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RevRanks: Katie Perry: Part of Me

Four out of five Guantanamo Bay detainees preferred waterboarding to watching this film. There is no drama, there is no plot, and there is no point to seeing this movie. Katy Perry looks like a fake Disney...

RevRanks: Frank Ocean, “Channel Orange”

By Joshua Bergeron
Staff Writer
July 12, 2012

Frank Ocean's voice is incredible. That's the first thing that sticks out on his major-label debut "Channel Orange." Ocean's biggest accomplishments until now include being part of Odd Future and being...

University student coming out on MTV’s ‘True Life’

By Taylor Schoen
Contributing Writer
July 12, 2012

The life-changing event of coming out to friends and family is usually a sensitive, private matter for many LGBTQ people. But Dan McDaniel, a finance sophomore, decided to come out in a unique way - on...

Band leader Gabriel Saint hypes up the crowd at the Varsity Theatre during High Top Kicks’ set on June 2. The band is set to play at the Spanish Moon on Saturday night.

Local dance group High Top Kicks returns to Spanish Moon

By Austen Krantz
Staff Writer
July 12, 2012

Gabriel Saint has performed as High Top Kicks in venues from Nevada to Florida, but he said returning to the Spanish Moon for shows like this upcoming Saturday's performance always proves refreshing. "The...

RevRanks, EDITOR’S PICK: The Dirty Projectors, “Swing Lo Magellan”

By Morgan Searles
Editor-in-Chief
July 12, 2012

Flying through vocal scales with the ripping texture of a sharp blade through fine cloth, David Longstreth continues to lead The Dirty Projectors through mazes of multiple musical genres. From track to...

TAYLOR BALKOM / The Daily Reveille Bud Torres, Pointe Coupee sheriff, talks to The Golden Girls at Walk-On’s during its Celebrity Waiter Fundraiser, which supports the Children’s Advocacy Center.

Walk-On’s hosts sixth Celebrity Waiter event

By Taylor Schoen
Contributing Writer
July 12, 2012

Baton Rouge community members dined with pizazz last night at the sixth annual Celebrity Waiter Event hosted by Baton Rouge Children's Advocacy Center at Walk-On's Bistreaux & Bar. Residents of the...

Adventure classes continue with instruction in bicycle repair for students

By Austen Krantz
Staff Writer
July 12, 2012

University Recreation's Adventure Education hosted its first bike maintenance day Wednesday to help students and other community members fix and learn the ins-and-outs of their bikes. Chris Bullard, adventure...

 

The Flaming Lips’ world record second to fan appreciation

By Austen Krantz
Staff Writer
June 29, 2012

Editor's note: This column contains explicit language. "The next mother fuckers that are gonna try to break this record will have to do it in less than 24 hours," Wayne Coyne proclaimed to a smoke-filled...

The Flaming Lips will perform eight concerts in different cities attempting to break the Guinness World Record for most shows in a day.

Band aims to break world record for concerts in one day

By Austen Krantz
Staff Writer
June 28, 2012

Famous events and figures have travelled through Baton Rouge in the past, but the city has seen few spectacles as unique as the 24-hour-long Flaming Lips' O Music Awards Tour, which drops by The Varsity...

Students listen intently to paddling instruction during the UREC’s Canoeing 101 class Wednesday afternoon on the LSU Lakes.

Recreation Complex holds first canoeing clinic

By Taylor Schoen
Contributing Writer
June 28, 2012

The University's Student Recreation Complex is making waves this summer with its first-ever instructional clinics. The premier event, Canoeing 101, pushed off Wednesday evening at Milford Wampold Memorial...

Reveille Ranks: Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen, “Good Time”

By Morgan Searles
June 28, 2012

Framed with the zipping and whirring sound effects and electronic synths Adam Young of Owl City is known for, Carly Rae Jepsen - sweetheart of American teens, pop fans and Harvard's baseball team - has...

Reveille Ranks: DIIV “Oshin”

By Austen Krantz
June 28, 2012

DIIV named its debut album, Oshin, appropriately, as most musical elements seem coated in splashy, rippling echoes. Because of this, the vocals tend to sound more like pillowy instruments rather than lyrical...