Tuesday, August 11

In the news:

Expressionist Taiwanese artist’s work comes to Kerckhoff

When first-year political science student Carmen Crow walked into Kerckhoff Hall to get a cup of coffee, a large abstract painting of black and blue swirls caught her attention, and diverted her from her original path to caffeine. Read more...

Photo: X-Power Gallery is an art gallery comprised of works by Taiwanese artist Lee Sun-Don and Ma Sing Ling. Art lead of the X-Power Gallery, Weping Kuo, and volunteer Iris Shah will be in the gallery all week in Kerckhoff Art Gallery. (Joseph Chan/Daily Bruin)


The Kitchenette to offer taste of reggae at Fowler

On some days, the Kitchenette, a group of seven UCLA musicians, can be heard cooking up covers of reggae hits or rehearsing original rocksteady and ska-influenced melodies in Schoenberg Hall. Read more...

Photo: The Kitchenette, composed of seven members from UCLA band The Big Kitchen, will perform music inspired by early rocksteady and reggae artists at the Fowler Museum Thursday as part of the Fowler Out Loud series. (Courtesy of Sansanee Boonyad)


House duo GLSS manufactures ‘Soul Feel’ EP

Layered into a deep house bass beat, a voice arises out of a mellow, pulsing intro. A multi-pitched looping lyric, “If you’re not the one then, then why does my soul feel?” is followed by a flurry of vocal work and assorted sounds. Read more...

Photo: Third-year Design | Media Arts student Philip Scott is half of San Francisco-based house duo GLSS, which released its “Soul Feel” EP Feb. 25.(Courtesy of POPGANG)


Album Review: ‘G I R L’

While sex has long been a common theme in pop culture, Pharrell Williams wants to bring a little more to the table. “G I R L,” a 10-track –plus one hidden – album, including the Billboard No. Read more...

Photo: (Courtesy of Columbia Records)


Herb Alpert, Lani Hall visit music industry class

During his first class two years ago, music industry professor Ken Kragen had the UCLA Bruin Marching Band blast through a lecture hall full of students, demonstrating one of the life lessons he teaches in his course “Stardom Strategies for Musicians.” “You need something unique and special to engage people,” Kragen said. Read more...

Photo: “Stardom Strategies for Musicians,” a music industry class taught by professor Ken Kragen, featured Grammy Award-winning jazz musicians Herb Alpert and Lani Hall Tuesday in the Jan Popper Theater. (Jessica Zhou/Daily Bruin)


Out of Focus: “Je t’aime, je t’aime” combines science fiction, romance

You close your eyes and the past comes flooding back to you: the bitter recollection of some bygone afternoon, the sight of the scene and the scent of your lover. Read more...

Photo: An inspiration for “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” Alain Resnais’ forgotten masterpiece “Je t’aime, je t’aime” explores human desire through science fiction. (Courtesy of Bleeding Light Film Group)