Michael Hafford

June 5, 2014

Parting Words from Graduating Artsweek Staff, Part 2

By Demi Anter, Audrey Bachelder, Megan Fisher, Michael Hafford, Madison Medeiros, Sio Tepper, Tina Petrosian

INCOMING EDITOR ‘HELLO’: AUDREY BACHELDER Dear Gauchos, I am so happy and honored to be your Artsweek Editor for the 2014-2015 year. I pledge to fill up these Thursday pages with clever stories on local bands...

April 23, 2009

Dazed and Confused in the Desert

By Amy Silverstein, Virginia Yapp, Michael Hafford

By the time Crystal Castles' set in the Sahara tent ended early Friday evening, my muscles were sore, my skin was covered in other people's sweat and one of the lenses from my prescription glasses had gone missing.&...

May 30, 2008

Beware Drugs from Freaky NorCal Fetes

By Michael Hafford

It's Tuesday night and I'm standing in a three-room apartment on Abrego Road with Lynne and she's asking me if I think she should move in here. The door doesn't lock but I'm tired of her not getting it so I tell her I do...

May 29, 2008

The Man Comes Back Around

By Michael Hafford

At 64 years of age, most of us will be lucky to tie our shoes without experiencing significant pain, much less be up to the task of battling the Red Menace armed solely with a whip and archaeological wiliness gained from...

May 15, 2008

Noodling Around

By Michael Hafford

If popularity were based solely on naming conventions, Momofuku would have been insanely popular among the college crowd from the moment it was announced. Named for the inventor of cup noodles, Momofuku Ando, Elvis Coste...

May 8, 2008

The Time of Your Life

By Michael Hafford

"There's only two things in life that are constant. That's change and change." Lyfe Jennings says at the beginning of "Never Never Land," the fourth track on his third album, "Lyfe Change." What is unclear is if even Lyf...

April 24, 2008

Say It Isn’t So, Serpico

By Michael Hafford

It's official: Al Pacino can no longer be considered a cutting-edge talent. After starring in some truly unfortunate movies ("S1m0ne," "Two for the Money," "Gigli"), Pacino has reached what is hopefully his career's nadi...

April 17, 2008

“Bra Boys” Is One Down and Dirty Doc From Down Under

By Michael Hafford

"Bra Boys" centers on the Abberton brothers and their struggles growing up in the beach ghetto of Maroubra - the last three letters of which form the basis for the gang's name. This focus is a logical one considering th...