Category Archives: Arts

Wednesday, 5/28/97 Soundbites Toad the Wet Sprocket "Coil" (Columbia) Toad has always assured music listeners that, with them, you will get no genre-of-the-moment imitations or experimentation. The conservative quartet from Santa Barbara has stuck to an emotional folk-pop sound since they began 11 years ago, with a few minor variations here and there. "Coil," their […]

Tuesday, 5/27/97 Rowdy bands set to storm campus MUSIC: Ziggins, Slightly Stoopid combine vastly different flippant styles By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Staff Two bands. Two distinct styles. Two distinct personalities. One rude show at the Coop. "We wear a lot of hats, we trash our gear, we insult our audience, and we don’t play […]

Tuesday, 5/27/97 Russo redefines motherhood with role in upcoming ‘Buddy’ FILM: Despite dislike of animals, actress accepted role to portray character as positive role model By Aimee Phan Daily Bruin Staff Motherhood is the hardest profession in the world. Especially if your child is a 600 pound gorilla. But even with this unique child, a […]

Tuesday, 5/27/97 By Brandon Wilson Daily Bruin Staff s the end of the 1996-97 school year approaches, it is time to celebrate a time-honored tradition. No, it’s not Memorial Day Weekend. It’s not finals. It’s not graduation either. This is the moment when UCLA students voice their choice for their favorite entertainers and events in […]

Tuesday, 5/27/97 The "Too Cool for Orange County" category inspired many creative write-ins, including "Hard Core Porn," "Ebonics," and "Juan Garcia," but the winner went to one of TV’s most enduring familial units, "The Simpsons" (this puts to rest a long raging debate: Springfield is in fact cooler than Orange County). Blinding narcissism had it’s […]

Tuesday, 5/27/97 Meeting an audience that puts ‘fanatic’ back in fan CONCERT: Excessive love for rock stars brings up questions of adoration I went to a concert Wednesday night. This is no rare occurrence for me; I have the privilege of going to many shows, and I often leave in a reflective mood, whether it […]

Friday, 5/23/97 SCREENSCENE FILM: "La Promesse," "The Lost World" and "Addicted to Love" "La Promesse" Directed by Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne Starring Jeremie Renier, Olivier Gourmet Even those usually scared off by movies with subtitles will warm to "La Promesse," an emotionally charged film by Belgian brothers Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne. Focusing on the search […]