Author Archives: David Chang

I know I already wrote a column about “Joe Millionaire,” and I know that you’ll probably be reading a dozen similar pieces dedicated to Monday night’s final episode. But after attending a recent Lakers game and spotting Evan in the high roller seats, I took it as a sign that a column on the show […]

Christoph Bull has the intriguing habit of playing an organ even during a conversation. For UCLA’s German-born organist, using notes rather than words as a form of expression has become routine since the age of 12, when he switched from playing piano to the organ. “I didn’t have much of a choice in the matter,” […]

Sometimes the wisest words come from the mouth of the most incoherent concertgoer. After tipping the bartender, an inebriated fan lamented, “What happened to acoustic?” That was the question lingering in the back of many heads at the Acoustic Live Showcase Series. On Sunday night, a fire-hazard-worthy crowd packed into the second floor of the […]

For A.I. band members and brothers Nick and Zack Young, growing up in a collegiate setting like Westwood has been both educational and influential in their musical aspirations. Though extension courses are the extent of their academic relationship with UCLA, it seems the men have done their homework. A.I. will play in the free-of-charge Acoustic […]

When I was in high school way back in the pre-reality-TV epoch of the late 1990s, the two most buzz-worthy shows among the teen female demographic were NBC’s “Friends” and the WB’s “Dawson’s Creek.” While “Friends” has postponed its much-ballyhooed final season one more year, however, Dawson and company will soon sail away from our […]

UCLA professor of ethnomusicology Anthony Seeger said that Americans were never fully exposed to world music until after the World Wars. Then, while introducing Coca-Cola and McDonald’s to the rest of the world, America opened its ears to the sounds of other cultures and redefined its musical boundaries. The UCLA Department of Ethnomusicology is essentially […]

Skeptics say that our generation hasn’t made many significant contributions to the American lexicon. I beg to differ. From 1989 to 1993, Zack, Kelly, Slater, Lisa, Screech and Jessie ruled Saturday mornings. Even Bugs Bunny had no answer for the “Saved by the Bell” juggernaut. While parents read the first President Bush’s lips, prepubescent squirts […]