One of CSUF's Youngest Teachers Is Quietly Creating Art

One of CSUF’s youngest teachers is quietly creating art with a voice

The “Bionic Woman’s” Michelle Ryan talks about her new take on a classic role The place where the real musicians go

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Vermont Avenue

Fred 62’s “White Trash Tuna Melt.”

in vintage style. Around the corner, on the little side street of Kingswell, dwells the kitschy nook, Una Mae’s, and its closet full of new and vintage attire for men and women. The all-night diner Fred 62. A few blocks above stands Horton Hall, an apartment complex of highest notch on the bedpost of practically everyone on the face of Victorian studios with wedding favorite streets to frequent. Earth’s, favorite dessert hub, Pink cake ceiling trim, filigree wallpaper One of the most well-known Berry. and lavender-tiled bathtubs for establishments on the street is Fred “I always see famous people about $950 a month. 62. Located like a watch tower for around here. I guess it’s just the The rock power couple Gwen greasy spoon connoisseurs, the environment. If you’ve got cool and Gavin Rossdale are always toting their ridiculously couture all-night diner guides in patrons places to eat and cool places to shop, toddler around the Rite-Aide across Atmosphere boutique at all hours of the morning and you get a scene,” Whelan said. “I night. The seats are hot-rod style feel lucky to call it home.” the street. booths, fashioned out of vinyl. The After green tea frozen yogurt, And more likely than not, you’ll By Nikki Donahue scenes at The Dresden can be found counter wraps around the middle Skylight Books provides warm see a tattered and fading navy blue Daily Titan Staff Writer like landmarks within its paved of the restaurant and encases malt aisles of novels to read away the suited homeless man preaching. territory. machines and bustling waitresses brain freeze. The branches of a live No wonder Bukowski claimed References to it are littered in The two-block radius of north decked to the neck in punk rock tree centerpiece creep across the its habitat as home for some of his the heavy-handed penmanship of Vermont Avenue, between Franklin garb. The cafe is conducive to dog bookstore ceiling as a makeshift literary prose. Its brick building Charles Bukowski. Leaf through the and Hollywood Boulevard in the lovers with its choice of outside chandelier. With its collection of facades gothic, wrought-iron fenced dog-eared pages of “Women” and city of Los Feliz, has made countless seating. Many times, a canine rarely published volumes, Skylight hotels and random laundermats one can find its name tucked away cameo appearances in both book accompanies its owner as a cheap, attracts an omnibus of worms and compose a place to enjoy and in the various daily accounts of the and film. Artists and musicians table-scrap date and relaxes, tethered constantly provides the avid reader appreciate the eccentricities of life lead character. The cult classic film, make its confines their home. to the patio furniture legs. The front recommendations of the subversive and style. “Swingers,” used it as its stage. The Celebrities make it their connection of the menu reads: “Eat now. Dine nature. Vermont, romantically bohemian address for the character Mikey’s to everyday reality. And many who Later.” Inside it lists everything The tiny theater next door has the and delicately seedy, is a street suited apartment and the famous bar are just visiting make Vermont the from calamari to macaroni and latest attractions but screens them for struggle and fame alike. cheese. The “White Trash Tuna Melt” reserves the right to leave oil spill status grease stains on whatever it touches. It comes with a side of fries piled into an origami, wax paper box and is garnished with a single potato chip. This is how Fred 62 spells “real class.” Like fine china and paper napkins, the diner serves up gourmet plates on blue collar palettes. Once hunger pangs are nursed, it’s only a few long-limbed strides down the way to the trend- conscious boutique, Atmosphere. Skinny-legged, scene-rats hover like malnourished vultures inside, waiting for the stock of the new It-jean, Cheap Mondays, to arrive. Notorious Hollywood club promoter, Keith Wilson, is always sauntering around inside helping customers with shoe sizes. Erik Hart’s clothing line, Morphine Generation, inhabits the shelves. His close friend and Los Feliz resident, Rye Whelan, is a regular on Vermont and directed the way down the street to his, and Photos by nikki donahue Los Feliz Theater Skylight Books 4 BUZZ 09.27.07 daily.titan

Neil Sharum uses photography to expose people in a different light

sound, is the same quiet air that By Nikki Donahue seems to hover around the narrow Daily Titan Staff Writer shoulders of Neil Sharum. Cal State Fullerton’s 24-year-old There is a type of silence that grad student has spent two semesters haunts museums. Really late at night teaching the creative photography it comes out and creeps around the section 338 A class. Sharum spent underground subways of big cities. the first semester as a teacher’s It seeps out the ventilation systems assistant to Professor Eileen Cowin. of children’s hospitals when the Still in grad school for a master in only people still roaming the halls fine arts, CSUF offered him the are janitors. That kind of silence - it opportunity to teach, and coming grants things a little more meaning, from a family of scholars, he took a little more depth. It makes it. While his teaching credentials are loneliness feel bigger. Life looks impressive for his age, Sharum has different at that volume. more to say, but he is going to use That stillness, that muzzled far fewer words than most. Photo by daniel suzuki

Sitting at a wooden table in a small outdoor corner of the art department, as a photographer $(+-*1 WHERE’S THE SCENE adjusted the lightening on the camera, he patiently waited. He IN FULLERTON??? listlessly inspected the yellow The Daily Titan wants to know flowers that had fallen from the tree BREA above and the little insects that were infesting them. 9ec_d]Ieed$$$ Sharum’s features are striking. His slightly down-turned nose is pierced. Most of the lower half THE 9hW_] of his face is tucked away under a LOVEMASTER groomed beard. While he is neatly kept, he still comes across as slightly I^e[cWa[h askew. Sept His attention drifted to his forearm where one of the small 27th-30th bugs he had been studying was now crawling. “That little bastard bit me,” Sharum said softly as he examines the minute injury the aphid inflicted 9ec[Zo@k_Y[ upon him. 9ebb[][D_]^j His drowsy mannerisms are accompanied by a hushed vernacular, every Tuesday but the things he says and the movements he makes are articulate $6 Tix with College ID 8pm and done with calm conviction. Hebrew School He’s sort of funny without really and don’t miss... Dropouts trying to be. Oct 3 Sharum began as a painting John Visit www.dailytitan.com and drawing major but found Caparulo Dirty Comedy that photography could better communicate his ideas. He’s a self- Oct 4-7 with Joey Diaz Oct 10 Fill out our Best of Fullerton survey proclaimed sucker for the immediate outcome. 120 S. Brea Blvd. Brea, CA 92821 Enter for a chance to win 2 FREE park Ink, paint, canvas; they wouldn’t suffice. Give him a lens. Give him 714-482-0700 hopper passes to Disneyland!* film. Give him that and he will speak volumes. for tickets or more info www.improv.com As an instructor, he hopes his www.myspace.com/breaimprov students learn how to look at a *Visit www.dailytitan.com for details. All entries must be received no later than 9-20-07. photograph for meaning rather daily.titan BUZZ 09.27.07 5 In that instant, Sharum, a ghost of a man, holds people hostage inside the frame of his lens. He gently captures a still image of what it’s like to be 19 and a little drunk and a little foolish and completely enamored with life. “There is something to be said about identity and youth,” Sharum said. “I’m most moved by what people don’t give you than what they do. There’s something behind their blank stares.” And there it is. In a subject that is mute by nature, he bestows upon it a voice. This is his lesson. It takes strength to listen. It’s suiting that a man who bases his passion around the art of decoding subtext is quite encoded Photo by daniel suzuki himself. When asked about his living situation, he delicately unlocked that soundproof fortress he so skillfully stays behind. “I live by myself. I don’t like being alone.” Photo by daniel suzuki And all at once, Sharum becomes than commercial value. As a He scans the room hunting for human. professional, Sharum takes to something, someone, to shoot. The silence that shape shifts the nightlife as the photographer He doesn’t ask if he can take their inside empty skyscrapers around for Hollywood, Orange County picture. There is no verbal exchange midnight, the hollowed dead air and the Inland Empire’s 18 and between him and his subjects. that plagues the visiting area of over indie club scene. There, in He doesn’t utter a damn convalescent homes- it all sounds the the loudest and most rabid ranks thing. He just makes fleeting eye same. It requires a brave individual of society, is where he captures a contact, nods his chin in a quick to pay attention to the part of the vehement silence. upward gesture as a way of asking soul that is so constantly drowned On a Monday night inside permission and the kids willingly out. It takes even more courage to Hollywood’s Cinespace, Sharum oblige. acknowledge it in one’s self. softly sifts in between bodies with They hand him over their Huddled in some darkroom, his camera. Like a beloved noose, identity. They give him all they Sharum literally exposes once it hangs heavy around his neck. have to offer. inaudible secrets. 6 BUZZ 09.27.07 daily.titan It has two separate rooms with their own bars, so patrons can listen to the music in one room or sit back A Hollywood venue for the real music lover and enjoy each other’s company in the other. Hotel Café also has By Evan Corcoran themselves listening rooms, but we a small smoking room set aside to this weeks concerts Daily Titan Staff Writer actually are. The songwriting is the avoid the in-and-out issue. 9.27 main thing,” Babson said. Because Hotel Café is known as The Gig- Lifegaurd Nights A night of real music experience Showcasing amateurs to world Photo by evan corcoran a place where musicians go, record Troubadour- Scarlet Grey calls for the right place with the famous acts, the Hotel Café provides Hotel Café. companies send scouts to check out 9.28 right atmosphere. The Hotel Café a place for the audience to get close Pete Townshend from The Who the talent. The Hotel Cafe- Rob Dickinson in Hollywood is one of these places to the performers. A small stage and Tom Morello from Rage Against “Lots of deals have been made in 9.29 that gives a genuine music lover tucked into the back corner with the Machine have played at Hotel this ally, supposedly,” Babson said. a chance to hear bands in a more candlelit tables sets the mood of the Café, Babson said. Glass House- Every Time I Die Not every one goes there to be intimate setting. venue. Sometimes artists such as these The Gig- Attic of Love heard, some just come to listen and “You rarely find a spot where “It’s a real musician’s hangout,” have a regular monthly rotation at 9.30 relax. people actually listen to the music,” Babson said. the venue. “I can just come here and hear The Gig- Everything is Energy James Babson, a doorman for Hotel Acoustic sets are usually played Hotel Café is a hangout for some good music and hang out with 10.1 Café, said. on a nightly basis. Small-piece everyday people who really my friends. It’s not all loud and crazy The Echo- Castledoor Settled down Cahuenga bands also play, but with the small appreciate music. so its cool to relax,” Jenna Riley, a 10.2 Boulevard, amidst all the party- environment, the amps overpower “The people that keep this place regular at the Hotel Café, said. Chain Reaction- Saves the Day goers hopping from club to club, is the room. going are the nine-to-fivers,” Babson Hotel Café is at 1623 N. Glass House- Metric Hotel Café - a place where the lights “Primarily it’s singer-songwriters said. Cahuenga Blvd. just south of Troubadour- AFI are low and the vibe is laid back. It that play here, but it is evolving,” Besides having a full bar, food is Hollywood Boulevard. Paid parking 10.3 is a venue that is different from the John Wells, the sound engineer for also served at Hotel Café until 10 is readily available in the area. For El Rey- Mark Ronson & The normal hustle and bustle of the big- Hotel Café, said. pm. With mostly sandwiches and door charge and upcoming acts refer Version Players named spots in Hollywood. In the past, some big-named acts salads, The Hotel Café keeps it to their Web site www.hotelcafe. The Hotel Cafe- AM “There are many places that call have been known to play at the simple. com.

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Artist: Bruce Springsteen Album: Magic daily.titan BUZZ 09.27.07 7 Abrams and Tina Steinberg and top of receiving new garments from bags from TokiDoki. Swedish designer Lars Wallin, the While browsing through the store will also have “Hello Kitty!” items, don’t forget to look up onto cashmere sweaters and gloves and a shelf. Clippings from a variety of scarves to keep “OC”-ers warm for celebrity tabloids align themselves the holidays. In addition to all those Peek into a shop that will keep you coming to show customers that “the clothes goodies, Teeze also plans to add Photos by Nikki Donahue we have had press,” says Ariana back for more shoes to their collection. Daily Titan Staff Writer Randall, daughter of the owner of In the end, it doesn’t matter By Richard Tinoco From its soft colored walls to Teeze, Tula Randall. whether you are a college student, Daily Titan Staff Writer its wide array of fashion choices, But living like a celebrity means a high-schooler or a Mom. Randall the cozy shop sets itself up to be shelling out the occasional dollar to said the store gets a variety of clientele Nestled in the quiet, dark streets explored. At the front of the store look good. A pair of Hudson jeans and everybody is welcomed. And of downtown Fullerton is a store brightly lit dresses and tunics line cost close to $200. A graphic tee boys, don’t think Teeze has forgotten called- sure, I could say it, but that the walls. The aesthetic preference was in the neighborhood of $40. about you. Maybe not today, maybe would give it away. The boutique leans itself on being sultry and Thankfully, Teeze is college student not tomorrow, but in the future a houses labels like Voom, Harajuku elegant, while the patterns have friendly, with most garments red- special section will open up and be and Hudson, labels not normally a psychedelic-lite vibe, but at the marked with 20 percent- 50 percent dedicated just to you. Then you can available around these sleepy parts. same time being quite elegant. off of the original price. Even at tease right back. Now, if only you knew the name of Fortunately, Teeze doesn’t reduced prices, there is a lack of For more information visit the the store. limit itself to just one customer. customer enthusiasm. under-construction Web site at Fine ... it’s called “Teeze.” It’s a In the back of the store there are “It’s bad down here,” Randall www.teezeboutique.com for more tantalizing boutique store which comfortable, graphic T-shirts and said, but Fullerton is a “cool little questions. opened its doors in the latter days warm hoodies. There are also laid- area.” For the nostalgic shopper, visit Jose Sanchez back jeans awaiting the girl who With the fall and winter seasons the shop at 122 North Harbor. Art of December 2006. And despite “I really don’t have fashion sense, the shop’s name, the store does can never have enough pants. If quickly approaching, it’s time to Operating hours: Tuesday through I just wear clothes ... these shoes deliver, unlike the drunk girl from that weren’t enough, the store offers put away the tanks and snuggle up Saturday from 12-7p.m. and on only cost $5 and I stole this sweater last week. jewelry from designers like Rachel with a sweater. Randall said that on Sundays 12-5p.m. from my friend Veronica’s closet because it was cold. The personal is political.”

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Samir Belani Psychology Major “I get my style from generations of the past. I shop at mostly thrift stores. People should try more. Being a slob is annoying and i don’t like looking at it.” 8 BUZZ 09.27.07 daily.titan be to you and me?” to tackle in the genre,” said Eick. The character of Jaime Sommers Helping viewers adjust to the has changed dramatically from a improved “Bionic Woman” will be bouncy blonde who played tennis the high octane action sequences By Richard Tinoco and worked as a schoolteacher. This and stunts. What was impossible Daily Titan Staff Writer time around, Jaime is a brunette 30 years ago is now attainable with A lot has changed since 1975. bartender who lives with her sister. some wires and harnesses. Just ask the Bionic Woman. And Jaime’s not perfect. The Jaime Ryan said the stunt coordinator NBC is premiering a remake of of today will still be sexy and smart, will be preparing some “dynamic “Bionic Woman” in the fall with a but she will relate to women on moves” like “flying spinning kicks.” darker edge and social commentary. a deeper level. She dresses like a Unfortunately, don’t be surprised It tells the tragic story about tomboy and doesn’t have to flirt to if the sound effects and slow motion Jaime Sommers who, after a horrific get ahead. didn’t make the cut. Eick said he accident, must undergo a scientific “I love the fact that she can’t didn’t want either of those camp treatment that will save her life. cook,” said Ryan. “She has man value effects to return. Starring English actress Michelle troubles just like everyone else. She In the case of “Bionic Woman,” cartoon by reza allah-bakhshi Ryan and produced by David Eick, puts on this sort of bravado, but the writers wanted to continue By Thomas madden the millennium’s newest girl-power- underneath she is scared.” exploring the journey of self- For the Daily Titan were filed by recognition seeking embodied ass-kicker will prove how Eick added, “The tone of the show discovery and evolution of Jaime greasy L.A. cops? Oh, I could see much things have changed. is a kind of [a] grounded humanistic Sommers today. But purists, don’t “Get off your ass man,” Reza them now, celebrating the night’s “Perhaps the question now is, story. This is our universe in which worry, Jaime will still have super said. events over a plate of home fries ‘Once a woman has done everything this unusual character has suddenly speed and jumping abilities that will It was 12 a.m. on an uneventful at Mel’s on Sunset, bumping their a man can do, do we judge her emerged.” make your HD TV go boom! Monday night. portly appendages, happily snorting differently?’” said Eick. “What if With updating the series, the On Sept. 26, this new sci-fi Normalities of a person my over those two young journalists you took the Peter Parker approach, writers had to combine science of saga will either make or break the age at this time include: sleeping, they caught. Was this trivial story which was - she’s a girl whose the ‘70s and science of today. struggling network. homework, obsessively masturbating worth it? abilities are shocking and unusual “We walk that line, which makes Talk about the weight of the or watching reality television until For the duration of the 30- and difficult to juggle as they would it a really interesting problem to try world on your shoulders. his or her brain turns off from the minute car ride, the “what if’s” ran noise. rabid inside my brain. Mine, oddly, was somewhat As the sweat dried, and the typical. My group of friends most health-giving Johnny Walker started endearing quality seems to be its to work, Reza squeezed his Japanese knack of perfecting the weird, and import into a typically cramped tonight wouldn’t be any different. Hollywood parking space. I’m used to it, so strap on your West Hollywood is different. The shoes and get outside boy, your night resembles a Hitchcock film, bizarre ride is fast approaching. I felt and right when the sun settles on like the subject of a Lou Reed song, the western horizons, heterosexuals calmly waiting for the unpredictable like both Reza and I become the on a cold and quiet night. standout minority. Reza’s car hauled around the bend In a weird sense it’s a good feeling. and stopped at my feet. Although You don’t blend or get lost in the I’ve been across the world with this sea, and now you are surrounded by man, he’s filled with tension. The a society forced by the majority to drive was fast; loud music blocked seclude themselves in the bungalows any sort of conversation as we fled of the City of Angels, only wearing from the heavily-gated, Mickey their true faces in the comforts of Mouse-containing suburbia that is the night. Orange County. We met towering males in “Jesus, man. If you are freaked checkered dresses and gaudy out, this won’t be any good,” I said. makeup seemingly done by an You see, our night’s assignment unskilled hand. was for Reza to interview and We found actresses, aspiring photograph a transsexual for a little fashion designers, art curators, but, conservative paper. And I, like so most importantly, we found human many other fantastically strange beings who, at their very core, were nights, was along for the ride. My as delicate and principled as any task, whether I liked it or not, was of us. In no way were we around to be a buffer, a conversationalist people anymore freakish than those and most importantly, calm. All at a coke-filled Bush fundraiser after- three parts of my task made me party. Stereotypes are always the fearfully slouch back into the car’s product of fear, and we realized that cozy seat with the Los Angeles understanding came from throwing skyline pushing forward. ourselves into the experience. Because of the times, intoxication We, like on many other nights, would be imperative. accomplished our goals. Reza Usually, when feeling nervous, completed his assignment, a tiny I resort to the unfortunate act of success in comparison to the consumption. Alcohol blurs reality friendship we made with those and eases the senses. Was I scared? deemed different. What if I fell into the center of We were open, not because of the some ravenous undercover sting consumption, but because we were where false charges of solicitation out of the box.