LINCOLN, Neb. — So, I was walking around campus listening to Clinic’s newest album, “Do It,” on my headphones — not the lame, tiny iPod earbuds, but some big, black studio headphones — when this girl comes up and stops right in front of me.

Contracted security officers used Mace on attendees at a DMX concert Wednesday at Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, according to an IU Police Department investigation. The contracted security company was not sanctioned by IUPD or the University, said IUPD Capt. Jerry Minger.

MADISON, Wis. — It’s safe to say that no one makes music quite like Nick Cave. Be it his early work with the Birthday Party, his longtime collaborators the Bad Seeds or last year’s Grinderman experiment, few have pushed the limits of conventional rock quite like Cave has. His latest project finds him teaming up with the Bad Seeds for their 14th studio album, a modern interpretation of the biblical story of Lazarus of Bethany, titled “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!”

MINNEAPOLIS — A&E staff member Justin Flower was enjoying his afternoon last Sunday, finishing off a story about a local band, when he received, on his desk, R.E.M.’s new album. Realizing that Micheal Stipe is still alive and making music, Flower was instantly overcome with anguish upon seeing the CD.

AUSTIN, Texas — An uncle sent me a Buddy Rich video and some drumsticks for my sixth birthday. After watching Buddy navigate his drum set like a racecar driver, I knew I wanted to emulate his greatness. As a Phil Collins concert would later confirm, I had to be a drummer.

SALT LAKE CITY — “We love to eat,” Enon front man and founder John Schmersal said, lounging in the back seat of his van in the middle of a 10-hour drive to Atlanta. “That’s how we spend the majority of our free time on tour. This time we’re all in love with crustaceans, so it was very important that we hit up a good crab shack while we were in Baltimore.”