Monday, October 5, 1998 Lost in a dream FILM: Innovative concepts, uplifiting messages inspire actors and Director Stephen Simon to make "What Dreams May Come" By Lonnie Harris Daily Bruin Staff After he died in a horrible car wreck, Chris Nielson expected to find the Heaven dictated by convention – a lilting cloudscape filled with […]
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Improvisational troupe can still pull off winner
Monday, October 5, 1998 Improvisational troupe can still pull off winner COMEDY: Despite certain skits dragging on, actors worked to pack in humor By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff Groundling Roy Jenkins on disposable chopsticks: "It’s like baseball cards. No one thought they were worth anything until everyone else threw them away." He and […]
Caffe Paradiso authenticates home-style Italian cuisine
Monday, October 5, 1998 Caffe Paradiso authenticates home-style Italian cuisine FOOD: Personable family ambiance enhances taste of Mediterranean dining By Laura Noguera Daily Bruin Contributor It’s not a happening, loud environment and it does not have as many tables as the Cheers restaurant. Tucked into its own corner off San Vicente Boulevard, it’s even slightly […]
Soundbites
Monday, October 5, 1998 Soundbites Rialto, "Rialto" (China Records) Just by looking at the glammed up pretty boys on the album cover, you could easily get the impression that Rialto is another in a long line of bland British bands trying to milk off the success of such influential stalwarts as Pulp and Suede. But […]
A bicycle. Built for view
Friday, October 2, 1998 A bicycle. Built for view ON-CAMPUS: The history of the original horseless carriage is on display at the Fowler Museum By Megan Dickerson Daily Bruin Staff Computers and bicycles may not seem like kindred spirits in the product world, but Pryor Dodge, guest curator of "Bicycles: History, Beauty, Fantasy," a traveling […]
September Concert Reviews
Friday, October 2, 1998 September Concert Reviews Crystal Method Shrine Auditorium Sept. 26, 1998 The spinning rainbow of lights gradually cooled down to an eerie blue and white flicker in the sky, and then the Crystal Method started playing this even stranger interlude: creepy acoustoelectric murmurs lurching up and down the ears. A group of […]
UCLA archive series honors versatile, little-known actor
Friday, October 2, 1998 UCLA archive series honors versatile, little-known actor FILM: Paul Robeson pushed for African Americans’ rights on and offscreen in 1930s By Ash Steffy Daily Bruin Contributor He was one of the quintessential geniuses in U.S. history. Accomplished in theater, sports, music and civil rights activism, he also had an impressive and […]