Elon Musk put a Tesla in space, but is that a good thing?
For the first time, there is a cherry-red convertible in orbit around the sun. This fact has split the internet. So what is the controversy?
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Author Archives: Imad Pasha
Franz Ferdinand is playful, if not depthful, with ‘Always Ascending’
Despite the flood of new noises decorating and garnishing this album, it’s built with the same pieces that have constituted every Franz Ferdinand album to date.
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MGMT is back in form with sleek, lean ‘Little Dark Age’
Would MGMT be back? Or would the group provide another album laden with overwrought esotericism and culminating in listener disinterest?
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Graphic novel ‘Ancient Astronauts’ overpacks complex story despite beautiful artwork
Unfortunately, the graphic novel format provides little space to successfully integrate that backstory into the fast-paced plot, leaving much of it flying over the reader’s head.
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Disappearing act: As the vinyl industry resurges, used records are vanishing under the weight of new reprints
There will always be a free way to listen to music, but in an era where we pay paltry subscription fees to services such as Spotify for the right to access music, rather than owning it, the tangibility of vinyl records has immediate appeal.
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Architect: A short story
In your travels you come across a city which rises from the crystalline dust of endless sand dunes every two years and dissolves into the sand two years hence.
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8 concerts you can’t miss this semester
As described by former The Daily Californian arts & entertainment editor Jason Chen, “Any conversation about Miguel’s artistry is actually about his abs.
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Summer 2018 research: Alternatives to cold-emailing professors that you might not know about
It’s a new year and a new semester — and for those of us studying subjects that involve research, it’s time to start looking for summer research opportunities.
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Final ‘Maze Runner’ entry steps beyond typical bounds of YA dystopian action, despite weak narrative
Surprisingly, Ball took less of a scalpel and more of a chainsaw to the series’ plot, essentially rewriting its middle and streamlining its narrative.
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For UC Berkeley alumnus, sex ed finds voices outside the classroom
The task of providing accurate sex education to those who haven’t received it — both locally and globally — is a daunting one. But it’s one that Bezalel and a host of other individuals and organizations are tackling head on.
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