Author Archive for Natasha Aftandilians
Bah to Arctic Monkeys’ “Humbug”
Arctic Monkeys give every young bloke with a guitar a glint of hope in their eyes. It’s hard to believe that four young men from Sheffield, England were fresh out of school and still living with their parents when they suddenly rocketed into a world of mainstream success.
Arctic Monkeys modestly appeared in 2006 with a [...]
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Let’s face it, folks — the Entertainment Section is probably the most entertaining of all sections. I mean, it’s right there in the name. We’re entertaining.
Subsequently, we get a lot of articles and a lot of writers. Probably more than all the other sections combined.
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I Pledged CALPIRG! (California Public Interest Research Group)
Photos by Natasha Aftandilians and Ching-Yun LiA CALPIRG intern takes part in the Climate Hero tour at one stop outside the San Jose City Hall. The Climate Hero Tour started in San Francisco and traveled across the state, meeting with the state’s Climate Heroes: legislative and elected officials who
Photos by Natasha Aftandilians and Ching-Yun LiOutside [...]
Keeping Student Art ‘Provocative’
A woman comes up to a group of men and asks a simple question: “So do you guys like jokes?” Not realizing where she is about to take them, they say yes. Innocently, she asks them, “What do you call the extra skin around a vagina?” She responds, “A woman!” The smiling faces are quickly transformed into awkward grimaces and blank stares. This video installation by Elizabeth Watkins is just one of the works of art in the “Provocations” exhibit, the annual undergraduate art exhibition juried by Sarah C. Bancroft, curator of the Orange County Museum of Art.
There Can Be Only One
Presidential candidates for the upcoming ASUCI election answer questions in the student center patio. Left to right: Megan Braun, Mark Crawford, Isaac Yerushalmi and Harish Venkitaramanan.
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Invading Bamboozle Left: Brave Citizens
It might be hard to believe that Brave Citizens’ goliath-sounding debut EP “Revolutions” started as a laptop recording project between two friends utilizing closets and garages to record and share ideas between Los Angeles and San Francisco. But for vocalist and UC Irvine alum Andrew Capra and guitarist Adam Bialik, it’s all that was needed to inspire the musical revolution that introduced Brave Citizens to the world.
Modest Mouse is the Big Cheese
It’s 6:30 p.m., and the line outside the Hollywood Palladium already twists and turns all the way down the block as fans eagerly gather outside. Modest Mouse is kicking off a 12-day tour with a sold-out show in Hollywood. Vendors and ticket scalpers loiter on the sidewalk outside the door. At 7:00 p.m., security opens the door, slowly ushering people in and the fans let out a collective sigh of relief as they are finally let inside.
The Happiest Little Demonstration
Members of the UCI Atheists, Agnostics and Rationalists group demonstrate on Ring Road.
Mari Kimura Reinvents Tradition
Highly acclaimed Japanese violinist and composer Mari Kimura performed at Winifred Smith Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Kimura’s performance, “Reinventing Tradition: Violin and Computer Plays the East and Beyond,” was presented by the Gassmann Electronic Music Series. Kimura’s compositions combine elements of classical violin, Japanese and Eastern music and electronics.
Gimme Shelter
Taking refuge from the downpour on Thursday night, bands blast away in an intimate setting in the Phoenix Food Court as part of the Acrobatics Everyday concert series.
