Sunday, April 26

Weekend Review: Verka Serduchka

The Friday night journey to the Saban was kind of like the naturalization process "“ it involved traveling what felt like a great distance along with masses of other people with the same cause, and in the process, expensive documents (a concert ticket, for instance) were lost by the authorities (or a concert venue). Read more...


Ugandan Jewish community leader brings music and message to UCLA

JJ Keki is something of a modern Renaissance man, combining roles as a farmer, activist, statesman and Grammy-nominated musician. It is thanks largely to his diverse efforts that the small Jewish Abayudaya community is reemerging in the African nation of Uganda, despite suffering greatly in the 1970s under the military dictatorship of Idi Amin. Read more...


UK offers vibrant musical culture

For Bruins who studied or interned abroad in Great Britain, Scotland and Ireland, memories of places traveled seem to be associated with their perspective sound, whether it is jazz in a subway station, a British rock band in a nightclub or Gaelic music in a pub or traditional ball. Read more...



Westwood residents sound off on helicopter noise

Westwood residents sound off on helicopter noise

Some Westwood residents have been complaining about excessive noise from Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center helicopters. Do flights happen too often or along the wrong routes?

"Westwood residents sound off on helicopter noise"

Some Westwood residents have been complaining about excessive noise from Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center helicopters. Do flights happen too often or along the wrong routes?

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Urinals pioneer subculture

Nothing, except for maybe just a hint of a swagger, gave away John Talley-Jones as a past and present member of a punk band "“ much less one by the crude name of the Urinals. Read more...

Photo: Guitarist Rob Roberge, bassist John Talley-Jones and drummer Kevin Barrett of the Urinals will be performing at The Smell.


Apocalypse theory behind “˜2012′ lacks truth

Mark your calendars and prepare to see something big; "2012" is coming. Read more...

Photo: The new release “2012” is inspired by a popular myth about the apocalypse based on the end of the Mayan Long Count calendar around Dec. 21, 2012. UCLA professors, among others, have debunked this rumor.