Tuesday, February 23, 1999 Curtain calls "Godspell" Through April 25 Excalibur Theater Studio City Tickets: $20-$25 with student discounts (818) 980-2994 No contemporary urban rock opera cast is complete without the mumbling bag lady, the pregnant co-dependent, the stuttering epileptic and the misunderstood skinhead. Read more...

Tuesday, February 23, 1999 ‘Saints’ author finds magic, delight in everyday life BOOKS: After garnering praise for film, Escandon to sign novel on campus By Megan Dickerson Daily Bruin Senior Staff Of all the houses clustered by the Los Angeles Mormon Temple, author Maria Amparo Escandon’s is the only one that screams yellow. Read more...

Tuesday, February 23, 1999 Latin American films get day in the sun at festival FILM: Screenings will promote obscure movies to distributors, diverse Los Angeles audience By Sandy Yang Daily Bruin Staff Certainly no one will mistake UCLA’s annual Contemporary Latin American Films series for a type of Sundance focusing on films from these parts of the world. Read more...

Tuesday, February 23, 1999 The roots of illadelph MUSIC: ‘Things Fall Apart’ gives listeners a chance to hear live hip hop come together with original beats By Tenoch Flores Daily Bruin Contributor One of the first words people utter after they see Rahzel, the Godfather of Noyze, perform is, "Amazing." The beat boxer for The Roots crew is known to orchestrate unbelievable sounds ranging from vocal effects to entire beats – with his mouth. Read more...

Monday, February 22, 1999 Novel squirms of tedium, not titillation BOOK: Author’s risque, graphic sexual exploits bears no style, substance By Michael Rosen-Molina Daily Bruin Contributor Considering the sheer number of starving writers out there, it is nothing less than amazing that the trite "Dynamic Marches" can get published. Read more...

Monday, February 22, 1999 Spiritual trip to India softens singer MUSIC: Morissette finds bliss in herself, records moodier follow-up CD By Steve Morse The Boston Globe When Alanis Morissette went on a spiritual search in India two years ago, she planned to visit Mother Teresa in Calcutta. Read more...

Monday, February 22, 1999 Sound Bites Far Too Jones, "Picture Postcard Walls" (Mammoth) "Banal" is the music vocabulary word of the day. Commonly referring to things that are boring, insipid, etc., it accurately paints the portrait of all those bands that the music industry force-feeds us today. Read more...