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By Michael Tatum With John Cale, you just never know. One minute he’s putting his academy trained musical skills to work with renowned classicists like Leonard Bernstein and John Cage. Next thing you know, he’s Lou Reed’s right hand man in the Velvet Underground, a revolutionary late ’60s band that many rock critics and musicians […]

By John Mangum Proceedings did not get off to a promising start at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion the evening of Sept. 27. The occasion was a performance of Mozart’s "Don Giovanni" mounted by the Los Angeles Music Center Opera. The genius of Mozart, though, promises to transcend any limitations imposed on him by lesser luminaries. […]

By Colburn Tseng Eric Stoltz has been very busy during the last year. Since April, the 34-year-old actor has appeared in a television film, "Roommates," and three features: "Naked in New York," "Killing Zoe" and the recently released "Sleep With Me" which he also produced. By the end of the year, Stoltz will have turned […]

By Michael Tatum "Hey, enough with the requests already … I’ve got an agenda!" So quipped folk singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III in the middle of his show to a fan who just had to hear "Screaming Issue." Of course, Wainwright didn’t really have an "agenda" – he consulted a tiny scrap of paper in the […]

By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff There’s something mysteriously similar about Ed Wood and Tim Burton. One was decried "the worst director of all time," and never attained commercial or critical success. The other is hailed as a stylish genius and his films have achieved great victories with critics and at the box office. […]