Patrick Perez fumbles through his wallet looking for his business card. He fumbles not in a nervous way, but as if unsure which card to offer. Read more...

Beck “The Information” Interscope Records (Out of 5) We are gathered here today to mourn the death of Beck’s music career. If you wanted to purchase a copy of the latest Beck album in order to hear new songs from him, don’t bother. Read more...

The Killers “Sam’s Town” Island Records (Out of 5) The Killers’ vocalist Brandon Flowers was recently interviewed in “Entertainment Weekly” and modestly declared that his group’s new album, “Sam’s Town,” would be “one of the best albums in the past 20 years,” not to mention the album “that keeps rock ‘n’ roll afloat.” Those are some Scott Stapp-esque claims. Read more...

Grizzly Bear Thursday, Sept. 28 Spaceland Talk about marking your territory. On a night when the Los Angeles hipster population was evenly divided ““ Sonic Youth and M. Read more...

She’s everywhere I look. On buses. At the Century City mall. On the sides of buildings. Everywhere she is, she’s doing the same thing ““ suggestively putting her index finger to her lips, shushing my inner libido as if to say, “Wait ’til it’s not primetime network-TV anymore, cowboy.” Yeah, it’s puppy love alright. Read more...

Like a building ripe for remodeling, the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design is under its own construction. The department is expanding and improving upon its scope with the inception of an undergraduate bachelor of arts program in architectural studies. Read more...

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