Since 1919
Joe Jonas and Jay Sean, with Jojo
House of Blues on the Sunset Strip
September 20, 2011
3 paws
For eager Jonas Brothers fans that are excited about Joe Jonas’s trek down the solo path, last night’s show in Los Angeles might have left some a bit disappointed, but hopeful.
In 2007, fourth-year ethnomusicology student Jaswinder Singh was working as a waiter at a 24-hour hotel on the Sunset Strip, feeling unfulfilled with the direction of his life.
More than 10 years ago, Brad Delson, UCLA alumnus and guitarist for alternative rock band Linkin Park, signed up for a geology class. After a field trip to a local habitat that had been severely damaged by the planting of non-indigenous species, Delson said he soon became aware of the fragility of the environment.
A couple of years ago, producer J.C. Calciano, a past guest speaker at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, was interviewing actor Jonah Hill on the set of “Get Him to the Greek.”
Printed across the top white layer of the middle drum, the words “Power” and “Determined” serve as inspiration for fourth-year psychology student and drummer Solveig Deranteriasian, who also goes by her musical nickname, “Sozo.” As she begins to beat her drums with greater intensity, the delicate white skin of the snare head breaks, and she stops to replace it with her calloused hands.
When Mark Lester, a fourth-year directing student was sitting in one of his film classes last year, he was approached by a stranger who told him he had signed him up to work on a movie for Campus MovieFest together.
There’s an intensity in the air as members of Nikkei Student Union Modern, the defending champion of last year’s Battle Royale dance competition, rigorously practice their upcoming set in Parking Lot 4, move their bodies to the beats of M.I.A.
