Hiatus Picks the Week’s Best Bets
Daft Punk’s “Electroma”
Ken Cinema / Nov. 30 & Dec. 1 / Midnight / $8.75
The distant future. Two robots on an odyssey to become
human. This Friday and Saturday at San Diego’s Ken Cinema, the midnight hour
calls in Daft Punk’s (Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo)
directorial debut, poised to become a late-night staple after well-received
screenings in Paris ran for six months. To prepare for the project, Bangalter
did his homework by purchasing a couple hundred back-issues of American
Cinematographer; and although none of their own music appears in the film, the
Frenchmen have curated a minimal score featuring Brian Eno, Curtis Mayfield and
other Daft Punk inspirations to accompany the stark narrative. Rock on, robots.
(Chris Kokiousis)
Vampire Weekend
The Casbah / Dec. 2 / 8:30 p.m. / $14
During the day, the four Brooklyn-based Ivy Leaguers that
call themselves Vampire Weekend are just another buzz band with some
self-titled EP on iTunes. But by night, these amateur Bruce Waynes roam the
city streets, infecting venues with their groove-able, minimalist pop songs
(imagine a collaboration between Spoon and Ray Davies) that turn the dance
floor into a springy carousel down by the Village Green.
Even though Vampire Weekend won’t release their debut album
until January, Euro and East Coast audiences have been cyber-zombified —
already able to sing along to everything the band throws their way. Frontman
Ezra Koenig reminisces about the not-so-distant highs and lows of college life,
his stories wordy but simple enough to prevent afterthoughts, like a far less
pissed-off Jarvis Cocker, if the Brit had been born in the Upper East side.
After scoring top marks as openers for the Shins, Vampire
Weekend are ready to strike out on their own this Sunday at the Casbah to
convert San Diego audiences alongside fellow nightcrawlers Grand Ole Party.
(Jeff Wang)
This Week On Campus
“the Bourne Ultimatum”
Price Center Theater
Nov. 29, 6 & 9 p.m.
$3
Rocky Votolato
Porter’s Pub
Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m
FREE
Long Live logos
Porter’s Pub
Nov. 30, 12 p.m.
FREE
Nate Donnis
Espresso Roma
Dec. 2, 8 p.m.
FREE
“Rush Hour 3”
Price Center Theater
Dec. 4, 6 & 9 p.m.
FREE
“It’s a wonderful life”
IRPS Auditorium
Dec. 4, 5:30 p.m.
FREE
UCSD Gospel Choir concert
Mandeville Auditorium
Dec. 4, 8 p.m.
$5
Perks Poetry slamm
UCSD Bookstore
Dec. 5, 6 p.m.
FREE
Damo Suzuki
Che Cafe
Dec. 5, 8 p.m.
TBD
