Joanna Newsom “Ys” Drag City Records As someone who lists Tool, Mastodon and the Mars Volta among his favorite bands, I never thought in a million years that I would like an artist who sounds like Lisa Simpson imitating Bjork while playing a harp. Read more...

From New Delhi to Los Angeles. From prime time to daytime. From Bollywood to Hollywood. On set, it may be his characters that take center stage, but behind the scenes UCLA alumnus Kahlil Joseph has found himself in the spotlight with a flurry of acting work ““ including his current guest stint as Dr. Read more...

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The lights are dim and the low hum coming from the hundreds of film projectors is jumbled and incoherent. To the left of the entrance doors is a large projection of a black dog meandering in the middle of a busy road, dangerously avoiding being hit by speeding cars. Read more...

While many UCLA students were partying to blow off post-midterm steam last Thursday night, two musicians were representing the lyrically driven anything-goes style of New York’s anti-folk scene at The Avalon in Hollywood. Read more...

ESPN’s Bill Simmons likes to joke that sports teams need “common-sense coordinators” to keep team officials from making stupid decisions. A common-sense coordinator would help an NFL coach keep track of his time-outs and would advise a baseball general manager against signing a fly-ball pitcher to play in a hitter’s park. Read more...

The meaning of life may be subjective, but the meaning of literature most certainly is. As such, the prose recitals of Samuel Beckett, writer of “Waiting for Godot,” will probably be unlike anything you have seen before. Read more...