Wednesday, January 28, 1998 Soundbites MUSIC The LOX "Money, Power, & Respect" (Bad Boy/Arista) Love ’em or hate ’em, the fact remains that Sean "Puffy" Combs and his Bad Boy family have dominated the hip-hop, R&B and pop charts for the past four years. Beats that could make you move and lyrics that make you […]
Category Archives: Arts
Parallel career paths of actor, director converge to create hard-edged drama
Tuesday, January 27, 1998 Parallel career paths of actor, director converge to create hard-edged drama FILM Gomez, Rapaport work together for first time, create movie with a different style By Tommy Nguyen Daily Bruin Contributor Back in 1992, two startling debuts took place on the independent film scene, one from a young director and the […]
Stage
Tuesday, January 27, 1998 Stage MUSIC The Jesus Lizard concert signals the diminishing popularity of the grunge and alternative scene By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Staff Sometimes, bands live to a certain degree off of a scene that no longer needs to exist. Yet, once the movement has passed, the groups stick around indefinitely, though […]
Artists hit the S.T.A.G.E. to help AIDS charities
Tuesday, January 27, 1998 Artists hit the S.T.A.G.E. to help AIDS charities THEATER Benefit concert sends message, money to fund local organizations By Kristi Nakamura Daily Bruin Contributor There is one AIDS-related death every 11 minutes in the United States. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that worldwide, one person is infected with HIV every […]
Combining media central to theme of ‘by-products’
Monday, January 26, 1998 Combining media central to theme of ‘by-products’ ART Exhibit focuses on construction of people’s lives through synthesis of painting, sculpture, video By Laura Noguera Daily Bruin Contributor "Is that going to blow up?" asks a kindergartner looking at a grenade in an art piece. The youngster was part of a school […]
Long Journey Home
Monday, January 26, 1998 Long Journey Home FILM For Brazilian director Bruno Barreto, ‘Four Days in September’ meant nearly a decade of painstaking work By Stephanie Sheh Daily Bruin Senior Staff The year was 1969. And five young, inexperienced revolutionaries decided to make the Brazilian government listen. Their strategy? Kidnap the American ambassador. "Four Days […]
Soundbites
Monday, January 26, 1998 Soundbites MUSIC James Horner, "Titanic: Music From the Motion Picture" (Sony Classical) The score to this hugely successful movie is further testament that instrumental film soundtracks (like "Braveheart") have been selling well the past few years. "Titanic" is currently the best-selling album in the country. But the reason for its sales […]