Author Archive for Gray Beltran
Neil Young Ages Well on “Fork in the Road”
Neil Young has never been a perfect stranger to the world of concept albums. Nor has his songwriting avoided controversial political messages in order to find commercial success (see 2006′s “Living with War”). The rock legend’s latest release, “Fork in the Road,” is both a concept album and a collection of songs defined by a progressive political message. At least, that was the plan.
Bill of Education Passed
LEGISLATION: Congress passes first bill of hIgher education in 10 years, includes over 60 new provisions.
News in Brief
Former UCI Professor’s Alleged Murderer Pleads Not Guilty; Congress Passes Higher Education Act for First Time in 10 Years; Samueli Sentence Postponed
Acrobatics Crash Normal
Forty hours before the start of Coachella, Acrobatics Everyday hosted Crash Normal at Phoenix Grille, Wednesday, April 23. Southern Californian bands Wounded Lion, Some Days and The Muslims accompanied Crash Normal, a Parisian import billed as “psychedelic French punk.”
Some Days opened the show with short songs, simple beats and a jangly guitar. A few of [...]
Grandma’s Homemade Videos
In her documentary film ‘Grandma Has a Video Camera,’ director T
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Pizza, Mice, Sharks
With a cable dangling from his mouth, Luke Fischbeck writhes in ecstasy on the floor. A desert landscape on the wall behind him morphs into flashing close-ups of trees, bushes and cacti. The speed changes with the music, a surge of electronic bass and distortion the artist controls with cables connected to his laptop.
He offers [...]
Anderson Spills ‘Blood’ and Oil
Blood, oil and liquor combine to create a captivating portrait of tycoon Daniel Plainview in the latest film by Paul Thomas Anderson. Set during turn-of-the-century California, ‘There Will Be Blood’ draws inspiration from the Upton Sinclair novel ‘Oil!’ of the 1920s. As the title change suggests, the film is hardly a strict adaptation of the [...]
David Belton Goes ‘Beyond the Gates’
April, 1994. As U.N. forces pull out of a school in Rwanda, a distraught man pleads with the soldiers to turn their guns on the children. He knows bullets will be kinder than machetes.
Though not the first Rwandan genocide film, ‘Beyond the Gates’ succeeds in setting itself apart. From the start, the filmmakers are determined [...]
