Modern DJ embraces new wave of electronic music
Underground legend Steve Aoki fuses energetic beats with mainstream cameos.
Cooking at home reclaims its appeal
For years, the restaurant industry has trended toward wholesome dining: locally sourced foods with rustic presentations. The effect is meant to comfort the diner through “organic” eating, a reminder of a simpler era of literal farm-to-table meals that most diners have probably not experienced. And nothing gets much more wholesome, or comforting, than a true […]
Foreign films grow in popularity
Directors, such as Angelina Jolie and Pedro Almodóvar, discuss the expanding presence and increasing appeal of foreign films.
Occupy L.A. grounds have growth potential
With the main Occupy L.A. encampment having come to an end, there are many questions regarding what it all meant — what it meant for the community and what it meant for similar movements striving for social change. The meaning and effects will take a long time to be clear. Events like these need the […]
Embrace subjective grading
Though subjective grading can be frustrating, it allows students to become adaptive.
High-speed rail helps students, state
A train running from San Francisco to Los Angeles would give California residents a sustainable and convenient travel option.
Four good reasons to go vinyl
A cynic might reject the recent explosion in American vinyl sales as a transient fad, as a short-lived parade of spendthrift hipsters getting their anachronistic rocks off. More than that, in this blessed age of sexy tech innovations like iPods and Spotify and Rock Band, to get one’s music from a clumsy crackly unwieldy turntable seems […]
Time-lapse videos make scenes captivating
Last week, I discussed tilt-shift—an emerging trend in video that makes real-life footage seem cartoonish. This week, I’ll be talking about time-lapse, another popular trend in film today. The time-lapse process is a style that allows us to view life in a different way—an entire sunset, a whole day or even weeks can be seen […]