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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...

Bike ride from UREC to Farmers Market on Saturday

By Joshua Bergeron
Staff Writer
June 28, 2012

Cycling enthusiasts can beat the sweltering heat and enjoy a Saturday morning ride on the levee as part of Student Recreation's Adventure Education program. Though the first ride was canceled because of...

Reveille Ranks: The Offspring “Days Go By”

By Taylor Schoen
June 28, 2012

Veteran punk-rockers The Offspring released a ninth studio album, "Days Go By." As the title indicates, the record was inspired by reminiscing on the past. The beginning track, ironically titled "The Future...

Reveille Ranks: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

By Mike Gegenheimer
June 28, 2012

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is apparently not a documentary, as the name might have suggested. However, it is one of the season's best new comedies. Writer Seth Grahame-Smith used largely inaccurate...

Reveille Ranks: Linkin Park’s “Living Things”

By Joshua Bergeron
June 28, 2012

Linkin Park has changed significantly since its inception. In the early years, Linkin Park was known as a heavy alternative rock band. It is safe to say its latest album is a combination of previous releases...

Q&A with Christian Eric Beaulieu

By Austen Krantz
Staff Writer
June 26, 2012

Triclops! Founder Christian Eric Beaulieu began Anywhere as a compilative rock endeavor with The Mars Volta/At The Driv-In singer Cedric Bixler Zavala to create an eastern raga-rooted project that would...

 

RevRanks: Smashing Pumpkins, “Oceania”

By Austen Krantz
Staff Writer
June 21, 2012

You can hear a few elements distinctive of Smashing Pumpkins in Oceania, but it's all Billy Corgan. Since Jimmy Chamberlin left in 2009, Corgan serves as the supreme band leader and last standing original...

RevRanks: “Rock of Ages”

By Kristen Frank
Contributing Writer
June 21, 2012

"Rock of Ages" may leave fans of the original Broadway musical wanting more. An all-star cast makes this musical amusing, including such gems as Russell Brand, in a role surprisingly similar to his personality;...

 

Magpie Cafe offers good coffee, comfortable space

Tucked near Zippy's on Perkins Road, an organic sanctuary has opened its doors to the caffeine-addicted masses. Magpie Cafe, which opened on May 21, isn't a coffee shop, according to James Jacobs, co-owner...