Wednesday, October 14, 1998 Soundbites MUSIC: Various Artists, "Rare on Air – Volume 4" (Mammoth Records) The inclusion of Sarah McLachlan’s ethereal serenity, Café Tacuba’s tongue-twisting Latin beats and Ozomatli’s jazzy hip-hop on one album at first seems improbable and inexplicable. Read more...

Tuesday, October 13, 1998 New Age movie deserves credit for stunning effects FILM: Reviewers criticize plot, miss innovative use of famous artistic works By Richard Nilsen The Arizona Republic Imagine walking around inside a painting and you have the visual premise for the new film ”What Dreams May Come.” In that New Age treaclefest, Robin Williams plays a doctor who dies and discovers that his personal heaven looks just like his wife’s paintings. Read more...

Tuesday, October 13, 1998 Blue Hawaiians’ concert showcases smooth sound MUSIC:Experienced, little-known group takes crowd on trip to tropical paradise at Los Angeles nightclub By Vanessa VanderZanden Daily Bruin Senior Staff Is that the subtle call of a tropical breeze wafting this way? Read more...

Tuesday, October 13, 1998 Survival of the wildest FILM: While "Animal House" stereotyped Greek life forever, its twentieth birthday is being celebrated with avengence By A.J. Read more...

Tuesday, October 13, 1998 Milk represents pinnacle of commercialism BOOKS: Once-generic drink gets celebrity status with mustache campaign By Megan Dickerson Daily Bruin Staff In this decade’s canon of self-celebratory advertising publishing, the indulgent granddaddy is the Absolut vodka ad campaign, which molds the short-necked, frosted bottles into corseted women or even the abstract "Absolut Picasso." But how very American, how very fitting with Yankee ingenuity, that in 1994 an even more-celebrated onslaught of propaganda lipped its way into pop culture, purveying a staple of the solid, cow-dotted heartland. Read more...

Monday, October 12, 1998 Punk band excites audience, proves what rock is all about MUSIC: Suicide Machines turn up volume, play down lyrics By Michelle Zubiate Daily Bruin Staff The recipe to a successful punk-rock show includes three key ingredients. Read more...

Monday, October 12, 1998 Soundbites Various Artists, ‘A Night at the Roxbury Soundtrack’ (Dreamworks) Chocolate, Barbies, Marilyn Manson… and now the new soundtrack to ‘A Night at the Roxbury’ joins the list of guilty pleasures. Read more...