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‘PANDEMONIUM’ Nov. 16-18 @ Royce Hall

by stephanie forshee How are the creators of the worldrenowned “Stomp” going to top their first sensation? Why, by making it bigger and better, of course. Creators Luke Cresswell and Steve McNicholas have teamed up yet again for another taste of excitement that they plan to tour around the world.

Their next stop: UCLA’s Royce Hall for four performances.

In the duo’s latest creation, “Pandemonium,” a cast of 26 percussionists, plus UCLA’s choir, puts the number of performers on stage total at 50. Everyday objects like glasses, bottles, traffic cones, rope and filing cabinets are transformed into original, newly invented instruments. With those objects and the help of trained performers chaos ensues.

“You’re using instruments that most people haven’t heard before,” says Cresswell. “Then you’re layering them against each other, which people haven’t heard before. So it’s about finding a new sound and creating a new sound. I find that very exciting. “ According to Cresswell, 12 of the 26 performers are “Stomp” veterans, while 12 are also trained percussionists, and the other two are more performance-oriented than musically trained.

“The cast is an amazing group of people. It’s quite a mixture,” he says.

Despite “Stomp”’s success, Cresswell and McNicholas weren’t initially positive they could pull off “Pandemonium.”

Campus Circle > Culture > Get Up, Get Out “It’s an idea we’d had for a long time, and it’s always been a dream to put this on stage. It’s a big show and a big idea,” says Cresswell.

“Its one of those things that you think about it and then you think, ‘No, that’s too silly an idea. It’s too complicated,’” he says. “Then we were approached by the Brighton Festival asking us if we had a dream, what would we do if we could do anything? And we said that’s something we’d love to try to put together.”

That’s precisely what they did. The show debuted at the UK Brighton Festival in 2006. Since, “Pandemonium” has traveled to the Sydney Opera House, London’s Royal Festival Hall and the Carre Theatre in Amsterdam.

“Each time has just been fantastic,” boasts Cresswell. “It’s such a great show.”

In the major cities, “Pandemonium” typically teams up with local choirs.

“On stage it’s great. It gives you a new perspective on the show and you meet different people,” says Cresswell.

Albeit rewarding, the experience of collaboration presents some obvious challenges.

“They’re very nervous, and they don’t know what this show is. It’s a rare show. It’s a dramatic show,” he says.

“And we’re nervous because we’ve never heard them sing before. So there’s a trust that goes both ways. We won’t meet the choir until the day before the first show. So they’ve got to keep their fingers crossed that we will get on, and we’re the same way,” explains Cresswell.

“It’s usually a great energy, and it’s all exciting,” he shares.

While Cresswell enjoys collaborating with new people, he’s remained loyal to co-creator McNicholas for a fair share of their work. The two are currently working on two natural history films: one underwater film and the other about great

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Remember a few years ago when Dane Cook was the hottest thing to hit the stand-up comedy scene since Clay, Kinison and Comic Relief? Sure, his BK Lounge bit is still hilarious, but there’s an heir apparent on the horizon who’s honing in on Cook’s throne. His name is Aziz Ansari.

Ansari began his career in 2001, working small stand-up clubs while still in college at NYU. He became a frequent presence on the Upright Citizens Brigade stage and won the title of Best Stand Up at the 2006 U.S. Comedy Festival in Aspen, the funny man’s version of winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes, before co-creating the MTV sketch show “Human Giant.” The show only ran for two seasons, ending because Ansari and his co-stars Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer chose to pursue other projects, not because they were cancelled, and it established Ansari as a major force to be reckoned with on the comedy scene.

Twenty-seven, foul-mouthed and a rare Indian-American breakout comedy star, some may recognize Ansari from NBC’s “Parks and Recreation” or films such as Funny People, I Love You, Man and Observe and Report. But these days, Ansari can be found holding the mic, strutting on stage and making crowds roar with his Dangerously Delicious Tour, coming to the Orpheum Theatre Nov. 20. Frequently clinging to his cell phone while telling stories from his personal life, Ansari laces his in-your-face comedy with R. Kelly references (you can tell he’s a big fan) and tales of Harris and Darwish, the 15- and 18-year-old cousins he loves to torment. With any luck, he’ll also bring out “Raaaaaaandy,” his most popular character, one currently at war with Justin Bieber and at the center of two films Ansari is developing with his Funny People director Judd Apatow and, best of all, he won’t do any of that weird, squatting Velociraptor stuff that makes watching Dane Cook perform so uncomfortable.

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UCLA’s choir joins “Pandemonium” for four performances. white sharks.

“We’ve worked together so long now,” tells Cresswell. “But in a way we sort of work solo. We don’t necessarily sit in a room and write together. I write on my own and then Steve will write, and then we collaborate and then we sit and see each other’s work and start again.”

“It’s a very good relationship to work in,” he says. “I’ve never felt the need to do lots of solo projects. But we get along great and we have lots still to do.”

So how similar is “Stomp” to “Pandemonium?”

“Most people who have seen the show who have seen ‘Stomp,’ love it. But I’ve also had people prefer ‘Pandemonium’ to ‘Stomp,’ prefer ‘Stomp’ to ‘Pandemonium,’” Creswell shares.

“If you buy an album from a musician and you go to get the next album, you hope you’d like that because it’s the same musician,” he says. “It’s the same with this. But the reaction so far has been fantastic.”

Royce Hall is located at 340 Royce Drive, UCLA, Los Angeles.

For more information, visit pandemoniumtheshow.com.

Now-Nov. 20 @ Lounge 2 Theatre It might be categorized as more saucy than sweet, but Fielding Edlow’s “Sugar Daddy” has a mighty bite. Edlow acts as writer, director and star of this one-woman comedy.

“Sugar Daddy” follows a woman into some of the most intimate situations of her everyday world. As her life seems to be plummeting, the story dives into all sorts of dilemmas including: overeating, therapy sessions, a move from New York to Los Angeles and visits with her inappropriate father.

Edlow has a knack for writing, and this Fielding Edlow in “Sugar Daddy” script is impeccably humorous. She captures perfect moments of insanity in a woman’s life while somehow remaining honest and lovable.

The funny thing about when someone tackles a role with such a complex personality is that it typically only works on stage. When Edlow acts out breakdowns or freak-out moments that wouldn’t ordinarily be comical in real life, the audience can’t help but die from laughter.

Edlow’s commitment to her character is priceless. As she is the writer, she had plenty of time to explore her character and was allowed endless freedom in making choices for the role. She’s witty, real and positively insane.

With only one performer, transitions are crucial. Edlow manages to pull off every single one flawlessly. She doesn’t have any costume changes, but just the tiniest alterations in lighting or positioning the furniture were enough to change the scenes.

“Sugar Daddy” is offering discounted tickets for patrons who submit an original cupcake recipe or original artwork of a cupcake. The submissions will not only earn you $3 tickets but will be displayed in the lobby for the remainder of the show’s run. They will then be compiled into a “Sugar Daddy” cupcake cookbook.

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Tanna Frederick continues to chase dreams. by candice winters

A voice as sweet and comforting as a DOLlop of molasses rings across the phone. Profusely apologizing for her raspy voice and near delirium due to a severe cold, the ginger-haired actress originally from Mason City, Iowa, is still willing and gratuitously accommodating when we talk. Tanna Frederick might seem like your average Angeleno who enjoys a good Bravo marathon of “Real Housewives,” but she is a talented and driven actress who is not quite as jaded by the Hollywood lifestyle considering her Midwestern upbringing.

“I’ve been out here trying to maintain my sanity in this business for 10 years,” says Frederick who moved to Los Angeles after spending her college years in Iowa. “I think you have to look at it with a sense of humor. My character has a lot of heart, and I wanted to play her realistically. There are a lot of films that are making fun of Hollywood and that are commenting on the insanity of the business and how ridiculous the people are.”

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follow-up to Hollywood Dreams (2006). In Queen of the Lot, Frederick portrays Maggie, an aspiring actress who is hoping to capitalize on her two D.U.I.’s and the electronic ankle bracelet that is keeping her under house arrest.

A study of societal addiction as well as the fruitless search for meaning in fame, the film allows Frederick some wiggle room with her character that she ultimately portrays with a mixture of innocence and unexaggerated reality.

“That’s where I was five years ago,” admits Frederick about finding herself in Maggie. “I don’t feel like I have the insane drive for fame that she has. My character is a blownup amalgam of actors. I’m more of a voyeur, and I see this going on with people in Hollywood. I see reality shows, and I see the Paris Hilton’s and the Kim Kardashian’s. It’s more of a societal study of a certain type of person than it is playing myself.”

Trapped in her house and in an unhealthy relationship with a bad-boy movie star, Maggie desperately re-checks her Google points and plays up her house arrest to the media in the hopes of making that difficult leap off of the B-list. The film is a testimony to the film industry as it relates to the rest of the world. Though it is set in our town of glitz and glam, the film relies on the universal themes of dependence, obsession and the search for happiness.

“Addiction is only a symptom of anxiety, of fear, of loneliness, of low self-esteem,” says Frederick. “My girlfriends in Iowa are going after the same things Maggie is going after.

It’s not show business, but they want a career and a good home life and to be happy. It’s not just a film for Hollywoodites. It has to do with what a lot of people go through in terms of having really big dreams and going after them full force.

For all human kind, that is the goal.”

In this film, Frederick is really put through the ringer.

Noah Wyle and Tanna Frederick in Queen of the Lot Her character’s solid plan gets complicated when she meets her boyfriend’s brother (played by the ever-charming Noah Wyle) who, despite his own dark secrets, is a truer fit for the pre-Hollywood Maggie who has been lost in the haze of ambition.

Describing her handsome co-star as “the Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda of the present day,” Frederick was given ample room by her director to improvise for the film. One such scene, which she says was her favorite to shoot, takes place in the kitchen between Frederick and Wyle. Without giving too much away, the scene is a funny, smart, endearing testament to honest filmmaking and natural acting.

“I was terrified before that scene,” admits a jovial Frederick. “I thought, ‘OK, I’m in lingerie. I’m sitting with Noah Wyle and I’m supposed to seduce him in this scene while chewing ice cream and spitting it out. This is just not going to work.’ We did the whole entire scene in one single take. So I only had to eat like half a pint of ice cream. That’s the magical part of Henry’s films. It was perfection.”

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MARWENCOL The Little Belgian Town That Mark Built by candice winters Imagination is often seen as a metaphor– ical source for real-life confrontations. We write novels and paint pictures that represent what we are feeling. The material form it takes is irrelevant. Who’s to say that Play-Doh is not as viable a medium as watercolors, marble or the written word.

Mark Hogancamp is master of a slightly unconventional art form. He builds a World War II-era town to one-sixth scale, equipped with intricately accurate subtleties in the settings and characters. Hogancamp uses the people in his life – family, friends and co-workers – as inspiration for the dolls that inhabit his fictional world, “Marwencol,” which is also the name of the new film by documentarian Jeff Malmberg.

“He’s really committed to staying inside Marwencol,” says Malmberg about Hogancamp’s dedication to his art. “He shoots every day practically. I think he wants to keep it for him. He appreciates people saying that they admire his story, but that’s never been what it’s about for him. He’s just kind of trudging on with the story.”

Hogancamp initially turned to Marwencol as a coping mechanism, one that allowed him to confront the violent and traumatic episode that left him permanently altered.

Hogancamp was severely beaten outside of a bar in Kingston, N.Y., by five alcohol-infused men who left him in a coma for

Campus Circle > Film > Interviews nine days. His brain was so badly damaged that he was forced to relearn everything. Creating his life-like scenes using the small buildings and dolls enables Hogancamp to recover some of his hand-eye coordination and relieve his mind from the mental wounds left by the attack.

Malmberg first saw Hogancamp’s pictures in a magazine that was featuring the photographs he took of his work.

Intrigued and looking to make a short film over the course of a weekend, the director was immediately drawn to “what a kind and cool guy he was. He is instantly a likeable person.

I didn’t know what to expect, but I was captivated with him from the beginning.”

As the documentary details, Marwencol is not just a grownup’s Barbie Playhouse; the fictional land and its citizens have become Hogancamp’s real-life best friends.

Whereas before the attack, he was consumed with alcoholism that destroyed his marriage and serious relationships, his investment in Marwencol allows him to create the relationships and, ultimately, the entire story of his life.

Malmberg admits to a growing fondness and understanding of Marwencol’s appeal.

“There’s real beauty if you bother to look close enough,” explains Malmberg. “People that you might immediately dismiss because you think you understand them, you can put them easily in a box, but there might be something deeper there. Looking makes life richer.”

Eventually, a prestigious art gallery in New York City discovered Hogancamp’s photographs and set up an exhibition for his work. Thrust into the spotlight, Hogancamp experiences his small, private world in a wholly public and exposing light. However, he is not so interested in spreading Marwencol as he is in bringing it to life, which he and Malmberg do in a stop-motion sequence in the documentary.

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UNSTOPPABLE Denzel Washington and Chris Pine’s Amazing Race by ebony march Imagine that you’re a blue-collar worker and today is your first day on the job. Your co-workers are anything but hospitable. The guy that they’ve partnered you with keeps busting your chops every time you make a mistake. Not only that, but your personal life is falling apart and you can’t fix it because you’re on the job. Then, just when you think it can’t get any worse ... [Cue: “Runaway Train” by Soul Asylum] some intellectually substandard bozo forgets to do the one thing he’s paid to do, which results in one of the most frightening potential disasters to unravel in United States history. Think this is simply the story line to another Hollywood popcorn movie? Well, think again. This story is the plot of the action-thriller Unstoppable, but it’s also based on a true story.

In real life, it was two Pennsylvania locomotive workers named Terry and Jesse who found themselves embroiled in a show of heroics to save neighboring towns from a series of runaway cars barreling down the tracks. Although highly experienced within their field, this type of activity on the job is something that happens once in a lifetime. In Hollywood, however, Unstoppable marks the second train-related collaboration between director Tony Scott and Denzel Washington. But Washington had no qualms about stepping

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Mark Hogancamp sets up a scene in Marwencol.

“He had never done stop-motion before,” professes Malmberg. “I was behind the camera telling him when he had a clear frame so that I could cut it together. He did all the doll movements. I just explained it to him right before we did that shot how stop-motion works, what he needed to do, that there’s only 30 frames per second. He did it right then and there, that’s how good he is. That was one of his first things he said to me, ‘You’re a filmmaker. Help me. I want to bring the town to life.’”

In doing so, Malmberg invested four long years to documenting Hogancamp’s story, which garnered him a prestigious spot as a certified citizen of Marwencol.

“About two years into shooting, he was like, ‘Is there really a movie?’ We were buddies, but he was anxious to see this film. So about two years into it, he introduced this building he had built called the Malmberg Film Studios. He showed it to me and said, ‘This is where your character is going to finish the movie now.’”

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“I trust Tony, who’s a great filmmaker, and I enjoy working with him,” says Washington. “We have a good shorthand now; I know what he’s after and he knows how I like to work, and we leave each other alone to do the work.

Tony’s very enthusiastic, and his team loves working for him; so with him, it’s easy.”

Washington felt very comfortable making suggestions about the rest of the cast. Rosario Dawson (with whom he acted in He Got Game) brings an emotional electricity to the screen as Connie Hooper, the train yard master. Scott was also encouraged by his leading man to cast Pine after seeing his breakthrough performances in Star Trek as well as the play “Farragut North.”

Washington’s talent easily resonates with his co-star.

“Denzel pushes and pushes you to do a better job,” explains Pine. “He’s complicated in all the best ways, and he brings so much to the table that each take is different, each has a distinctive quality. If you’re present and paying attention, you can play off those nuances, which gives the characters more depth. Denzel’s the best at what he does, so I took my cues from him.”

Yet, even with all the admiration on set, everyone agrees that the train is the major attraction.

“The 777 is the real star of the movie,” says Washington.

“It’s the shark in Jaws. It’s the monster in the room that’s going to destroy people, towns – anything and everything in its path. Chris Pine and I are just side men. It’s all about the train. That’s why it’s called Unstoppable.”

Interacting with the unsanctioned fourth star of the film required Pine and Washington to be in tip-top shape. Both performed a number of their own stunts. They were also fortunate enough to have the best of the best step in if needed.

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Chris Pine and Denzel Washington in Unstoppable “We had very experienced stuntmen,” says Washington.

“We had some of the same people from Casino Royale.”

Moviegoers will marvel at the pulse-pounding action sequences that quite literally take one’s breath away. Moment to moment, there are many twists and turns (figurative and literal) that will catch the viewer off guard.

In one of Unstoppable’s most harrowing scenes, Pine is wedged between two train cars while trying to set the brakes on both. As speed picks up, snow flurries erupt and much of the grain that is being carried by the locomotive begins to spill out, causing a difficult rescue. What audiences don’t know is the Hollywood trickery that goes into making snowflakes and wheat pound a guy in the face at high speed.

But here’s a hint: Thank the good people at General Mills.

“Who knew that cereal could be such a pain in the ass?” jokes Pine.

Unstoppable releases in theaters Nov. 12.

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Outside the Law (Tessalit Productions/Cohen Media Group) Rachid Bouchareb wears his influences like a badge while telling the story of three brothers, each fighting for their own brand of freedom in Outside the Law. Elements of John Ford, Francis Ford Coppola and Sergio Leone gangster films figure prominently in his tale of the Algerian resistance in France in the ’50s and ’60s.

Starting with the loss of their family home in Algeria, brothers Said, Messaoud and Abdelkader take wildly different paths into adulthood. Said is the impotent one, stunted and lacking an arm, constantly on the hustle. Abdelkader ends up in prison for taking part in a demonstration protesting French colonization of Algeria, becomes radicalized and assumes a countenance not unlike an Algerian Malcolm X. Messaoud grows physically imposing and ends up fighting for the French army in Indochina. He possesses a streak of gentleness that sets him apart as a mediator between the uncompromising principles of the other brothers.

The destiny that envelops their lives is a struggle for freedom. Their wildly differing ideologies connect their lives in an epically told story to achieve personal freedom, familial freedom and national freedom. Internal family struggle is the key conflict that drives the film and set against the backdrop of the larger struggle for Algerian independence, the story achieves a snap and a richness that propels the film.

Gangster films come in all sizes, but the ones that are recognizable and most memorable share common elements: grand storytelling, beautifully shot and scored and senselessly brutal. Outside the Law is an ambitious film that shares these qualities and at its root is a nicely executed homage to the westerns and gangster films of those directors like Ford, Leone and Coppola. Ultimately and unfortunately, it lacks the heart, pathos and commitment to the genre that would have made a good film an exceptional film.

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(Strand Releasing) I first met Basim Usmani of the Taqwacore band the Kominas at a deathrock festival in New York. Although he had come to see my band, we sat in a hallway at the Knitting Factory ardently discussing his. I was curious about this marriage of Islam and punk, but I was equally skeptical. But wherever you find disenfranchised youth, you’ll find punk rock.

The novel of the same name by Michael Muhammad Knight was a fictional account of an Islamic punk scene, which quickly birthed a reality as the book inspired young people like Usmani. Now the Kominas have come full circle, providing their tongue-in-cheek brand of Taqwacore to the soundtrack of the screen version.

For youth growing up Muslim in America, our culture can be alienating enough. Now imagine that you’re a Muslim punk, or a gay Muslim or maybe even a radical-feminist Muslim, not only alienated by a U.S. culture that constantly paints you as the bad guy but also rejected by other followers of Islam. The Taqwarcores speaks to these, the ultimate outcasts.

Yusef (Bobby Naderi) is a college student who, seeking to escape dorm life, moves to what he imagines to be a quiet, devout household full of fellow Muslims. In reality, his new home is run by a group of punks unlike any Muslims you’ve likely ever met.

The film pushes boundaries of what the average American moviegoer in this Islamophobic climate is comfortable with. It definitely speaks to an outsider element that not everyone is going to latch on to. If this isn’t the hallmark of a decent cult film, I don’t know that is.

Grade: B—Natasha Desianto The Taqwacores releases in select theaters Nov. 12.

Vision (Zeitgeist) Set in a 12th-century Benedictine monastery in Germany, Vision tells the story of nun Hildegard von Bingen (Barbara Sukowa), who claimed to receive visions from God and challenged the men of the church with her learning and concern for the women of the cloister. The film follows Hildegard throughout her life, as she struggles to publish her visions and handle an over-adoring young nun.

Sukowa gives a very passionate performance as the main character, arguing vividly with her detractors, throwing herself on the ground to beg for mercy from her male colleagues and gazing off into the unseen. The woman that she portrays was of course a trailblazer for women’s rights by becoming educated in medicine and natural science (or what was considered science at the time).

Another interesting element of the film is the level of drama that occurs in a cloister.

Jealousy, sex, abortion, suicide – all these are present in the group of nuns that Hildegard leads after her adopted mother dies. The film reminds me that people are people, regardless of their occupation. Tension and drama are found even in the most seemingly stark of places.

Grade: B+ —Kate Bryan Vision releases in select theaters Nov. 12.

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I’m Italian and damn proud of it. It comes with the territory. It is part of our culture and the way we are raised. It is absolutely not a stereotype that Italian mothers are concerned most with feeding their children or that Italian men really do have tempers.

America may have the monopoly on Hollywood films, which geographically makes sense, but Italy has an amazing filmic history that has influenced decades’ worth of filmmakers in its wake. Possibly the most influential guido to make movies that reached an international platform is Federico Fellini, the master of Italian neorealism. Known for his combination of fantastical and baroque images, Fellini was first inspired by his fellow countryman, Roberto Rossellini.

In fact, as a side note of history forgone, Fellini co-wrote Open City, the film that Rossellini would direct and that would initially catch the eye of movie star Ingrid Bergman. She was so swept up by the film that she eventually left her husband and small child to move to Italy and make movies with Rossellini, thereby ensuring her fall from grace and virtually spurring the advent of tabloid journalism.

However, Fellini is best known for 8½, a semi-self biographical film and self-referential title that referred to the number of films he had made up until this point. The recent musical Nine was based on Fellini’s process of and life leading up to making 8½.

Most notoriously, his film La Dolce Vita broke all box office records. Crowds waited hours in line to see an “immoral movie” before strict censors banned it. Scalpers even sold tickets to the film for 1,000 lire. The film was so scandalous that at one screening in Milan a patron spat on Fellini. As The Social Network professes on every poster from here to Beijing, “You don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.”

Fellini did just that: He was willing to sacrifice his reputation and good standing with film censors to create works that are still in our vernacular to this day. Contemporary filmmakers like Woody Allen, Terry Gilliam and Italian-American Martin Scorsese have cited Fellini’s influence on their work.

As a nifty transition into this week’s Projections, my love of my Italian heritage can be a newfound love for you as well, whether or not you are of Italian descent. An exhibit titled 50’s and La Dolce Vita Style is a unique homage to the 50th anniversary of Federico Fellini’s masterpiece La Dolce Vita, opening Nov. 10 at the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles.

Cinecittà Luce and the American Cinematheque have had a partnership for 15 years in which time they have brought to Los Angeles a selection of the finest contemporary Italian films that have made an impact on both Italian and International audiences.

Cinema Italian Style 2010 runs through Nov. 20 at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica and at the Spielberg Theatre at the Egyptian in Hollywood. A few films in the series are: La nostra vita (Our Life) by Daniele Luchetti, which won Best Actor (Elio Germano) at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival; Baciami ancora (Kiss Me Again) by Gabriele Muccino, with Q&A with director and actor Pierfrancesco Favino; and L’uomo che verra (The Man Who Will Come) by Giorgio Diritti and introduced by actress Alba Rohrwacher.

John Turturro, director of Passione, and internationally acclaimed photographer Douglas Kirkland are the recipients of this year’s Cinema Italian Style Award.

The best part about being Italian is that we are not exclusive.

Really and truly, the more the merrier makes the party. As hard as we may try, you can’t take the Italian out of Hollywood.

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Oct. 26 @ The Wiltern Countless teenagers circled the Wilshire block outside the Wiltern while eagerly waiting to enter. Once inside, a stampede erupted as everyone rushed the stage for the closest spot. As the stage lights went dark, everyone in attendance released a high-pitched and extremely piercing scream. Never Shout Never had arrived.

Lead singer Christofer Drew Ingle, better known by his moniker Never Shout Never, kicked off the night with an acoustic guitar and a harmonica. Every soul in attendance sang along with his soft blues and mellow harmonic sound. Suddenly the other band members joined him on stage as confetti fell from the ceiling. Ingle made excellent use of the stage as he traveled from coast to coast to jam out with his fellow band mates. His high-pitched voice filled the venue with joy while the girls screamed “I LOVE NSN.” Ingle proudly revealed his Ramones shirt halfway through the setlist, shining light to his multiple tattoos across his arms and knuckles. Never Shout Never is far from your average teen band obsession. It may seem they share similar sounds to the Jonas Brothers or Miley Cyrus, but they are nothing alike.

NSN’s music stretches back to the flower generation as they sing about peace and love. They credit the Beatles as a primary inspiration for their music. Combined with keyboards, bass, guitars, congas and drums, they create a sound unlike any other for their age group.

Never Shout Never played a 90-minute set list for the young crowd. As the parents prepared to head for the doors, Never Shout Never returned with two encores that drove the crowd insane. Ingle encouraged fans to love and believe in themselves, follow their dreams and simply, be happy. The audience walked away hyper and eager for more as the band signed off. Don’t expect these guys to go away anytime soon; they are just getting started. —Jacob Gaitan

VersaEmerge/Anarbor Oct. 27 @ The Troubadour Given the overgrowth of completely terrible bands that have sprung up of late on the pop-punk and melodic rock fronts, both boy and girl-fronted, it’s always a pleasant surprise when a couple good ones manage to find their way to each other on a tour.

Taking stage first, the Phoenix natives of Anarbor made for a largely entertaining set that, despite how young they are, proved accessible to an audience that spanned across the age spectrum. While so many bands pander to the youngest possible demographic, the foursome played songs that were infectiously catchy, but still maturely written in both instrumentation and lyricism.

Taking stage next, headliners VersaEmerge took full command of their audience from the first arena-worthy notes of their set. Playing the majority of the tracks from their latest album, Fixed at Zero, the threesome seems to have also matured into a full-fledged adult rock band.

Frontwoman Sierra Kusterbeck’s signature powerhouse vocals were on point for the entirety of the band’s set, showing both a technical ability and natural charisma that puts the other songstresses of her genre to shame. Yes, even that other one from that other band all over the radio right now. If the Florida-bred trio’s growth over the last year is any indication, however, Versa is poised to usurp that throne very soon as well. —Brien Overly

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The English Beat Oct. 31 @ The Music Box Eighties KROQ disc jockey Richard Blade hosted a Halloween party at the Music Box headlined by the English Beat. The audience showed immense dedication as they conquered the Hollywood traffic on Halloween night to see the ’80s band perform. As Blade introduced the band, the crowd burst with excitement and the dancing began.

Dave Wakeling took the stage with a huge smile as he embraced the audience.

Composed of an older crowd, the music included a thick nostalgia in the air. During the setlist, everyone traveled back to the ’80s with their dancing shoes. Each song was an instant sing along while bodies bounced to the beat. Dave delivered hit after hit accompanied with his left-handed guitar and five other members in the band.

Midway through the show, the Beat introduced a costume contest with host Blade.

Categories included sexiest costume, scariest and most creative. Dave could be seen off stage enjoying everyone in attendance. The crowd had the final say as they judged by the loudest screams. Once the band returned from intermission, Dave complimented the participants for their creative attire. As the ghouls of the night walked off stage, the band continued their reggae and ska movement.

Every song seemed like a fan favorite. The setlist included “Save It For Later,” “Mirror In The Bathroom,” “Twist And Crawl” and “Doors Of Your Heart.” Dave played amongst very talented members as Rhythmm Epkins sat behind the drum kit and Wayne Lothian contributed with his bass. Antonee First Class was on toasters and tambourines and Raynier Jacildo on the keyboards. Matt Morrish rounded out the band with his saxophone and amazing solos between songs.The show finished with a near two-hour performance and a dancing, packed crowd begging for more. Dave expressed complete gratitude and appreciation and thanked everyone for a wonderful night before walking off. —Jacob Gaitan

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Finally, it’s happening. by denise guerra

Yellowcard’s ‘Ocean Avenue’ was one of those songs you sang your lungs dry to, and lead singer Ryan Key was living the good life off the immense success of a song that seemed to encompass everything you felt about “leaving this town and running forever.” At 16, Key did just that, and after the constant touring, screaming fans and the release of two more records, Key’s life as an L.A. rock star came to an end, all because he needed it to.

Today Key is in Los Angeles, battling a three-hour trip on Pico Boulevard to renew his passport. It is a frustration he knows well.

The band never officially said they were breaking up, and though Key can’t speak for his other band mates’ reasons, he was happy to get away from the hassle of city life and spend time with his family in Athens, Ga. – a close-knit, large extended family he’s been missing.

“We took a break, and I really had no reason to live in L.A. anymore – it’s really not my favorite place in the world.

I just wanted to go and be with my family, go to football games and just clear my head from the previous eight years travelling and the insanity that overwhelmed my life. My brother had a baby, and I was there for that and to be with my family in a lot of ways that I missed or was absent for the majority of my adult life.”

Now that Yellowcard is planning the release of a new

album in March 2011, along with international and U.S. tours, fans are beyond ecstatic. The reason for their comeback seems to come from a mentality of doing it right this time, both musically and personally.

“When our band had the success that we had, we were kids. We were thousands of miles from home, and I was really susceptible with all the temptations that came along with all that success,” says Key. “I don’t regret it. I learned so much from a lot of it and I had a lot of fun even though I made a lot of stupid decisions and you can say I hurt a lot of people. But I’ve also done a lot of things I am really proud of, and I want this time around to focus on those parts.”

For their new album, the band signed with new label Hopeless Records since leaving giant Capitol Records. This time around, the band is ready to make a record that is classically all things Yellowcard: a formula of good-time punk fusion and deliciously catchy lyrics, with the violin to add as the clincher. New member Sean O’Donnell (Dogwood) fills in as bassist.

“It feels better emotionally; it’s going to be that Yellowcard energy, vibe and feeling that everybody wanted Lights and Sounds to be,” Key says. “I think being away from it for a couple of years has also brought us back to an original grounded place of the band because it’s been so long since we’ve been in the groove of making it. It’s like a first record in a lot of ways.”

Their hit song “Ocean Avenue,” which is actually based off Key’s memories of Ocean Boulevard in Jacksonville, Fla., actually ties straight into a new song on the upcoming album. Some old and new memories with the mix of their familiar sounds are also expected on the new album, with nothing too experimental for the average Yellowcard fan to hear. The band is in their final week in the studio, with one

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Stitch Up Your Problems by lynda correa The fun, easygoing guys of Pepper are on the last leg of their Like a Surgeon Tour to promote their new EP, Stitches, which was released last month. The Hawaii-based trio – guitarist/vocalist Kaleo Wassman, bassist/vocalist Bret Bollinger and drummer Yesod Williams – are excited to be on the tour, with Wassman describing it as “Pepper’s latest effort to heal shitty music … basically trying to heal is what we’re doing.”

Their effort is well received, as their five new songs are all on par with their past work (amazing!). The title of Stitches came about because they felt the need to be “stitching all these problems. Like laziness – we need to cure laziness.”

While laziness may or may not be cured as a result of this tour, your craving for new Pepper material will be.

When asked about the tour, Bollinger describes it as a college party: “We’re college guys.”

Wassman adds, “Yes, and actually, ‘Drunk Girl’ is autobiographical.”

“Drunk Girl” is the title of one of the tracks on the EP, which is an ode to that infamous girl we know at parties who gets a little too drunk much to the dismay of said girl’s girlfriends. The lyrics describe the situation perfectly: “And your girls can’t believe that I could be that mistake, but oh!

The only reason you’re here with me is cuz I love a drunk girl.”

The dance tune brings fans back to popular hits like “Give

A glimpse of Yellowcard hard at work in the studio scheduled performance at Pomona’s Glass House Nov. 13.

Key says that the fans were always consciously part of this record, even when they get pissed when Yellowcard schedules international tours before a U.S. tour. Key manages the band’s Facebook and Twitter and says, “It’s funny because so many fans are so pissed off on the Web site, especially on the Facebook page when we put in news like that, and I always jump in there and respond: ‘I love how you guys are so angry like we’re not going to tour the U.S., like it’s not going to happen. Just be patient; it’s going to happen.’”

From Yellowcard to their fans: Finally, it’s going to happen.

Yellowcard perform Nov. 13 at the Glass House. For more information, visit yellowcardrock.com.

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The band encourages fans to dress up for the show. Bring scrubs, nurse outfits, whatever medical attire you have to help put you in the mood for Stitches. They go all out with this tour, dressed in scrubs for the whole performance (until Wassman claims it’s too hot, and decides to take his shirt off … No complaints here.). The backdrop is highly decorated, complete with a hospital setting and props, including a teaching skeleton, wheelchairs and two nurse cutout boards.

One thing is for sure, these surgeons “treat” their fans well, giving them a high-energy musical performance that spans their more than a decade on the scene. Every night, Wassman says they “will be testing the health of the crowd by volume,” so be sure to show up for your checkup in good spirits; the doctor will be able to tell if you’re not following his orders faithfully.

With all of the novelty involved, the only problem with Pepper’s Like a Surgeon Tour design is that it brings back too many memories of blink 182’s Enema of the State album cover. That being said, the atmosphere created by these props only adds immensely to the party-like atmosphere.

Pepper crowds are always good ones, especially when Wassman lets his vocals carry through the mic into your body causing you to burst with movement. Their unique sound is described as a blend between rock “shock and ah” and island reggae. (If you can’t make it out to the show live – which is a shame – fans can Ustream the whole tour or head to their Web site, pepperlive.com, for blog updates.)

Also, be sure to listen to the lyrics of their classic songs for an added twist. They switch around the words in some songs to match the hospital-themed tour.

Wassman describes it as “spicing up the relationship” a bit, kind of like “when you’re dating someone for a long time,

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it’s the same thing over and over again, but you gotta throw in a few extras to keep it going.”

But having fun, themed tours isn’t just what brought Pepper the success they have today. They started up their own record label, LAW Records, in 2007 (law-records.com), which now carries other artists like Splinta, Iration, Passafire and the Supervillains. It is their mission to make sure good music doesn’t go unheard. I’d say they’re doing a pretty good job so far.

So, what’s next for the future of Pepper?

“We have new songs slated for next summer – but it’s more like an aim, like a promise ring. A ring pop,” says Wassman, with Bollinger adding, “Next summer, we’re looking at you … but … don’t look at us.”

Club Nokia will explode on Nov. 13 when Pepper hits the stage with Pour Habit, Fishbone and Chali 2na. It’ll be one concert you’ll want to be sure to experience.

As a final note, Wassman adds, “I’m a physician … if weed were legalized, I hear people would be cured of cancer.”

Just sayin’.

Pepper perform Nov. 13 at Club Nokia. For more information, visit pepperlive.com.

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MUSICREPORT by kevin wierzbicki MOCA Honors Devo As part of its new exhibition, The Artist’s Museum (a showcase of work by more than 140 artists who have helped shape the artistic dialogue in Los Angeles over the past 30 years), the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (MOCA) honors Devo with an installation devoted to the New Wave pioneers. The exhibit consists of a wall of approximately 400 of Devo’s iconic red “energy domes” as well as photos and video footage of the band. Students with ID get into MOCA for the discounted price of $5.

Devo was scheduled to appear at Club Nokia Nov. 12, but that show and the rest of their tour got postponed until 2011 after guitarist Bob Mothersbaugh sliced his right thumb to the bone on a glass shard, severing a tendon. Mothersbaugh is expected to make a full recovery.

Plastikman’s Arkives You may know Richie Hawtin, aka Plastikman, by any number of names. The celebrated DJ also answers to Cybersonik, Jack Master, Fuse, Circuit Breaker and Robotman, to name a few.

Fans can now pre-order various versions of the collected works of Plastikman, 17 years’ worth, for delivery early next year. The Reference version of Arkives contains a DVD, a book and 11 CDs, including a disc of currently hard-to-find remixes done for Depeche Mode, New Order, Hardfloor, La Funk Mob and others. Another of Reference’s CDs features all new remixes of Plastikman material by Moby, Francois Kevorkian, Chris & Cosey, Vince Clarke and Mute’s Daniel Miller & Gareth Jones. The Analog version of Arkives is six records pressed on 180-gram vinyl, the Digital edition is, of course, a digital download of the material and Collection, for

Campus Circle > Music > Music Report really big fans of Plastikman, contains all of the above.

Hawtin’s Minus Records is only going to make as many copies of the physical versions as are pre-ordered at plastikman.com/arkives by Dec. 31, and those who order before Nov. 14 get an additional Plastikman mix CD and a Christmas card from the man himself.

Labels Ready Vinyl Releases for Black Friday In a clever play on Black Friday, the kickoff of the holiday shopping season that falls on the day after Thanksgiving, select record labels and independent record stores are launching the Back to Black promotion for a flight of vinylonly releases. Indie record stores are the exclusive outlets for the titles, scheduled to include a collection of previously unavailable live cuts from U2, a reissue of George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass and the Jimi Hendrix Christmas EP, Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year. Metallica, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Slayer, Cee-Lo, Drive-By Truckers, Anthrax, Bruce Springsteen and Iron & Wine are among the many other acts participating. All Back to Black titles are available beginning Nov. 26, and most are limited editions, so get them while you can.

Go Ahead, Make My Day… Just like his dad, movie star Clint Eastwood, Kyle Eastwood is a talented jazz musician. Kyle remembers hearing his pop’s Miles Davis and Duke Ellington records as a kid, and those childhood influences, after years of paying dues on the L.A. and New York club scenes, gel nicely on his recent release, Metropolitain.

A bass player, Eastwood credits his father with introducing him to the bottom-end, including having taught him how to play the bass line of the jazz standard “Boogie

FREQUENCY by brien overlY All Time Low Nov. 10 @ The Troubadour Nov. 12 @ Chain Reaction I know this band gets a lot of criticism now that they’ve become one of the more visible bands in their genre these days, but you know what? I don’t care. I still love these guys. The critics, the audiences and the other bands can say whatever they want about these guys and their music, but this is one band that couldn’t half-ass it even if they tried.

Having watched them go from playing the unpopulated side stages of Warped to selling out venues much larger than these ones, I’ve yet to see the ATL boys give their audiences anything less than their all.

Bands doing this type of pop-punk music are no doubt a dime a dozen these days, but there’s a reason these guys have managed to pull away from the pack to become one of the new faces of the genre. Somehow managing to get even more infectious with their music as they themselves have matured as songwriters, the Baltimore foursome are masters of defying scene stereotypes. More importantly, when so many other similar bands seem to rise to popularity out of nowhere and tend to fade out just as quickly, here’s a band that has logged the years and the miles to legitimately earn their success. So when you’re feeling a little hesitant to jump on the ATL bandwagon, you can take a little extra comfort in knowing that you’re supporting a band that has actually worked for what they’ve got.

Fearless Friends Tour Nov. 13 @ House of Blues Anaheim Nov. 15 @ Thousand Oaks Teen Center

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The band’s L.A. show is postponed, but visit MOCA and check out the new Devo exhibit.

Woogie.” In return, Eastwood has contributed music to the soundtracks of a half dozen of his dad’s films, including Gran Torino and last year’s Invictus. Eastwood and his band appear at Jazz Bakery at the Musician’s Institute Nov. 20.

MIMISYM The Music in Media Interactive Symposium (MIMISYM), an event designed to increase a musician’s income by connecting them with directors, music supervisors, attorneys and new technology will be held at the Highlands Hollywood Nov. 20. Participants will be able to learn how to obtain highpaying writing gigs, sell music content and connect music with brands for cash from a panel of industry professionals including director Penelope Spheeris (The Decline of Western Civilization), music supervisor Nora Felder (“Californication”) and composer Jim Dooley (Gladiator).

For details go to hmmawards.com and click on “conference.”

Campus Circle > Music > Frequency Nov. 17 @ House of Blues Sunset Strip Not going to lie to you guys, I highly endorse this tour, though … not necessarily in its entirety. Because I’m in a good mood at the time of writing this, or because I’ve possibly hit the stage of delirium that comes at 6 a.m. on all deadline days, I’m going to focus on the many things to be stoked on for this show.

First and foremost, Mayday Parade is totally one of the best things happening right now in the pop-punk scene.

Feel free to disagree all you want, I stand by this statement.

Another band that has grown from tiny Warped stages into a full-fledged headliner-worthy band, these dudes effortlessly manage to capture the youthfulness that makes poppunk fun without ever sounding juvenile or sacrificing the emotional impact of their music.

Likewise, Every Avenue, Go Radio and Artist Vs. Poet also collectively make some of the catchiest, most sing-along-able rock around right now, none of it falling into guilty pleasure territory either.

Suffice to say, there are enough great bands on this tour that we can easily forget that Breathe Carolina happens to be on there as well. I mean, no tour’s perfect, right?

Doomtree Nov. 13 @ The Roxy I think I can safely say that anything hip-hop aficionado P.O.S. has a hand in is OK by me, with his Doomtree association being no exception. The fact that he can effortlessly cross genres with unique brand of real-talk hip-hop is reason enough to catch one of his sets, but this outing brings his fellow Doomtree member MCs as well, who are all equally gifted behind a mic. So this show’s got added bonus for days, kids.

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Don’t miss Mayday Parade on the Fearless Friends Tour.

The Rocket Summer Nov. 14 @ Chain Reaction Nov. 15 @ The Troubadour Prepare to get stoked on life, because if ever there was a musician that could make you forget about all the bumout stuff you’ve got going on in your life, it’s the Rocket Summer’s Bryce Avary. The dude has always got a smile on his face and he brings that same attitude with him into songwriting and performing. With his signature brand of optimistic singersongwriter pop, Avary manages to effortlessly emote with his crooning, without falling into the woe-is-me abyss the rest of his contemporaries so often do.

More than that, Avary is a skillful instrumentalist on his own, showing a mastery far beyond his vocals and guitar work. Put him on any instrument on stage, and he’ll have a 10-minute instrumental solo ready for you at a moment’s notice. He’s kind of like the Warped scene’s very own Beck.

Which, you know, is really saying a lot.

Join CAMPUS CIRCLE www.campuscircle.com CDREVIEWS El Ten Eleven It’s Still Like a Secret (Fake Record Label) Instrumental duo El Ten Eleven represents a Los Angeles post-rock variation: think Tortoise, Trans Am and likeminded ensembles. On their fourth release, It’s Still Like a Secret, acoustic/electronic drummer Tim Fogarty and bassist/guitarist Kristian Dunn offer 12 terse tracks spattered with loops, minimal, grooving riffs and ambient-inclined moments.

Unlike some post-rockers, El Ten Eleven have a gift for humor, beneficial brevity and melodic hooks. The calmly rhythmic “Marriage Is the New Going Steady” is a mischievous cut with an easygoing lope. On “Anxiety Is Cheap,” Dunn uses loops and effects pedals to multiply his double-necked guitar/bass while Fogarty deftly mixes rock and dance beats: This is head music you can move your feet to.

The nimble “Ian MacKaye Was Right” name-checks Fugazi’s singer, but the bass-abundant arrangement is akin to Add N to (X). Experimental pop edges and drone qualities commingle on “Falling” and “Tomorrow Is an Excuse for Today,” which provide soothing immediacy.

Grade: B —Doug Simpson It’s Still Like a Secret is currently available.

Hellogoodbye Would It Kill You? (Rocket Science) The good news for fans of the powerpop-alternative band Hellogoodbye is that they’re still addictive and pop more than ever with their Orville Re d e n b a c h e r ’s charm and oh-sodelish vocals of Forrest Kline’s. Sadly, nothing lives up to the potential of “Baby It’s Fact,” their memorable hit single off of Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! (2006).

“The Thoughts That Give Me The Creeps” is a Jack Johnson-esque mid-tempo ditty that grooves along a catchy Hawaiian melody but is ultimately forgettable. “When We First Met” is one of the standout singles with its sincere earnestness in both lyrics and vibe.

Will the band break out to radio with worthy singles and take to new heights like peers such as Paramore? Probably not, but in the end, that might just be good enough for their fans; these chaps haven’t sold out to the big mega-label monster and are still able to create a rollicking album on their own merits.

Grade: B—Don Le Would It Kill You? is currently available.

Masonic Live Like a Millionaire (Self-released) Austin, Texas, fivesome Masonic have been crafting memorable DIY indie pop for a decade. The group’s fifth self-released long-player, Live Like a Millionaire, fine-tunes their mix of noise pop, indie rock and fuzz-drenched ’60s influences. Vocalist Eryn Gettys’ ethereal vocals mirror the Cardigans’ Nina Persson, while the music glides from Brian Wilson-styled piano pop (slowly breathing “They Wanted So Much” and reverbed “Seems Like a Million Years”) to jangly guitar-pop (opener “Lifetime of Deception,” which nods to both Sonic Youth and the twee pop movement).

The 15 songs focus on renewal and self-reflection: following the road not taken, fighting back or becoming the person always denied. The psychological themes are reminiscent

Campus Circle > Music > CD Reviews of Leonard Cohen; it‘s no surprise Masonic offer a treatment of “Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye.” John Mason’s brick-andmortar production sometimes gets in the way, but overall, Live Like a Millionaire is a concrete collection of indie pop charms.

Grade: B —Doug Simpson Live Like a Millionaire is currently available.

The Red River Little Songs About the Big Picture (Brave) Things change quickly in California, more than other places it seems sometimes, as if we’re in a race to erase our past and pave it over with modernity.

The Red River’s Little Songs About the Big Picture is an attempt at preservation, vocalist Bill Roberts’ love letter to his hometown of Long Beach.

Nostalgia can be hard to translate into a pop song without sounding hokey, but Roberts seems to do this effortlessly, even pulling off lines like “There’s the Del Taco where my brother cut his finger,” with enough authenticity to make something personal work in his favor. This is an album that reads like a well-worn, beloved scrapbook.

The sound is lo-fi indie-folk interspersed with occasional surprises like a Casio backbeat and horn section, so exquisitely executed that you too will be scratching your head wondering why the name of this band isn’t on the lips of more people.

“Carol Jean” subtly introduces the theme with heartbreaking honesty. Even if you grew up miles from Southern California, there’s something here that is universal: pining for youth and the people and backdrops that made it special.

“Morning Routine” shimmers with details that turn seemingly mundane moments in time magical. “When We Are Wild” is birthed on one of those previously mentioned Casio programs that contrasts with live strings and horns.

“I Will Give Thanks” is a lively count of blessings for all of the formative experiences that give life meaning. The horns stick around and add a celebratory air to this one, while the production places the listener in the center of the action, like a house party with a kicking band.

Shifting gears, “Tomahawk” returns to more modest sounds as Roberts praises the ordinary day over the backdrop of simple acoustic guitar and whistling. “Apple Valley” is an atmospheric wash embellished with ambient sound recordings of children at play.

The delicate tones of “St. Bernard’s Lily” meld with lyrics built on a perfect premise: introducing someone to your hometown with a drive-by history lesson – “This is where I had my first kiss, here is the corner where my dad had his accident…”

“Grande Fass” is fun, with its joyful backing vocals and basic instrumentation, segueing abruptly into the album’s final destination, “Dirty Dwe,” where coffee shop ambience supports a bluesy ballad built around an understated piano and the strum of an acoustic guitar.

No matter if your hometown is Long Beach or Poughkeepsie, Little Songs About the Big Picture is the perfect soundtrack for reminiscing, and it might just inspire you to see the place where you live with new eyes.

Grade: A —Natasha Desianto Little Songs About the Big Picture is currently available.

Shelby Lynne Merry Christmas (Everso) It’s not that easy to take Christmas songs that people are so familiar with and do something to them to make them your own; in fact, many would get upset over any drastic changes to their longtime favorites. With that in mind, Lynne plays it straight here with quiet covers of chestnuts “Silent Night,” “White Christmas,” “O Holy Night” and the appropriately playful “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

It’s also not the easiest thing to introduce new songs to the Christmas canon, but the most interesting cuts on Merry Christmas were penned by Lynne. “Ain’t Nothin’ Like Christmas” sounds like it was inspired by the light jazz of Les Paul and Mary Ford, while “Xmas” is a depressed and spine tingle-inducing look at the holiday season in a broken home, no doubt informed by Lynne’s personal tragedy (Her parents were killed in a murder/suicide when she was young.).

Buried near the end of the al– bum, possibly so as not to bum out the listener from the get-go, “Xmas” is a simmering ’60s-style soul tune that recounts presents that never had a chance to be given, the intense loneliness that mis– sing a loved one causes and how those emotions swell on special occasions like Christmas. The song is out of place on this collection, but it’s on a par with Lynne’s best work and, hopefully, it had a cathartic effect for her as well.

Grade: B —Kevin Wierzbicki Merry Christmas is currently available.

Syl Johnson Complete Mythology (Numero Group) Johnson is an R&B singer who spent his entire career in the shadow of more successful acts like James Brown and Al Green, a fact that’s covered in detail, sometimes bitterly, in the essays and notes that accompany this four-CD box set. Striving to hit the top may have been part of the reason that Johnson put out so many records; this collection only draws from his output from 1959 (first single, the aching “Teardrops”) through the early ’70s, and it includes more than 80 songs.

Johnson’s lack of a clear identity could have hurt his popularity in the early days; songs like the surf/soul of “She’s So Fine (I Just Gotta Make Her Mine),” the country-flavored “They Who Love” and the Dion-styled pop of “I’ve Got Love” could have understandably confused his audience with their disparity. Johnson would eventually have a handful of regional hits, but again he didn’t quite carve out his own sound; “Come Sock it To Me” and “Different Strokes,” both included here, sold well but mimicked Marvin Gaye and James Brown, complete with grunts, respectively. And when the Blaxploitation sound came around Johnson milked it for all he could, using the exact same music bed and sexy moaning girls for “Annie Got Hot Pants Power,” “Hot Pants Lady” and “Hot Pants Annie Pt. 2.”

Johnson is now in his 70s, and there’s no need to worry about what could have been at this point; the man has given the world five decades worth of good music and as the release of this set proves, there’s no better time than the present for it to finally be heard.

Grade: A —Kevin Wierzbicki Complete Mythology is currently available.

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‘COLLEGE CHEF’

“Greek”’s Aaron Hill hosts new Web series.

by Danielle Lee As every starving college student knows, there are a few forever-looming questions like, Where’s my next meal coming from? Is there anything even semi-edible in my refrigerator? Is it too late to roll through a drive-thru?

Is it worthwhile to toil in the kitchen for a meal?

If you find yourself pondering over these questions on any basis, be it hourly, daily or weekly, then fear not, ABC Family has the perfect show for you. We all can acknowledge that during our most studious endeavors we tend to forget about our hunger needs until it’s too late, long after the dining halls and grocery stores have closed, relying on fast food, microwaveable meals or worse, not eating. For most of us college students the time has come to make drastic improvements in our bad eating habits that have developed since mom made us start packing our own lunches.

When desperate times are upon us, we can no longer sustain, let alone nourish, ourselves with lunches that consist of soda, salty ramen noodles and loads of high-fructose corn syrup. It’s time to stop cramming our faces with nachos and pizza between classes, and “College Chef ” is here to help you!

Campus Circle > Film > TV Time Starring Aaron Hill from “Greek,” “College Chef ” should be hailed as a pioneer in TV culinary education because not only does it surpass the expectations for most modern cooking shows, it also easily translates cooking recipes and ideas for college students to digest and enjoy.

“We want to show how easy it is to do,” says Hill. “That’s the bottom line. Anyone can do it, and there is no reason anyone should be afraid of it. That is a part of what we are trying to do; educate how easy it is to cook and how good it can be with simple things you find just about anywhere.”

This revolutionary Web series starts on a high note and never falters, with episode one, titled “Cooking with Beer,” for those who run from the idea of having to cook for themselves. It is an excellent choice to produce a show like this with Hill, because his on-screen persona Charles, aka the Beaver, on “Greek” is not someone who is thought of highly outside of the jock circle. But if there is one thing we can learn from jocks, it’s how cooking should be easy for all.

“I think simplicity is often a good thing,” Hill assures.

“Sometimes you tend to overcomplicate things. Most people hear about cooking and they kind of freak out, whereas it is really just a simple process. If we can present it in a way that shows how easy it is, how affordable it is and how well it can be done on normal household appliances like toaster ovens and electric grills...”

For those who are unfamiliar with “Greek,” Charles earned his nickname in the series for gnawing on a wooden chair during a drunken stupor. So it’s quite fitting for Hill to jump the shark and educate about the necessity of cooking skills even for those who are fearful of the kitchen.

“We are trying to relay how easy it is. We try to throw a little spice and a little comedy and make it a cooking show for those who don’t watch cooking shows and who don’t

TVTIME

‘THE BIG C’

And All This Time You Thought Cancer Wasn’t Funny by ebony march It claims the lives of millions the world over each year. But who knew that cancer would prove to be such a breath of fresh air in programming? Showtime’s hit series “The Big C” has taken the once taboo subject and turned it into a warm and endearing dark comedy starring Laura Linney. As Cathy, she injects wit, sarcasm and heart into a woman who has just learned that she has stage IV melanoma and probably won’t live for much longer. Now, for a series that tackles such heady subject matter, you’d think that its creator would be a survivor, or at least a member of the medical profession. But that’s not the case. The show is the brainchild of Darlene Hunt.

Hunt (who also serves as one of the executive producers on “The Big C”) comes from the improvisational comedy community. She got the idea for the show when she had her first child and was confronted with her own mortality.

After the epiphany, Hunt shopped the project to a number of networks and received a ton of interest.

“ABC actually made us an offer, and they really advocated for it,” she explains.

But in the end, she realized that she would have much more freedom to explore many of the show’s central themes while working within the liberal sphere of cable television.

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The host of “College Chef,” Aaron Hill in “Greek” normally cook. So it’s a show for everyone.”

“College Chef ” is an excellent way to practice and hone your cooking skills, which might come in handy for multiple reasons.

“Cafeteria food only has certain hours,” Hill begins. “If you want to impress that significant other or you hope to be a significant other, that’s certainly a way to someone’s heart.”

He continues, “It speaks highly of the [show] that someone can watch this, go home and make it themselves, and be happy with themselves and the results, and make others happy as well.”

With episodes like “Gourmet Ramen?” available on ABC Family’s Web site on Nov. 15 and “Champion of Breakfast” available Dec. 15, it’s time to stop putting your food needs into the hands of other people.

For more information, visit abcfamily.com/greek.

Campus Circle > Film > TV Time “The Big C” has taken great care to showcase a broad spectrum of talent. Along with Linney, there are a number of excellent and well-respected performers who are also in the cast and among its guest stars. Academy Award nominee Gabourey Sidibe has a recurring role as Andrea, the bitchy high school student in Cathy’s class. Her role happened ­– in part – thanks to the enthusiasm of test audiences who saw Sidibe in early episodes and couldn’t get enough.

“She’s one of those people who, when you mention her name, people just light up,” says Hunt. “She just walked in and auditioned for us and was great.”

British import Idris Elba (Takers) was cast as Lenny – the school’s muralist and Cathy’s side project love interest. “Sex and the City” alum Cynthia Nixon (that’s Miranda to you and me) has signed on as the romantic interest of Cathy’s brother, Sean (actor John Benjamin Hickey). Phyllis Somerville, whom many may remember as the long-suffering mother in Little Children, plays Marlene, Cathy’s sharp-tongued elderly neighbor. And celebrated actor of both stage and screen Oliver Platt is Cathy’s man-child husband, Paul.

There has been much talk since “The Big C” debuted about some of the wild and brash choices that Linney’s character makes throughout her journey. While various portrayals of cancer patients in the past have been dramatic and tearful, many blogs are abuzz with comments about the character’s selfish behavior and lack of compassion for those around her. Hunt notes that it was not her intention to make a drama in the first place.

“I sort of like writing laughter-through-tears-comedy,” she says, adding, “I like to write about truth. And I think a lot of people are touched by truth. I like to be a writer-slashchampion for the everyman.”

For fans of the show, that’s been one of the key ingredients

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Darlene Hunt, creator of “The Big C” to keep them coming back each week. From the no-holdsbarred language to the youthful rebellion demonstrated by both the adult and teenage characters, Hunt’s pet project is a subject on a lot of lips these days. Cathy will eventually have to succumb to her disease, however. This is not lost on its creator who resolved the issue of Cathy’s cancer progression during the show’s development.

“We plan on staying true to the cancer and staying true to the disease,” she says.

Since stage IV cancer – in Cathy’s case – is terminal and untreatable, it leaves one to wonder how that will play out on TV. After all, early in the show, Cathy and her doctor discuss that she realistically may have only a year or so left to live.

“I’ve always told Showtime I could give them six seasons,” explains Hunt. “So each season [of the show] is an actual season [in Cathy’s life].”

“The Big C” airs Mondays at 10:30 p.m. on Showtime.

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8631 Washington Blvd., Culver City BY gillian ferguson It is rare that a restaurant offers something for every pal– ate and every pocketbook. More often than not restaurants fall into the all-too-familiar categories: too pricey, too noisy, too heavy and/or too crowded. Fortunately for those of us on a shoestring budget with a taste for all things good, Sublime Food Lounge is bridging the gap. Combining the urban chic of downtown Culver City with the casual air of your favorite sports bar and a menu featuring dishes under $20, Chef Randall Rosa and partners are literally offering something for everyone.

For those looking for a light dinner or late-night snack, a glass of pinot with a plate of Chef Rosa’s house-made charcuterie on the sidewalk patio is hard to beat. Thinly sliced Lomo and fennel salami share the plate with Fenugreek-cured bresaola, mortadella, house-made quince chutney and three slabs of artisanal cheeses. The wine list, featuring glasses under $10 from small producers, is like the charcuterie plate – always changing.

If it’s a flat screen and a cold one you desire, two televisions hovering above the bar and a rotating cast of beers will keep most any sports fan entertained. The bar always boasts two beers on tap, one craft and one Belgian. On a recent visit, I chose the Green Flash IPA, a perfect way to wash down Chef Rosa’s crispy Veal Riblettes. A modern take on chicken wings, these two-bite short ribs are slow cooked in duck fat, flash fried and served with a frighteningly addictive Five Spice Salt.

A back patio equipped with two fireplaces flanked by dark wood booths and benches is no doubt a party spot. Come early to co-opt a booth and a burger. Locals say that Chef Rosa’s Sublime Burger – seared in a combination of veal and duck fat and piled high with blue and fontina cheeses, avocado and caramelized onions – is fierce competition for the nearby Father’s Office burger.

When date night arrives, whether it’s a first or 10th date, Sublime won’t disappoint.

The restaurant boasts a dimly lit sleek interior. Walls decorated with modern art are juxtaposed with grainy art house film projections, perhaps an homage to Chef Rosa’s former career in the film industry.

The juxtaposition of old and new is a theme that extends to the menu as well with eye-catching dishes like Lobster Bacon Mac N Cheese and Foie Gras French Toast.

Want to order to impress? Cocktails are a must. Hot Mae’s Spicy Maggie, a jalapenoinfused margarita, goes down easy, as does the Aperol Fizz made with Aperol, freshsqueezed orange juice and champagne … a sunset in a glass.

The menu encourages sharing. Start with a salad, either the Roasted Beet or Watermelon Caprese and one of the signature flatbreads, either Squash Blossom with truffle goat cheese or warm Wild Mushrooms with burrata and tarragon. Then move on to the Crispy Pork Belly. Glazed in root beer, the crisp exterior reveals melt-in-yourmouth pork on a bed of cabbage fennel slaw topped with thinly sliced pears, strawberries and jalapeños – a delight to all the senses.

Whether or not you eat your veggies, do not miss out on a side of brussels sprouts with lardons. Flash fried and pan roasted, the sprouts arrive perfectly charred and crispy with enough lardons to balance out any healthful effects one might receive from eating a bowl full of brussels sprouts.

For dessert, three words: Canelé Bread Pudding. Doused in a vodka-spiked salted caramel sauce and served alongside a crème de Casis-infused whipped cream, it is downright sinful … not to mention delicious.

With so much to choose from, Sublime is a restaurant to frequent, not just visit once.

I know I’ll be back.

For more information, call (310) 287-2093 or visit sublimefoodlounge.com.

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The UCLA Bruins hope to rise to the top of the Pac-10 with players like Malcolm Lee.

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USC and UCLA go back to the drawing board.

BY elisa hernandez The UCLA Bruins are hungry to get back to work and redeem their good name as men’s basketball champion contenders. With hopes of getting on top of the Pac-10 this season, the Bruins added lots of young talent to the roster. Looking to add versatility, UCLA managed to pick up Top 10 talent recruit Joshua Smith, Tyler Lamb, Alex Schrempf, Lazeric Jones and the Wear brothers – Travis and David.

Smith has been projected as UCLA’s best prospect since the recruitment of Kevin Love in 2006. Smith is a powerful 6-foot-10 center from Kentwood High School who can defend the rim and consistently get rebounds and second-chance points. Smith averaged 26.8 points and 13.5 rebounds per game in 2008, which was a school record. He was rated the No. 1 center and No. 10 overall recruit in the country by ESPN. Smith joins elite all-star Lamb from Mater Dei High School who also decided to continue his basketball career with the Bruins. Lamb is a 6-foot-4 guard from Santa Ana, Calif., who averaged 14 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 3.3 steals and 1.1 blocks per game. Lamb’s defensive tenacity and three-point accuracy are good contributions to the Bruin team, and he is seen as a real outside threat.

Schrempf is a 6-foot-5, 227-pound forward who was seen as an all-star at Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Wash. In 2009, Schrempf averaged 15.3 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. During his senior year he had five doubledoubles. He has won two MVP titles and one co-MVP title at an all-star game in Bellevue and at the Martin Luther King Holiday Hoop Fest. His leadership and dedication are great assets to the Bruin team.

Jones is a 6-foot, 187-pound guard from Simeon High School in Chicago, Ill. Jones is a junior this season after transferring from John A. Logan College. As a transfer, he

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brings some college experience as he joins his young rookie teammates. Jones averaged 14.5 points and 4.9 rebounds and led his team in assists (5.7 per game), steals (3.5 per game) and free-throw percentage (77 percent) as a sophomore in the 2009-10 season.

Another great addition that the Bruins made is that they went out and recruited the Wear brothers. David and Travis were both McDonald All-Americans (for Mater Dei High School) and are coming in as transfers as well. The twin brothers are coming from North Carolina to join the UCLA roster. The 6-foot-10 brothers add lots of size to the team.

Travis averaged 3.5 points and 2.2 rebounds, while David averaged 2.9 points and 1.7 rebounds.

The Bruins’ young team has lots of potential if the chemistry is right once they start the season. But UCLA still has some veterans returning to the team such as 6-foot-4 guard Malcolm Lee who averaged 12 points, four rebounds, three assists and one steal.

The Bruins took a light blow as they lost 6-foot-5 guard Michael Roll to the NBA draft. Roll was a top NCAA player drafted by the Toronto Raptors. As he joins the many alumni that play in the NBA, the Bruins have enough talent to replace the hole that Roll left in their starting lineup.

UCLA head coach Ben Howland seems confident in the recruited class that UCLA put together, but he has his work cut out for him and his staff as they take on these young stars.

The Bruins will be able to see how this young talent comes together and what they are able to produce as they open up their 2010-11 season against Cal State Northridge Nov. 12 at Pauley Pavilion.

Also, they hopefully will work to improve from last year’s 14-18 overall record, and get ready to face their cross-town rival USC who swept them during the regular season last year.

Across town the USC Trojans are looking to regroup after implementing sanctions last season that prevent them from continuing into the postseason. According to ESPN, the team self-sanctioned themselves last season due to an internal investigation that found out NCAA violations had occurred leading back to O.J. Mayo, who was on the USC roster for the 2007-2008 season.

The self-imposed sanctions ban USC from playing in the postseason, cause a reduction in scholarships and the vacating of all wins from the 2007-2008 season.

USC’s overall record was 16-14 last season with a road record of 2-9. Hoping to improve from that the Trojans looked to add size, versatility and leadership to their team.

USC has added freshman Garrett Jackson, Bryce Jones, Curtis Washington and Maurice Jones.

Jackson is a 6-foot-6, 215-pound forward who averaged 18.6 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.7 steals. In high school, out of 29 games Jackson had double-doubles in 13 of them, in 20 of those games he had at least 8 rebounds and in 14 of those he averaged at least 20 points. Jackson attended Westview High School where he proved he could play different positions on offense or defense. Bryce Jones comes from Taft High School and is a 6-foot-5, 200-pound guard that averaged 16.9 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.6 steals. One of Jones’ most recognizable stats is that during his senior season he had five double-doubles and six double-figure rebound games. Both of these young players’ dedication to producing on both sides of the ball will serve as a big contribution to the USC team.

Washington is a 6-foot-10, 230-pound forward from Elizabethtown High School in Kentucky. He averaged 8 points and 4 rebounds as a junior. Although he missed several games during his senior year due to an injured ankle, Washington proved to be a good shot blocker and rebounder. Those two aspects of his defensive game will add to USC front line.

Lastly, USC recruited Maurice Jones from Arthur Hill High School. Jones is a 5-foot-7, 155-pound guard that averaged 30 points, 12 assists, five rebounds and four steals.

His explosive offense will be sure to excite fans and spectators at games. Jones’ speed will allow him to stretch the court and create plays for the rest of his teammates. He is known for his long-range jumper, but one of his most important stats was that in his four years at Arthur Hill he scored more than 1,800 points, had 705 assists, more than 300 rebounds and 200 steals.

Although young, it’s these types of versatile players whom USC needs to take their team to the next level and into the postseason in the future. As these rookies make their transition into a more developed system of basketball, these players are key to the Trojans’ success. The consistency in their game will allow USC to go far in the Pac-10 conference eventually.

Even though players like DeMar DeRozan headed to the NBA in 2009 (chosen by the Toronto Raptors, ninth overall) and Marcus Johnson and Dwight Lewis headed overseas to play, USC has yet to forget its veteran rising stars still on the roster. Senior Donte Smith, 5-foot-11, 180-pound guard, will be given one of the starting guard positions this year. Being part of the secondary last season he is seen now as a more experienced player who will serve as a spark to ignite the Trojan offense. Working on his shot from three-point range, Smith will be looked upon as one of the team’s outside threats.

With Smith taking the outside shots, he still can lean on his teammate Nikola Vucevic. Vucevic is a 6-foot-10, 240-pound junior forward deemed as the team’s multi-talented big man.

He has a unique style of play that allows him to score inside and outside, as well as defend on both sides of the ball.

As the USC Trojans continue to push forward for a good season and construct a Pac-10-contending team, they open up their season against UC Irvine on Nov. 13 at the Galen Center.

USC and UCLA will have to really get their freshmen recruits ready for the college-style basketball they’re about to encounter. They will be going up against teams like Cal and Arizona State, who ranked in the Top 5 of the Pac-10 Conference rankings last season. Also, although Oregon and Stanford ranked in the bottom of the standings, they still look to be a threat this season. Both of those teams will be looking to upset any team within the conference. Washington State finished last in the conference last year, but don’t count them out so far as their offense has produced an impressive 41 percent accuracy from 3-point range.

All the teams in the Pac-10 are looking for championships and to make a mark this 2010-2011 Basketball Season. Cal is looking to stay on top while USC and UCLA go on to challenge them to regain their respective standings. One thing is for sure, with the impressive 2010 recruitment class this season, the No. 1 spot seems to be up in the air, and it all comes down to who wants it more.

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UCLA 17, OSU 14 A rather low-scoring game and above par defensive playing lifted the UCLA Bruins football squad over the visiting Oregon State Beavers 17-14 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena Nov. 6.

Senior kicker Kai Forbath kicked the Westwood squad to a win with a 51-yard field goal with just one second remaining in the entire game.

“I have always wanted one of those,” Forbath says of the winning boot. “I wasn’t sure I was ever going to get one. That was the perfect opportunity.”

UCLA’s defense only allowed 267 total net yards, which includes preventing a 100-yard rusher to reach that mark.

Also, UCLA had five more first downs than Oregon State did to go along with two lost fumbles.

Although he was sacked three times, quarterback Richard Brehaut managed to produce solidly when necessary. Brehaut gave the Bruins a one-touchdown edge after he rushed for the game’s initial score from seven yards out at 11:23 in the first quarter. The Beavers took nearly eight minutes to respond, but they eventually did with 3:11 on the clock. Ryan

Katz’s pass to Joe Halahuni for the 28-yard gain resulted in a touchdown.

Thereafter, defense was a prominent part of the game, especially for the Bruins, since they only relinquished another TD in the third quarter (11:20) when running back Markus Wheaton rushed for 22 yards and an eventual score that gave the Beavers their only lead of the affair. UCLA responded at 1:45 as tailback Johnathan Franklin rushed up the middle of the field for a one-yard TD score, tying the game at 14.

The game was held scoreless until Forbath kicked the long game-winning field goal.

“Death, taxes and Forbath,” Bruins head coach Rick Neuheisel admits.

For the game, Brehaut threw for 127 yards on 13-of-19 attempts, but he rushed for 61 yards and a score. Franklin carried the running load with 23 carries for 100 yards and a TD. With the win, the Bruins improve to 4-5 overall and 2-4 in Pac-10 play. They are just two wins shy of becoming bowl eligible.

“We are athletes, we’re competitors,” defensive lineman David Carter states. “We need to get that extra game. That’s what we do. We love to play football. We’re here to get to a bowl game. We’re not just here to go. We’re hungry.”

The Bruins also snapped a three-game losing streak.

Meanwhile, the Beavers dropped to 4-4 and 3-2 in conference action.

After hosting two straight contests at home, the Bruins travel to Washington to face the Huskies in Seattle Thursday, Nov. 18, at 5 p.m.

USC 34, ASU 33 USC managed to earn an important 34-33 win over the

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Goals by Edson Buddle and Omar Gonzalez within a 10-minute span lifted the Los Angeles Galaxy past the Seattle Sounders FC and into the Western Conference Championship at the Home Depot Center in Carson Nov. 7.

“In a game of this magnitude, this time of year, I’m pleased with it,” Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena states. “Whether it’s the best we’ve played, I don’t know. But it was certainly good enough.”

The sold-out stadium witnessed perfectly placed set pieces by midfielder David Beckham for eventual scores in the first half, giving the Galaxy a comfortable 2-0 lead by halftime.

“It’s important for me to have players to put the ball on the top of their heads or at their feet,” Beckham says. “I know that if I’ve got the ball in the right area, we have brave enough players and good enough players to score.”

Beckham’s first assist came in the 19th minute off a right-flank corner kick that found a mobile Buddle, who headed the ball into the back of the net. Omar Gonzalez put the Galaxy up by two eight minutes later when a curled free kick by Beckham landed on the head of a diving Gonzalez, who marvelously thundered the score past Seattle’s goalkeeper Kasey Keller. Arena states that Beckham’s set pieces were terrific. For the match, MLS Goalkeeper of the Year Donovan Ricketts made three saves and gave everyone a scare after suffering a bruised right knee after a collision with a Seattle forward.

“I never leave games unless something is broken, so no chance. It was painful initially, but as the game went on, it got a little bit better,” Ricketts says as he laughs of potentially being subbed out.

Los Angeles now faces FC Dallas on Sunday, Nov. 14, at 6 p.m. for a chance to advance to the MLS Cup for the second consecutive season.

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Campus Circle > Sports > Football visiting Arizona State Sun Devils at the Coliseum Nov. 6 in conference action. Having lost to the top-ranked team in Oregon a week before, the Trojans came back to silence critics yet again. The Trojans improve to 6-3 overall and 3-3 in PAC-10 play, good enough for fifth place thus far; they have four games left in the season.

“We’re not good enough to overlook anybody,” USC head coach Lane Kiffin admits.

After being down 7-0 by the end of the first quarter, the Trojans took a 14-7 lead into halftime. The second half, however, resulted in a scoring show for both squads. USC led 29-21 by the end of three, but it was not until the fourth quarter that the Trojans sealed the victory after a failed twopoint conversion landed USC’s way when Malcolm Smith returned it for the score.

Joe Houston kicked a game-winning field goal of 29 yards to lift the Trojans after being down 33-31 late in the last period.

“Redemption is a sweet thing,” Houston comments.

Sophomore quarterback Matt Barkley posted 215 passing yards to go along with three touchdowns but also had two interceptions. Eight different Trojans had two receptions or more for the game, including fullback Stanley Havili’s three receptions for 43 yards and a TD. Running back Marc Tyler rushed for 119 yards on just 12 carries.

One of the setbacks for the Trojans this season has been their inability to be effective on the pass rush.

“That’s something we’ve not done a great job of this season, but this is a little bit of a normal team as far as staying in the pocket,” Kiffin says of the lack of pass rush.

USC now travels to Arizona for a critical showdown against the No. 18-ranked Wildcats on Saturday, Nov. 13, at 5 p.m.

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What’s there to do besides go blue? by kevin wierzbicki Ann Arbor, Mich., is home to the main cam– pus of the University of Michigan, revered not only as one of the country’s top schools for academic learning but also as an athletic powerhouse. During football season especially, the school slogan of “Go Blue!” can be seen and heard everywhere as it seems like the entire city roots for the Wolverines.

Regardless of the season, Ann Arbor is a fun-loving city where interesting things to do and see are always at hand, making it easy for visitors to get in the spirit of “Going Blue” no matter what their collegiate alliance might be. Add some of these activities to your Ann Arbor-area adventure, and you’ll be sure to have a memorable time.

Have an Arty Party: The University of Michigan Museum of Art (525 South State St.; umma.umich.edu), located on the university’s central campus, houses more than 18,000 works of art, including Japanese, Korean, Buddhist and African exhibits along with a full floor dedicated to European art.

The Modern and Contemporary Art section is always a favorite; here you’ll find pieces that range from sublimely avant-garde to just plain weird. Qualified students can arrange to study pieces that are not on display to the general public and there’s always a social event going on that’s open

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Music (and Beer!): The Ann Arbor area has a considerable music history; classic rocker Bob Seger spent his formative days prowling the downtown area and wrote his hit “Main Street” about, you guessed it, Ann Arbor’s Main Street. Of course, the main drag has changed considerably since then, but all along Main Street is where you’ll find quirky places to shop and eat. Iggy Pop came out of here too, and the house that he and the rest of the Stooges lived in still stands; the Stooges album Fun House is named after all the debauched behavior that occurred in the residence.

Ann Arbor is home to hip record label Ghostly International where they regularly put out music by acts like Shigeto, Matthew Dear and Gold Panda. Many Ghostly acts play at concert venue the Blind Pig (208 S. First St.; blindpigmusic.com) when they come through town; otherwise the local music scene revolves around the Savoy (23 N. Washington in nearby Ypsilanti).

Ann Arbor is also famous for its microbrews, and at the Arbor Brewing Company (114 E. Washington St.) you can actually take a college-level (non-credit) beer appreciation class or just indulge in frosty mugs of Faricy-Fest Irish Stout, Uskratsch Mai Bock and Milestone Cask Porter.

A Shoe for You: Puffer Reds (113 W. Michigan Ave., Ypsilanti; pufferreds.com) is a music, clothing and shoe store that has specialized in street-level urban fashion since 1979.

The store is often chosen as an exclusive outlet for limitededition sneakers (like a Puffer Red-branded Adidas) causing “sneakerheads” to line up down the block when new kicks come in. Master P, Too-Short, Keri Hilson, Jadakiss and the late Notorious B.I.G. have all shopped here.

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The Majors: Michael Cera stars in the quirky adaptation of the beloved graphic novel Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. To win the heart of the girl he loves, Cera must do battle to the death with her seven exes. Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) directs.

Adam Sandler assembles his old Bad Boys of “SNL” buds (Kevin James filling in for Chris Farley) for Grown Ups. A group of high school friends convene for the Fourth of July weekend and forget their responsibilities by getting in touch with their inner slackers.

Carrie and the girls are fish out of water in the Middle East in Sex and the City 2.

Zac Efron gets serious in the poignant coming-of-age tale Charlie St. Cloud, co-starring Kim Basinger and Ray Liotta.

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You Gotta Eat: The restaurant scene in Ann Arbor is very attuned to the locavore movement and dozens of places pride themselves on serving only or mostly foods grown or produced in the area. Beezy’s Coffee & Cafe (20 N. Washington St., Ypsilanti; beezyscafe.com) uses locally grown ingredients in their homemade soups, sandwiches, desserts and vegan items. Beezy’s is also where a lot of musicians like to eat, so you never know who’ll be dining next to you.

The University of Michigan Club of Los Angeles offers scholarships for Los Angeles students considering enrollment at the University of Michigan. Details at umclubla.umclubs. com.

For more information, visit www.annarbor.org.

Campus Circle > Film > DVD Dish The new Matt Smith era of “Doctor Who” begins with The Complete Fifth Series.

Become a master of the grill while traveling the world with author Steven Raichlen in Primal Grill: Volume Three.

Under the Radar: Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci star in Love Ranch, the story of the infamous Las Vegas brothel. Taylor Hackford (Ray) directs.

Michael Imperioli (“The Sopranos”) makes his directorial debut with The Hungry Ghosts.

Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn star in the heartwarming love story Lovely, Still.

The Two Escobars is the true story of two men with the same last name – one a drug kingpin, the other a soccer star – and the connection between them that leads to tragedy.

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The Vault: Musical fans rejoice. TCM Greatest Classic Films releases two new collections, Astaire and Rogers and Busby Berkeley Musicals, featuring some of the best singing and dancing to be captured on film. Each collection features four films, including classics like Top Hat, Gold Diggers of 1937 and 42nd Street.

an expert in reading body language to detect falsehoods in Lie to Me: The Complete Second Season. Based on a real-life professional, Roth is brought in to get to the truth of various cases.

Hank and Dean are back for more hilarious lampooning of ’60s-era Jonny Quest adventure shows in the Adult Swim series The Venture Bros: Season 4, Vol. 1.

The Great Detective is transposed to modern day in the BBC’s Sherlock: Season One.

Stranger Than Fiction: Although he may not be a household name, John Cazale acted in a handful of the best movies ever made before dying an early death. I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale gives Fredo his due. Friends and collaborators Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Sidney Lumet and others pay tribute.

Ex-CIA agent Robert Baer, the inspiration for George Clooney’s character in Syriana, re-evaluates the car bomb as

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the century’s most deadly weapon in the riveting documentary Car Bomb.

Iconoclast, cult hero, art world phenomenon – JeanMichel Basquiat was many things during his all-too-brief career. Starting as a Lower East Side graffiti artist, Basquiat was soon hobnobbing with the likes of Andy Warhol. The man, the myth and the legend are examined in Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child featuring interviews with friends and colleagues.

The Horror! The Horror! A new spin on a timeworn genre, the micro-budget British phenomenon Colin is a zombie flick from the undead’s point of view.

Michael Madsen gives another of his magnetic psycho performances in The Brazen Bull.

The dead rise from their graves in Damned By Dawn, a full tilt horror flick in the Sam Raimi mold.

Blu Notes: A watershed film in the post-apocalyptic genre and the film that made Mel Gibson an international star, Mad Max comes to hi-def. The action-packed revenge flick comes with both the original Australian audio track and the dubbed American version.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s classic musical The Sound of Music comes to Blu-ray in a three-disc 45th Anniversary Edition. Bonus features include commentary by Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and director Robert Wise, plus a singalong feature.

The Rat Pack plans the ultimate Vegas heist in the original Ocean’s 11. Frank, Deano, Sammy and Peter Lawford ooze cool in this 50th Anniversary Edition, which includes an excerpt of “The Tonight Show” featuring guest host Frank Sinatra as well as commentary by Angie Dickinson and Frank Sinatra Jr.

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Mark Taper Forum, 135 N. Grand Ave., Downtown; centertheatregroup.org Four-time Tony winner Jerry Zaks col– laborates with Oscar-winning composer Randy Newman on this new musical with an outstanding cast, including Katey Sagal (“Sons of Anarchy”) and Michael McKean (This Is Spinal Tap). Runs through Dec. 22.

Art Theatre, 2025 E. Fourth St., Long Beach; arttheatrelongbeach.com It’s a film by Long Beach filmmaker Michael Bauch that the city of Amsterdam promotes on its Web site and in presentations to Americans in search of learning how to create more bike-friendly, livable communities here in the United States. 11:30 a.m. $10.

THURSDAYNOV. 11 Los Angeles City College Charity Fashion Show Regency Club, 10900 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood; laccfoundation.org The fashion show features designs by Ali Rahimi for Mon Atelier to raise funds for the Douglas Blasdell Outreach Program and Los Angeles City College Foundations.

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TUESDAYNOV. 16 So You Think You Can Dance 2010 Tour Staples Center, 1111 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles; staplescenter.com The highly anticipated production features this season’s most popular routines as well as original pieces created specifically for the nationwide tour. See all of your favorite dancers from the show perform live. 7:30 p.m. Tix start at $37.50.

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