The curators at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City would be proud of a local band naming itself in honor of the city’s popular tourist attraction. But as The Natural History frontman Max Tepper revealed, the band’s moniker is not paying homage to its Big Apple roots. “There’s some museum in […]
Author Archives: David Chang
Cell phone composer scores big
A phone conversation with the man called Scanner is by default an awkward exchange, especially when aware that his stage name is an allusion to the knob-twiddler’s infamous phone-scanning antics. “Until three years ago, I never had a home phone or a mobile phone,” Scanner, aka Robin Rimbaud, said in a phone interview. “It’s a […]
Get Ur Dine On!
Imagine the awkwardness of scarfing down a cheese quesadilla without fiesta music blaring in the background, or the eeriness of eating beef ravioli in dead silence. It’s no fun. Food and music go together like meat loaf and Meat Loaf. The only thing more diverse than the food selection at UCLA’s residential dining halls is […]
Concert promotes interest in classical music
Over-familiarity often breeds contempt, but in the case of classical music, unfamiliarity can produce its own share of disdain. In today’s world, classical music has faded out of the picture with a marginal audience base. The perceived need for prior knowledge of the genre doesn’t help make classical music more accessible. But the UCLA Music […]
The backbone of “˜SNL’: Who is Will Ferrell?
I remember a time when I had to make a gut-wrenching decision every Saturday night. Should I go out, have a few drinks, and hit on girls way out of my league or stay home and watch “Saturday Night Live”? The agonizing process had me on the verge of panic attacks when the weekend rolled […]
UCLA Radio looks off-campus for publicity and better venue
The DJs on UCLA Radio’s Night School program know the feeling of being outsiders. In their attempt to promote the station by organizing an on-campus show, the DJs were fenced out by bureaucratic red tape. “The sound restrictions are pretty tough here,” event coordinator Chris Fort said. “You can only have amplified sound outside at […]
Unfocused music scene gives OK Go green light
Instead of “The OK” or “The Go,” Damian Kulash and his bandmates chose OK Go. The not-so-hipster name exudes an air of excitement and anticipation for the start of something new, or at least welcome relief from the currently accepted standards for artistic merit. “I just feel that there’s enough depressing music out there,” Kulash […]