The music of rock band Blue October gives an in-depth look into lead singer Justin Furstenfeld’s life of substance abuse, divorce, child custody battles, sobriety and recovery. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of Up Down Records)
Arts, Lifestyle
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April 27, 12:00 am
The Brunch Club: Salt’s Cure
The starter pack of an urban chic restaurant includes cement floors, pipe decor, modern white chairs, silver-wired lamps and mason jars. The interior design of Salt’s Cure fits the city warehouse theme, but its food is rustic country all the way. Read more...
Photo: The popular 2x2x2 meal at Salt’s Cure in Hollywood is made of up two sausage, two pieces of bacon, two eggs and a biscuit with jam. The thick, soft strips of bacon were impressive and resembled slices of pork ribs in texture and flavor. (Miriam Bribiesca/Assistant Photo Editor)
Arts
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April 27, 12:00 am
Love | Hate: Can ‘The Powerpuff Girls’ still pack a punch?
The unmistakable theme song to “The Powerpuff Girls” filled many homes from 1998 to 2005 as fans around the world tuned in to watch Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup fight crime and the forces of evil. Read more...
Photo: Over a decade after the last episode of Cartoon Network’s “The Powerpuff Girls,” Bubbles (left), Blossom (center) and Buttercup are set for a 2016 reboot and have undergone a modernized revamp. (Courtesy of Cartoon Network)
Arts, Music
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April 26, 10:19 pm
Local group inspired to overcome racism and strife through music
Westwood Village Entertainment Group, or WVEG, was inspired by an old Nigerian proverb: “It takes a village to raise a child.” For them, their proverbial child is their music. Read more...
Photo: Westwood Village Entertainment Group performed at Bruin Day this year, with founder and third-year ethnomusicology student Munir Griffin (left) on saxophone. (Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
Arts, Music
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April 26, 12:00 am
Album Review: ‘Always Strive and Prosper’
A$AP Ferg has shed his “Fergivicious” demeanor and repented to the “Hood Pope” one in hopes of finding himself. A three-year period has dramatically transformed the life of A$AP Ferg, from achieving success for his 2013 album “Trap Lord,” to the tragic loss of close friend and A$AP Mob founder A$AP Yams in 2015. Read more...
Photo: (Courtesy of RCA Records)
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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April 26, 12:00 am
UCLA lecturer creates Coachella landmark with art installation
Jimenez Lai had to crane his neck the first time he saw his 52-foot-tall art installation. He felt a sudden rush of emotion – he hadn’t seen how his work would look in real life until it was installed in a grassy field at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Read more...
Photo: Jimenez Lai, a UCLA architecture and urban design lecturer, created his large-scale art installation “The Tower of Twelve Stories” for this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Art Festival in Indio, California. The installation was composed of repeating forms of cartoon bubbles that viewers can interpret, Lai said. Coachella attendees used the sculpture as a place to sit and as a landmark to meet with other people. (Daniel Alcazar/Photo Editor)
Arts, Film & TV
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April 26, 12:00 am
Q&A: ‘Hot Girls Wanted’ illuminates injustice in amateur porn industry
Twenty-five percent of all search engine requests are related to pornography and an average of 266 new porn websites appear online every day. However, the multibillion-dollar porn industry becomes a subject of controversy when women are being exploited for footage. Read more...
Photo: Bruin Consent Coalition hosted a panel that discussed the amateur porn industry and a screening of the 2015 documentary “Hot Girls Wanted” (above), directed by Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus, Monday night. (Courtesy of Netflix)