MTV is celebrating its 30th birthday. We asked Bruins “What is your favorite MTV show of all time and why?”
Bianca Boccara
First-year, life sciences
"I would say "˜16 and Pregnant' because I'm around that age, and I'm interested in birth "¦ and how young mothers deal with those kind of things."
Harper Burge
Alumna
"I like "˜The Buried Life.' I think it's neat how they pick things off of their bucket list to do, and they also help people. Read more...
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Aubrey Love
One man's revolting tale of incest and depravity is another man's knee-slapping good time. At least, that's what "You Make Me Physically Ill" might have someone believe. Read more...
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Courtesy of Roger Mathey
Since Todd Simon first heard the radio, he became interested in playing music. Read more...
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courtesy of TODD SIMON
Even among the other simple drafts and outlines on display, one sketch in the J. Paul Getty Museum's exhibition "Luminous Paper: British Watercolors and Drawings" at the Getty Center seems particularly unfinished. Read more...
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Credit: Kathi & Gary Cypress Collection
“A Larger Valley, Millington,” a watercolor painting by David Hockney, is on display at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center as part of its “Luminous Paper” exhibition, which runs through Oct. 23.
August 1, 2011 – Go ahead, sing this paragraph. As part of the Hammer Museum’s ongoing “Sing Your Favorite Book” series, Los Angeles musician Jessica Basta sat in and paced through the galleries on July 22, crooning portions of the Vladimir Nabokov classic Lolita. You know, the book where middle-aged Humbert Humbert has an affair with his prepubescent stepdaughter.
The next performance, featuring Tany Ling singing Michael Chabon’s “The Yiddish Policeman’s Union”, is this Thursday. [1:31]
"A musician interprets Nabokov through song"Many people have read Karl Marx's "Capital" "“ but few, if any, have heard it sung. Read more...
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Los Angeles musician Jessica Basta sings excerpts of “Lolita” for the Hammer Museum’s “Sing Your Favorite Books” series. The series was created in conjunction with the “Ed Ruscha: On the Road” exhibition.
Somewhere in the middle of a sprawling, tumbleweed-filled desert, a man wakes up with a start. It's Daniel Craig at his most rugged, covered in dirt and blood (his own) and wearing a clunky metal bracelet he has never seen before. Craig's character (who is revealed as Jake Lonergan) goes on to wordlessly kill a group of bounty hunters, steal their clothes and wander into the nearest town. Even if a viewer is worried about whether the film will live up to the hype (it doesn't) or whether this is just another shoot 'em up blockbuster (it is), watching Lonergan try on a dead man's boots is fun. Read more...
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Credit: Universal Studios
When it comes to jazz, one might think of the well-known tunes of Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong or Miles Davis as the defining sounds of the genre. Read more...
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Credit: Hammer Museum
