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Wiz Khalifa disappoints with second album, brings nothing new

Ricky Stein December 4, 2012

Commercial success in the music industry is a double-edged sword; on the one hand, you’ve made it — hundreds of thousands, even millions of fans are now awaiting your highly anticipated next...

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Multi-segment film ‘V/H/S’ chills with varied horror techniques

Alex Williams December 4, 2012

Horror films have to choose a style and stick with it. It is tough to navigate between the jump scares of slasher lore, the slow burn or the haunted house jamboree, but “V/H/S” makes full use...

Local bands Sip Sip and Growl to play benefit show for Attendance Records

Shane Miller December 4, 2012

Newcomer garage rockers Growl and funk-dance favorite Sip Sip will be performing together at The Mohawk on Dec. 10 to benefit Attendance Records, a local nonprofit music education group. The Daily Texan...

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Caribbean Ensemble plays World Music Night

Olivia Arena December 4, 2012

Robin Moore has devoted his life to Caribbean music. Moore created the UT Hispanic Caribbean Ensemble to share his love of the culture with students from across the university. “It’s always...

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Cathedral of Junk draws tourists, inspires visitors

Hannah Smothers December 3, 2012

Editors Note: The Record is a biweekly segment dedicated to featuring the people and traditions that make The University of Texas such a distinct place. Follow The Record on Twitter. If there...

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Snarky novel ‘Struck By Lightning’ misses mark with unprofessional mistakes

Bobby Blanchard December 3, 2012

Chris Colfer certainly brings laughter in “Struck By Lightning: The Carson Phillips Journal,” but beyond a snarky and sarcastic attitude Colfer fails to add anything else to his novel. “Struck...

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First-person shooter “Far Cry 3” shows improvement from preceding title

Stuart Railey December 3, 2012

While “Far Cry 3” flaunts marked improvements over its predecessor, Ubisoft’s latest first-person shooter game adds little to the genre as a whole and may leave more attentive fans...

The Great Daily Texan Coffee Taste Test 2012

Sarah-Grace Sweeney and Aleksander Chan November 30, 2012

Finals are upon us. Colder weather has finally found its way south. Finishing the semester is a matter of staying alert through exams, papers and projects and staying warm. We’ve asked five of the...

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“Killing Them Softly” hits storyline, misses political message

Alex Williams November 30, 2012

All of the best films are, in one way or another, “about something.” Not content to simply tell their stories, the movies work in some sort of thematically sound message or moral about today’s...

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Hip-hop artists Megz Kelli and Dougie Do play Local Live

Alexandra Hart November 30, 2012

Megan Tillman is soft-spoken and slight in stature; her rhymes are anything but. Together with former St. Edwards classmate Chris Beale as disk jockey and producer, she makes up Megz Kelli and Dougie...

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Seventh installment in ‘Universal Soldier’ franchise packed with action, not much else

Alex Williams November 30, 2012

As someone whose experience with the “Universal Soldier” franchise is limited to 3 a.m. channel-surfing and Wikipedia, I feel qualified to say that the seventh film in the franchise, “Universal...

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Hey, Mr. Postman

Laura Wright November 29, 2012

“What do you call an Austin musician whose girlfriend just dumped him?” Tom Bowser joked as he stood outside a post office. “Homeless,” Bowser said with a laugh. Bowser, who...

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