the Detroit native has found another use for his rotary phone —...

Get rid of the Twins … and that other one I want Holly, Bridget, and Kendra back. My love for the original “Girls Next Door” is one of deep and undying loyalty, and when I heard the series would...

This semester, UI dancers have experimented with realism, left rehearsals with bruises, and tested boundaries of space and expression to produce the intensively collaborative event Dance Gala 2009: Synergy....

As the title of their latest album suggests, the members of Taking Back Sunday are no strangers to being New Again. Since forming in 1999, Taking Back Sunday has undergone quite a few lineup changes —...

He was raised in the church. As a child, he played in the parking lot with his friends. His dad led the music program. As he grew, he tried to be a good person. Then, it changed. David Bazan questioned...

When thinking of aesthetic pleasure, one seldom considers a book. Michelle Huneven was hooked from the moment she was first read to. The love for the crafting of a written piece, inside and out, has driven...

Innerpartysystem has its band name emblazoned on sneakers available at Hot Topic UK — though the members can’t afford to buy a pair for themselves. “My parents don’t get it. They’re like, wait...

Nine years ago, Hope Edelman didn’t quite know where her life was heading. In the midst of marriage difficulties, she came to find that her daughter’s imaginary friend was becoming an unsettling force...

Lijia Zhang used to feel like a frog trapped in a well. But the frustration of her circumstances compelled her to leap out of the confines of industrial China toward cross-cultural consciousness. At age...

A 24-hour plane trip would exhaust anyone. For Israeli poet and essayist Efrat Mishori, however, her first experience in the United States was anything but jetlagged. “I was told that I shouldn’t...

It’s the Great Pumpkin, Iowa City. Here are some pumpkin carving tips. • There’s no need to pumpkin hunt like Linus and Lucy this Halloween. The best pumpkins can usually be found at the local...