Monday, August 17

In the news:

Audio City: _Folk scene alive and well in Los Angeles_

While Los Angeles' folk scene has died down, it has not died. Folk musicians like Arlo Guthrie, most recently seen at Royce Hall, continue to perform long after historic folk venues such as the Ash Grove shut down. Read more...

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Ross Altman, a UCLA alumnus, was at the Topanga Banjo-Fiddle Contest and Folk Festival last year. Altman has a doctorate in English but chose to pursue folk music.

Courtesy of Milt Rosenberg



Plugged In

Anthony Su
First-year, computer science
Headed to: Ackerman Union to buy soap and other necessities
Listening to: "My Life Be Like (Ooh Ahh)" by Gritz
How did you get into the artist?: "My brother introduced them to me." Sunna Bae
Third-year, biochemistry
Headed to: home
Listening to: "Skin" by Rihanna
What other music do you enjoy?: "Hip-hop, R&B, Korean music and pop songs." Mario Colon
Second-year, environmental science
Listening to: "Superbeast" by Rob Zombie
How did you get into the artist?: "I used to listen to them in middle school. Read more...




Author of “˜The Glorious Whore of Milan’ switched from technical writer to novelist after UCLA Writers’ Extension Program

When he showed a co-worker his first attempts at writing a political thriller, Larry Maisner got a piece of advice that's been embedded in his memory ever since. Read more...

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After working for years as a technical writer, Larry Maisner studied for three semesters at the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program. “The Glorious Whore of Milan” is his third novel.