As part of UCLA Live’s well-rounded fall season, Nashville-based bluegrass family band Cherryholmes will join genre legend Ralph Stanley on Royce Hall’s stage Sunday night.
Author Archives: Christie McCollum
Take a break from UCLA in la-la land
During the much needed week of relaxation know as spring break, the tens of thousands of students who call themselves Bruins vary widely on what constitutes the perfect spring break.
Screen Scene: “Watchmen“
“Watchmen” is not a superhero movie. In a genre dominated by heroes’ hubris, fast-paced action sequences, socialized superpowers and a ubiquitous line between good and evil, the film, though faithfully drawn from a series of 12 comic books, simply does not fit the mold. The film is adapted from Alan Moore’s 1986 graphic novel of […]
“˜Watchmen’ creates comic book frenzy
For fans, the opening sequence is iconic: Clouds drift by to a moody industrial trudge, the DC logo appears and Jon Osterman’s arm hairs stand on end.
Soundbite: “Blood Bank” EP
Like Thoreau and Kerouac before him, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon sees the beauty in isolation.
Soundbite: Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s
Records should come with instructions.
Funk, blues and all that jazz
Everything changes at night.