“Archive Series Volume No. 1” Iron & Wine Black Cricket Recording Co. 4 paws Sam Beam, also known as Iron & Wine, is an enigma. The South Carolinian singer was once a cinematography professor at the University of Miami who decided not to pursue a career in music. A man with a beard so large […]
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UCLA Game Lab dispels stereotypes through female representation
A common stereotype exists when it comes to “the gamer.”
“The angry middle schooler or high schooler in his basement who just plays video games all day and eats Cheetos and doesn’t have any social skills,” said Adeline Ducker, a UCLA Design | Media Arts alumna.
Student band Loop Garou experiments with new sound, name change
The Street Hearts are gone. The indie-folk group that won the 2013 Spring Sing best band entry with their song “The Beggar” now goes by the name Loop Garou. They have traded in their acoustic twang for something much more blues and rock inspired. “We’re the same people but we’re not really the same band,” […]
Album Review: ‘Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance’
Belle and Sebastian is more often romanticized than listened to. The whimsical Scottish band is known for its airy melodies with heavy lyrics often quoted on personal blogs, such as the famous line “color my life with the chaos of trouble” from “The Boy with the Arab Strap.” But the group’s newest album, “Girls in […]
Q&A: Alumna talks band Smoke Season tour, Spring Sing performances
Three and a half years ago Gabrielle Wortman stood on a stage at the Los Angeles Tennis Center and performed for a crowd of thousands at UCLA’s annual Spring Sing. At the time she was a music media and management student at UCLA. Now she, along with her new band Smoke Season, is traveling in a tour van on an seven-city tour up the West Coast.
Q&A: Author Geoff Dyer talks writing inspirations, literary success
Geoff Dyer, who has traveled to locations from Libya to Singapore to Bahrain, said he takes every opportunity he can to see as much of the world as possible to then share it with his readers. The British author has written 14 books, from philosophical fiction in “Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi” to a […]