Monday, 6/30/97 Soundbites MUSIC: Oscar Lopez "Heat" (Narada) "Heat" lives up to its title as an ideal album for those hot summer nights, though it’s so good you’ll want to play it all year long,. Read more...

Monday, 6/30/97 U2 returns with passionate show MUSIC: ‘Popmart’ tour dazzles L.A. fans in exciting performance By Mike Prevatt Daily Bruin Senior Staff U2 swept into the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on June 21, thrilling fans and drowning out the ludicrous media cynicism with a passionate and exciting show. Read more...

Monday, 6/30/97 Her Own Backyard ART: With a little help from the community, Liza Lou transforms over a million beads into a life-sized yard – and a beautiful work of art. Read more...

Tuesday, 6/24/97 Future of music remains unclear as popular taste always changes COLUMN: Nobody can predict where the ‘next big thing’ will be found By Mike Prevatt Summer Bruin Senior Staff I was watching MTV (or eMpTV as it’s been nicknamed). Read more...

Tuesday, 6/24/97 Still smokin’ THEATER: After more than 40 years of songwriting, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller continue to capture audiences – this time with "Smokey Joe’s Cafe," a theatrical compilation of their ’50s and ’60s hits By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff In a way, it’s ironic that there is almost no spoken dialogue in "Smokey Joe’s Cafe – The Songs of Leiber and Stoller," the musical returning to Los Angeles Tuesday at the Wilshire Theatre. Read more...

Tuesday, 6/24/97 Tarantino shifts his artistic gears with third effort FILM: Coming out of a slump, director pulls self up with a ‘Jackie Brown’ By Brandon Wilson Summer Bruin Staff Whether it’s a filmmaker, musician, or novelist, it is the bane of an artist’s existence: two dreaded words that can strike fear in the heart of even the most dedicated, brilliant and fearless practitioners of a craft. Read more...

Monday, 6/23/97 Summer sizzles with new CD releases and hot hits MUSIC: Recordings available from old, new favorites in every genre By Mike Prevatt Daily Bruin Senior Staff It’s a symbiotic relationship – college students with money to burn and record stores with albums to browse through. Read more...