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Coming from the electronic music genre, dubstep’s older twice-removed cousin House Music, has a long history of experimentation that has brought it to the mainstream. With current popular DJs like David Guetta and Avicii, House Music has established itself as a club staple.
A genre that encompasses many subgenres, the original House Music was born in Chicago during the early ’80s. A descendant of disco, the underground scene welcomed a deeper more synthesized sound with one intention — to bring people together and make them dance.
The underground culture welcomed people of ... Life & Arts »
Graphic: What made you interested in becoming a House DJ?
Eduard Cos (DJ Ecos): I first became interested in alternative rock music, and jazz. I started playing drums in my freshman year in high school. I had a rock band for about 5 years, and while I was listening to new styles of music that involved drumming, such as Drum & Bass, I became more familiar with all types of electronica music. Since I had a music background with playing live, recording, and other technicalities, and I loved going to clubs, ... Life & Arts »
Four weeks to produce, direct and assemble. A minimal $250 budget. A production crew of six. Challenge accepted.
For his senior thesis, directing major Britt Hennemuth produced and directed the play “The Clean House,” an absurdist comedy written by Sarah Ruhl. The play was entirely student-run, and played in Pepperdine’s Mini Theatre (PLC 112) Feb. 9 through 11.
Despite the challenges listed above, Hennemuth claimed the production actually went very smoothly in the four-week time crunch. With the average directing major having about three months to produce his or her thesis, the ... Life & Arts »
The sensational Le Pain Quotidien has finally arrived in The Commons Calabasas. I first discovered this Belgian farmhouse-style restaurant in London during my experience abroad. It is the perfect, cozy nook for both young and old to study, sip on a perfectly frothed cappuccino or meet friends.
Le Pain Quotidien is a French phrase meaning “the daily bread.” It began in 1990 as an artisanal bakery in Belgium. At the time, the chef and owner Alain Coumont began with a simple menu of fresh local organic breads, salads and sandwiches. He ... Life & Arts »
In primary school many of us were introduced to the seven colors of the rainbow as good old ROYGBIV (in case you need a friendly reminder – red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet). It’s debatable how many shades of these seven basic colors the human eye actually can see, but according to colormatters.com, we can see seven million colors.
Seven million is such an overwhelming number of different hues. But what on Earth do these different colors mean? Does each color have a special significance? Why does this pertain to ... Life & Arts »
After successfully using the stove last week, I thought I would try cooking something that had a high level of difficulty as well as risk. Something that could kill you if not done correctly — mole.
No, not an actual mole like that velvety-furred mammal with large powerful paws made for digging, but mole, the sauce commonly used in Mexican cuisine.
Chicken, like other meat products, comes with a level of risk. This risk can be avoided if the chicken is treated appropriately. This does not mean that you have to ... Life & Arts »
It is with great pride that I claim relationships with the sandbar piano (at which I have wept more times than I’ve clipped my toenails over the course of my life), that third plateau on the way up the Towers/CCB stairs (on which I spent a solid two minutes every morning my sophomore year, waving politely to passerbys, praying that I would not vomit on them), and the sneaky trail that connects Peppers to the HAWC (on which I was more prone to slipping and falling than a newly born ... Life & Arts »
Almost 80 years ago, a man by the name of Dale Carnegie wrote a book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People.” Still today, the work is widely read and understood as one of the most insightful books concerning interpersonal relationships. Inspired by the widespread appeal, I have decided to write a sequel, curtailed to meet the specifications of the Pepperdine community. So here goes the first installment of, “How to Win Friends and Influence People at Pepperdine.” Today, we will be exploring one of the most common interactions at ... Headline, Life & Arts »
The Pepperdine Student Programming Board made a big announcement to the student body last Thursday: Mat Kearney and the Gym Class Heroes will be performing at the upcoming Spring concert. The announcement generated a positive response from Seaver students, and those who attended the reveal party in the Sandbar seemed satisfied with the decision. Lauren Pitre, a Pepperdine sophomore, said “the Board did a great job, they couldn’t have picked better artists.”
Amelia Huckins, the concert planner for the student board, said they “chose Mat Kearney and the Gym Class Heroes ... Featured, Life & Arts »
Ingrid Michaelson should be careful what she wishes for, or she’ll end up with more Justin Bieber journals. When the popular singer-songwriter treated fans to an intimate, in-store performance at the Barnes & Noble at the Grove in Los Angeles on Saturday, a group of teenage girls presented her with a journal bearing the tween icon’s image after she joked (?) about coveting one when she walked past them in the store. These exchanges are what many have come to expect from the good-humored Michaelson at her live shows. After ... 
