For many classic rock bands, it’s better to keep touring than burn out or fade away. Third-year philosophy student Greg Katz has seen many classic rockers in the past couple of years, including Paul McCartney, Simon and Garfunkel, and Crosby, Stills and Nash. Read more...

What a harsh few weeks this has been. First, my beloved Houston Astros, in the most offensively inept performance I’ve ever seen, treated home plate as though it were covered with bird flu during the World Series. Read more...

There are some bands who can do no wrong. Until recently, it appeared that Toronto collective Broken Social Scene was one of them. The band started as a side project, releasing the ambient “Feel Good Lost” in 2001 and became a musical force to be reckoned with the masterful “You Forgot It In People” in 2002. Read more...

Jarhead Directed by Sam Mendes Universal Pictures “Jarhead” is a disappointing film, and that actually might be the best thing it has going for it. Based on the best-selling memoirs of former U.S. Read more...

When it comes to her music, singer Mary Black has never strayed far from her Irish roots. Black, who has outsold both U2 and Sinead O’Connor in their native Ireland, will take the stage with other Irish female vocalists in a UCLA Live performance of the Celtic music featured on the successful “A Woman’s Heart” compilation albums in Royce Hall tonight at 8. Read more...

Superheroes just don’t get enough respect. Recently, a group of friends assembled at my apartment to watch “Spider-Man 2.” The behavior of my buddies during the film appalled me: they talked over the movie, answered their cell phones, and generally disregarded this masterpiece of modern cinema. Read more...

A comedic tale of two college students trying to create a scholarship for hot girls, a suspenseful murder mystery a la “Blair Witch Project,” and an action-packed, high-octane foreign language kung fu film. Read more...