ENTERTAINMENT
October 11, 1985 | RANDY LEWIS, Times Staff Writer
In the eight years since Michael Mikulka and Steve McClintock opened a recording studio in Westminster, they have spent thousands of hours working with hundreds of aspiring musicians. As part of their efforts to gather the best information and advice for their clients, they've also journeyed as far away as Nashville, New York and Cannes, France, to attend numerous record industry conventions and seminars. What have they learned from the music industry's experts?
ENTERTAINMENT
July 11, 1998 | MIKE BOEHM, TIMES STAFF WRITER
When Matthew and Gunnar Nelson became teen-pop sensations in 1990, they were tracing the footsteps of their father, the original rock 'n' roll pop teen idol. But, pointedly, the twins were not taking their cues from Rick Nelson's music. "Nobody does Rick Nelson better than Rick Nelson," Gunnar said in a 1991 interview with The Times. "The man is dead; let him lie. If [people] want heritage, they go out and buy my dad's records."
ENTERTAINMENT
July 25, 1986 | ROBIN GREEN
Decor can make or break a place. Take Chez Helene, for instance, on Beverly Drive. The food's OK, nothing spectacular, and the desserts are not worth the calories. But I go there again and again and recommend the place to friends because the rooms themselves are so gracious and celebratory, charming as a French country inn, and, to be fair, the chicken rosemary and lamb aren't bad either. But if the decor is tasteless, can the food possibly taste good?
ENTERTAINMENT
August 23, 1990 | MIKE BOEHM
A New Order concert can be the next best thing to Sominex. But Peter Hook, the popular British dance-rock band's moonlighting bassist, showed a surprising wild streak as he fronted his new group, Revenge, Tuesday night at the Coach House. The cussing, hollering, arm-waving Hook didn't show much more than that, though. Revenge's uninvolving hour on stage centered on a voice of narrow range and little individuality, and songs of solid craftsmanship but scant substance.
NEWS
May 6, 1993 | CORINNE FLOCKEN, Corinne Flocken is a free-lance writer who regularly covers Kid Stuff for The Times Orange County Edition.
With a white-knuckle grip on his pencil, your preschooler does earnest battle with the alphabet. You applaud every stroke, unconcerned that some letters are standing on their heads or have done a complete about-face. He'll improve with time. And besides, his teachers will turn him around once he gets into kindergarten. Right? If your child has dyslexia, the answer could be no .
ENTERTAINMENT
June 13, 1986 | RANDY LEWIS, Times Staff Writer
The members of Dexter, the Huntington Beach trio that recently won a national talent competition, were only joking when they said they hope to keep their new crown "for the next three years." That's because in the contest sponsored by JBL loudspeakers, Musician magazine and the National Assn. of Music Merchandisers (NAMM), Dexter was selected as "the best unsigned band in America."