UCLA band’s aggressive acoustic stylings to rock at Roxy By Gaby Mora Without much use for electrical outlets, UCLA’s Neither Trumpets Nor Drums has enough energy to show the traditionally rock-oriented Sunset strip that four acoustic guitars can be as aggressive as the sounds from a Marshall amplifier. Guitarists John McGinnis, Jeffrey Storey and Seth […]
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Examining rock’s treatment of rape
Examining rock’s treatment of rape What’s that Noise? Michael Tatum Rock ‘n’ roll is no stranger to the subject of rape. Countless male blues artists used traditional images of masculine power as a means to threaten women in their songs, and though a few of their female counterparts turned those threats around, many more sang […]
UCLA alumna makes picture-perfect ‘Bride’
UCLA alumna makes picture-perfect ‘Bride’ Award-winning director Hatta to speak at Melnitz tonight after film screening By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Staff Whenever she has been faced with failure, filmmaker Kayo Hatta has managed to turn her luck around. Whether it was her father’s disappointment at not having a son, her suddenly bankrupt film project […]
Adam Ant’s out-dated rock anything but ‘Wonderful’
Adam Ant’s out-dated rock anything but ‘Wonderful’ New wave artist puts on lukewarm Pantages concert By Michael Nazarinia The "wonderful" Adam Ant came to the Pantages Theatre Friday night and put on a show that lacked energy and displayed a rock star personality that went out of style about five years ago. Beginning the set […]
Horton’s ‘Cure’ departs from movie-of-the-week treatment
Horton’s ‘Cure’ departs from movie-of-the-week treatment Director delves deeper into AIDS experience from child’s perspective By Lael Loewenstein Daily Bruin Staff A few years ago, when he had a lead role on "thirtysomething," Peter Horton asked to have his character, Gary, killed off. Not many actors would demand such a fate, but Horton had another […]
Pigs in cyberspace
Pigs in cyberspace Henson interactive director brings Muppets to next level By Rodney Tanaka A walk down the halls of the Jim Henson Productions Hollywood office reveals a who’s who in Muppet characters, as framed photographs of Kermit, Miss Piggy and their friends line the walls. The photographs that hang in the office of Edward […]
In the eye of the stormNow opening at the UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, ‘Black Male: Representations of
In the eye of the stormNow opening at the UCLA Armand Hammer Museum, ‘Black Male: Representations of Masculinity’ has been caught up in controversy ever since its New York run at the Whitney. By Barbara E. Hernandez Daily Bruin Staff The Museum of Contemporary Art declined to take it on. Critics have opened up a […]