Photos by Rachal Marquez & Brett Bean Editor’s Note: “From our feed” is a new feature through which developing stories covered on our social media accounts are featured on our website. These will be updated, but the most recent information can always be found on our social media. Signs promoting Turning Point USA, a student […]
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Interview with Grouplove’s Andrew Wessen + Live Photos
We interviewed Andrew Wessen of Grouplove and talked about his Malibu upbringing, life in the band and their new record “Big Mess.”
Iris DeMent Combines Folk Music and Poetry at Smothers
Photos by Brett Bean Iris DeMent performed recently at Smothers Theatre, her bright red and polka-dot platform heels reflecting the stage lights as she pressed the piano pedals down while playing. DeMent, who performed for a Pepperdine audience on Sept. 29, is a Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, mostly sang songs from her newest album, “The Trackless Woods,” […]
Twin Peaks Rock New Long Beach Music Festival
Photos by Brett Bean Twin Peaks performed a set at the first-ever Music Tastes Good Festival in Long Beach on Saturday. Their performance, along with many others, helped inaugurate this new festival, a hoping-to-become-annual event. From the moment of the first guitar riff to the very last strike of a cymbal, the group of five […]
Campus Rec Goes Kayaking
Photos by Brett Bean A group of students joined Campus Rec for a kayaking trip to Point Dume on Saturday. The excursion drew in a wide array of participants, ranging from beginner to expert kayakers, freshmen to seniors and International Studies to Economics majors. The group spent the early hours of the afternoon paddling their […]