Wednesday, April 29

While my sitar gently speaks

Legendary sitarist Ravi Shankar’s Encinitas home lies nestled in between narrow and winding streets, but the towering residence provides a beautiful view of Northern San Diego’s rolling hills, allowing the perfect combination of intimacy and expansiveness. Read more...


D and D back by popular demand

It is once again that time to combat boredom and bad entertainment blues with everyone’s (soon-to-be) favorite superheroes. Last time we saw our dynamic duo, Donald and Double, they were busy getting into film premieres and wasting their summer away. Read more...


Soundbites

Beck “Sea Change” Geffen Records This album, “Sea Change,” is Beck’s masterpiece. It’s introspective, emotional and brilliant. At least that’s what everyone was saying even before the album came out. Read more...



UCLA alumnus pulled in by poetry

Never overlook a janitor as a prodigy. Before you start getting images of Will Hunting secretly scrawling answers to advanced fourier systems across a dimly-lit chalkboard, it should be said that janitors can make great poets, too. Read more...


Musician expresses his faith on CD

Few people would deny music can be a spiritual experience, and for Roberto Miranda jazz is the best way to see the light. Miranda, an adjunct assistant professor in jazz studies in the ethnomusicology department at UCLA, is a jazz musician who has played bass with everyone from world-class jazz musicians to members of the local hip-hop scene Jurassic 5. Read more...


Art departments move to Kinross

Though art generally remains still, right now at UCLA it is in the process of moving. Two departments of the School of Arts and Architecture has packed its bags and is making a new home in the newly-built Kinross building located in Westwood’s Lot 32. Read more...