Peter Yates, a music professor specializing in guitar, often composes his music in L.A. traffic. Read more...
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Buzz Gravelle will perform in the “Quadruple Guitars” concert tonight both individually and together with three other guitarists. Tonight’s Schoenberg Hall performance is the last stop of the “Shape Shifting Guitars” tour and features UCLA performers.
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May 4, 2011 – Daily Bruin A&E columnist Shannon Cosgrove writes that vintage musical instrument stores are still thriving "“ even with the rise of outsourced manufacturing and the popularity of simulated music games like Rock Band. Reuben Cox, owner of Old Style Guitar Shop in Silver Lake, tells the story of one of his vintage guitars. [2:45]
"Reuben Cox of Old Style Guitar Shop details the finer points of the vintage instrument trade"You want to try on a pair of shoes before you buy them, right? Well, the same goes for guitars and other musical equipment. Read more...
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Reuben Cox turned a living room into his guitar shop, which is frequented by celebrity musicians. The Old Style Guitar Shop in Silver Lake uses recycled wood from furniture and dumpsters, along with vintage parts, to create eco-friendly guitars from top-quality wood.
The Beastie Boys has officially become "old school." Its brand of funky, heavy, guitar-tinged hip-hop faded off the radio airwaves years ago, relegated to the same cultural graveyard as boom boxes, Lollapalooza and other facets of the '90s. However, nostalgia can be a band's best friend. Read more...
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Forget about sophomore slumps. Fleet Foxes' second album, "Helplessness Blues," lives up to the expectations of the band's critically acclaimed debut album with a collection of gorgeous indie-folk songs that wrestle with heartbreak and existential questions about life and purpose. That's not to say the album came easy. Read more...
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Emile Ayoub and his friends discovered "The Room" last year, when another friend showed clips from what she described as a movie that is so bad it's funny. Read more...
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A still from the Tommy Wiseau film “The Room.” The notoriously awful movie has drawn a cult following and will be screening in Ackerman Grand Ballroom today at 8 p.m., followed by a Q&A session with Wiseau. (courtesy of Wiseau Films)
Cage-diving with great white sharks. Fighting brain cancer. Moving to the United States at age 12. These are among the responses given by the L.A. Read more...
At Aveda Institute on Weyburn Avenue, applying makeup or getting a haircut touches on issues deeper than the follicle. Read more...
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Aveda student and cosmetologist Ilsa Berg shampoos a customer’s hair at the Aveda Institute. Aveda will host its annual Earth Jam Fashion Benefit in Covel’s Grand Horizon Room today at 6 p.m. The event aims to raise $25,000 for charity.
