Wednesday, October 14, 1998 Cooking peas MUSIC: This trio of homegrown hip-hoppers displays refreshing versatility, vitality and a penchant for creative dance moves By Nerissa Pacio Daily Bruin Senior Staff Catfish, corn pone, collard greens. Read more...

Wednesday, October 14, 1998 Soundbites MUSIC: Various Artists, "Rare on Air – Volume 4" (Mammoth Records) The inclusion of Sarah McLachlan’s ethereal serenity, Café Tacuba’s tongue-twisting Latin beats and Ozomatli’s jazzy hip-hop on one album at first seems improbable and inexplicable. Read more...

Tuesday, October 13, 1998 New Age movie deserves credit for stunning effects FILM: Reviewers criticize plot, miss innovative use of famous artistic works By Richard Nilsen The Arizona Republic Imagine walking around inside a painting and you have the visual premise for the new film ”What Dreams May Come.” In that New Age treaclefest, Robin Williams plays a doctor who dies and discovers that his personal heaven looks just like his wife’s paintings. Read more...

Tuesday, October 13, 1998 Blue Hawaiians’ concert showcases smooth sound MUSIC:Experienced, little-known group takes crowd on trip to tropical paradise at Los Angeles nightclub By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Senior Staff Is that the subtle call of a tropical breeze wafting this way? Read more...

Tuesday, October 13, 1998 Survival of the wildest FILM: While "Animal House" stereotyped Greek life forever, its twentieth birthday is being celebrated with avengence By A.J. Read more...

Tuesday, October 13, 1998 Milk represents pinnacle of commercialism BOOKS: Once-generic drink gets celebrity status with mustache campaign By Megan Dickerson Daily Bruin Staff In this decade’s canon of self-celebratory advertising publishing, the indulgent granddaddy is the Absolut vodka ad campaign, which molds the short-necked, frosted bottles into corseted women or even the abstract "Absolut Picasso." But how very American, how very fitting with Yankee ingenuity, that in 1994 an even more-celebrated onslaught of propaganda lipped its way into pop culture, purveying a staple of the solid, cow-dotted heartland. Read more...

Monday, October 12, 1998 Punk band excites audience, proves what rock is all about MUSIC: Suicide Machines turn up volume, play down lyrics By Michelle Zubiate Daily Bruin Staff The recipe to a successful punk-rock show includes three key ingredients. Read more...