This week, McDonald will achieve yet another feat in the department that once rejected him by becoming the chair of the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media, taking over for Barbara Boyle, who stepped down from the position after nine years.
Author Archives: Andrew Bain
Altering the Art World
UCLA ““ and the UC system in general ““ has seen a lot of change over the past year. And though some changes may introduce a little extra difficulty in students’ lives, other changes taking place on campus represent exciting new opportunities for students.
Movie Review: 'Battleship'
Loud. Louder. Loudest.
Those are the three different volumes present in one of the first summer blockbusters of the year, “Battleship.” The movie’s plot is relatively simple. Humans have sent a radio signal out to deep space and it has finally been answered by things that are unequivocally hostile. A group of ships crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oahu, right in the middle of naval war games.
Stuff From the Shelf: "Onwards to the Wall" by A Place to Bury Strangers
Listeners will want to check and double check the volume levels on their computers and iPods before pressing “Play” on the first song from A Place To Bury Strangers’ EP titled “Onwards To The Wall.” It’s a loud, loud set of songs. And unfortunately, the EP’s sheer volume comes at the expense of dexterity and comprehensibility.
Stuff From the Shelf: ‘The Family Tree: The Roots’ by Radical Face
The concept album is an often overlooked and always under-appreciated form of music. It, as per its name, deals with one theme over the course of an album. Usually that theme takes the form of a story or narrative, often with a set of made-up characters. One example is “Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys” by My Chemical Romance.
Another concept album, released in October of 2011 by Radical Face (one of musician Ben Cooper’s many projects) is “The Family Tree: The Roots.” And this is not just one concept album, it is apparently the first in a trilogy of them about a fictional family from the 1800s.
Simply put, it’s brilliant.
Spring Sing 2012 Winners
On Friday, roughly 7,000 UCLA students crowded into the Los Angeles Tennis Center for UCLA’s annual Spring Sing.
Spring Sing crowns winners after two-hour show
Friday night, the audience of UCLA students in a full Los Angeles Tennis Center cheered their way through roughly two hours of Spring Sing 2012, along with a large contingent of celebrity guest judges that included members of “The Sing Off” winner Pentatonix, former NFL star Michael Strahan and UCLA alumna and musician Sara Bareilles.