Whether it’s a plain two-strapped backpack or an eco-friendly tote bag, students at Cal State University Long Beach wear their packs not only for their inherent function of carrying books, binders and laptops – but also for style and fashion points. The Daily 49er talked to students to find out[Read More…]
Arts & Life
Content that focuses on popular culture, local art and music, entertainment and the events. Common topics include lifestyle, television and film, theater, music, video game, food, etc
Undocument eases into ‘Pleasures’
Brian Pampselle is an electronic hip-hop music producer from Long Beach who makes music under the name Undocument. He recently released his second album titled “Pleasures.” Using just about any kind of sound from the Internet or vintage records is key for him when making his soothing music. Daily 49er[Read More…]
Aiming High shoots Low
The music video for “Habits (Stay High)” shows a fish-eye perspective that follows a twenty-something girl through a night of shots, dancing and making out with girls and strangers in bathrooms. The music video ends with the sad, intoxicated heroine crawling into her apartment and passing out in her unmade[Read More…]
Arab culture comes to the silver screen
A rarity in mainstream media, Arab-American culture explores the contributions and sacrifices of second-generation immigrants in the United States through the film “Detroit Unleaded.” To showcase Islamic art and culture on campus, Cal state University Long Beach will screen the film on campus. The film has won Best Film at[Read More…]
Heated monitors reflect on today’s society
After blazing his art pieces three times, senior fine arts ceramic major Brian Davis must let pieces cool down before standing them up to gaze at the final products. His pieces are on display in an exhibition called Monitor Vision in the Merlino Art Gallery on campus. Davis’ Monitor Vision[Read More…]
Never fear, The Listener is here!
Around lunchtime every Monday he wanders the Central Quad at Cal State University Long Beach and strikes friendly conversations with his fellow peers. A masked superhero, The Listener, is a junior psychology major with the ability to talk and listen to just about anyone who has time. He said he[Read More…]
Kasabian Made Wiltern Their ‘Empire’
“I want all you motherf-rs to jump the highest you’ve ever jumped,” shouted Tom Meighan the lead singer of Kasabain, and the crowd was at his mercy. Kasabian’s penultimate California show drew alternative rock lovers, ranging from graying men to recent high school graduates on Wednesday evening at The Wiltern.[Read More…]
Snapshot of the shoreline
Laura Gonzalez first picked up a camera a year ago after she explored the Port of Long Beach and decided she was ready to learn about photography. One of Gonzalez’s photographs was recently featured at the 2nd annual Port of Long Beach Photogallery at The Liberty Art Gallery and Event[Read More…]
‘Cristela’ has potential, but misrepresents Latinos
ABC’s new sitcom series Cristela starring comedian Cristela Alonzo is now one of the few shows on television to include an all Latino cast. In the show, Cristela is a recent law school graduate who lands an internship at a law firm called Culpepper and Associates. The internship is unpaid,[Read More…]
Always in character
On screen, a chubby and shirtless middle-aged man twirls across the stage with a full-length mirror, curiously staring into his reflection. Who is John Fleck? That was one of the questions that was raised at the screening of “John Fleck is Who You Want Him to Be” and Q &[Read More…]