Category Archives: Arts

Tuesday, November 3, 1998 Show proves aging band can kiss former fame goodbye MUSIC: Has-beens try to rock and roll all night at dull Halloween concert By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Senior Staff Maybe if they spent less time partying every day, KISS could write better songs, put on a more original show, and plan […]

Tuesday, November 3, 1998 Road to recovery FILM: A new documentary explores Project Return, a program that provides job training for inmates returning to the outside world By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff On any given night, viewers can expect to turn on the evening news and see a bloody montage of car chases, […]

Monday, November 2, 1998 Soundbites M.O.T., "19.99" (Sire/ Warner Bros.) Feel the funk blasting out the speaker of your Lincoln Town Car. Here they are, the slammin’-est killa hard core Jewish MC’s to explode onto the hip-hop scene since, well, anyone. Exploring the musical road not taken, Ice Berg and Dr. Dreidle show the world […]

Monday, November 2, 1998 Out of the shadow MUSIC: With the release of their promising new albums, Fatboy Slim and Unkle strive to place the spotlight on the latest innovations in electronic music By Trinh Bui Daily Bruin Senior Staff Get ready for a listening experience in sampled fury, electrically tempered by two spinmasters of […]

Monday, November 2, 1998 Audience aches for witty Å’Cripple of Inishmaan’ THEATER: Premiere of deadpan Irish comedy at Geffen Playhouse features comic insults, quirky plot By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff Before the title character in "The Cripple of Inishmaan" hobbles onto stage, his beloved aunties discuss their nephew and give us a taste […]

Friday, October 30, 1998 Hard Wood Vampires quench audiences’ thirst for a bloody good time By Stephanie Sheh Daily Bruin Senior Staff Put away your crosses and get rid of your garlic, because this Halloween, director John Carpenter is bringing out a new brand of vampires, complete with a less-than-heroic hero. "John Carpenter’s Vampires," which […]

Friday, October 30, 1998 ‘Boys’ Life’ examines men, relationships THEATER: Lives of three characters cause laughter, personal evaluation By Erin Beatty Daily Bruin Contributor The Zoo Theater feels something like a sardine can. Forty-one audience members press against one another with the communal goal of watching "Boys’ Life." As viewers loose feeling in their legs, […]