(Originally published in The California Aggie) From the beginning, Mark “Stew” Stewart’s musical career was destined to be anything but typical. For starters, the singer/songwriter/musician from Los Angeles formed a rock band 15 years ago in Los Angeles and named it The Negro Problem. “If I was in a store looking through band names trying […]
A bad film is disappointing. An average film with the potential to be great is even worse. Viewers who have never read the classic Stephen Crane novel The Red Badge of Courage (1895) or Lillian Ross’s book Picture (1952) may be spared the sinking feeling the rest of us may feel upon watching John Huston’s […]
King Vidor’s The Crowd is a film of such warmth, such all-American joy and good humor, that when it finally decides to get serious, it delivers one of the biggest imaginable sucker-punches of silent cinema. Thank God for that, because it turns what at first threatens to be one of the happiest and most pointless […]
(Originally published in The California Aggie) UC Davis junior Kevin Wu is best known as “Kevjumba,” the creator and star of comedic YouTube videos about everything from Asian stereotypes to life in college. But last Sunday, an audience of millions watched as Wu, along with his father and frequent YouTube costar Michael, became “Team Jumba” […]
(Originally published in The Palo Alto Weekly) At first glance, the display of eight large color photographs, set against hundreds of smaller pictures, hanging in the new Terminal B of Mineta San Jose International Airport may appear to be snapshots of the places where people live and work in Silicon Valley. But take a closer […]
(Originally published in The Palo Alto Weekly) About 30 minutes into “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” after a particularly dramatic magical showdown, sorcerer-in-training Dave (Jay Baruchel) looks incredulously at his new master, Balthazar (Nicolas Cage). “Are you insane?” Dave asks. “Little bit,” Balthazar responds drily. That exchange can, in so many words, sum up “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” […]
(Originally published in The California Aggie) Prior to last Saturday at 8 p.m., I was an opera virgin. Though I’m probably one of the biggest musical theater nerds you’ll ever meet, my knowledge and experience with opera, the most high-cultured and celebrated of all the musical art forms, was limited to clips of The Three […]
(Originally published in The California Aggie) A pack of wild dogs took over and successfully ran a Wendy’s! The sewer people stole my skateboard! I once saw a baby give another baby a tattoo – Oh, sorry. Let me close 30rockquotes.com before we go any further. If there’s one thing you should know about me, […]
(Originally published in The California Aggie) What do you do if you’re 20 years old and your dad happens to be one of the richest people in the world? Well, if you’re Paris Hilton, you take daddy’s money and make a career out of having your picture taken while lounging on yachts and Mediterranean beaches, […]
(Originally published by Stanford News Service) Forget PowerPoint presentations and personality tests. Staff and leadership development at Stanford University’s Red Barn is a whole different animal – literally. This spring, a group of coworkers, one of the first to participate in the Stanford Red Barn Leadership Program, was tasked with leading a group of horses around […]
Robin Migdol 