Spring Break
Story and Photos by Scott Mitchell Poison's 'Live, Raw, & Uncut', 2008 Summer Tour, hit the Gibson Amphitheater, Universal City, August 23, 2008. Led by Bret Michaels on vocals, C. C. DeVille, on guitar, Bobby Dall on bass, and Rikki Rocket on drums, the veteran rockers gave the fans just what they wanted.
Textbooks have become a method for a typical low-income college student to go practically bankrupt; so to get the best deals available is priceless. The options to purchase your books range from the Valley College and Off-Campus bookstores to the Associated Student Union textbook boards and web sites such as half.
The Scorpions hit the stage hard and heavy and did not slow down as they rocked and rolled the sold-out audience at the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa August 3. Lead by founding members Klaus Meine on vocals and Rudolf Schenker on guitar, the band performed cuts from their most recent album as well as selections from their greatest hits.
Veteran rocker, Sammy Hagar and his Wabos band delivered a fun-filled, high-energy set from start to finish at the Pacific Amphitheater, in Costa Mesa, Aug. 3 before a full house. The set list included vintage Hagar tunes with some familiar rock covers thrown in the mix.
While hundreds of people flutter to the waters of Santa Monica during summer, in tiny bikinis to take in the ultraviolet rays, you can consider not following the crowd and go for a different type of summer experience at Castaic Lake. The man-made lake offers visitors diverse spots for fishing, boating, camping and picnicking.
After 19 seasons and 420 episodes, Springfield comes to Hollywood on The Simpsons Ride. The six-minute simulator adventure features 29 authentically-voiced Simpsons characters and enough bumps, shakes, pitches and yaws to satisfy even the most hardened amusement seekers.
John Densmore, iconic rock and roll drummer with the legendary Doors, captivated Los Angeles audiences with his highly-anticipated jazz creation titled, "Tribaljazz." Well before Densmore rose to fame as the drummer for the Doors, he fell in love with jazz.
Back in 1927, Al Jolson, star of "The Jazz Singer" uttered the first words to ever grace the silver screen, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, you ain't heard nothin' yet." Those fateful words mark the dawn of the "talkie," or sync-sound film. The advent of the "talkie" instigated the rapid demise of the silent era.
Looking every bit of the professional she soon hopes to be, 19-year-old Valley College student Brittney Martinez spent the first few minutes of her visit to the Cole-Schaefer ambulance service office in Altadena apologizing. An ill-timed breakdown of her truck on the Hollywood freeway while en route to what was to be her first 'ride-along' with the emergency medical technicians was the reason for her being about 30 minutes late.
The Mainstage Theatre echoed with the sounds of violins, singing voices and readings from the "Three Little Pigs" on Sunday. The College Choir, Philharmonic and Vocal Jazz Ensemble collaborated for their presentation entitled "Fun, Fables & Fairy Tales.
Valley College's Media Arts Department's award winning documentary "PatriotS Act.PEACE PRESS: the People's Printing Collective" has been made an official selection of the first annual International Film Festival England. After participating in numerous film festivals and winning 16 recognitions in its 2006- 2007 film festival run throughout the United States and Canada, this selection will be the first for the documentary overseas.
The Writers Guild strike may have shortened our TV season, but a new batch of fall TV shows are hoping to make amends with viewers as the major networks unleash their upcoming schedules. TV viewership is down dramatically post-WGA strike. "Desperate Housewives," "Grey Anatomy" and "Ugly Betty" all posted the lowest ratings in years.