PCC students recommend some of their favorite movies

Brittany Wong, Lancer Life Editor

Having had their fill of burnt-out superheroes at the local cinema-plex, some PCC students are finding a comfy spot on the sofas and settling in for some time with their favorite movies. From revered classics to little-known gems, their recommendations are widely available on Netflix or your local video rental if it hasn’t yet been rendered obsolete by the online movie rental behemoth.

Sava Dadabuey, a 21-year-old English major who freely admits to being a “sucker for old movies,” starts off the list with some literary-based recommendations: “Wuthering Heights,” though the version with Laurence Oliver over the more recent adaptation with Ralph Fiennes. True to her English major roots, she also suggests the 1968 version of “Romeo and Juliet” by Franco Zeffirelli. [Read more →]

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Scrapping for Integrity and Livelihood

Rodrigo Mejia, Asst. Flipside Editor

Los Angeles is referred to by many elements of note. It is of its own self-acknowledging genius, the most socially and economically diverse city on the west coast. Purveyor of the arts, the primordial den of the silver screen, host to dank and brandy stained hotel rooms that walled some of the finest writers of our time, and home to an entire third world of forgotten souls that fill the cracks between the cafes and the freeways. [Read more →]

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Charles Digal, Asst. Flipside Editor

‘Los Angeles’ is nothing more than a misnomer.

Blocks away from Pershing Square are the Toy and Fashion Districts of Los Angeles, some of the pioneering industries that helped propel L.A. into economic stability. It is also home to L.A.’s infamous Skid Row, the pioneering frontier of forgotten wastelands and memories. [Read more →]

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Quenching a Thirst for Hip-Hop

Stacey Wang, Editor-in-Chief

On the outskirts of MacArthur Park and Koreatown, beats can be heard in the distance, luring bystanders to the infectious collective gathered at a Los Angeles church.

Nestled in the confines of an 8th Street hum on a warm Thursday, the walls of First Unitarian Church have an air about them that does not sound off as a religious gathering. Instead, Thursday nights belong to the at-risk youth of L.A. [Read more →]

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Throughout the semester Flipside has been trying to come up with fun topics such as health, tattoos and beer, and the edgier material like the sex issue.For the last issue we decided to give an end to the semester by choosing a topic, which may not affect all of us personally, but it is still a major part of our lives: Los Angeles. [Read more →]

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Charles Digal, Asst. Flipside Editor

At one point, every college rejected him. Not a single school he applied to wanted to take a chance on a kid dragging a dismal 1.3 GPA during his junior year in high school. To make matters worse, Jonathan Liu developed a kidney stone that enlarged his kidney to three times its original size two years ago.

But none of that ever stopped him. [Read more →]

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Jose Panuco, A & E Editor

At age 3 she painted the walls using her diaper stains. From that moment on, her mother knew she was born to be an artist.

Growing up in an artistic family, 57-year-old PCC art student Lisa Elizabeth Berg’s parents would get upset if she did not stay up all night to create works of art.   [Read more →]

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Stacey Wang, Editor-in-Chief

Seated next to his neatly stacked pile of classic vinyl records, filmmaker James Allred leans back in a red chair with grin on his face as he discusses his love for cinema. He is not a typical student at PCC. Silver-haired and much older than most college students, the 47-year-old returned to school three years ago to finally pursue his dream to become a director.

“Believe me, it took a lot in my 40s before I started chasing my dreams,” Allred reassured. Leaving behind former preconceptions in his younger years of earning money to “get the gold watch,” Allred realized that it was much more important to follow his passion: film.  [Read more →]

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Bridging the gap between humans and machines.

Charles Digal, Asst. Flipside Editor

Being a great band means a lot of things. For starters, it involves the ability to rock a crowd, staying true to one’s music and of course, having fun.

Most bands fall under pressure attempting to staple those ideas with their agendas. For Robot Love, keeping cool under pressure is just another day’s work, especially amidst a hot summer night by USC, where four friends, Ben Adamson, better known as Ben Oprstu, Pranab Raj, known as DJ Illimental, Evan Ross aka Evanomics and Eron Surdam, met and decided to make music together. [Read more →]

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Electronic Music Has a New CD Release

Brett Nelson, Contributing Writer

Since 1999 the band, Mindless Self Indulgence, also known as MSI, has been pumping out music that has been, according to their website, “#1 Billboard Hot Singles Sales (May 2008).”Characterized by fast beats, edgy often-offensive lyrics and intense falsetto vocals all heavily saturated with Atari style synthesizer insanity, Mindless Self Indulgence defies all genres. [Read more →]

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