OLESYA SALNIKOVAA&E Assistant Good music is rare; great music is even rarer. Discovering new music that is great is a delicious pleasure that is reserved for the most rare of times. The other weekend, I happened to have one such moment when I accidentally came across a new artist whose music is refreshingly new and, at the same time, reminiscent of guitar and vocal … [Read more...] about Newcomers show signs of change
Finding ‘you’ among the unoriginality
AMY LARSONStaff Writer Growing up, each of us heard again and again that we were unique. We heard it at school, from family, or from whichever Sesame Street character happened to be on television that day. When we were little, it was easy to believe that there was no one in the whole world like us. But now we have grown up. The world was smaller then, and we were much more … [Read more...] about Finding ‘you’ among the unoriginality
Visions of the 60s
SHANNON URTNOWSKIA&E Editor Imagining a colorful world of flowers and psychedelic images isn’t the only way to reminisce about the 1960s any longer — the newest exhibition at the Geffen Contemporary at Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), “Murakami,” is like stepping into a time portal. More than 90 colorful and vibrant works created by artist Takashi Murakami, born in … [Read more...] about Visions of the 60s
After a four-year ‘blackout,’ Britney is back
LAURA JOHNSONAssistant A&E Editor Britney Spears is in a trance. She was in one at the MTV Video Music Awards; she was in one during her entire marriage to Kevin Federline. She is still in one on her highly anticipated new album, “Blackout.” It is a very tough call whether this trance is drug-induced or simply a malfunction of Britney’s mind: but, whatever the reason, … [Read more...] about After a four-year ‘blackout,’ Britney is back
Surrealist works brought to life
NICOLE KLIESTStaff Writer At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), visitors can enter the mysterious world of one of the most well known surrealist artists of the 20th century, Salvador Dali. On view from Oct. 14 through Jan. 6, 2008 the LACMA will be hosting the exquisite “Dali: Painting & Film.” The exhibition is the first to demonstrate the relationship … [Read more...] about Surrealist works brought to life