Monday, 6/30/97 Her Own Backyard ART: With a little help from the community, Liza Lou transforms over a million beads into a life-sized yard – and a beautiful work of art. By Jammie Salagubang Daily Bruin Contributor A soft breeze ruffles your hair. The happy, lilting voices of people talking and laughing drift by your […]
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Beach hot spots heat up summer
Monday, 6/30/97 Beach hot spots heat up summer RESTAURANT: Restaurants, shops and secluded areas offer wide variety of fun By Dayna Michaelsen Daily Bruin Contributor Planning to hit the beach this summer? If so, a trip down the coast may reveal several jewels. While many UCLA students have probably visited the beaches near Santa Monica, […]
Soundbites
Monday, 6/30/97 Soundbites MUSIC: Oscar Lopez "Heat" (Narada) "Heat" lives up to its title as an ideal album for those hot summer nights, though it’s so good you’ll want to play it all year long,. Lopez weds flamenco’s hypnotic Latin rhythms, staccato guitar plucks and romantic warmth to one gorgeous melody after another for a […]
U2 returns with passionate show
Monday, 6/30/97 U2 returns with passionate show MUSIC: ‘Popmart’ tour dazzles L.A. fans in exciting performance By Mike Prevatt Daily Bruin Senior Staff U2 swept into the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on June 21, thrilling fans and drowning out the ludicrous media cynicism with a passionate and exciting show. The "Popmart" stadium tour, which mocks […]
Future of music remains unclear as popular taste always changes
Tuesday, 6/24/97 Future of music remains unclear as popular taste always changes COLUMN: Nobody can predict where the ‘next big thing’ will be found By Mike Prevatt Summer Bruin Senior Staff I was watching MTV (or eMpTV as it’s been nicknamed). It wasn’t one of their themed time slots, like "Yo MTV Raps!" They were […]
Still smokin’
Tuesday, 6/24/97 Still smokin’ THEATER: After more than 40 years of songwriting, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller continue to capture audiences – this time with "Smokey Joe’s Cafe," a theatrical compilation of their ’50s and ’60s hits By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff In a way, it’s ironic that there is almost no spoken […]
Tarantino shifts his artistic gears with third effort
Tuesday, 6/24/97 Tarantino shifts his artistic gears with third effort FILM: Coming out of a slump, director pulls self up with a ‘Jackie Brown’ By Brandon Wilson Summer Bruin Staff Whether it’s a filmmaker, musician, or novelist, it is the bane of an artist’s existence: two dreaded words that can strike fear in the heart […]