Arts & Culture

Most students on this campus would probably agree that Davis isn't as boring as it's typically made out to be by those around us. There are plenty of things to do on and off campus throughout the year, and if you're actually bored, it's most likely your own problem.

Traditional meets avant-garde and the body meets fluxus art in the Granada Artists-in-Residence Program.

Something wicked is brewing within the cold concrete walls of the Death Star at UC Davis. You may have caught snippets of them rehearsing sword fights or inadvertently smearing stage blood over the walls while passing your way through the Social Sciences and Humanities building for class. One thing's for sure, though - Studio 301 Productions will be presenting an unforgettable theatrical spectacle of William Shakespeare's Macbeth like you've never seen it before.

You may have heard of them before. No, not as the phototrophic zygomycetes - otherwise known as sun-loving fungi that tend to grow in pastures. Pilobolus is the modern and experimental Connecticut-based dance company that will be taking center stage at Jackson Hall tonight.

You would think a band with Weezer's international popularity wouldn't have to promote their latest release, Ratitude, as much as they are. The eighteen-year-old band has released seven studio albums and many of their singles such as "Hash Pipe," "Island in the Sun," "Undone (The Sweater Song)," brought them to indie-nerd superstar status over the past years.

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As Weezer comes out with more heart-meltingly adorable songs about getting ignored by hot girls and living life as nonchalant nerds, the more I fall in love. Weezer's seventh album is an endearing combination of pop rock and humorous lyrics mostly written by lead singer Rivers Cuomo.

The debut album from these three Chicago natives proves at once to be versatile, creative and driven by guitars, bass and drums that work in perfect harmony. Amidst a background of electric, psychedelic beats, the lead singer's voice holds a sound reminiscent of The Killers' Brandon Flowers.

"[There's] too many dicks on the dance floor." Yes, this is the kind of profound lyrical content New Zealand a cappella/rap/funk/electro-pop/folk comedy duo Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement sing about.

The new Kings of Convenience album, brilliantly titled Declaration of Dependence, will go a long way for you if you're into bands like Feist, Belle and Sebastian and Simon and Garfunkel. The album consists of quiet folk-pop music formed by light layers of bass, cello, viola, acoustic guitars, piano plinks and vocal harmonies between the winsome, whispery vocals of Norwegian duo Erlend Oye and Eirik Glambek Boe.

Film today has been reduced to white noise in our generation's culture. To be said quite relatively, film is a medium that directors use in order to convey a specific message, be it educational or simply for pure artistic expression.

1989. Most UC Davis undergraduate students will remember this year as the year they took their first steps, spoke their first words or had their first brush with that bully on the kindergarten playground. To Joshua Clover, Associate Professor of English at UCD, the year signifies something greater. To him, 1989 evoked images and sounds of a year that had the cultural revolution of the century.

I'm starting to think Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is one of the most devastating and widespread diseases today, simply judging from the number of people who tell me they have it. Everyone and their kids, family and friends apparently have ADHD - even their pets suffer, too.

The Manhattan School of Music band in residence, better known as the Meridian Arts Ensemble, will perform this Saturday, Nov. 7 at the Vanderhoef Studio at the Mondavi Center.

Within the modern architecture and sandstone of the Mondavi Performing Arts Center this past Wednesday night, the historically and internationally acclaimed Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg awed listeners with renowned symphonic repertoire by Wolfgang Mozart, Joseph Haydn and Franz Schubert.