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Friday, April 26, 2024

Arts & Culture

At least it didn’t happen to you…

If people truly love anything, it's themselves. Specifically, talking about themselves and how they have it worse than everyone else.

Enter FMyLife.com, a relatively recent website geared at letting anyone do exactly that - share their misfortunes with the world. FMyLife, or FML, is an increasingly popular online trend of self-deprecation. And as the hordes of fans that view the site over a million times daily suggest, it's incredibly funny.

Fourth Annual Search Party: Davis, Sponsored by the ASUCD Entertainment Council, KDVS 90.3 FM and The California Aggie

Student musicians, the spotlights are searching for you! It's time for the annual campus media sponsored Search Party talent show. Co-sponsored by KDVS 90.3 FM, The California Aggie and the ASUCD Entertainment Council, Search Party gives UC Davis' budding musicians the opportunity to perform to the campus community.

The UC Davis Symphony Orchestra gets a new conductor this fall

After serving for 30 years as conductor of the UC Davis symphony orchestra, D. Kern Holoman has passed the baton to a new face. After an international search, Christian Baldini has been named the new symphony conductor.

Baldini is scheduled to make his conducting debut on June 2 as the symphony orchestra ends its current season. He will join the UC Davis faculty on July 1 as an assistant professor in the music department.

I Got Aggied: video contest voting ends Thursday

Have your say in "i got Aggied" before the polls close.

Students can vote for the 11 contestants in UC Davis' first-ever campuswide video contest until Friday at 11:59 p.m. Visit igotaggied.ucdavis.edu to watch the videos and make your choice.

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MUSIC

UC Davis Gamelan Ensemble

Today, 5 p.m., free

Delta of Venus

If you feel the need for world music outside of the standard Putumayo CD you find playing at the Sharper Image in the mall, look no further than the UC Davis Gamelan Ensemble, a group that specializes in the traditional court music of Indonesia. Plus, it's free, and who could argue with that?

CD Review

Rating: 3

If anybody marches to the beat of their own drum, it's this band.

Tera Melos is a four-member group from Roseville, Calif. whose music is best described as experimental rock or math rock. Their songs have a chaotic sound, deviating from any musical rules or norms.

Sustainable designs for a sustainable future

There's no better way to wrap up the UC Davis Fashion Week than to attend the "Share the Love" fashion show this Saturday night at Freeborn Hall.

The films of Robotmedia: uncensored

Freedom of expression is no strange topic, but sometimes finding a medium to share something you're passionate about doesn't always come very easily.

The Beatles to join Rock Band

Arguably the most popular band of all time, The Beatles have remained one of the few high profile music groups whose songs have yet to appear for sale online.

Watch this!

Despite the embarrassment of comic book movie riches the public has enjoyed in recent years, Watchmen was definitely the most anticipated, if not the most hyped. Making a movie out of the most celebrated graphic novel of all time brings certain expectations and a lot of pressure.

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This week in Davis -

Neurotunnel

Oatmeal, Deers!, Dumpling

What do you really believe?

Beyond Belief

Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. and Sunday at 7 p.m.

Performances continue until Mar. 15

Tickets are $16 general admission and $11 with a student ID

Main Theatre, Wright Hall

It’s a Mad, Mad World

Beyond Therapy

Today through Saturday, 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m., $12 general admission, $9 with a student ID

Wyatt Pavilion Theatre

Tickets can be purchased at the Freeborn Box Office

Ticket special: Tickets for today's performance will admit two for the price of one.

CD Review

Blue Turtle Seduction

13 Floors

Azul Tortuga Records

Rating: 2

CD Review

M. Ward

Hold Time

Merge Records

Rating: 4