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Bowl encompasses multiple genres
Royal Fingerbowl Greyhound Afternoons (BMI) Royal Fingerbowl tries to cover every music genre.
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Feminist artist to speak to U
Feminist art, one of the premiere movements of the 1970s, is still making its presence known at MSU in the new millennium.Miriam Schapiro, a leading figure in the feminist art movement, is visiting MSU this week.
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Bizkit keeps spotlight with Starfish
Limp Bizkit Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water (Flip/Interscope Records) “Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water” may sound like some freak show full of little green aliens, but it’s Limp Bizkit’s highly anticipated third album. “Significant Other,” Bizkit’s second album, solidified the band as a focal point in the rock/rap movement, and “Chocolate Starfish” continues that trend. Following the TRL success of “N 2 Gether Now,” Durst and Method Man join forces again on “Rollin’ (Urban Assault Vehicle).” This time fellow rap superstars Redman and DMX join the duo. “Rollin’” appears twice on the album - once as the rap collaboration (Urban Assault Vehicle) and earlier with a heavy metal beat good enough to please any rock purist (Air Raid Vehicle). The album as a whole is more like the group’s first album, “Three Dollar Bill Y’all,” in the aspect that it carries more of a hard rock beat throughout. The track “Livin’ It Up” explains the band has no interest in stepping out of the spotlight and takes another shot at Christina Aguilera. The album also includes “Take a Look Around” from the “Mission: Impossible II” soundtrack and “Getcha Groove On,” the duet with Xzibit. After “Three Dollar Bill Y’all,” critics questioned Limp Bizkit’s durability, but the success of “Significant Other” took the band to the level of music icons.
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Orgy proliferates typical angst
Orgy Vapor Transmission (Reprise Records) If you want to revive those old feelings of teen angst, then Orgy’s new album, “Vapor Transmission,” is your guide to bitterness.
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Jolly Brits create more fun culture
England, that foggy place somewhere far across the great, wide ocean has been sending its funny-talking pop culture exports this way for many a year.No harm in that, we drown them in our movies and music much more than any country does to us.
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Divorce injects humor into serious subject
Getting a divorce is no laughing matter, but The Riverwalk Theatre’s production of “Let’s Get a Divorce” is just that.A comedic tale of divorce set in 19th-century France, “Let’s Get a Divorce” shows the lighter side of divorce and the importance of romance in marriage.
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Ladies Man offers only a few laughs
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Saturday Night Live is looking back on its illustrious past.
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Soundtrack has smooth songs, useless comedy
Various artists Music from the Motion Picture The Ladies ManDreamWorks Records “Saturday Night Live” producer Lorne Michaels doesn’t seem to understand the problem of turning a five-minute skit into a full-length film.
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Octoberfest showcases local bands in Old Town
Music, craft items, food, beer and people came together this weekend in Lansing’s Old Town for Octoberfest.More than 14 bands from swing to ’70s classic rock came out to play to the crowds on Saturday and Sunday.
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Library houses Cuban literature
A bit of Cuban culture has found its way into the MSU Libraries.The library’s Special Collections division received 70 books from a Cuban book artist collective earlier this year.
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Some students very superstitious
Black cats, broken mirrors, heads-down pennies - all superstitions to be avoided, but especially today, Friday the 13th. “There are so many (superstitions),” said Gary Hoppenstand, a professor of American Thought and Language.
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Weekend Guide
Friday Fishbone with Primitive Reason and Soot will be at the Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward Ave.
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Daily columnist casts shame on Maize and Blue
I can remember in third grade, just before the MSU-University of Michigan football game, being exposed to the still-growing rivalry between the two schools.
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Films for a scary night
There is a certain quirky eerieness about today, Friday the 13th. Strange superstitions and an overall scary aura surround every Friday the 13th, but especially this one, in October, just a few weeks before Halloween. Today, much like Halloween, has developed a plethora of creepy superstitions.
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Octoberfest begins tonight
Before the winter weather comes to stay, Old Town Lansing is giving you your “Last Chance to Rock” in the streets. Fourteen local bands, 15 vendors and a projected 15,000 to 20,000 people will invade Turner Street in Old Town Lansing this weekend for the seventh annual Old Town Octoberfest.
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Local bands fit Octoberfest bill
Old Town Lansing’s Octoberfest drew an estimated 20,000 people last year. They came for music, food, beer and just a general good time.Those who come for the music this year will be there for a long list of local acts.
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the Lowdown
Two years ago, Annie Scott turned her teeth orange. The hospitality business senior wasn’t demonstrating her holiday spirit. She had eaten too many Halloween Oreos. “I started eating them and I was like, ‘Wow, these are really good,’ and 20 minutes later, I smiled at someone and my teeth were orange,” she said. The orange cookies are part of a growing list of specialty foods only available during the Halloween season.
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Riverwalks latest play features U
Divorce is a controversial social issue that many people take seriously. In light of that, Riverwalk Theatre is producing the comedy “Let’s Get a Divorce.” Set in France during the late 19th century, the play depicts how a traditional society copes with the idea of divorce. “It’s about a society based on smoke and mirrors.
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Tapes take backseat - except in the car
When nostalgic movies about the 1990s and the ’00s come out in another decade, cassette tapes may be something for teenagers of the future to laugh at.
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Cello professor brings vast experiences to U
The School of Music’s newest cello professor, Suren Bagratuni, is acclimating to East Lansing.“I love it here,” Bagratuni said.