Category Archives: Arts

For a band whose members haven’t really spoken to each other in almost five years, Pink Floyd can still dominate the charts like Godzilla over Tokyo. The anthemic classic rock fave “Dark Side of the Moon,” set the record for most consecutive weeks on the charts (more than 700), while their ’79 double-album release, “The […]

By Trisha Kirk Daily Bruin Contributor In recent months, his eclectic music has topped charts worldwide and influenced the rave and techno scene, but Moby hasn’t let his erstwhile fame change his individual principles. The electronic music maverick shared his thoughts with fans during a live performance and Webcast on CheckOut.com held in Westwood’s Wherehouse […]

Bruin Choice Awards The Grammy’s try. The Oscars come close. The MTV Music Awards are almost there. But no award brings with it the prestige of the annual Bruin Choice Awards. Now is your time to make a difference and honor those who make your life worth living. Did Jennifer Lopez inspire your fashion? Was […]

By Sandy Yang Daily Bruin Staff You know his name. Ethan Hawke has been a regular on the movie scene since his breakthrough role as a shy student finding his voice in 1989’s “Dead Poet’s Society.” But in 12 years, the 29-year-old actor hasn’t lent his name to projects that would likely explode as box […]

Jeff Buckley “Mystery White Boy” Columbia The mystery here is that this particular white boy could be so brilliant one moment, then so flawed the next. It’s no surprise that the late Jeff Buckley possessed an immense talent for music, but it’s odd to hear the contrast between his good moments and his bad ones. […]

By Amie Howell Daily Bruin Contributor Life, love, and living in Los Angeles takes on a Latin flavor in the new independent film “Luminarias,” which opens today. A project of the husband and wife team of Professor Jose Luis Valenzuela and actor Evelina Fernandez, the movie chronicles four contemporary Latina friends in East Los Angeles. […]

By Chris Young Daily Bruin Contributor Everybody has heard synthesized music: in the dentist’s chair, the elevator, half the radio stations today. Most of it sounds like padding or filler for the rest of the music. But not many people have noticed the synthesizer’s enormous possibilities. At Royce Hall tonight, Joe Zawinul’s jazz-world-music group “Zawinul […]