Spring Break
Record Rewind: The Name of Soul Music
Soul has a name and that name is Booker T. and the M.G.'s. Founded in the early '60s, the group is most well known for "Green Onions," an impromptu studio jam composed by Booker T. Jones, who was only 17.
However, "Green Onions" is not the group's most profound contribution to music, not even close, the M.…
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Big Bad Band, Not so Bad
Thursday evening in the Campus Theatre the Fullerton College Music Department presented British trumpet prodigy Bryan Davis with the Big Bad Band, directed by Bruce Babad.
The performance opened with 'Big Bad Band' with Michal Ortiz-Luis beginning the song on the vibraphones.…
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This Day in Music
Oct. 19, 1966- Jeff Beck left The Yardbirds while the group was touring the U.S. by bus.
Oct. 20, 1969- John Lennon released the embarrassing, "The Wedding Album," with Yoko Ono.
Oct. 21, 1941- Steve Cropper of Booker T and the M.G.'s was born.
Oct. 22, 1966- The Beach Boys song, "Good Vibrations," jumped onto the U.…
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Gallery Welcomes Day of the Dead
Fullerton College Art Gallery kicked off the Vida y Muerte/Life and Death: Dia de los Muertos, art collection last Wednesday.
The show features prints from the, Self Help Graphics
and Art Center Collection, and
celebrates the Day of the Dead.
Depictions share a common thread with the medium of silkscreen and many of the ideas are interpretations of El Dia De Los Muertos by using the myths, legends and cultural images associated with the celebrated Latin holiday.…
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You'll be Shouting: He's Not Gay!
Just by looking at their Myspace page, one can tell that He's Not Gay, is a fun loving band, whose image portrays all the ingredients one would need to cook up a super rad group.
The best way to describe these Fullerton based power-pop punks would be to say that they are light hearted, easy going and colorfully inventive musicians, with a drive to make a positive mark on the independent music scene.…
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Traveling to 'Road's' End
"You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget." These are the words that are uttered from the broken spirits of a father to his son, as they wander aimlessly down the road, to a future that is unknown.
"The Road," is the tenth and best novel to be released by Pulitzer Prize winning Author Cormac McCarthy.…
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