DAILY BRUIN (UCLA)
COLUMNS, ARTICLES, REVIEWS
1994-1997

COLUMNS

Tribute to Allen Ginsberg
Ode to my favorite beat poet upon his death. And I know it's Gloria Steinem instead of Steiner. Don't know how that happened.

Social Currents Drowned Disco
Did racism, homophobia and conservatism kill disco?

Valentine's Day Top Ten
Music for the Lovers' Holiday. Or not.

Christmas Compilations
Music for the Fruitcake Holiday. Or not.

Moshers
Suit-happy moshers need to get a life.

Talent vs. Accessability in Music
Why the best music is often the most difficult (and most ignored).

CONCERT REVIEWS

Bad Religion
Legendary punkers at the Palace.

Komeda
Killer Swedish band. First U.S. show!!

Tuatara
Supergroup including Peter Buck (R.E.M.), Skerik (Critters Buggin), Scott McCaughey (Minus 5), Barrett Martin (Screaming Trees) and Justin Harwood (Luna).

Meat Beat Manifesto, Loop Guru and DJ Spooky
Let the psychedelics roll.

Gypsy Kings
Yeah, I love 'em. So what?

The Cranes
A goth band.

INTERVIEWS

Loop Guru
The most fun interview I did - in a van at Spaceland with an electro-psychedelic-world-fusion-punk band.

Fred Goodman
Writer and former editor of Rolling Stone.

Harry Blitzstein
L.A. artist and gallery owner.

Stuffy Museums
It's time for museums to banish that sterile "quiet please" atmosphere that keeps folks away.

E from the eels
My first interview with E. On the most stressful day I spent at the paper (hence its lack of brilliance).

Scott Hunter of Rocklove magazine
I don't think this rag is even around anymore, but its "positive only" policy was really cool. I briefly wrote for them.

Sugarplastic
Ben Eshbach, the mastermind of this fab L.A. band.

Tuatara interview
Barrett Martin, incredible musician and a really smart guy. The facial hair's gotta go though.

Cake
Vince DiFiore from this NoCal band.

OTHER REVIEWS

Alfred Stieglitz show
at the L.A. County Museum.

Auguste Rodin
Amazing sculptor.

Peanuts
Charles Schultz's gang at the Museum of Television and Radio in Beverly Hills.

Whiplash by James
Ah, the perks of being the editor. A GIANT review of this James album.

Music for a Darkened Theater, Vol. 2 by Danny Elfman
The former Oingo Boingo genius' second comilation of film scores.

Mastering Miracles by Hong Liu
Qi Gong master.

... And a few music reviews from the fist issue.

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