Saturday, February 14

Playing the game

Monday, May 4, 1998 Playing the game FILM: Athlete and actor Ray Allen knows how to balance sports offers, the media and the game he loves. Read more...


Live performances aren’t this techno band’s forte

Monday, May 4, 1998 Live performances aren’t this techno band’s forte MUSIC: God Lives Underwater suffers from lack of vitality, poor vocals, same ol’ generic head-banging By Michelle Zubiate Daily Bruin Contributor Four months ago, techno/rock group God Lives Underwater (GLU), had yet to release its new album and the Philadelphia band’s current hit single "From Your Mouth" remained foreign to Los Angeles. Read more...


Soundbites

Monday, May 4, 1998 Soundbites MUSIC: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, "Walking Into Clarksdale" (Atlantic) And the classic rock revival continues. Late last year, Led Zeppelin and Atlantic Records released "BBC Sessions," a double album full of live tracks the seminal rock band did for the British Broadcasting Company. Read more...


Drum and bass devoid of life, can only drive listeners mad

Monday, May 4, 1998 Drum and bass devoid of life, can only drive listeners mad COLUMN: Musical genre cold, stale, leaves much to be desired emotionally So everything on KROQ these days involves some whiny male nasally crooning about love blah blah blah with a three chord progression filling up the background liner notes. Read more...


Wild life of Wilde exposed on silver screen

Monday, May 4, 1998 Wild life of Wilde exposed on silver screen FILM: Biography of playwright inspires director Brian Gilbert to make movie exploring author’s scandalous downfall By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Staff College-aged youths mixed up in the sexual life of a nationally respected man. Read more...


The Grapevine

Friday, May 1, 1998 The Grapevine Let’s face it. The entertainment-slash-shock value of seeing Denzel with an afro lasts about five minutes. Sure, he’s got game, but maybe you don’t. Read more...


Picnic, concert start youth on road to love of arts

Friday, May 1, 1998 Picnic, concert start youth on road to love of arts MUSIC: Outreach effort seeks to expose students to cultural experiences By Megan Dickerson Daily Bruin Contributor Think "Ferris Bueller’s Day Off." Cameron stares at a painted masterpiece, a canvas populated by ladies and gentleman of leisure. Read more...