Category Archives: Arts

New Age movie deserves credit for stunning effects

Tuesday, October 13, 1998 New Age movie deserves credit for stunning effects FILM: Reviewers criticize plot, miss innovative use of famous artistic works By Richard Nilsen The Arizona Republic Imagine walking around inside a painting and you have the visual premise for the new film ”What Dreams May Come.” In that New Age treaclefest, Robin […]

Blue Hawaiians’ concert showcases smooth sound

Tuesday, October 13, 1998 Blue Hawaiians’ concert showcases smooth sound MUSIC:Experienced, little-known group takes crowd on trip to tropical paradise at Los Angeles nightclub By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Senior Staff Is that the subtle call of a tropical breeze wafting this way? Or is it the lingering explosion of white caps colliding with the […]

Survival of the wildest

Tuesday, October 13, 1998 Survival of the wildest FILM: While "Animal House" stereotyped Greek life forever, its twentieth birthday is being celebrated with avengence By A.J. Harwin Daily Bruin Contributor Twenty years ago National Lampoon’s Animal House forever set the stereotypes of Greek life, replacing the ambrosia of the ancient Greek gods with beer, more […]

Milk represents pinnacle of commercialism

Tuesday, October 13, 1998 Milk represents pinnacle of commercialism BOOKS: Once-generic drink gets celebrity status with mustache campaign By Megan Dickerson Daily Bruin Staff In this decade’s canon of self-celebratory advertising publishing, the indulgent granddaddy is the Absolut vodka ad campaign, which molds the short-necked, frosted bottles into corseted women or even the abstract "Absolut […]

Punk band excites audience, proves what rock is all about

Monday, October 12, 1998 Punk band excites audience, proves what rock is all about MUSIC: Suicide Machines turn up volume, play down lyrics By Michelle Zubiate Daily Bruin Staff The recipe to a successful punk-rock show includes three key ingredients. The first two involve both uncontrollable yelling and frequent, spontaneous crowd-surfing (both by the band […]

Soundbites

Monday, October 12, 1998 Soundbites Various Artists, ‘A Night at the Roxbury Soundtrack’ (Dreamworks) Chocolate, Barbies, Marilyn Manson… and now the new soundtrack to ‘A Night at the Roxbury’ joins the list of guilty pleasures. You know it’s cheesy and you know it’s disco-pop music overkill, but you can’t help bopping your head along with […]