Friday, April 5, 1996 Band leader Grossman insists performance, not popularity is main concern success not a major concern for group By John Sabatini Daily Bruin Contributor While Ministry and Nine Inch Nails have made industrial music a household phrase over the past few years, Skrew, one of industrial’s founding fathers, has gone largely unnoticed. […]
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Benefit hopes to be music to the ears of children in India
Friday, April 5, 1996 By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Contributor Dr. L. Subramaniam knows that not all childhoods are as happy as his was. "My parents were so loving and caring," he says, speaking fondly of his youth in India. But he is acutely aware of the problems that persist in India today. Many of […]
Moving pictures
Friday, April 5, 1996 What pictures most inspire Mr. Rogers? Jessie Jackson? LACMA relinquishes the role of curator in ‘Talking Pictures: People Speak About the Photographs That Speak to Them’By Kristin Fiore Daily Bruin Contributor If you could create your own photography exhibit, what pictures would you choose? Most would pass over the obscure, esoteric […]
Dinner party has death on main menu
Friday, April 5, 1996 By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Contributor There’s an intriguing premise to Stacy Title’s wicked satire: What if a group of liberal intellectuals decided to rid the world of small-minded folks, among them bigots, fascists and anti-environmentalists? A coterie of Iowa grad students host a weekly dinner party, regularly inviting a new […]
Hopper’s passions flow wild in film
Friday, April 5, 1996 By Dina Gachman Daily Bruin Contributor It’s not easy being typecast as the villain or the tough guy in films. At least not for Dennis Hopper. "It seems like all I get are the heavies  the bad guys," he says. "Most of them are pretty badly written, so I end […]
Last year’s best kept cinematic secret talks back
Thursday, April 4, 1996 Director talks about struggles with academy, ‘Crumb’s’ video releaseBy Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Contributor When Terry Zwigoff’s film, "Crumb," first screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in 1994, the programmer didn’t know what to make of it. Having accepted the documentary with some reluctance, she anticipated a lukewarm reception. "She […]
Shakespearean forum finds home at UCLA
Thursday, April 4, 1996 Recent film adaptations, performances are focus of yearly look at RenaissanceBy Rodney Tanaka Daily Bruin Senior Staff This fall, scholars and thespians will converge on UCLA to discuss murder most foul, a pound of flesh and make much ado about nothing. This meeting of the minds comes courtesy of the University […]