Monday, March 16

Soundbite: Panda Bear

“Person Pitch” Panda Bear Paw Tracks Records 4 Paws Out Of 5 It would be easy to sum up Noah Lennox’s third solo album ““ “Person Pitch,” released under Lennox’s moniker, Panda Bear ““ by name-dropping Brian Wilson, calling it a masterpiece that came out of mixing the most impressive aspects of the songwriter’s music into a single coherent album. Read more...


Soundbite: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists

“Living with the Living” Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Touch and Go Records 4 Paws Out Of 5 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists’ fifth full-length album, “Living with the Living,” is another solid addition to the musicians’ repertoire. Read more...


Where Dreams Come True

Disney movies tell audiences that dreams do come true. At the El Capitan Theatre, students are given the chance to see this happen firsthand. Last June, as a resident assistant for Dykstra Hall, fourth-year Design | Media Arts student Jonathan Bobrow went as part of a floor event to a midnight screening for the opening of Disney’s “Cars” at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. Read more...


Weekend Review: TV on the Radio

TV on the Radio Henry Fonda Theater March 31, 2007 After watching the Bruins get thoroughly dismantled once again by the Florida Gators, going to a concert was the last thing I wanted to do. Read more...


Ad-inspired shows have commercial appeal

Inspiration comes from multiple sources: unrequited love, harrowing ordeals, sunsets … and now, apparently, car insurance commercials featuring cavemen. ABC caused a stir recently by ordering a sitcom pilot based on the cavemen characters in a series of Geico commercials. Read more...


Spring cleaning

It happens every quarter. You’ve been putting stuff off ““ dinner with friends, a weekend getaway, seeing a movie the Daily Bruin gave four paws ““ and then you get mired in midterms, more midterms and finally, finals. Read more...


I’m too busy being famous to take my final

Acid reflux disease. That’s the excuse that Ashlee Simpson would give to get out of her Chemistry 14A final. I’m sure of it. She’d probably explain that she could ace the acids and bases part of the final, since she was experiencing acid so vividly in her own throat. Read more...