Saturday, March 14


Stepping out of Sufjan's shadow

For independent bands in 2006, the Internet and music blogs have become as vital as Xerox machines and fliers were to the trailblazing underground groups of the 1980s. Read more...


Snakes on a Campus

To Andrew Calara, “Snakes on a Plane” is more than just a summer movie. It’s his secret to victory. This past spring, Calara, a fourth-year computer science student, named his intramural Ultimate Frisbee team “Snakes on a Plane,” after the upcoming thriller film starring Samuel L. Read more...


International artists converge at UCLA

For many people, summer vacation in Southern California means frolicking at the beach and diving into the ocean. But at UCLA, artists from Asia and the United States engage in a different kind of immersion. Read more...


Animation could be moving into new era

When UCLA student Matt Silas begins his first day of work today at technologically groundbreaking Pixar Animation Studios, he’ll still be dreaming of the time when Mickey Mouse shook the animation world. Read more...


Soundbites: Girl Talk

Girl Talk “Night Ripper” ILLEGAL ART (Out Of 5) Pittsburgh DJ Girl Talk’s new album, “Night Ripper,” is to dance parties what tequila is to a quiet night: a bombastic catalyst. Read more...


Booking a future

New York City music club The Bottom Line opened its doors in 1974 with a jam session between Dr. John, Stevie Wonder and Johnny Winters. Twenty-nine years later, the club’s landowners at New York University deemed it “undervalued real estate” and The Bottom Line, which has hosted luminaries from nearly every genre of music, was forced to close its doors for the final time at the end of 2003. Read more...