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Local jazz, fusion band Captain Green to release first album

By David Jones
Entertainment Writer
March 20, 2012

March is known for its call to green with the fruition of spring and St. Patty's Day revelers, but local jam band Captain Green wants to fuse a jazzier shade into the month's festivities. The jazz, funk...

A closer look at the new iPad

By Taylor Balkom
Entertainment Writer
March 20, 2012

After months of rumor and speculation, Apple's new iPad hit stores Friday. Touting a "resolutionary" display, the tablet had a record weekend and sold 3 million units, Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a news...

Culture Club: Revival of boy bands is not a bad thing

By Raylea Barrow
Entertainment Writer
March 20, 2012

Upcoming British boy bands One Direction and The Wanted will give Justin Bieber a run for his money. The bands have risen to the top of the charts, with both groups currently among the iTunes Top 10 and...

Taylor Made: Retail jobs: ending good moods one shift at a time

By Taylor Balkom
Entertainment Writer
March 19, 2012

The customer is always right. Never has a more untrue statement been uttered. As of last week, my year-and-a-half stint in retail is finished. I worked as a cashier and camera sales associate at Best Buy...

Students share the experience of being a model in college

By Claire Caillier
Contributing Writer
March 19, 2012

Louisiana has been getting a lot more glamorous in the last few years. Celebrities are pouring into the state as the local filmmaking industry booms, and the expansion of fashion-oriented extravaganzas...

 

RevRanks: “Journey”

By Taylor Balkom
Entertainment Writer
March 15, 2012

These days, few games stray from "group A kills group B for X reason." "Journey," thatgamecompany's third installment on PS3, breaks away from that norm and shatters the boundary between games and art....

RevRanks: “John Carter”

By Joey Groner
Entertainment Writer
March 15, 2012

In an attempt to bring back the "Pirates of the Caribbean"-style action franchises, Disney unfortunately dragged up the hero from a hundred-year-old novel. The film focuses on John Carter, the titular...

 

RevRanks: The Decemberists “We All Raise Our Voices to the Air”

By Morgan Searles
Entertainment Editor
March 15, 2012

From music to books to DVDs, it's difficult to dislike anything that has to do with The Decemberists or their dark, Meloyncholy members. So with the release of the band's first live album, expectations...

The Avett Brothers to play at River Center

By Haylie Navarre
Entertainment Writer
March 15, 2012

Folk-rock band The Avett Brothers will play for a full house tonight at the Baton Rouge River Center at 7:30 p.m. The band originated in North Carolina from brothers Scott and Seth Avett. Vocalist and...

 

RevRanks: Delta Spirit, “Delta Spirit”

By Austen Krantz
Entertainment Writer
March 15, 2012

Delta Spirit lead singer Matthew Vasquez's soulful but raspy vocals serve as the first attention-grabbing element to the band's self-titled, third full-length album. Accompanied by a litany of classic...

RevRanks: “The Bates Family: Baby Makes 19”

By Raylea Barrow
Entertainment Writer
March 15, 2012

It's all about big hair, big faith and a big family. TLC premiered "The Bates Family: Baby Makes 19" with the special focus on the family welcoming their 19th child. Set in Tennessee, the Bates are a stereotypical...

RevRanks: Ting Tings, “Sounds from Nowheresville”

By Josh Naquin  
Entertainment Writer
March 15, 2012

If The Ting Tings' debut breakout album, "We Started Nothing," was the pair's sassy and infectious first born, its newest effort, "Sounds from Nowheresville," is a poorly-concieved mistake. The English...