Sunday, August 11, 1996 By Kristin Fiore Summer Bruin Senior Staff Tired of thumbing for rides or thumbing through papers to find a day’s diversion? Even without traffic, getting around in Los Angeles can be a burden for those who are careless or clueless when it comes to the continent known as The Greater Los […]
Category Archives: Arts
Smoke soounds fill Whiskey a Go-Go
Sunday, August 11, 1996 The Sugarplastic, Cake forgo serious style with humor By Kristin Fiore Summer Bruin Senior Staff Fans with a musical sweet tooth got quite a fix last Saturday, as Cake and The Sugarplastic took the stage at the Whisky a Go-Go. The bands are a perfect but ironic match, suiting each other […]
UCLA Persian festival has music, arts
Sunday, August 11, 1996 By Kristin Fiore Summer Bruin Senior Staff UCLA is expecting a 20,000 person party this weekend when it hosts the largest Persian festival in the nation on the intramural athletic field. The Iranian American International Festival of Summer will include traditional and modern Iranian music, performances by the Avaz Dance Company, […]
Director discusses basis behind ‘Basquiat’
Sunday, August 11, 1996 Schnabel’s first film details revolution brought on by artist By Brandon Wilson Summer Bruin Contributor While it is destined to be forever double-billed with Mary Harron’s recent film "I Shot Andy Warhol," first-time director Julian Schnabel’s new film "Basquiat" takes a very different approach to exploring the often treacherous terrain of […]
Snake Charmers
Sunday, August 11, 1996 Kurt Russell and John Carpenter resurrect their favorite anti-hero in ‘Escape From L.A.’By Michael Horowitz Summer Bruin Staff Before there was the sequel, there was the concept. In the years after the cult success of "Escape from New York," John Carpenter and Kurt Russell realized only one city could be the […]
Soundbites
Sunday, August 11, 1996 Tim Booth and Angelo Badalamenti "Booth and the Bad Angel" (Mercury) When combining the mystical sensuality of James’ frontman and poet, Tim Booth, and the dark waters that comprise the mind of composer Angelo Badalamenti ("Twin Peaks," "Wild at Heart"), you’d be hard pressed to come up with anything remotely pedestrian. […]
‘Suburbia’ survives Gen-X stereotypes
Sunday, August 4, 1996 Play comes off as amusing despite predictable rolesBy Michelle Nguyen Summer Bruin Contributor Generation X can be a tiresome subject. Although the play "Suburbia" does not have a fresh take on those labeled under that ugly phrase "Generation X," it does provide likeable and entertaining characters. It recalls the movie "Dazed […]