Tuesday, May 12

UK offers vibrant musical culture

For Bruins who studied or interned abroad in Great Britain, Scotland and Ireland, memories of places traveled seem to be associated with their perspective sound, whether it is jazz in a subway station, a British rock band in a nightclub or Gaelic music in a pub or traditional ball. Read more...



Westwood residents sound off on helicopter noise

Westwood residents sound off on helicopter noise

Some Westwood residents have been complaining about excessive noise from Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center helicopters. Do flights happen too often or along the wrong routes?

"Westwood residents sound off on helicopter noise"

Some Westwood residents have been complaining about excessive noise from Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center helicopters. Do flights happen too often or along the wrong routes?

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Urinals pioneer subculture

Nothing, except for maybe just a hint of a swagger, gave away John Talley-Jones as a past and present member of a punk band "“ much less one by the crude name of the Urinals. Read more...

Photo: Guitarist Rob Roberge, bassist John Talley-Jones and drummer Kevin Barrett of the Urinals will be performing at The Smell.


Apocalypse theory behind “˜2012′ lacks truth

Mark your calendars and prepare to see something big; "2012" is coming. Read more...

Photo: The new release “2012” is inspired by a popular myth about the apocalypse based on the end of the Mayan Long Count calendar around Dec. 21, 2012. UCLA professors, among others, have debunked this rumor.


Screen Scene: Oh My God

Friedrich Nietzsche was a smart guy, but he was wrong about at least one thing: God is definitely not dead. At the very least, the ideas of God, the arguments over God and the documentaries about God are still very much alive. Read more...