Daily Clog Investigates NorCal/SoCal Stereotypes
Daily Clog writer Erik Swan asks students about NorCal and SoCal stereotypes.
Cross Roads: Justice’s Xavier de Rosnay on partying and production
There is a scene in “A Cross the Universe,” a tour documentary of Justice featuring their concert in San Francisco, where the French electro-rock duo enjoy a lavish pool party full of half-naked women, and another ending with one of the members breaking a bottle over a stalker’s head. The Read More…
Director Zemeckis talks new film ‘Flight’
It’s just pure coincidence that Robert Zemeckis’s last two live-action films have a plane-crash at the core of their stories. In “Cast Away” (2000), FedEx employee Chuck Noland’s life takes a harrowing turn after a plane crash strands him on an unpopulated island. In “Flight” (2012), airline pilot Whip Whitaker Read More…
‘Bad Dads’ features art based on Anderson films
There are two major Wes Anderson camps — either you’ve never heard of the guy, or you eat his movies up like deliciously twee vegan crepes. Building on his signature style of picturesquely framed scenes, dry humor and hopelessly dysfunctional families, Anderson has cropped up quite the following, especially apparent Read More…
Oakland revived by Art Murmur
Oakland at the turn of the millennium looked very different from the city that was ranked as one of the top places to go in 2012 by the New York Times. Since then, the sparse neighborhoods of desolate buildings and fast food restaurants have been replaced by art galleries, restaurants Read More…
‘Einstein on the Beach’ mesmerizes Zellerbach
Writing a review of “Einstein on the Beach” is a profound challenge. The opera is hailed as one of the crowning artistic achievements of the 20th century and remains among the most important contributors to modern performance culture. And yet, despite the glitz and glamor surrounding the opera, the endless Read More…
Talking with Bay Area rapper G-Eazy
Outside the Brick and Mortar Music Hall in San Francisco on Sunday night, the streets went wild with the news of the Giants’ World Series win. Inside, the energy (and the crowd) was just as high when Bay Area-born rapper and producer, G-Eazy, stopped by as part of his nationwide Read More…
‘A Late Quartet,’ a subtle melancholic build-up
The audience, on and off-screen, is introduced to a set of empty chairs. Musicians look uncomfortable as they step onstage. The scene cuts before they begin to play. Voila! Instant suspense. Director Yaron Zilberman’s drama “A Late Quartet” grapples with the medium of classical music. Like in “A Clockwork Orange,” Read More…
Vonnegut’s idiosyncrasies revealed in letter compilation
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. never wrote an autobiography — his story is in his works, woven into the irony-filled science fiction that he’s known for. He never wrote a singular personal account perhaps because the category would be too constricting and the self-reflection too painful. Right before his sudden death in Read More…
A religious president
Religiously Inclined
Armed with my little blue notebook, I ventured out into Upper Sproul last week with the intention of talking to people about how the religious beliefs of our two main presidential candidates factor into the election. I was shocked to discover that I should have been asking a much more Read More…