Australian band, Children Collide, played Silverlake’s Spaceland club on June 11, 2009 promoting their debut album, The Long Now, during their North American tour. Children Collide is Johnny Mackay (vocals/guitars), Heath Crawley (bass), and Ryan Caesar (drums). Children Collide’s influence comes from bands in the early to mid 90’s. “We all meet in the middle with Sonic Youth and early The Cure. People throw Nirvana at us a bit,” says Mackay. The members of the band have traveled far from… Read more

Campus Moviefest is the world’s largest student film festival and this year CTVA student Daniel Lee won best comedy for his movie “Retro Boy.” Lee wrote the script for the movie and also plays the leading role. The film is about a new kid in town who goes to college for the first time. The world around him is new and modern and he thinks he is still living in the 80’s. The movie was filmed at CSUN. It took… Read more

CSUN Inked is an exhibit that will open in the Art Gallery on June 29, 2009. It’s curated by students but the idea for the show came from Dr. Peri Klemm. According to Leah Gudiel, graphic design student, Klemm wanted to compare both modern day tattoos to tattoos from earlier times, but the exhibit focuses on the modern art of tattooing and all of the images are of modern day tattoos. “When we interviewed student we did ask if they… Read more

Interview with student emmy winner Nicole Taubman, 24, recently won first place in the music video category at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Foundation’s 30th College Television Awards for her piece featuring the band Mechanical Hands Electric Heart, which she produced.The video was chosen from more than 700 entries. According to Taubman, walking the red carpet, having her photo taken and being treated like a celebrity was a new experience, but one she could grow accustomed to. “This… Read more

Lights, Camera, Action! CSUN film students Michael O’Connor and Ross Sauriol have been invited to the boulevard of stars to take part in the 2009 Campus MovieFest International Grand Finale at Paramount. Not ever imagining their short film would get this much attention, these young men are excited and grateful about the success of their work. O’Connor and Sauriol produced their short film in two days and say that time and daylight was a bit of a challenge but working… Read more

Earth 2, a new comic store near Cal State Northridge, is holding a grand opening from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on June 13, 2009. Owner Jeb Meyers has lined up some top talent to work at the store on opening day. Geoff Johns, one of the most popular writers for DC Comics, will be working the cash register. Other high profile guests include Jeph Leob, who writes the Hulk and is a creator of the hit TV show “Heroes,”… Read more

Finding a job right out of college is not the sure thing it used to be as budget cuts and layoffs plague all divisions of labor. Some arts and media majors have planned ahead and prepared themselves with jobs and internships after graduation to help them get their foot in the door, though even work experience won’t necessarily guarantee a job. “I got an internship with Sony pictures as a post [production assistant], so I’m going to be doing that… Read more