Category Archives: Arts

Simon delivers ‘Laughter’ at the Doolittle Latest play brings back the days of ’50s comic timing By Jennifer Richmond Daily Bruin Senior Staff Aah the ’50s ­ when variety shows ruled the networks and people like Milton Berle and Sid Caesar were the kings of prime time. What? Don’t remember them? Well, for an example […]

Mozart opera from a galaxy far, far away Classic ‘Flute’ uses colorful characters, music to entertain the child in all of us By John Mangum Daily Bruin Staff You’re doing word association. Someone shouts, "Mozart" and you reply "George Lucas." Sound strange? Not to Professor John Hall, director of UCLA’s Opera Workshop. They present Mozart’s […]

Veruca Salt to fight ‘Seether’ tonight at Hollywood Palace By Michael Tatum Daily Bruin Senior Staff Mention the band Veruca Salt to your average alterna-bigot and you’ll get one of a handful of programmatic reactions: they’re "too poppy," they’re "sellouts," "they rip off" the Breeders. Once you get past such petty (and unfounded) prejudices, the […]

Jazz artist to perform By John Mangum Daily Bruin Staff Saxophonist Joshua Redman planned to go to law school, but instead he ended up taking the jazz world by storm. "I was only planning on taking a year off between Harvard and Yale Law," Redman says. "I moved to New York, into a house with […]

Paris matchMeg Ryan brings her characteristic magic to Kasdan’s new comedy-romance French Kiss By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff Years from now, films like French Kiss are going to be remembered simply as Meg Ryan films. People are going to remember what she wore, who she pursued, and how she got her man, much […]

Samiam delivers hard-edged, cathartic music to Westwood By Michael Tatum Daily Bruin Senior Staff Between the hard-edged, guitar-driven sound of his band and the cathartic, confessional nature of his troubled lyrics, you’d think Jason Beebout, the frontman of Samiam (playing today at noon in Westwood Plaza), would be, shall we say, a troubled guy. Aaron […]

KMFDM delves deeper into metal-industrial 11-year-old band promotes newest release Wednesday By Nisha Gopalan When Freud discussed fixations, he evidently never considered the abbreviation, KMFDM. "Kill Mother-Fucking Depeche Mode" reigns as arguably the most-recognized interpretation of KMFDM’s name. Actually, KMFDM abbreviates the German, Kein Mitleid Fuer Die Mehrheit, meaning "No Pity for the Majority." Sasha […]