Wednesday, February 4, 1998 Professor-author subverts concept of ‘ethnic’ poetry BOOK/MUSIC: Director, authors, rappers, basketball star contribute to anthology By Megan Dickerson Daily Bruin Contributor The famous Apollo Theater closes in on Derrick Gilbert like a high school auditorium as he steps onstage. A successful comic has already been booed off the stage once that […]
Category Archives: Arts
Soundbites
Wednesday, February 4, 1998 Soundbites MUSIC: clara thomas, "clara thomas" (Mercury) The back of the album cover explains the group’s decision to record "the old-fashioned, analog way" rather pretentiously declaring "the album’s atmosphere runs counter to the tendency of modern, digitally recorded pop records that sound squeaky clean." It was bound to happen sooner or […]
Midnight madness
Wednesday, February 4, 1998 Midnight madness FILM: Insomniacs take heart – L.A. movie theaters screen offbeat indies and campy classics after hours By Aimee Phan Daily Bruin Staff When someone goes to a midnight screening of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," it’s not just to sit and watch. While the 1975 musical didn’t make much […]
Refusing to ‘Yield,’ Pearl Jam struggles to regain popularity
Wednesday, February 4, 1998 Refusing to ‘Yield,’ Pearl Jam struggles to regain popularity MUSIC: Grunge-rockers hope their fifth album re-establishes band’s top spot in rock music By Michael Nazarinia Daily Bruin Contributor The American Music Awards appropriately represented the current state of commercial music last week with country and rap taking most of the honors. […]
Not as Chekov envisioned
Tuesday, February 3, 1998 Not as Chekov envisioned THEATER Latest version of Russian’s masterpiece leaves audience confused By Michael Gillette Daily Bruin Contributor Up until the fourth act of the Artists’ Collective’s production of "The Cherry Orchard" at the Gascon Theater in Culver City, one simply bemoaned director Theresa Larkin’s decision to jettison the wonderfully […]
No talent shouldn’t silence your song
Tuesday, February 3, 1998 No talent shouldn’t silence your song COLUMN Appreciate the power of music, even if you have no pitch, tone The rude awakening came after a spring trip to the Grand Canyon when I was in third grade. Back home in California, my dad popped the video of our vacation into the […]
Etched in Stone
Tuesday, February 3, 1998 Etched in Stone MUSIC/ART A retrospective exhibit in Ackerman Grand Ballroom celebrates 30 years of musicians as art on the cover of Rolling Stone By Laura Noguera Daily Bruin Contributor "Wanna buy five copies for my mother/ Wanna see my smilin’ face on the cover, the cover of the Rollin’ Stone." […]