Friday, April 3

Big business blues

With the rise in popularity of services such as TiVo and Netflix, it’s safe to say that many Americans center their lives around the expedited and convenient use of media, especially television. Read more...


Trying to find their voice

It’s funny how the guys of The Deutsch-Marshack Syndicate have every lady in their audience gushing, and yet, busy playing their solos, they don’t even seem to know it. Read more...


A reel surprise

M.K. Asante Jr. didn’t hear his name called when they announced the Best Documentary at the Pan African Film & Arts Festival. But that doesn’t mean he didn’t win. Read more...


Solo act

The normal progression of theater production usually culminates in a performance magically manifested on stage. However, students who take initiative in their creative efforts have more to worry about than memorizing their lines. Read more...



Unusual tour brings indie rockers to UCLA

When indie pop band Xiu Xiu plays at the Cooperage on March 7 through Campus Events, it will be one stop on a tour that begins in the United States but will eventually lead the band overseas to countries such as Austria, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Hungary and Italy. Read more...


Music connoisseurs have guilty pleasures, too

I’ve been called a lot of things over the years, but the new name coming from friends these days is “elitist.” It’s never in so many words, but the image that’s more or less conjured up is that of Diane Keaton in “Manhattan,” when she’s babbling on about her “Academy of the Overrated,” slamming geniuses like F. Read more...