Monday, April 27, 1998 Semisonic’s sonorous, but short, show charms fans MUSIC: Rising Minnesota band blends honesty, personality to pop performance at Troubadour Trinh Bui Daily Bruin Contributor Rolling in from places unknown, the trio Semisonic played a brilliantly laid-back performance at the Troubadour Wednesday. Read more...

Monday, April 27, 1998 Soundbites Drill Team, "Hope and Dreams Explosion," (Reprise Records) Ladies and gentleman, we have a winner. Entering the mainstream music circuit, meet Drill Team, the L.A.-based alternative pop band who has a successful first full-length album on their hands. Read more...

Monday, April 27, 1998 Getting drunk, being disruptive highlight of day for book vendor COLUMN: Best part of job is free alcohol, intelligent discourse with authors I work at a bookstore in Brentwood every Tuesday, and authors sometimes come in for readings and signings. Read more...

Monday, April 27, 1998 Fashion eastward ART: Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new retrospective examines the European trendsetter’s fascination of Japan’s light, free style of clothing By Michael Gillette Daily Bruin Contributor When Japan opened its doors to the world for the first time toward the end of the 19th century, what emerged was, to Western eyes, exotic. Read more...

Friday, April 24, 1998 People’s choice MUSIC: The Alexander String Quartet lets the audience decide each program’s repetoire By Ai Goldsmith Daily Bruin Contributor "Choose Your Own Adventures" aren’t just for books anymore. Read more...

Friday, April 24, 1998 Screenscene "The Big Hit" Directed by Che-Kirk Wong Starring Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips and China Chow If "Starship Troopers" and "Wild Things" introduced the witty, tongue-in-cheek thriller as a genre, "The Big Hit" seals its place in Hollywood. Read more...

Friday, April 24, 1998 New events spice of life at book fair BOOKS: Additions add flair to past favorites, seek to unite community By Michelle Zubiate Daily Bruin Contributor They put us to bed as little children and stimulate our minds as adults. Read more...