This Friday, thousands of UCLA students will be off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of Westwood. And they won’t even have to leave their seats.
Author Archives: Andrew Bain
Movie Review: “The Five-Year Engagement”
If one were to find one of the few remaining Blockbuster stores, spin around and throw a stick at random, it would likely either hit or land near a film starring Jason Segel.
Soundbite: "Landline"
Greg Laswell has always been a bit of an enigma in the singer-songwriter genre. His vocal range is relatively limited, strongest in lower registers and delivered with an almost wry, deadpan singing style. At the same time, however, Laswell’s voice is smooth and typically pitch-perfect. As a result, music listeners seem to either love his voice or move on to more overtly emotive singers.
Soundbite: "My Head Is an Animal"
Iceland has produced some amazing musicians over the years, particularly in the post-rock and ambient sections of the music world.
Spring movie and music preview
Spring is here, and with the new season comes new music and movies. There are plenty of releases coming out in the next few months, but the A&E editors have chosen some albums and films to be especially excited about heading into April, May and June.
B-Sides: _Final notes for fine-tuning your musical experience_
I’m going to be frank with you all. This week was a slow week in terms of music news.
Movie Review: 'Jeff, Who Lives at Home'
Jeff (Jason Segel) loves the movie “Signs,” especially for its ability to present to viewers a world in which all actions are connected in some higher way. It’s a cosmic order that the man, living in his mother Sharon’s (Susan Sarandon) basement and clearly still affected by his father’s death some undisclosed time in the past, is desperately looking for. Such is the mindset of Jeff, the titular character in “Jeff, Who Lives At Home.”