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Arts Stories for 2-24-2000

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While most University students aspire to land lucrative jobs with large corporations, a small percentage pass up opportunities such as these in their search for self-fulfillment. Back in the fall of 1996, Matt Chicoine graduated from the University and decided to follow his muse. Rather than get a normal nine-to-five job like most of his peers, Chicoine moved to Detroit to pursue a career as an electronic musician.

Schellenbach and Luscious bandmates relish performing

Sitting in a small, poorly heated Holiday Inn hotel room in central Ohio, Kate Schellenbach recovered from a cold and talked about life on the road. "It sucks to not play! Right now I'd like to be on-stage performing." With two days' rest before a show in Ypsilanti, Schellenbach took time off her Yahoo! Outloud tour with alt-rock radio workhorses Smashmouth to talk about Lillith Fair, Lollapalooza and drumming in her band, Luscious Jackson.

Don't say 'gimme a break' if you can't pick up the pieces

I must say spring break could not come at a better time.

This column may be hazardous to your lunch

Piles have a tendency to grow in my house. Name anything and there's probably a pile of it. There's a pile of empty bottles, pizza boxes and other assorted recycling/garbage standing four feet high and 10 feet long. There's another large pile of dirty clothes accumulating in my living room, while my dirty dishes tend to multiply at the expense of my clean ones.

Gaggle of "Goonies" gets goofy

Perhaps the greatest kids' adventure movie, at least for the last generation, is "The Goonies." Just the title brings back memories of tons of gross jokes, nifty gadgets, underground secret caves full of traps, bumbling bad guys, a load of pirate treasure and even some vintage Cyndi Lauper music. What more could a kid ask for? This is one of those movies you can see way after you've "outgrown" it and still thoroughly enjoy it for the nostalgia alone.

Windy City auto show blown away by SUV dominance

Under the towering skyline of Chicago's lakeshore, over 1,000 new, four-wheeled vehicles sit quietly in the McCormick Convention Center waiting for their cold engines to be brought to life. As they wait patiently, nearly two million people will have the chance to admire, touch or even sit in these vehicles before they decide which one they might like to bring home. For the last century, the Windy City has annually unveiled the latest concepts and redesigned vehicles in a car show whose only rivals are the elite extravaganzas in Tokyo, Detroit, Los Angeles and Frankfurt

Who needs a computer to surf the web?

A year ago, the only way to access email was either via an early handheld with e-mail access or a full fledged comptuer. For surfing the Internet, the only means of browsing was with a full-fledged computer.

Threat emerges to DJ's machismo

Hold on, it gets worse. Aside from purchasing videos such as "Cop Daddies' Playtime" and "Asian Studs" he also purchased some rubber sex toys and lubricants. The total bill: $664.17. Johnson's staff alibied for his subsequent solo check-in to a motel room was to drop off the merchandise for a future bachelor party. Johnson is happily married with two daughters, and his agents have no further comment at this time (surprise, surprise). Aren't other people's private lives fun?

Even as a minimalist, Bruce rules

Bruce Springsteen didn't have his greatest commercial success with "Nebraska." Let's be frank: Almost nobody bought it. But with this album (which the uninitiated might mistake for a demo) the man from Asbury Park, N.J., sealed his reputation as a groundbreaking rock poet who was no more willing to compromise his musical independence than his social agenda.

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2-24-2000