Ever since their surprising win for album of the year at the Grammys in 2011, Arcade Fire has risen in public acclaim to something like ’90s Radiohead: too popular to be indie, too indie to be commercial. Read more...
Arts, Arts Columns, Music
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October 24, 12:03 am
Throwback Thursday: The Pixies help define ’90s alternative rock
The Pixies are not a band you start listening to in sixth grade to impress a girl. They’re the band that you’re drawn to when you’ve come to detest the glamour and manufacturing of popular music, for the weirdly artistic sounds of a Pixies record. Read more...
Arts, Theater & Fine Arts
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October 23, 11:58 pm
UCLA professor’s ‘Ka Yev Chka II’ details life in 1970s Armenia
The original version of this article contained information that was unclear and has been changed. See the bottom of the article for additional information. A lonely train horn sounds. Read more...
Photo: Professor Anahid Keshishian takes to the stage with her one-woman show called “Ka Yev Chka II,” which explores her journey as a teen moving from pre-revolutionary Iran to Soviet Armenia.
Arts, Film & TV
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October 23, 11:53 pm
Movie review: ‘Blue Is the Warmest Color’
“Blue Is the Warmest Color” is a three-hour movie, but it’s the dozen minutes of explicit lesbian sex that has kept it in media news. Banned in Idaho and followed by a trail of critical controversy, “Blue Is the Warmest Color” has raised questions about sex and sexiness ever since its Palme d’Or win at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. Read more...
Arts, Music, Theater & Fine Arts
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October 23, 11:47 pm
Punk rock musical addresses sexual abuse
More than a decade ago, UCLA professor Paul Abramson became involved as an expert witness in a sexual abuse case so influential to him that he wrote a musical about it. Read more...
Photo: Professor Paul Abramson sings on stage with his band “Crying 4 Kafka” in his punk rock musical “The Saint of F’ed Up Karma,” which explores a sexual abuse case.
Arts, Lifestyle
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October 23, 12:36 am
Q&A: Judd Winick shares ‘storyboards’ behind ‘Pedro and Me’
In 1994, a young cartoonist named Judd Winick entered the cast of MTV’s “The Real World: San Francisco.” It was there he met Pedro Zamora, a young AIDS educator and fellow cast member who made waves as one of the first openly gay, HIV-positive Cuban men on television. Read more...
Arts, Lifestyle
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October 23, 12:33 am
Kevin Aiello climbs up to head chef position at Bruin Plate
While Captain Jack Sparrow may have boasted a diet of pure rum on the screen, Johnny Depp needed real food to get him through his long days on set. Read more...
Photo: Kevin Aiello has risen through the ranks within various eating facilities to become the new head chef of Bruin Plate, the newest dining hall on the Hill open to the public.