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SUSPENSE ACCOUNT: THE FILMS OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK

May 26-29 @ Egyptian Theatre by kristina bravo Next to low water pressure, Psycho’s iconic murder scene – permanently seared in the brains of those who have seen it – is one reason why your blood may curdle in terror while in the shower. Despite good reason, a reminder of the screeching violin score that cues a man in drag stabbing the unsuspicious Janet Leigh is enough to make you set aside this hygienic bathroom practice every once in a while. Very few individuals have this kind of profound effect in one’s everyday life, and Alfred Hitchcock, unfortunately for the shower’s reputation, is one of them. Dubbed as “the Master of Suspense,” the British filmmaker created more

Campus Circle > Film > Projections than 50 movies in a career that spans over six decades. The American Cinematheque invites you to bask in the terror that Hitchcock concocted for an ever-present audience, which outlasts generational divides and trumps mediocre 3-D horror films without much competition. The Egyptian Theatre starts the thrill fest with Rebecca and The 39 Steps on May 26. Hitchcock’s first American project, Rebecca was awarded Best Picture by the Academy Awards in 1940. It is a gothic romance that stars Joan Fontaine, a housewife who ventures into entangling the mystery behind the death of her wealthy husband’s first wife, Rebecca. Inspiring two Bollywood remakes and multiple radio play adaptations including one by Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, Rebecca is a must-see for any Hitchcock fan. The 39 Steps on the other hand is a 1935 film loosely based on John Buchan’s novel of the same name. Unlike disgruntled fans of Dr. Seuss’s books however (see: How The Grinch Stole Christmas and The Cat in the Hat), Buchan himself said that Hitchcock improved on his novel. With the most recent Broadway adaptation of the novel winning an Olivier award for Best New Comedy, seeing this classic spy thriller full of brain twisters and continuous suspense will certainly make an interesting watch. The next night, Hitchcock enthusiasts of the L.A. area will surely flock to see two of the director’s most acclaimed films, Psycho and The Birds. The major propeller of mentioned shower paranoia, Psycho is a low-budget project that puts the absurdly funded horror movies of today. Numerous remakes and sequels find little success compared to the original, and seeing it on the big screen may just make your viewing pleasure of this classic better by epic proportions. Seven spots down from Psycho’s No. 1 position on the American Film Institute’s list of top 100 thrills, The

MOVIEREVIEWS Blank City (Insurgent) It is hard to imagine that once upon a time Steve Buscemi could look at you with bright, well-rested eyes and New York City had reasonably sized, dirt-cheap apartments. Well, this is the world that Celine Danhier showcases in Blank City, a documentary that explores the bygone underground film culture of late 1970’s and early 1980’s downtown Manhattan, a setting which sparked the avant-garde creativity that exploded within the filmmakers and musicians that followed Andy Warhol and prefaced today’s independent films. This movement came to be called as “No Wave,” a product of grimy Super 8 films, inexperienced actors, non-musicians who played instruments they didn’t know how to play and plotless scripts. The movie opens with the question, “If you could be anybody, who would you be?” This generation certainly took liberty in being anyone they wanted to be through film, a collective of creative types that included a young Debbie Harry and a quite dashing Buscemi whose eyes did not yet have the deep-set, sleep-deprived wisdom they boast today. It took Danhier two and a half years to make Blank City, and she achieved in collecting first-hand accounts from the major players of No Wave. Interwoven with these interviews are clips from the films that were the fruits of their povertystricken and drug-induced labor. Although there are plenty of interesting anecdotes to hear and a visual feast of rare, fascinating movie excerpts to see, Blank City at times loses the audience by resembling a blabbering uncle who was unquestionably cool once, but tells the same story over and over. The film also lacks a sense of chronology, and to the less-than-obsessive enthusiast, Blank City may just appear to be a cluster showcase of amateur movie making. It would,

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Birds is another Hitchcock hit that can very well cause an irrational fear of common everyday things, this time winged, otherwise cute feathered creatures. Set in a picture-perfect Northern California coastal town, the film depicts a sudden, unexplained invasion of birds. On May 28, the Egyptian Theatre will be playing To Catch A Thief and Notorious. To Catch a Thief is a romantic thriller starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly. Situated on the French Riviera, Grant plays a retired thief who falls in love with an American party girl played by Grace Kelly. With Edith Head’s most beautiful costumes, audacious sexual undertones (for that time of course) and unsolved robberies, To Catch A Thief is a lighter yet gripping film that attests to the iconic director’s versatility and genius. In another Hitchcock movie, Grant graces the screen with his debonair, good looks in Notorious. Instead of playing a 1940’s rapper however, he instead stars as an allied agent who becomes involved with another party girl, this time played by Ingrid Bergman. As her character is set to marry and spy on her father’s Nazi friend, their plans are complicated by the growing romantic relationship between the two, an exciting plot that can certainly rival the 2009 biopic of the same title. To close the series, the American Cinematheque will screen Vertigo. Released in 1958, the thriller features James Stewart, Kim Novak and Barbara Bel Geddes as the stars of this French novel adaptation. Met with poor reviews upon its release, Vertigo is now hailed by many as Hitchcock’s best creation. The “zoom out and track in” effect is also invented by an uncredited second-unit cameraman in this movie to create a vertigo sensation in the audience. Egyptian Theatre is located at 6712 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood. For more information, visit americancinematheque.com.

Campus Circle > Film > Movie Reviews however, appeal to film, art and music fanatics (It gives a great peek into iconic CBCG acts.). It may not be a must-see to the rest of the population, but Blank City is nevertheless a charming commemoration of an amusing culture of the past. Grade: B —Kristina Bravo Blank City releases in select theaters May 27.

Dumbstruck (Truly Indie/Magnolia) Content of character is something everyone strives to refine throughout his or her life, but what if someone turns out to be a lifeless, empty vessel? Most of the characters in Dumbstruck are just that, literally so – they’re puppets. The other characters in Mark Goffman’s debut documentary are the human beings behind the puppets, a troupe of ventriloquists struggling to distinguish themselves as artists in a world that does not typically pay lip service to their artistic virtues. The real-life characters in question are a quintet cut mostly from a swath of the south – a geographical coincidence in connection with the Vent Haven Convention, a ventriloquists’ convention that takes place in Ft. Mitchell, Ky. every year. In a room crowded with social awkwardness emerges Dan, a delightful charmer who holds the coveted gig of cruise ship entertainer. He goes months at a time without seeing his wife and kids, and the reality of long-distance family life besets him with heartbreak later, something Kim, a single, lovelorn ventriloquist from Ohio understands distinctly. She plays smalltime elementary school gigs, a fact that she seems to resent more than lament with melodramatic flair. On the flipside of that is Terry Fator, of “America’s Got Talent” fame, the winner who snagged a Las Vegas deal. Fator is the seasoned ventriloquist 13-year-old Dylan hopes to be, but a

Mark Boone Junior and Steve Buscemi in The Way It Is, featured in Blank City wrestle with self-confidence issues and the sideways looks of a macho father seem to keep his talents closeted. You get the sense that were we to dig our nails into the depths of their characters we’d hit the foundation of clay that forms them. There is no better character to illustrate that than Wilma, an outcast who is on the verge of eviction. We are told her family abandoned her and stole her son away when he was 5. For all of the drama this exposition imposes, it’s never explained why it happened at all. She is oddly shaped, with exaggerated features and sense of humor. When we see her take her puppets clothes shopping at WalMart without a smirk of irony – she is a close incarnate of the anthropomorphized objects she herself gives life to. But this is mere speculation, and the character of Dumbstruck, in the end, is rendered inanimate. Grade: C+ —Pamela Kerpius Dumbstruck releases in select theaters May 27. CONTINUED ON PAGE 5 >>>

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Nick Stahl, Dylan McDermott and Zoe Saldana star in the blackly comic anthology film Burning Palms. Writer-director Christopher Landon (“Dirty Sexy Money”) brings to the screen five separate stories of corruption and perversion from the City of Angels. Eastside hipsters are an endangered species when they become the targets of a serial killer in the noir-comedy The Scenesters. Antonio Banderas stars as a Los Angeles P.I. in way over his head in The Big Bang. Snoop Dogg and Sam Elliott costar. Also available: Supernatural horror film Forget Me Not

The Idiot Box: Rob Corddry (“The Daily Show”) co-created and stars in Adult Swim’s Childrens Hospital: Complete First & Second Seasons, a hilarious comedy about the goodlooking but inept doctors who treat America’s youth. The hilarious Ken Marino and Rob Huebel costar. IRT Deadliest Roads: Season One sends thrill-seeking truck drivers to some of the most treacherous roads in the world, from the crowded streets of Delhi to insanely steep and narrow roads blasted into the mountainside. Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence star in the ABC Family sitcom Melissa & Joey: Season One, Part One. From Criterion With Love:

Watching a film by Andrei Tarkovsky is a bit like subjecting yourself to a psychological experiment. The Russian auteur uses hypnotic pacing and beautiful images to transport the viewer to another world. Arguably his greatest film, Solaris, a mind-expanding sci-fi mystery, is the perfect film for Blu-ray. This Criterion release comes with some great bonus features, including a documentary about author Stanislaw Lem and an appreciation by Akira Kurosawa.

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With technology accelerating the way it is, futurist Ray Kurzweil’s theories of our own gadgets surpassing human biology are seeming increasingly prophetic. Transcendent Man profiles the fascinating thinker and his theory of singularity. Martin Scorsese narrates Picasso & Braque Go to the Movies, a look at the interplay between early cinema and the art world. A Small Act is an utterly affecting documentary about a poor Kenyan turned United Nations human rights lawyer and his search for the anonymous donor who made his incredible journey possible. Also available: Prime 9: MLB Heroics and MLB Bloopers: Doubleheader

The Vault: It’s a ’70s car chase extravaganza with two new Roger Corman double features. First up are the Ron Howard action-comedies Eat My Dust!/Grand Theft Auto, with Howard and Corman providing a commentary track. Two rebels take on corrupt establishments in Fighting Mad/Moving Violation. One of director Jonathan Demme’s first films, Fighting Mad stars Peter Fonda. Blu Notes: Steve McQueen’s other great escape, Papillon costars Dustin Hoffman as a pair of convicts in France’ s brutal Devil’s Island prison. Based on a true story, McQueen plays a petty criminal wrongfully convicted of murder who devotes himself to the impossible: escape. McQueen did most of his own driving alongside 45 international racing stars in Le Mans, a dramatization of France’s annual 24-hour endurance test. John Frankenheimer brings his inventive style to the high-octane Formula 1 racing classic Grand Prix starring James Garner and Eva Marie Saint. Jeff Bridges and Glenn Close star in the erotic thriller Jagged Edge from the writer who owned the genre, Joe Eszterhas (Basic Instinct). In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, director’s cuts of Ronald F. Maxwell’s massive epics Gettysburg and Gods and Generals come to Blu-ray with a slew of behind-the-scenes and historical bonus features. Jeff Daniels and Martin Sheen put faces to the men who fought in America’s bloodiest battle. Daniels reprised his role as Joshua Chamberlain alongside Robert Duvall as Robert E. Lee in the prequel film. The new cut restores an hour of footage.

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Make Believe (Level 22/Firefly) While most people have been introduced to magic through J.K. Rowling’s world of Harry Potter, they are less familiar with the skills of magicians. The film Make Believe explores the world of magicians and shows that magic is more than just card tricks. It is a documentary about six teenagers looking for their place in life through magic. The film opens with a simple shot of a boy sitting alone on a bus. But this simple beginning quickly becomes magical as the boy pulls out a deck of cards. This boy performing eye-catching card tricks is teen magician Hiroki Hara from Japan. His card tricks have gotten him a chance to perform in the teen competition at the World Magic Seminar in Las Vegas. Hiroki describes magic as borderless, and this is can be seen as the documentary take the audience on a ride through the United States, South Africa and Japan. Within the film, there are heartfelt scenes that compel you to root for them in the competition; such is the case with magician duo Siphiwe & Nkumbuzo. They come from areas in South Africa where crime is an issue that affects them every day. Siphiwe’s mother is robbed whenever she steps outside of her door, but magic is a positive instrument in Siphiwe and Nkumbuzo’s lives and keeps them out of a life of crime. Make Believe allows us a glimpse into a world we know very little about. The film show us that magic is more than just pulling a rabbit out of a hat and even demonstrates how to do a card trick. The documentary gives us a very intimate view into these teens’ lives and leaves you in suspense to see who wins the competition. If you are looking for a movie to capture your heart and keep you wondering until the end, then Make Believe is the movie to watch. Grade: B+ —Brittany Taylor Make Believe releases in select theaters May 27.

The Tree of Life (Fox Searchlight) There’s really no way to walk into The Tree of Life without expectations. Whether you know about it as “That movie that was booed at Cannes,” “The one with Brad Pitt and Sean Penn as father and son” or “The new Terrence Malick film,” its reputation precedes it. Normally in a review, this is the place where I would tell you what the movie is about before offering criticism on each working part and the piece as a whole; but to distill Brad Pitt and Laramie Eppler in The Tree of Life the “plot” of The Tree of Life is like asking someone to describe what they see in a Rorschach Test. While one person could say it’s an adult man’s fevered, fractured memories of his childhood on the anniversary of a haunting death, someone else might tell you it’s Malick’s shot-by-shot analysis of the Book of Genesis. Having said that, if you need a Reader’s Digest blurb, try to imagine Planet Earth-meetsRevolutionary Road; a gloriously shot ode to 1950s suburban ennui mixed with Hubble Telescope images of the creation of the universe. Lurching between Pitt as a stern, stoic father of three and Penn, in a brief cameo, as his grown son tormented by the past, what could be a gripping tale of love and loss takes a field trip to the Planetarium when Malick decides to transport his audience into the cosmos to behold the Big Bang. Interesting, considering the images can occasionally resemble a fetal sonogram, but when the director veers off for a visit with dinosaurs and what feels like a 30-minute musical interlude of screensaver NASA photos, the self-indulgence becomes grating. With a thundering operatic score and undeniable beauty, Malick is a director in desperate need of a strong editor. Overly long and intensely disjointed, The Tree of Life can be appreciated for parts – such as visual majesty – but not as a whole; for example, its inescapable, heavy-handed, maudlin tone. While some will sing the praises of film’s visual style and bouts of dialogue-less-ness, there are better films in the same family, such as Baraka, Winged Migration, the trilogy Koyaanisqatsi, Powaqqatsi and Naqoyqatsi or even last year’s incredible animated offering, The Illusionist, that use the power of imagery and music in to far superior and more evocative end. Frustratingly incoherent, drenched in off-putting religious overtures and lethargically paced, “Tree of Life” may soon become a verb for filmmakers who have lost their way. Grade: C—Sasha Perl Raver The Tree of Life releases in select theaters May 27.

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Campus Circle > Film > Special Features Moody (Jordana Beatty) who takes on a series of dares when her parents go out of town. Heather Graham co-stars. Super 8 (Paramount) On a mission to avoid spoilers before its release, all we need to know about Super 8 is that it’s directed by J.J. Abrams – a deity in our eyes responsible for some of our favorite entertainment of the last 15 years: “Lost,” Star Trek and “Felicity” –, stars Elle Fanning and Kyle Chandler and is about aliens. Sold, American! Can we Fandango tickets for opening weekend yet?

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The Art of Getting By (Fox Searchlight) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory breakout sensation Freddie Highmore stars as a friendless, fatalistic teenager who has made it all the way to his senior year of high school without ever doing any schoolwork. Things take a turn to rom-com town when he’s befriended by Sally (Emma Roberts), a popular girl who’s more complicated than her classmates might expect. Green Lantern (Warner Bros. Pictures) Ryan Reynolds straps into superhero spandex in this comic adaptation about a fighter pilot bestowed a mystical green ring that infuses him with otherworldly powers and makes him the first human to become part of an intergalactic squadron tasked with keeping peace within the universe. Blake Lively serves as obligatory female eye candy. Ryan Reynolds dons superhero spandex as the Green Lantern.

SUMMER MOVIE GUIDE by sasha perl-raver

More Marvel madness, the final chapter of Harry Potter’s saga and close encounters by J.J. Abrams and Jon Favreau – it’s time to beat the heat with this summer’s big screen offerings.

MAY 27 The Hangover Part II (Warner Bros. Pictures) The Wolf Pack is back! This follow up to the 2009 comedy that helped define the “Frat Pack” motif reunites director Todd Phillips (hopefully rebounding from his Due Date misstep) with Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms and Justin Bartha as they jet to Thailand just before Stu (Helms) get hitched. Stu may want a subdued pre-wedding brunch, but that’s not how the Wolf Pack rolls and, just like in Vegas, things get seriously out of hand. Kung Fu Panda 2 (Paramount) Jack Black, Angelina Jolie and Jackie Chan lend their voices to this continuation of the Panda series where newly minted Dragon Warrior Po (voiced by Jack Black) and his fellow kung fu masters the Furious Five (not to be confused with Fast Five or anything else with Vin Diesel) venture to China to battle a villain who seeks to destroy kung fu. The Tree of Life (Fox Searchlight) Terrence Malick’s gloriously beautiful esoteric meditation on life, creation and stifling 1950s conformity drew boos and cheers during its debut at the Cannes Film Festival. Called everything from “brilliant” to “disjointed,” the film stars Brad Pitt and Sean Penn as father and son whose complicated relationship, shown in flashbacks, lead Penn to contemplate the origins of the universe and meaning of life.

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JUNE 3 Beginners (Focus Features) This deeply personal tale from writer-director Mike Mills (Thumbsucker) follows Oliver (Ewan McGregor) as he comes to grips with the knowledge that his 75-year-old father (Christopher Plummer) is both gay and dying of cancer. Love, Wedding, Marriage (IFC) Mandy Moore stars as a newlywed marriage counselor whose life is turned upside down after she meets her newest clients – her own parents – and discovers her new hubby (Twilight heartthrob Kellan Lutz) has a few relationship skeletons hiding in his closet. Also featuring “Gossip Girl”’s Jessica Szohr, the film is the directorial debut of actor Dermot Mulroney. Submarine (The Weinstein Company) Submarine is a movie about sex – wanting to have it and wanting to ensure other people don’t. Fifteen-year-old Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) needs two things: 1) to lose his virginity before his next birthday, and 2) to make sure his mother (Sally Hawkins) and her ex-lover (Paddy Considine) don’t rekindle the embers of their former flame. Interesting factoid: Ben Stiller executive produced this offbeat British comedy. X-Men: First Class (Twentieth Century Fox) After Wolverine’s rocky attempt at an X-Men origin story, producer-turned-director Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake, Kick-Ass) goes even deeper into the origins, turning to the 1960s roots of the characters when Professor X was still Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Magneto was known as Erik Lehnsherr (Michael Fassbender). First Class follows the two young men, originally the best of friends, as they discover their powers and band together with fellow mutants to save the world from the greatest threat it has ever known.

JUNE 10 Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (Relativity) Think of this as the girl’s answer to the Wimpy Kid series. The first of Megan McDonald’s hugely popular Judy Moody books gets the big-screen treatment in this tale of third-grader Judy

Mr. Popper’s Penguins (Twentieth Century Fox) After Mr. Popper (Jim Carrey) inherits six penguins, his life changes forever: first with the transformation of his apartment into a winter wonderland and then as his professional life starts to implode.

JUNE 24 Bad Teacher (Columbia) Dumped by her sugar daddy, a foul-mouthed, hard partying schoolteacher (Cameron Diaz) decides her next conquest will be the school’s new teacher – played by none other than Diaz’s ex, Justin Timberlake – even if it means taking down a beloved colleague, the always hilarious Lucy Punch. Jason Segel also stars in this raunchy comedy from director Jake Kasdan, which earned a hard-R from the MPAA. A Better Life (Summit) An illegal immigrant working as a gardener in Los Angeles’ ritziest neighborhoods struggles to keep his son away from gangs and immigration agents. This real-life drama is a far cry from the fantasy realm set pieces, such as Twilight: New Moon and The Golden Compass, which have previously been director Chris Weitz’s bread and butter. Cars 2 (Walt Disney) One word: Pixar. That means the chance this animated offering won’t be awesome is slim to none. Directed by Pixar grand poobah John Lasseter and Brad Lewis, the film takes the beloved cars from the first go-’round on an international adventure as they compete against the world’s fastest cars in the Race of Champions, an event that goes from Japan to Germany, Italy, France and England. Sadly, don’t expect the return of Doc Hudson, voiced by dearly departed Paul Newman in the first film. Trollhunter (Magnet) Trollhunter, a Nordic Cloverfield-meets-The Blair Witch Project, follows a group of Norwegian film students as they attempt to capture real-life trolls on tape (In other words, get ready for a lot of super shaky hand-held camera work.) after CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 >>>

“MARVELOUSLY ROMANTIC. A CREDIBLE BLEND OF WHIMSY AND WISDOM.” -A.O. Scott, THE NEW YORK TIMES

“EXHILARATING! BRIMS OVER WITH BRACING HUMOR AND RAVISHING ROMANCE, BUT THERE ARE ALSO HAUNTING SHADOWS. THAT ALONE MAKES IT A KEEPER. OWEN WILSON IS PITCH PERFECT. MARION COTILLARD IS SUPERB.” -Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE

“A JOYOUS DELIGHT! IN THIS BEGUILING AND THEN BEDAZZLING NEW COMEDY, NOSTALGIA ISN’T AT ALL WHAT IT USED TO BE—IT’S SMARTER, SWEETER, FIZZIER AND EVER SO MUCH FUNNIER.” -Joe Morgenstern, WALL STREET JOURNAL

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“ROMANCE, FANTASY, LAUGHS, AND A WHOLE LOT OF STARS!” -David Germain, ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Campus Circle > Film > Special Features Winnie the Pooh (Walt Disney) Disney returns to their roots of hand-drawn animation and relatively unknown voice talent (hallelujah) as five classic stories from Hundred Acre Wood are woven together. Featuring songs by Zooey Deschanel.

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Another Earth (Fox Searchlight) By Mike Cahill, who directed, co-wrote, produced, filmed and edited it in true Robert Rodriguez fashion, Another Earth is about an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer who cross paths in a tragic accident the night a duplicate planet in our solar system is discovered.

Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and Carly (Rosie Huntington-Whitely) in Transformers: Dark of the Moon <<< CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6 learning their existence has been covered up for years by a government conspiracy.

JULY 1 Larry Crowne (Universal) Tom Hanks makes his directorial debut in this tale of a middle-aged man in crisis (Hanks) who reinvents himself by going back to college where he meets a teacher who has lost her passion for life (Julia Roberts). As much as we love Tom and believe in the magic of Julia, their previous teaming, Charlie Wilson’s War, was an exercise in patience. But if anyone can pull out a winning Hail Mary, it’s Hanks, who, adorably, included his Bosom Buddy Peter Scolari in the cast. Monte Carlo (Fox 2000) Three friends (Selena Gomez with “Gossip Girl” co-stars Leighton Meester and Katie Cassidy) vacationing in Paris are whisked away to Monte Carlo after one of the girls is mistaken for a British heiress. Previously scheduled for a February release, Fox seems to have saved this as summer blockbuster counter-programming against Transformers. Terri (ATO) A coming-of-age comedy about the unlikely friendship between an overweight teen misfit (“Huge” star Jacob Wysocki) and his vice principal (John C. Reilly). Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Paramount) Michael Bay, Shia LaBeouf and Optimus Prime reunite for another big ol’ boom boom payday. Not invited to the party? Megan Fox who has been replaced by Victoria’s Secret supermodel Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

JULY 8 Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest (Sony Classics) Can I kick it? Yes, you can! Actor-turned-director Michael Rapaport debuted this documentary about the seminal rap group Tribe Called Quest at Sundance 2011. Following the group from their early years as friends with a dream to the

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inevitable rupture that came with fame to the foursome’s reunion for the 2008 Rock the Bells Tour, Tribe have shown waxing and waning support for the project despite the fact that it showcases them, rightfully, as visionary performers who changed the face of hip hop forever. Horrible Bosses (Warner Bros. Pictures) Three best friends, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day (Going the Distance) and Jason Sudeikis, decide to do the world a solid and murder their horrible bosses – played by Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell and Jennifer Aniston, who breaks away from her usual re-hashing of Rachel to play a hyper-horny, foulmouthed dentist. Look for a brief cameo from everyone’s favorite pitchman, Isaiah Mustafa, aka: the Old Spice Guy. Project Nim (Roadside Attractions) An incredibly moving and engrossing documentary from James Marsh (Man on Wire, a fantastic, must-see movie) about the 1970s experiment with Nim, a chimpanzee who was raised and nurtured like a human child and taught to communicate with sign language. Zookeeper (Columbia) Kevin James stars in this Dr. Doolittle-y romp about the animals at a zoo who decide to break their code of silence so they can help their lovable zookeeper (James) land the lady of his dreams. Wait a second! Didn’t James already make this movie with Will Smith?

JULY 15 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (Warner Bros. Pictures) This is the end, my friends, the end. Ten years, eight movies and three actors who went through puberty in the public eye later (poor Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint), the Harry Potter series comes to an end as Harry and Voldemort have their final showdown. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Fox Searchlight) Wayne Wang’s adaptation of Lisa See’s novel about the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women in 19th-century China.

Captain America: The First Avenger (Paramount) Following the release of Thor earlier this year, the march toward an Avengers feature continues with Chris Evans as Captain America. Deemed unfit for military service during WWII, Steve Rogers (Evans, CGI-ed in a Benjamin Button way to appear smaller) volunteers for a top-secret research project that turns him into Captain America. His first mission is to defeat the Nazi propaganda effort headed by Johann Schmidt (Matrix baddie Hugo Weaving), aka the Red Skull. The trailer has inspired passionate reactions of both sides of the fence, and we can’t say we’re all that enthusiastic about the HGH-swollen look of Evans, but who can say no to a trip into the Marvel Universe? Friends With Benefits (Screen Gems) Remember when Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman starred in that awful movie No Strings Attached earlier this year? Well, this is that same film, but with Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis. However, because it’s directed by Will Gluck, who turned out last year’s excellent offering, Easy A, and thanks to the sizzling chemistry between his two stars (which some claim is the reason JT and Jessica Biel are no longer together), we actually have hope that this predictable romcom about the perils of bang buddies could be really good.

JULY 29 Cowboys & Aliens (Universal) Since Comic-Con last year, nerds everywhere have been Twitterpated for Jon Favreau’s sci-fi western, starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde, about an Old West town where Apache Indians and western settlers lay aside their differences to battle aliens who crash-land in their city. With a screenplay by “Lost”’s Damon Lindelof and “Lost” alum-turned-“Hawaii Five-O” braintrust Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, how could it not be good? Crazy, Stupid, Love. (Warner Bros. Pictures) After splitting from his wife, Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is taken in and shown the ways of wooing by Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling, tanned and toned as a golden Adonis, finally showing off some comedy chops). Also starring Marisa Tomei, Emma Stone and Julianne Moore, the recently released trailers have the perfect balance of laughter, silliness, heart and charm. The Future (Roadside Attractions) After a couple (Miranda July, who also wrote and directed, and Hamish Linklater) adopt a stray cat, their perspective on life changes radically. This second feature from performance artist-writer-singer-renaissance woman July, following Me and You and Everyone We Know, proves once again she’s an uncompromising and invigorating voice in independent film. The Smurfs (Columbia) Jumping from Saturday morning cartoon to the silver screen, the Smurfs start out on their home turf, a forest in Europe in the Middle Ages. But while running from an attack by their CONTINUED ON PAGE 10 >>>

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Campus Circle > Film > Special Features horror movie-obsessed teenager (Anton Yelchin, one of the most talented actors of his generation) who discovers his new neighbor (Colin Farrell, who’ll next star in the 2012 doover of Total Recall) is a blood-sucking vampire (none of this sparkling-in-the-sunshine nonsense) responsible for a string of grizzly deaths. Conan the Barbarian (Lionsgate) “Baywatch: Hawaii” and “Game of Thrones” star and Lisa Bonet baby daddy Jason Momoa steps into the Governator’s shoes as the warrior Conan the Cimmerian who’s seeking to avenge the murder of his father and the slaughter of his village. One Day (Focus Features) Director Lone Scherfig follows up her impressive debut, An Education, with a romantic comedy adapted from the novel by David Nicholls. The film follows Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Dexter (Jim Sturgess) who meet on the night of their college graduation: July 15, 1989. For the next two decades, every July 15th reveals how the two are faring in life and love.

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Apollo 18 (Dimension) A found-footage-style movie about an abandoned NASA mission to the moon that reveals the existence of alien life, sorta like The Fourth Kind. The film’s release was pushed from April to the doldrums of August, which isn’t a great sign. Emma Stone stars as Skeeter Phelan and Viola Davis stars as Aibileen Clark in The Help. <<< CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 archenemy Gargamel (voiced by the brilliant Hank Azaria), some of the Smurfs stumble into a portal that transports them to present day Central Park. Lost in New York, they befriend several humans, including Neil Patrick Harris and “Glee” guidance counselor, Jayma Mays, to do battle with Gargamel.

AUG. 5 Bellflower (Oscilloscope Laboratories) Woodrow (first-time director-star Evan Glodell) and Aiden (Tyler Dawson) are preparing for the global apocalypse when their plans are temporarily derailed by Woodrow falling for Milly (Jessie Wiseman). But when that relationship sours, the two guys begin to live out a darker, more twisted violent fantasy. Pat Benatar was right; love really is a battlefield. Oscilloscope, owned by Beastie Boy Adam Yauch, continues their track record of championing original, thoughtprovoking, unconventional fare. The Change-Up (Universal) In the grand tradition of ’80s body-swapping comedies, this one is about a family man (Jason Bateman) who switches bodies with his slacker best friend (Ryan Reynolds) so he can romance a co-worker (Olivia Wilde).

Fleischer, in this film about two inexperienced criminals (Danny McBride and Nick Swardson) who kidnap a pizza delivery guy, Nick (Eisenberg), strap a bomb to his chest and tell him he has hours to rob a bank or he’ll explode. As the clock ticks down, Nick and his ex-best friend (Aziz Ansari) have to deal with the police, hired assassins and their own tumultuous relationship. While Eisenberg can do no wrong in our eyes, McBride has some ground to make up on the heels of Your Highness. Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark (FilmDistrict) Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, co-written by Matthew Robbins (who was responsible for two of our childhood favorites, *batteries not included and Close Encounters of the Third Kind), produced by Guillermo del Toro and directed by Troy Nixey, is a pedigreed remake of the 1973 made-for-TV horror film of the same name about a young girl (Bailee Madison) who moves in with her father (Guy Pearce) and his girlfriend (Katie Holmes) only to discover that her new home sweet home is crawling with tiny little monsters. Final Destination 5 (Warner Bros. Pictures) If you don’t know the formula by now, sigh, it goes a little something like this: A group of teenagers narrowly escape death so it comes looking for them, taking them out one at a time. The only reason to watch is to see what creative new ways (i.e.: roller coaster, mall escalator, tanning bed) fate claims the victim.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Twentieth Century Fox) The last time anyone touched the Planet of the Apes franchise, it turned into a debacle that Mark Wahlberg may never live down. Hopefully James Franco fares better this time around. He stars as a scientist researching a cure for Alzheimer’s by experimenting on a chimpanzee named Caesar (created through motion capture by Andy Serkis of Lord of the Rings/ Gollum fame) in present-day San Francisco. Little does he know, the development of animal intelligence sparks a war for supremacy between humans and apes.

The Help (Walt Disney) Set in 1962 Mississippi and based on the Oprah-approved best-selling novel, The Help follows aspiring writer Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan (Emma Stone) as she returns home after college and forges an unexpected friendship with her AfricanAmerican maids Aibileen Clark (Viola Davis) and Minny Jackson (Octavia Spencer). If it’s more An Education and less The Secret Lives of Bees, The Help may be an early Oscar contender.

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Our Idiot Brother (The Weinstein Company) When their adorably bumbling brother (Paul Rudd) gets arrested for selling marijuana to a uniformed police officer (like the title says, he’s an idiot), his sisters (Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel and Emily Mortimer) have their lives turned upside down as he couch surfs from one home to the next, leaving an unintentional wake of destruction behind him. Be prepared for a cameo by Steve Coogan’s penis in a brief full-frontal nude scene.

AUG. 31 The Debt (Focus Features) In 1965, three young Israeli Mossad agents were sent on a secret mission to capture and kill a notorious Nazi war criminal. Thirty years later, a man claiming to be that Nazi resurfaces in the Ukraine, forcing one of the former agents back undercover to seek out the truth. Starring Dame Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington, this film seriously sparked our interest when we discovered it was directed by Shakespeare in Love’s John Madden.

SEPT. 2 Colombiana (TriStar) Produced and written by Luc Besson and directed by his protégé Olivier Megaton – who previously oversaw the weakest of the Transporter movies, Transporter 3 – they must have been super bummed when Hanna came out earlier this year since Colombiana seems to in the same wheelhouse. Zoe Saldana stars as girl trained by her uncle to be an elite assassin, who returns to her homeland of Colombia to exact revenge on the drug lord she saw execute her parents when she was 10 years old. Co-starring with Saldana is Michael Vartan, whom we loved back in the Never Been Kissed-“Alias” days but haven’t seen much of since. Shark Night 3D (Relativity) Seven college students fight to survive the weekend at a lake house on Louisiana’s Gulf when they fall prey to a string of … shark attacks? Yup! These sharks are fresh water, ya’ll, and all part of a greedy plan hatched by some wicked locals. Directed by David R. Ellis, the man who brought you Snakes on a Plane, the cast is a grab-bag of C-listers, from “American Idol”’s Katharine McPhee to WB cast-off Dustin Milligan.

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(Minotaur) The fascination with Jack the Ripper, who terrorized London’s Whitechapel area beginning in 1888, never seems to wane. For more than 120 years, facts and myths about the deranged killer have melded until even Ripperists find separating reality from fiction difficult. Jack the Ripper, who was never caught, has spawned a plethora of nonfiction books about who he might have been and just as many novels that use those crimes as a background. While S.J. Bolton uses the Ripper legend in her excellent fourth thriller, this British author succeeds in ways that many authors have not. In Now You See Me, Bolton parallels Jack the Ripper’s crimes with the string of insidious gang rapes of young girls in some of South London’s poorest neighborhoods. Bolton delicately weaves these contemporary crimes throughout the plot, illustrating that the new victims felt as powerless and invisible as did the prostitutes that Ripper preyed on. But Now You See Me also works as a complex psychological tale about a young woman rebuilding her life, trying to find her identity and come to terms with her past. Det. Constable Lacey Flint has just finished interviewing a teenage rape victim when she finds a woman left to die on the young cop’s car on the anniversary of the Ripper’s first reported killing. The connection to Jack the Ripper is obvious, especially when a journalist receives a letter similar to what Scotland Yard received in 1888. Lacey is a Ripper expert and she is assigned to help a task force that is frustrated by the increasing violence. While trying to solve the crimes, Lacey also begins to worry about her own fractured past becoming public when she notices an unusual pattern to the murders. Although Now You See Me deals with the violence that Jack the Ripper rained down on London, Bolton is careful to concentrate more on the plot’s psychological aspects. Now You See Me is a cerebral thriller that avoids clichés. Each twist and turn is unpredictable as are the fully drawn characters’ actions. Bolton’s other three novels have explored the chilling emotions that seethe beneath the surface of small British villages. The urban setting of Now You See Me expands Bolton’s noir storytelling. —Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel (MCT) (c) 2011, Sun Sentinel. Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. Now You See Me is currently available.

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TIM BURTON May 29-Oct. 31 @ LACMA by cindy kyungah lee Corpse Bride, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Alice in Wonderland – it’s definitely a shame if you haven’t watched at least one film created by the master of gothic animation. Director of 14 feature films, Timothy Walter Burton, better known as Tim Burton, is one of today’s most loved cultural icons. From the arts to films, Burton has created many notable works to date and is still continuing to do so. In celebration of Burton’s long and prolific career, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art dedicates an exhibit to the venerated artist from May 29 to the end of October. Born in 1958 in Burbank, Calif., Burton was always interested in the arts. An introspective and artistically eccentric person, Burton began producing short films as early as 13 years old. Graduating from CalArts in 1979, Burton was scouted by Walt Disney Animation Studios after the success of his short film, Stalk of the Celery Monster. That was only the beginning of his long expanding career, though, as his individual style of mashing pop culture, fairy tales and gothic tradition together produced queer yet beautiful pieces of work. He is the visionary who altered colorless Hollywood into a gathering of personalized and unique explosions. Burton is an artist who can produce art (in the broadest

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Campus Circle > Blogs > Colors of Culture sense) that seems effortless and rough, but amazing at the same time. Don’t get me wrong, I said seems effortless because most of his works were in fact time consuming. If you don’t think so, check out how Corpse Bride was produced … you will be in for a huge surprise. Burton lovers are definitely in for a treat when they visit the exhibit of the multi-dimensional artist’s career. Bringing together over 700 drawings, paintings, photographs, movingimage works, storyboards, puppets, concept artworks and much more, LACMA succeeds in spoiling its visitors with an impressive collection of works that are both reminiscent of Burton’s career high points, as well as works from littleknown personal projects. With pieces from the artist’s own archives, studio archives and the private collections of Burton collaborators, LACMA does not fail to uphold its reputation as one of Los Angeles’ most resourceful and dedicated museums. The Burton shrine will be created at the new Resnick Exhibition Pavilion. LACMA, located on Wilshire Boulevard, has many discounts- a definite plus to its already revered reputation as being one of L.A.’s finest museums. With its generous hours of operation, the museum invites a wide range of age groups. If you have never been to the Los Angeles County Museum of the Arts, you probably passed by it before, as it is really at the heart of the city. Recall those clustered lampposts on Wilshire Boulevard you passed by? Well, that’s LACMA all right. Other than its numerous ongoing exhibitions, LACMA’s architecture is another aspect to enjoy. If you happen to drop by the museum at its later hours when the sky is dark, try wandering through the lit lampposts after soaking in its exhibits.

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With Southern California’s post Coachella depression slowly but surely lifting, avid music fans have been anxiously awaiting their next festival fix. With Electric Daisy Carnival appeasing the ravers, what’s left for the good ol’ fashioned hippy? Taking place Memorial Day weekend an hour outside of Los Angeles is the Lightning in a Bottle Festival. The three-night, four-day event is located in the desolate mountains of Silverado, Calif. and has already garnered an enthusiastic fan base from all walks of life. The festival has humble roots, starting off in 2000 as nothing more than a birthday party amongst friends. Co-founder Jesse Flemming notes, “It grew a little bit each year, and eventually five years ago we turned it into a multi-day music festival. It has been growing and evolving ever since.” Created by the Do LaB, a name you might recognize from their elaborate Coachella installation, takes pride in its intimate size and interactive environment. “In addition to the music, we really focus on community and education, and people actually participating in the event and being part of it as opposed to just showing up and watching the event,” says Flemming. The musical lineup might not garner any dropping jaws from Coachella veterans, but it is wonderfully varied. Saturday will be headlined by electronic outfit Pretty Lights, who are slowly but surely becoming one of the biggest acts in the scene today. Thievery Corporation, MiMOSA, Beats Antique and Bonobo are just a few other names that will grace the festival over the course of the weekend. While Flemming is most certainly a fan of giant festivals like Coachella, he notes that this isn’t the goal of Lightning in a Bottle. “We love Coachella and a lot of those other festivals, but we’re much smaller and it’s a much more intimate experience. I think that’s what people appreciate the most,” he says. The location is another unique aspect of the festival. “This year, it’s in a place called Silverado which is situated in these beautiful mountains just east of Irvine,” says Flemming. “It’s pretty interesting because the festival is extremely close to Los Angeles, but when you drive out there the grounds are completely secluded. It’s nowhere near civilization.” As you might imagine, there will be no Coachella-style Hilton pool parties during the day. Lightning is about old-school camping, just like your Uncle Frank did at Woodstock. Taking some cues from Burning Man, campers are encouraged to go wild with their setups. Flemming adds that campers “really get into it. They bring lights and all kinds of art and decorate their areas. It’s a lot of fun. The general camping gets pretty wild.” However, he was quick to note that Lightning is proud to offer quiet camping for those averse to wild partying as well as a family-friendly area, something that, in concept, seems at odds with the wild nature of a modern music festival. “We actually feel pretty strongly about having the family element there. It brings a balance to the whole thing. We all love to party and technically, yes, we’re throwing a big party, but there’s a lot more behind it. Lightning is about getting people together and doing something as one,” Flemming comments. It’s the holistic, all-basis-covered approach to a music festival that really seems to separate Lightning in a Bottle from the rest of the pack. Water is free, camping is included, participation is encouraged and community is essential. “We’re making sure every detail of every corner of the festival is paid attention to. We want to produce the best experience possible for all the attendees.” With an expected turnout of eight to 10 thousand, Lightning in a Bottle looks to be a large but intimate affair. You might not see Paul McCartney dancing on stage or Danny DeVito raving front row, but this isn’t what it’s about. This is an arts and music festival with emphasis on just that. A chance to exercise all five senses in a desolate, beautiful forest amongst likeminded individuals. Cut loose, live free and enjoy the surroundings in what will most certainly be one wild weekend. Oak Canyon Ranch is located at 5305 Santiago Canyon Road, Silverado. For more information, visit lightninginabottle.org.

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STAR WARS: IN CONCERT June 3 & 4 @ Hollywood Bowl by david tobin The stuff dreams are made of is a cliché that gets zero respect these days. Once upon a time in a galaxy far, far away, there was a city in the hills of Los Angeles – a town that was a part of a medium still new and golden to the world. The “Big Screen” had a meaning more powerful than most phrases heard around town. In 1977, a movie came out that changed the way the world saw not only the silver screen but life itself. Star Wars spans over three decades, and its impact on the world of entertainment is etched in carbonite. As most of us know, the Star Wars movies have concluded, but the legend remains. Sure, there’s a 3-D version coming out, but what about something that can truly evoke the same emotion of the original three? On June 3 and 4, the Hollywood Bowl will play host to something that is sure to lift you out of your seat and give hope to all the young Jedis in the world. John Williams, the original composer of the music from the films, will bring to life a two-hour journey from The Phantom Menace to Return of the Jedi. “Don’t tell the producer, but I’d do it for nothing,” jokes Anthony Daniels, the actor who plays C-3PO in all six

Campus Circle > Music > Interviews movies and narrates Star Wars: In Concert. “It’s a real treat. It’s great to be apart of a show that you utterly believe in. One of my beliefs it to tell the story well. The other one, and the Hollywood Bowl is particularly good at this: taking away the snottyness of a concert.” As we sit in a restaurant in the Renaissance Hotel just down the street from the Hollywood Bowl, Daniels can barely hold back his childlike excitement for what he is a part of. “The kids that come, most have never seen Star Wars, they have all seen ‘The Clone Wars.’ They come dressed up, but as characters from those movies. They haven’t seen the others yet,” laments Daniels. It’s this kind of range and power that the series of films has that can almost be equated to the Beatles in music (The band also had their turn at the Hollywood Bowl.). This will also be the first time ever that this show has gone on under the actual stars. Every single performance before has been in a closed-off venue. To actually sit under the stars and hear the music and watch the story come to life is sure to be like nothing in this galaxy. As if that weren’t enough to satisfy your Star Wars fix for a few years, the infamous Star Tours ride at Disneyland has been re-imagined and gotten a full reboot. This new adventure takes you in 3D throughout the series and is led by the one and only C-3PO. The virtual journey through warp speeds will be a delight for any thrill seeker. “I remind you that technology has improved exponentially over the years, and the technology that can now drive Star Tours is extraordinary,” interjects Daniels. “I’ll tell you, when I was working on it in Burbank, I kept missing cues because I was so astounded at the footage I was watching.”

MUSICREPORT by kevin wierzbicki Bedouin Soundclash: Light the Horizon Applying a label to the music made by Canadian band Bedouin Soundclash is a little tough. They’re reggae-rockers, they play pop-oriented world music and they can get a little punky. On their new album, Light the Horizon, they explore their soul roots, something they were encouraged to do by the set’s producer, King Britt of ’90s hip-hop act Digable Planets. “This record is really forward-looking,” says vocalist Jay Malinowski. “It’s from the point where we don’t have any baggage from the past. We’re just genuinely in the moment with this record, for the first time in a long time.” Bass player Eon Sinclair concurs, “It’s a really optimistic and hopeful record. That’s been said about some of the stuff we’ve done in the past, but this time we’re just feeling more self-assured and more confident.” Light the Horizon drops on June 7, and Bedouin Soundclash performs live June 3 at the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana and at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach on the fourth.

Cali Swag District’s M-Bone Killed Montae Talbert, the member of Inglewood rap group Cali Swag District known professionally as M-Bone, has been killed in a drive-by shooting. Talbert was shot May 15 while sitting in a vehicle parked outside an Inglewood liquor store and was pronounced dead at UCLA Medical Center. Cali Swag District found success with the single “Teach Me How to Dougie,” and the group was finishing up their first album at the time of Talbert’s death. As of press time, no arrest has been made, and a motive for the shooting has yet to be determined. Talbert was 22 years old.

Using hydraulics, the theater moves in 360-degrees matched with the video screen, giving each participant the idea that they really are flying. With the addition of 3D, it brings the experience in close for a very personal feel. Unlike normal movies, you pick up on other people in the room. This kind of stimulus captivates your attention 100-percent. The thrill of the Force runs deep with all of us, and being able to jump into these two attractions are as close as many of us will get to becoming a Jedi. The performances at the Hollywood Bowl are the third and fourth of June, and Star Tours opens on June 3 as well. Have fun, and may the Force be with you! Hollywood Bowl is located at 2301 N. Highland Ave., Los Angeles. For more information, visit starwarsinconcert.com.

Campus Circle > Music > Music Report Identity Electronic Music Festival A new traveling music extravaganza is gearing up to hit the road later this summer; the Identity Electronic Music Festival will kick off in Chicago in mid August and roll into about 20cities before it wraps up in Seattle in early September. The local stop will be Sept. 4 at an Orange County venue yet to be named where multiple stages will host Kaskade, Pretty Lights, Rusko, Avicii, Steve Aoki, Disco Biscuits, DJ Shadow, Skrillex, Pete Tong, Chuckie, Booka Shade, Modeselektor, the Crystal Method, Nero and many others. Details at idfestival.com.

Peter Tosh Legacy Editions Legacy Records is about to release two classic Peter Tosh albums with lots of previously unavailable material appended. Legalize It: Legacy Edition and Equal Rights: Legacy Edition are two-CD sets that include the original album and a wealth of demos, outtakes, alternate takes and dub plate tracks. The late reggae great was such an advocate for the legalization of marijuana that he was sometimes referred to in his Jamaican homeland as the “Minister of Herb.” Tosh also supported NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, and the release of these albums comes in conjunction with this year’s 40th anniversary of NORML’s founding. Both albums drop on June 21.

What’s Doing With Rob Zombie Rob Zombie is getting deeper into film work and video production; he’s just finished shooting a television commercial for Woolite and a Tom Papa special for Comedy Central, and later this year he’ll begin work on his sixth feature film, The Lords of Salem. But fans of Zombie’s music needn’t fear; his band will be hitting the road in July with Slayer for the Hell on Earth tour, and before that they’ll be playing some headlining

Bedouin Soundclash Light the Horizon June 7. gigs including their only local stop, May 25 at the Ventura Theatre. Former Marilyn Manson drummer Ginger Fish has joined the band, to which Zombie comments, “The band just got even weirder, and weirder is always better.”

Half Notes Tori Amos has a new one on the way; look for the classicallyinspired Night of Hunters to drop on classic imprint Deutsche Grammophon in September. Amos will tour this fall, but so far only European dates have been announced. LP1 is the title of the new Joss Stone album, due July 26 on the singer’s own Stone’d Records. Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) co-produced the album with Stone. It’s been 20 years now since Face to Face roared out of Victorville; last week they released their latest, Laugh Now, Laugh Later. Catch them in concert June 23 at the House of Blues Sunset Strip and the following day at HOB Anaheim. Keb Mo has signed with Ryko, and his label debut, The Reflection, drops on Aug. 2.

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What the Concert Scene Needs by eva recinos Are you reeling from the number of music festivals that have taken place recently? Do you find yourself unsure of what scene fits you, lost because you missed the epic Coachella and the indie SXSW? Be glad that you saved your money. Sure, eye-candy rockers the Strokes are great to see live again, and there is nothing like watching the likes of ’80s darlings Duran Duran onstage once more. Coachella might have been the three-day, 300-dollar event of the year, but the upcoming L.A. Rising is giving the much-hailed, hippieriddled festival, and all the other recent music festivals, a legitimate run for its money. Deadmau5 lover, Yuck follower or Kanye idolizer, you’ve probably heard of Rage Against the Machine no matter your preferred genre to bounce your head along to. There are a slew of comebacks, but nothing tops RATM and their upcoming show at July 30’s L.A. Rising. Tickets went on sale May 13 (officially), and the show will attract a crowd to fill the entire Coliseum in downtown Los Angeles. Sprinkle in Muse, Rise Against and a couple of other alternative and even jazz acts, and you’ve got yourself quite a festival. This is not just any other rock quartet putting on a show with a few chords and catchy melodies. This is a group of men who know what they are doing. Put on any RATM track and you will automatically hear what will separate their

Campus Circle > Music > Music Notes performance from that of any other band on the recent music festival roster. Tom Morello on a guitar is pure dynamite, and the angry voice and biting lyrics of Zach de la Rocha dare you to try and just sit back and listen passively. These guys aren’t messing around. Both politically conscious and musically bold, the band is everything any political activist and alternative music lover could possibly dream of. Even thought this isn’t the era of the civil rights movement or even of the original MTV era, once you hear RATM launch into “Renegades of Funk,” the lyrics won’t feel old and the sounds won’t feel contrived – a feat only an excellent band can achieve. This might not be the politically charged climate that spurred RATM songs, but the lyrics still represent valid struggles and you can’t deny that you’re listening to top-notch rock. What L.A. Rising is also doing that no other festival has truly achieved is getting together a group of musicians who show the evolution of a genre, allowing the music fan to see the history of a particular sound and outlook. Sure, the ’80s fan could enjoy oldies and also see Kanye West at Coachella, but those have nothing to do with each other in terms of a specific genre or concept. Put RATM, Muse and Rise Against together on one stage, and now we’re talking. This is the show that will let you track the development of the angry lead singer and the group of guys looking to infuse political challenge into their lyrics. These are the bands creating enough fuzzy chords, crashing cymbals and unrestrained screaming to push your poor eardrums into a state of sheer pain. What might seem strange are the additions of Spanish rockers El Gran Silencio and the Fugees-famed Ms. Lauryn Hill, since they might not seem like the most related artists to add. But this is where the festival keeps looking stronger:

CDREVIEWS Automatic Static Friends & Lovers (Gas Can) Friends & Lovers is a completely ironic title, as the album features gritty electric guitars and pulsating beats that are far from friendly. It begins with untamed strings in “Drag Me Down,” which highlight strong guitar riffs alongside rapid drumbeats. Tempos quickly shift multiple directions while singer Zac Diebels delivers soft-spoken melodies to screeching screams that linger. Aggressive layers are meticulously spread across six heavy rock tracks that are equally addicting and entertaining. Diebels’ lyrics expel frustration and personal discontent with those closest to him. His romantic experiences are revealed in “Halo,” which discloses a positive relationship while facing himself in a destructive demeanor. Thick influences of post-grunge and alternative roots are clearly detected in every song. Friends & Lovers features blazing rock renditions with a musical vibe eagerly waiting to be heard live. Grade: B —Jacob Gaitan Friends & Lovers is currently available.

Friendly Fires Pala (XL) Hailing from the land of our newlywed royal couple, Friendly Fires have a unique way of blending light and airy upbeat tempos with a trance of indie new wave pop that is surprisingly danceable. Pala continues Friendly Fire’s previous creative endeavors of mixing hard and fast indigenous drum solos over a more regulated pop sound.

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Rage Against the Machine headline L.A. Rising July 30. Both of these acts are obviously influence by rap and reggae, something markedly influential in the style of RATM, and their lyrics are less than shy. Each artist has got some politically charged message, and they’re not afraid to express it. Politics aside, this is the most exciting, cohesive and well thought out festival of all the recent ones that have passed. The concert scene needs something explosive after all the ridiculously expensive, strange mash-up festivals that have passed. Lovers of alternative music in particular can’t help but rejoice. But if you still haven’t heard tracks from the major headliners, turn on KROQ, visit iTunes and dig out your most padded outfit for the mosh pit of the decade. This is going to be one to remember.

Campus Circle > Music > CD Reviews The beats are fast, but the overall feeling is laidback due to lead singer Ed Macfarlane’s hypnotizing swoon. Each song showcases Macfarlane’s range as he’s able to provide a soft low whisper and transition to a high echoing falsetto. The music is definitely a type of soft pop fusing M83 with a ’70s disco mix. Tracks like “Blue Cassette” capture the themes of love and longing that continually string along the album. The track starts with a narrator finding a cassette tape recalling, “As I hear your voice, you set my heart on fire.” It can be sappy at times, but the new wave nature of Pala makes the whole experience appear dreamlike. The album doesn’t go into the depth of Friendly Fire’s more eclectic masterpieces like 2009’s “Jump in the Pool” but Pala still keeps us dreaming drumbeats. Grade: B+ —Denise Guerra Pala is currently available. Friendly Fires perform June 10 at the Music Box.

Thurston Moore Demolished Thoughts (Matador) Longtime fans of Moore know that his solo work isn’t necessarily going to sound anything like the music he produced as a member of Sonic Youth. His last album, Solo Acoustic Volume 5, was a set of guitar instrumentals that put an experimental twist on the Leo Kottke sound. Now, here comes another curveball as Demolished Thoughts is produced by – wait for it – Beck! Beck puts his stamp on “Circulation” where Moore expands on the Solo Acoustic sound, his delicate guitar work occasionally getting a little loud and manic, especially after being poked at by whooshes of insistent violin provided by

Samara Lubelski. For the most part though, Beck isn’t on board to Becka-fy Moore’s work; he’s looking for quality sound, and he gets it. The emphasis is on Moore’s lyric writing and singing on “Benediction” and “Illuminine,” but songs like “Blood Never Lies,” “Mina Loy” and “January” put the spotlight directly on Moore’s acoustic guitar work – a sound that is beautiful, breathtaking and mesmerizing. Clearly Moore has entered a different realm as a guitar player; the fact that Beck’s name is attached to this release just might get his music the recognition it deserves. Grade: A —Kevin Wierzbicki Demolished Thoughts is currently available.

Scarlet Season The Taxidermist (Self-released) The Taxidermist instantly invokes a calm and serene ambience that lingers long after the album ends. Singer Aileen Paron quickly captivates her listeners with powerful harmonies that are complimented by gentle acoustic melodies and buzzing electronic sounds. Paron’s calm musical stature often reveals CONTINUED ON PAGE 19 >>>

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by brien overly White Denim May 25 @ The Echo Mixing even parts classic rock with modern indie, the Texas foursome of White Denim manages to bring together all the definitively cool aspects of rock from the last 40 years. With elements of gritty and unpredictable garage rock intertwined with the slightly more than occasional instrumental jam session, these dudes write music that is both energetic and catchy, while still being the furthest thing possible from traditional pop.

Jack’s Mannequin May 25 @ The Roxy If ever there was a band that could make you feel achingly heartbroken and utterly stoked on life at the same time, it would indeed be Jack’s Mannequin. Frontman Andrew McMahon is a masterful heartstring-puller, with lyrics that are universally relatable while at the same time often being brutally raw and uninhibited. Pulling from some of his deepest and darkest firsthand experiences, McMahon might break your heart with his storytelling, but never without leaving a vocal glimmer of a light at the end of the tunnel. McMahon’s brand of piano-driven melodic rock never fails to hit just the right emotional chords to have a lasting aural impact on an audience. More than that, he might be one of few artists whose latest work actually has footing to claims of being as good as, if not better, than his old projects, which is saying a lot, given that I too went through a very large Something Corporate phase. Even more importantly than that, the dude’s playing the Roxy. So if you think McMahon can run you through the emotional wringer in the giant amphitheater venues he usually plays in, this is him about to take a baseball bat and a shank to your remaining emotions. Don’t worry, though, he won’t leave any permanent scarring. Probably.

My Chemical Romance May 27, 28 @ The Palladium Regardless of whether you actually like My Chemical Romance’s music or not, I promise, everyone you know is going to be at this show. Like, everyone everyone. Because as much as people want to talk trash about My Chem not being legit or not being talented based solely off of their fan demographic, deep down everyone has a favorite song from them – one album that they actually got stoked for when they received a hard copy of it; one single that they secretly blast in the car when they’re out driving solo – everybody has one, at least. In spite of the trash talkers, the Jersey-bred foursome who managed to lead an entire movement in the rock scene still put on one of the best live shows around. To their credit, gone is the Hot Topic styling of yesteryear, in favor of more adult rock ’n’ roll grooming, but the music remains as edgy and innovative as ever. When the band first came out, they challenged the limits of how dark and moody mainstream rock could be, and now that they’ve evolved into a more grown-up aural style, they still challenge that notion. Just, with fewer sing-along choruses. The flair for dramatics is as strong as ever though, so rest assured these dudes will give you an actual performance with their show.

The Daylights May 31 @ The Troubadour Going back to music of more emotive intentions, the local L.A. threesome of the Daylights bring that same sonic vulnerability to the stage with them, though they add in a little southern rock smoothness for flavor. The kind of gritty-melodic mix you’d swear was actually from Texas or Tennessee, the SoCal natives bring an emotional authenticity that’s an unfortunate rarity in the L.A. rock scene. Frontman Ran Jackson’s whiskeysoaked crooning brings a haunting folky atmosphere to his band’s music, while his band mates balance with more pop-geared strumming and pounding, for a well-mixed blend of catchiness and moodiness.

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ONLINE DATING It might be worth a try. by denise guerra I never had much success with online dat– ing, but it’s an area I have considered revisiting. I remember a year ago, I was having a dinner with an old buddy of mine from college, and we were discussing our lives and such. I asked her if she was seeing anybody, and she got that look in her eye that my spider-girly sense automatically picked up. She kind of looked around and came closer, saying in a shy whisper, “We met on OkCupid.” In my head, I was like, “That’s cool.” But not everyone is like me, and the whole concept of online dating is, in my opinion, still a taboo subject. Just a few weeks ago, I was at an art gallery opening when I asked this couple how they knew each other. “Match.com,” they said in unison. There was no low whisper or looking around, but they did give a slight chuckle. I think the biggest stigma with online dating is this idea that you never really know exactly whom you’re talking to. Yes, there’s a profile and a picture, but it could also be all lies. Though anonymity can be scary, it can also provide a huge shield against awkwardness. You’re free to be yourself and actually focus on the depth of conversation versus mere appearance. Don’t get me wrong, appearance is important. This may be different for other people but I always take a quick peek at their picture to see whom I’m talking to. Call it shallow or

Campus Circle > Blogs > D-Day mere human nature, it’s the same thing we do in reality when we first meet a person, right? (If not, more power to you.) The reason why I’m considering taking this route towards dating is mere convenience. I’m a very involved person, whether it’s working my day job or being busy in the other activities, there’s just no time to meet anyone. In college, this was the key to meeting people: You joined a fraternity or sorority, maybe a community service organization here or there. All these different communities and events allowed you to be with people who were all going to the same college, around the same age range and with the same interest. Think about high school where we were all placed together, roaming the same halls and taking the same tests. It was easier to meet people because we were all stuck together and wanted to get to know each other (ideally). Outside of college, you’re relegated to meeting people by being introduced to a friend of a friend, or the always weary bar encounter. When you live on your own, it’s a completely different story. Friends and family live miles away, and going to a bar by yourself just seems awkward. Take it one step further, and you find there’s not even someone who is slightly your age range at work – story of my life. That’s where the wonderful world of social media and online dating come in. We no longer have to rely on serendipity to find our match, we can be pro-active, take control of our own destinies and maybe have to pay $59.99. The convenience of it is so far-reaching that you can even input the different search criteria of the people you want to meet: age range, religious beliefs, height, build, likes, dislikes. Put all these into the computer and out pop all of your potentials. It seems like something right out of a sci-fi movie. It’s like building your perfect mate, but of course, the

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WHERE TO SHOP by dana jeong

We all have one or two awkward expe– riences of running into someone wearing the same clothes, carrying the same bag, sporting the same shoes. At my high school winter formal, I had an unfortunate run-in with a girl wearing the same dress, only in a different color. A friend of mine had been a huge fan of menswearinspired clothes – that is, until she found out her boyfriend had the same shirt as her. Another friend refuses to set foot in Urban Outfitters due to her irrational fear of everyone recognizing her clothes. Thus, the challenge arises for us fashionistas who want to stay in with the trends but out of the universal brands: Where do we shop to avoid running into unintended fashion twins? Here are a couple of places that only the innermost fashion peeps of Los Angeles secretly love. One is new, one is vintage, but both stores provide the opportunity to mix and match unique items that aren’t lined up on the shelves of Forever 21.

Kimski Makes 369 E. 2nd St., Los Angeles; kimski.com Conveniently located near American Apparel in Little Tokyo, Kimski Makes is your best bet if you are going for a Downtown hip and chic look. Without any flashy signs, elaborate displays

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system still has a way to go. After this initial “meeting phase” at looking at someone’s profile, the real communication begins in the form of instant messages, emails or phone conversations. The social pressure of meeting face-to-face is immediately diminished, and you are free to disclose whatever you feel like, control what you have to say and already know the band and author this person likes. If you’ve never tried online dating it’s a very interesting social experiment. I know I still have the social stigma of meeting someone online, it makes me feel like a failure that I can’t meet anyone the “normal way.” But maybe I’ve got it all wrong. Judging from my encounters, maybe online dating is the new “normal way.”

Campus Circle > Blogs > Trend Blender or rows of mannequins, Kimski may not seem like such an outstanding choice, but once you step inside, you will immediately be drawn into every single section they have, from sunglasses and unique jewelry pieces to tops and dresses. Their secret lies in the wide range of global brands and labels they import from. Here, you can get your hands on local designs and European goods all at the same time at quite a reasonable price (mostly under $100). While you are there, make sure to check out its neighboring stores in Little Tokyo and grab a mochi ice cream on the way. The area is filled with similar stores with eccentric items you can’t find anywhere else. One more tip: If you get tired, sit down and observe local stylistas passing by – they can give you the most original styling ideas. No need to go all the way to Harajuku for Japanese street style!

Wasteland 7428 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles; wastelandclothing.com To tell the truth, I’m not such a huge fan of second-hand stores – it just doesn’t seem right that I’m shopping at a place full of things people wanted to get rid of, and I always end up finding stains and rips here and there that ruin my shopping appetite for the day. Wasteland, however, is not only an exception to this prejudice but also one of my favorite places on Melrose. Within the first 10 minutes I spent there, I fell in love with their carefully-selected vintage gems hidden in every rack. I have scored quite a few pieces, like a beautiful rhinestone necklace and a black skirt from Alexander Wang’s very first collection. With their high-end brand products and clean displays, Wasteland is one place that will never let you leave empty-handed.

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Shop at boutiques like Kimski Makes and have no fear of running into a fashion twin. If you need styling advice, their excellent staff is your ultimate guide to making the most out of your vintage shopping experience. They turn the weirdest-looking pieces into cool ensembles, and you can always imitate the displays with your new buys from Wasteland. There are also locations in Santa Monica, Studio City and Burbank.

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Breanne Düren May 12 @ Hotel Café The setting was intimate, with a three-piece band that was perched on a tiny stage. Breanne Düren was situated in front of a keyboard, while the guitarist and drummer played along. The music was melodic and subtle with undertones of folk. The audience members were swaying their heads to and fro as Düren softly sang her tunes. She is friendly with her audience, as I experienced when she offered me a five during her one of her songs. Her career began as a backup singer for Owl City; Adam Young is a fellow musician from Minnesota. Düren decided to go independent with her own musi,c and it seems to be working out rather well for her as she knows how to engage the audience. She played about seven songs from her new EP, Sparks, relaying different experiences from her life. There’s definitely a quiet side to her, but there’s a rowdy side as well that people will love to see. She stood up from her keyboard for the last song and told people that she loves to dance thus hinting at a change of pace. This was my favorite part of the show since she had been sitting down in front of the keyboard prior. It reminded me of Lady Gaga’s humble beginnings. —Ricardo Quinones

The Kills May 13 @ The Music Box The Kills, made up of duo Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince, played a sold-out show at the Music Box. Opening up the show for them, Cold Caves perfectly got the crowd geared up for the Kills’ electric entrance. The audience screamed, and the building itself took on the rhythm of the songs the second the Kills took to the stage. People were pushing closer to the stage. With such a full house, there were plenty of people happy to overflow onto the roof of the Music Box to listen to the show and watch on the projection on the wall. The show goes from Mosshart’s energetic running around the stage to moments of the two musicians playing guitar in an almost snuggled stance. The fluctuations from intensity to intimacy moved the show in different directions throughout the night. —Tamea Agle

Soulive/Break Science/Lettuce May 13 @ Club Nokia In a city where glitz and glamour often dictate perception rather than reality, it was royalty that got its chance to shine under Los Angeles’ big, bright lights on a brisk night in May. Yet, this wasn’t some sort of Prince William-Kate Middleton honeymoon tour migrating its way across America or some lavish tribute to another royal wedding. What formed one evening at Club Nokia, rather, was a marriage that brought electro hop, jazz, funk and soul together for the Royal Family’s first trip to Los Angeles in its young, yet bourgeoning history. The Royal Family was started by Soulive in March of 2009. Soulive is the founding band of the Royal Family and their own record company, Royal Family Records. Although the room wasn’t quite filled with bodies from wall to wall, three of New York’s funkiest outfits still managed to have those in attendance bouncing off the dance floor over the course of more than four hours. Brooklyn-based Break Science, composed of drummer Adam Deitch and producer Borahm Lee, teamed up with former Jurassic 5 emcee Chali 2na and kick started the show with bass-pumping beats that ranged from electro to dub to hip hop, performing such tracks as “Zion Station” and “Move Ya Body” off their latest EP, Further Than Our Eyes Can See. Between Break Science’s brew of jazz, funk and soul and its rich hip-hop roots, the duo’s opening set provided a relatively seamless transition into Soulive’s own cocktail of jazz, funk, rock and soul. The trio from Woodstock, N.Y., after all, has made its mark over the past 12 years by perfecting the groove, toting fans of the jam band scene along with its already-established base of jazz and funk enthusiasts from countless festival appearances and multiple U.S. tours. CONTINUED ON PAGE 20 >>>

Campus Circle REO, Youssou, Bonham, Dispatch/Greek Theatre CDREVIEWS 1/4 page 4.875” x 5.9” • BW PUB<<< DATE: 5.25.2011 CONTINUED FROM PAGE 16 a haunting obscurity that intensifies with chilling piano keys that softly echo. Every song delivers an assortment of thematic images, ranging from peaceful interpretations to tormented manipulations. Paron lyrically discloses her personal affairs of romantic endeavors and life experiences during each song. She sings completely exposed and vulnerable yet with a strong sense of self-awareness and security. Songs “Suicide Pilot” and “Horse Fury” foreshadow the content waiting to be confessed, frequently providing a musical trance that’s both intense and equally engaging. Paron creates a perfect dream state album across 10 tracks that end with a beautiful piano arrangement. She bleeds her aching soul across the closing song while violins shiver in despair. Grade: A —Jacob Gaitan The Taxidermist is currently available.

Amon Tobin Isam (Ninja Tune) Here’s the deal: Amon Tobin has come up with some of the hardest sounds imaginable on this album. It’s brooding and intense, and if you have an amazing soundsystem you might lose your mind. BUT … All the groove is gone. It’s been an increasing trend. From Permutation to Out From Out Where, his groove has gone from every track, to searching more to find a tempo to hold on to. He’s taken and created stories that are more reminiscent of an Audiojack than a song. For the ability to create truly new and intense sounds, this album gets an A. For telling a story and making it sound suberb, another A. However, for writing songs, I have to say: fail. The listener that is coming here for music isn’t really going to find it. This album is a departure from the form and never truly moves the listener. Grade: No frickin’ clue —David Tobin Isam is currently available.

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114 Central Ave., Los Angeles by erica carter There’s nothing like having a sandwich that offers a pleasant variety to the boring “toasted” or “footlong” combo. Funny enough, the Spice Table in Little Tokyo is not only a couple of businesses down from a Quiznos, but also half a block away from the other sandwich franchise, Subway. Just off the corner of Central and 1st Street, the Spice Table takes over what used to be Brazilian café next to the Weiland Brewery. Formerly Chef de Cuisine at Mario Batali and Nancy Silverton’s Pizzeria Mozza, Chef Bryant Ng’s menu is inspired by the cultural diversity he and his wife, Kim, share. Chef Ng hails from Singapore, while his wife from Vietnam. The space’s décor is modern, embodying the Downtown loft vibe with exposed brick walls, with cream, gray and mahogany accents. Pretty white daisies on the table and antique birdcage light fixtures adorn the ceiling, giving the Spice Table a comforting quaint feeling. As soon as you step up to order at the counter, there are huge bowls of fried sweet potato chips and shrimp chips to sample while you decide what to order. What makes the Spice Table special is their ability to give you a hearty lunch just under $12 with variety. During the

day, the Spice Table serves as a deli, with all the sandwiches delivering varying degrees of “spice.” The sandwiches are at their best when pickled and marinated vegetables provide layers of flavors that get more intense with each bite. All Southeast Asian in flavor profile, standouts include the Meatball, nestled between vinegary carrots, daikon and cucumber. The vegetables are paired with Chinese perilla (also known as shiso leaf), mint and peanuts for texture. The garlic mayo lathered on both sides of the toasted baguette is really delicious. Instead of the mayo oozing out of the sandwich, it melds into the doughy bread like butter. Every single bite of the sandwich stacks flavor. The Meatball is not for the faint of palates, but I was expecting a little more spark, especially since the restaurant is aptly named the Spice Table. An option that is short on heat but still ripe with flavor, the lemongrass, peanut sauce Chicken sandwich is not as spicy, and the pickled shallots provide a nice tang to the watercress and scallions. The vegetarian Curried Eggplant with pickled red onions and cilantro is mildly spicy and can easily be a favorite for meat eaters too, especially paired with the spicy-sweet potato chips. You can choose sides to cool your palate, like the Napa cabbage Slaw or the butter/romaine combination, otherwise known as Gem Lettuce, paired with shrimp and sweet candied walnuts. While the lunch menu is short, spicy and sweet, the dinner menu is where the Spice Table expands on the Southeast options with gusto. I was delighted to see Sambal Fried Potatoes on the menu, as that’s something I make frequently at home. There’s something so comforting about a big bowl of perfect French fries with chili. I like to mix Sambal with ketchup and dip the fries in, and that’s exactly what I did here. Fries and satays, especially the prawns and chicken, can be

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<<< CONTINUED FROM PAGE 19 Many of those same fans who have embraced Soulive for the last decade have also shared an appetite for The Royal Family jammed at Club Nokia. Lettuce’s danceable grooves as the NYC all-star collective continues to carry the torch of their funk and soul forefathers into the 21st century. But whether it was Soulive’s Beatles covers from its 2010 release, Rubber Soulive, or Lettuce’s extended jams into the wee hours of the morning, this royal family by no means left the small, though fervent crowd shortchanged before skipping town. —Josh Herwitt

Carlos y Alejandra May 14 @ Margarita Jones There’s nothing better to do on a Saturday night than to attend a fabulous Carlos y Alejandra show of the Latin, yet tropical, genre of bachata at Margarita Jones. A rather young duo in their initial stages of their career, Carlos y Alejandra have been together about five years now and are achieving true success worldwide with their contagious music. Los Angeles saw the first-ever performance in the city by the beautiful duo. Carlos y Alejandra, both with Dominican roots, have been compared to popular Aventura and one of bachata’s best singing duos, Monchy y Alexandra, but this new sensation has claimed their own territory. La Introduccion (The Introduction), released in 2009, has been received well by the public. The duo, who before the show mentioned they were thrilled to give Los Angeles a show, sang various tracks off the album, including their biggest hit “Cuato Duele” (As Much As it Hurts). Additionally, they showcased “Explicame” (Explain it to Me) and “Perdoname” (Forgive Me). But the audience was most happy about “Arrepentimiento” (Repentance), a romantic melody detailing a unique look at a relationship’s ups and downs. Before pairing together, Carlos was simply another person from the Bronx aspiring to hit it big in the industry. Alejandra is a former beauty queen and television host. And now, both are really on the verge of stardom, proven with their electrifying show. —Marvin Vasquez

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ordered all together to make your own private happy hour! The meat in the Oxtail & Short Rib Stew was almost like velvet. Having it with a side of jasmine rice was one of the most aromatic and rich plates on the Spice Table’s menu. The beers are worth a special mention because not only do they feature Singapore’s Tiger Beer but also California brews like the North Coast Brewery’s PranQster Belgian and the Wipeout IPA. You can try the brews in 4-ounce to 16-ounce pours, with none of the beers going over $9. On my next visit to the Spice Table, I’m gunning for the Southeast Asian Cheeseburger. A couple of weeks ago, a blog started it’s first Burger Week contest, resulting in many restaurants that do not serve burgers doing so in their own special way. Chef Ng’s version featured the aforementioned short rib ground up with steak and shrimp paste cooked in the Spice Table’s wood grill, with fried shallots and curried cucumbers. The burger ended up being a huge hit and is now featured on the dinner menu on Mondays. I plan on pairing it with the AleSmith Grand Cru from San Diego for what is sure to be yet an amazing dinner experience. For more information, call (213) 620-1840 or visit thespicetable.com.

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KOLOBAGS by erica carter

With all the new laptops, iPads, Galaxy Tabs and such that have flooded the market in the past couple of years, there has been a surge in designer laptop bags and technological accessories. From laptop sleeves to camera cases, it’s hard to find a one-stop shop that features all of these innovative designs at once. Enter Kolobags, a stylish concept formed in 2004, that has created a Web site that showcases everything from Kipling to up-and-coming brands like Qnkki and Clark & Mayfield. Qnkki sleeves, with their ballistic nylon material, combine style and function with their bright colors. My gray and orange laptop bag has four compartments, one of them holding a waterproof cover so the bag doesn’t get wet in the rain. On the inside, there is a featured anti-shock technology called the Cubic Padding System. The three layers provide opposition to direct and indirect force, and memory foam to “delay, inhale and disperse survival impact force.” Even though I refuse to test this function out by dropping my laptop, I appreciate the care taken to ensure if I do drop it, my data will be safe. If messenger bags are more your style, check out Clark & Mayfield’s. These have a more feminine approach with stenciled flowers and colors including Adriatic blue. Not only do the bags hold your daily essentials, they are not bulky. That’s a big concern when having to go from class to class in a hurry. I’ve been packing lunches lately, but I don’t really like my bags of late. I usually use a tote, but it’s sometimes too big. And brown bags frankly are so boring. While I was browsing the Kolobags site, I noticed they sell stylish insulated ones, so that may be my next purchase. They also carry business card holders, phone cases and luggage. They truly are a one-stop shop. For more information, visit kolobags.com.

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DANCE & CHOREOGRAPHY Making an Impact

by jewel delegall Dance has become a critical staple in the world of enter– tainment. Television shows like “Dancing with the Stars” and “So You think You Can Dance” have dedicated viewers who never miss an episode and vote for their favorite dancers. The film Step Up was so popular that two sequels were produced. Pop concerts aren’t complete without choreography and dancers. The audience expects to be entertained, and whether it’s the artist or their background dancers, shows are enhanced and often driven by the dance numbers that the choreographer creates. Lady Gaga, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Miley Cyrus, Usher, Justin Bieber, Beyoncé and even boy bands aren’t complete without their dancers. In marketing and advertising, dance is seen in commercials, and dancers are in magazine ads helping to sell new products. Behind it all is the choreographer who creates the vision, collaborates with the artists, finds the dancers, creates the steps and is a key element in the production, whether in TV, film, stage or advertising. Julie McDonald, owner and partner of MSA (McDonald/Selznick Associates), is a pioneer in the commercial dance world, being the first dance agent in Los Angeles since 1985. She and her partner, Tony Selznick, were both dancers and through different paths came together to form MSA, an agency that represents dancers and choreographers. At her agency in Hollywood, Calif., McDonald sits down with Campus Circle to discuss the role of choreographers and how they influence the entertainment business. How does dance affect a pop artist’s career? You would think a lot of pop artists would have a sense of rhythm, but many don’t. Dance is a skill that every performer should have. It gives you a sense of your body and motion on stage. We get a lot of requests to help artists with their stage performance, whether they’re dancers or not. There may not be a step of dancing in their show, but they have to learn how to carry themselves, how to sit on a stool, how to walk and how to have a more visual presence. Nowadays, if you’re a pop artist, you have to know how to dance. Dance is a huge part of it. What areas are choreographers making their mark and putting their stamp? Music. Broadway. Anything with live entertainment like music tours, pop shows and music videos. Broadway is the most collaborative of all the commercial disciplines. Cirque du Soleil is also another collaboration. MSA represents some of the biggest names in choreography, but who are some of your younger budding stars? Tabitha and Napoleon, and they are not working with artists necessarily. They’re working on two feature films, they’re doing the Kids Choice Awards, they’re directing videos for a couple new artists and they’re directing the Jabbawockeez show in Vegas. They are “So You Think You Can Dance”’s favorite. There’s a girl named Sonya Tayeh. She’s about to direct and choreograph Miley Cyrus’ new tour. We have a young guy named Tony Testa who we think is probably one of the most talented people ever. He’s choreographer and assistant director on Kylie Minogue’s tour. Commercial dance and choreography have proven to be a huge part of pop culture. Dancers and choreographers alike are their own celebrities and are influencing the way the audience experiences music, film, stage and even advertising. Wherever you turn, dance is somewhere. The entertainment business is now seeing that dance is a vital part to entertainment overall. Hopefully, the trend will continue. For more information, visit msaagency.com.

CURTAINCALL “Juan and John” Now-May 29 @ Kirk Douglas Theatre “Juan and John” was not what I expected it to be, starting with the title. My perverted mind was expecting a homosexual storyline of a love affair between two men. My assumption wasn’t that off. The storyline does involve two men, heterosexual men, two baseball players to be exact and a true story at that. The serendipity of this play and the way in which it was interwoven into the orator’s personal story was Roger Guenveur Smith in “Juan and John” seamless and blew me away. Creator and performer of all roles, Roger Guenveur Smith’s frenetic, schizophrenic delivery was awe inspiring and terrifying at the same time. In a barrage of words, movement, audio-visual presentation and scenic design we get a sense of history over the course of 50 years in the quasi-innocent context of a baseball game. What could be more innocent than a baseball game? The play centers around the true story of baseball legends Juan Marichal and John Roseboro and the infamous 1965 day when Marichal turned and hit Roseboro in the head with his bat. From the start of the play, the poignant contemporary significance of this story hits a home run: Afghanistan, Vietnam, Korea, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the beating of a Giants fan into a coma at Dodger Stadium, Obama, al-Qaeda, politics, friends. What I loved most about this experience was the message the audience leaves with at the end of the show: the power of forgiveness. Marichal and Roseboro were able to move past that confrontation and to develop a friendship that lasted a lifetime. There is a moment in the show where Smith, playing Marichal, is standing in front of his friend’s casket and acknowledges that one of the moments in his life he was most grateful for was being forgiven by Roseboro. Regardless of the depth of the wound between two antagonists, forgiveness is the greatest reward. —Ximena Herschberg Kirk Douglas Theatre is located at 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City. For more information, visit centertheatregroup.org.

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They’re dropping like flies out there, like bloop singles, every day another soldier wounded on the battlefield of Dodger baseball. At last count, seven opening day starters are currently on the disabled list. This past weekend alone saw three players exit the game with injuries: Andre Ethier (a bruised back); Juan Uribe (a strained abdominal muscle); and Rod Barajas (a sprained wrist on his catching arm). While Ethier and Barajas are listed day-to-day, the current wounded adds to a long list, including pitchers Jonathan Broxton, Blake Hawksworth, Vicente Padilla and Hong-Chi Kuo, infielders Aaron Miles and Casey Blake, left fielder Marcus Thames (out with a quad strain). Need I go on? Either this team has a hex over its head, is extremely unlucky or has a subconscious death wish – perhaps a combination of all three. One thing is certain, however, the Dodgers have rarely been in such a sorry state. As the sinking ship struggles to stay out of last place, “owner” Frank McCourt is showing no sign of relinquishing his death grip on the team. On the contrary, he aims to go ahead with his plans to hand over 20 years worth of television rights to the Fox Network in exchange for the

scrappy remains of his tattered soul … er … uh, three billion dollars over the course of that time. Oh, and by the way, the deal won’t start for another two years. In the meantime, Fox will loan him something like 300 million to cover payroll and his loan payments to themselves. Now, I am no investment banker nor do I have any accounting skills much beyond depositing unemployment checks, but I know a stinker when I smell one. Remember back in ’04 when Fox loaned the McCourts the money to buy the team from themselves in the first place. The only constant here is Fox. Let’s face it, considering how deep in debt the team is to Fox, the Dodgers might as well still owned by media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, a man who cares as much about baseball as his News Corp. cares for being “fair and balanced.” Oh, sorry, was that a dig? Murdoch came to exactly one game during the time News Corp. owned the team. I suppose he was too busy screwing over the country. I’m beginning to lean toward the “Hex Theory” with regards to the recent spate of Dodger casualties on the ballfield. And while I may not be the best Juju doctor around, I would put good money (say, the whole unemployment check) that Fox is behind the evil spirits tripping up our boys out there, a curse so vile even Vladimir Shpunt can’t stop it. Ever since Fox entered into the equation, way back in the late ’90s, it has been a story of one dashed hope after another. We need a refresh button, something to send the squealing rodent back into the woods with its tail between its legs. As to the near future of the team, all remains speculation. Will Commissioner Bud Selig have the chutzpah to yank the team out of McCourt’s hands for good? Will Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon simply order a sale of the team when the embattled divorcees meet again in court on June 22? Ah, things devoutly to be wished. But for now, all Dodger fans

Juan Uribe is one of the latest to join the Dodgers’ disabled list.

can do is wait and hope that the remaining roster is spared from this perfidious plague of injuries. In such dark times, we would be wise to heed the words of famous old crooner and Dodger fan Bing Crosby with his “Accentuate the Positive.” So here goes: center fielder Matt Kemp is healthy and still hitting the ball; Blake is due to return to the lineup by week’s end; Uribe, though presently on the 15 day DL has stocked the highlight reels in recent weeks with a dozen dazzling defensive plays; Rafael (Fookie) Furcal is back from his thumb injury; James Loney’s bat has improved of late; and the Dodger bullpen, so dreadful during the first part of the season, has appeared to stabilize recently. Let’s see … what else? The Dodgers are still in Los Angeles! There is still a place called Dodger Stadium, not News Corp. field, or Wal-Mart Park! However diminished by declining ticket sales and less-than-stellar play, the game goes on and an expectant crowd of believers still shows up and gives the old ballpark that strange magic.

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GALAXY TAKE SUPERClasico

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In their first SuperClasico meeting of the season, the Los Angeles Galaxy claimed a 1-0 victory over Chad Barrett host Chivas USA Saturday night at the Home Depot Center before a sold-out crowd of 27,000. With the win, the Galaxy improved to 6-2-5, with 23 points. The record places Los Angeles atop of the Western Conference and is a league best. Twenty-six minutes into the first half, forward Chad Barrett connected for this third goal of the year. After a well-chopped ball into the penalty area off a free-kick from English midfielder David Beckham, Barrett found himself alone in the air. He redirected the ball into the upper right corner of the net with a curling header. “That has gone well this season,” Beckham says of his fifth set-piece assist. “We have players here who can get on the end of that kind of ball and give us a chance of scoring. We need to continue that.” Beckham’s sixth assist of this campaign came at the right time since the score resulted in the eventual victory for the Galaxy. “He has made a living at doing that,” Galaxy head coach Bruce Arena states of Beckham’s assists contributions. “We get a lot of chances and a lot of goals from David’s service on set pieces. It is a real positive for us.” An exciting and fast-paced match from the beginning, the first of two SuperClasico games turned out to be what the fans expected and probably wanted. Several offensive sparks from both sides appeared, but in the end, the best squad on the pitch won. In team history, the Galaxy are now 13-3-5 all-time in the SuperClasico, which includes a 6-1-3 mark when they are the visiting club. Since 2008, the Galaxy have not lost to Chivas USA, going 6-0-3 in that span. The Galaxy put their four-game unbeaten-streak (2-0-2) on the line against the Houston Dynamo, hosting the Texas team Wednesday, May 25, at 7:30 p.m.

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USC: Friday’s game did not have positive results for the Trojans, who suffered a 7-2 defeat. However, the next two games proved different against the Beavers (38-14, 17-7). An eight-run first inning propelled USC to an 8-3 win in Saturday’s affair, led by starting pitcher Austin Wood’s eight solid innings. Wood allowed two runs on eight hits while fanning five and walking none. Offensively, two different Trojans, Adam Landecker and Matt Foat, posted two RBI each. In the series finale, the Trojans battled until the bottom of the ninth when Ben Mount took the mound. Mount’s two-inning save captured the victory for the Trojans. Single runs in the second, fifth, sixth and ninth innings guided the Trojan scoring, which had four players record an RBI and runs. The Trojans (22-29, 12-12) close out the season with a three-game set at home against the Washington State Cougars (24-26, 8-16) during the weekend. UCLA: With a chance to win the Pac-10 title, the Bruins did what they had to do: win as many conference games remaining as possible. The Bruins’ strength all season long has been their starting pitching, which came to light yet again. Although Friday’s results were negative, Gerrit Cole limited the Golden Bears to one run and six hits through seven innings of work in the squad’s 4-0 loss. Guiding the club to a pivotal 2-1 Saturday win, Trevor Bauer pitched his seventh consecutive complete game. Bauer surrendered one run, five hits, one walk and struck out eight in his 11th win. Sunday’s game landed UCLA’s way, 5-2, as freshman Adam Plutko notched a triumph in eight innings tossed. UCLA (31-20, 16-8) travel to Tempe to face the Arizona State Sun Devils (28-14, 16-8) for three over the weekend.

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Adult Swim’s “Childrens Hospital” Ackerman Union, 308 Westwood Plaza, UCLA; adultswim.com Adult Swim’s twisted take on network medical dramas like “Grey’s Anatomy” and “House” explores the emotional struggles and sexual politics of a group of doctors charged with healthy libidos. It stars Rob Corddry, Malin Akerman, Lake Bell, Rob Huebel, Megan Mullally, Henry Winkler and more. An episode will be screened followed by a Q&A with select cast members and producers. 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAYMAY 25 Joe Sib “California Calling: A Story of Growing Up Punk Rock” Comedy Store, 8433 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood; californiacalling.net A 70-minute “broken word” roller coaster ride delivered by a man with enough energy and passion to power an entire city. Armed with only a microphone and 45 digital slides, Sib’s story is personal, funny, relatable and brutally honest. 8 p.m.

THURSDAYMAY 26 Project AIDS and Cancer Benefit Athenea Bar & Grill, 14755 Venture Blvd., Sherman Oaks; projectaids.weebly.com Features a gourmet dinner, fashion show, live performances, DJs, dancing, gift bags and more with proceeds going towards AIDS and cancer research. 7 p.m.11 p.m. Tix start @ $25.

FRIDAYMAY 27 LA Beatdown: One-Year Anniversary

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SATURDAYMAY 28 Outdoor Cinema Food Fest outdoorcinemafoodfest.com Watch movies on the largest outdoor movie screen on the West Coast, plus live music and the best food trucks in Los Angeles. Movies include There’s Something About Mary, The Matrix, Office Space, Old School and Fight Club. At rotating parks around L.A. Every Saturday through Sept. 3. Music @ 6:30 p.m.; movie @ 8:30. $10.

SUNDAYMAY 29 Escape to New York Vanguard, 6021 Hollywood Blvd.; deep-la.com Ring in the start of summer at this all-night dance party featuring two of the industry’s hottest DJs: Timmy Regisford and Tony Touch. 9 p.m.-4 a.m. $20 advance; $25 at the door.

SUNDAYMAY 29 JazzReggae Festival

The Music Box, 6126 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood; themusicbox.la The heavy bassline bashment ex– perience brings you the finest in dubstep, drum and bass and all sounds in tune with the drumbeat of the underground. 9 p.m.4 a.m.

UCLA; jazzreggaefest.com Lupe Fiasco, Sean Paul and many more will be performing at the UCLA Intramural Field which annually hosts some of the most prominent musicians in jazz, hip hop, soul and reggae. Noon-7 p.m. Also Monday.

SATURDAYMAY 28 Back to the Future Trilogy

MONDAYMAY 30 $1 Dodger Dog Day

Aero Theatre, 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica; americancinematheque.com Catch up with Marty McFly and Doc Brown as they travel to 1955, then back to 1955 again and then way back to the Wild West in the three installments of the popular franchise. 5 p.m. $11, $9 w/student ID.

Dodger Stadium, 1000 Elysian Park Ave., Los Angeles; losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com All Dodger dogs are just a buck when Los Angeles takes on the Colorado Rockies. 5:10 p.m. Tix start @ $10.

SATURDAYMAY 28 Fiesta Hermosa fiestahermosa.com The “largest arts & crafts fair in SoCal” features two stages of live entertainment, 270 vendor booths, a beer and wine garden and a food court that offers 18 different kinds of ethnic food choices to satisfy all of your culinary cravings. Located at Redondo Beach Avenue and Manhattan Beach Boulevard. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Runs

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JUDGMENT DAYS AND CONFUSED

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Since you are reading this you already know the world did NOT come to an end as predicted on May 21. I was certain it wouldn’t; after all, I am writing this on May 19, stressing about the deadline from my editor, not the deadline from my Creator. Yes, you and I are still here, and it turns out the 2011 Judgment Day believers –“they” were wrong. They said the same thing in 1999 during the Y2K scare, and I’m still sticking to the same fresh-out-of-Catholic-school reasons I had then on why the world isn’t coming to an end now. 1) There hasn’t been a best-selling book about how we don’t need earthly possessions (such as best-selling books in our possession) when Judgment Day comes. The best way to create a real panic and to really sell a book on this earth is to sell fear, and the scariest part is: People will actually buy it! 2) You owe someone money. As much as we’d like our credit card bills, college loans and unpaid parking tickets to just magically disappear, the only way they ever will is when we either pay those bills or the world comes to an end – and neither scenario is happening anytime soon. 3) Hollywood hasn’t remade every single television show or movie from our childhood that we used to love yet. I have been anxiously waiting, with both great anticipation and great fear, not for the end of the world, but for the new Thundercats and the new Voltron films with hopes that Tinseltown won’t ruin them. Then again, if Hollywood started backing and promoted more original ideas and stories the world probably would come to an end!

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