Category Archives: Arts

Looking at the body In 1992, Dirk Shafer was a heterosexual icon, Playgirl’s ‘Man of the Year.’ In 1996, he’s out, and he’s starring in a mock-documentary about his experience of pretending he’s something he’s not. He calls it ‘Man of the Year.’ By Emily Forster Daily Bruin Contributor ll gay people are either flamboyant […]

Graduate composers explore new medium Emotional themes to run through student’s music at Schoenberg By Rodney Tanaka Daily Bruin Staff Tonight’s concert featuring compositions by five UCLA graduate students stems from many impulses: experimentation, exploration and panic. "UCLA Graduate Composers Concert," in Schoenberg Hall’s Popper Theater, features a number of styles and arrangements. Master’s degree […]

Morissette takes home four Grammys By Robert Stevens Daily Bruin Senior Staff In the first year of a new nominating process meant to revitalize the perennially criticized Grammys, the National Academy of the Recording Arts and Sciences voted with an exclamation mark Wednesday night, bestowing four awards upon "alternative" rocker Alanis Morissette and none to […]

Deftones join the Ozzy Osbourne bandwagon Madonna’s manager also signs group with Maverick Records By John Sabatini Daily Bruin Contributor Less than six months after the release of its debut album, "Adrenaline," the Sacramento garage band Deftones is already starting to make it big. In addition to making its on-screen debut in this summer’s film, […]

Sharing beauty of music Pressler’s best gift Renowned concert pianist, founder of Beaux Arts Trio to play in Schoenberg Hall By Colette Jue Daily Bruin Contributor Music has branched into many different forms and styles. But all things that grow must have a foundation, and music is no exception. "You grow when you hear beautiful […]

ruby mines beat from multitude of soundsBy Nisha Gopalan Daily Bruin Contributor Think of ruby singer Lesley Rankine as the kid who comes back from summer vacation looking totally different. Music fans will remember the bald-headed, combat-booted Rankine as the singer for British loud-band Silverfish and part-time member of the "industrial" supergroup Pigface. One hardly […]

Today’s society may find ‘House’ foundation weak Henrik Ibsen’s play shows female as doll By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Senior Staff Nora was just a doll. Unfortunately that doll-like quality doesn’t play as well today as it did when the characters of Nora and Torvald Helmer first appeared on stage in the 19th-century productions of […]