I. in my mist-swathed dreams, i am driving, blindfolded by horizontal gravity to the glow of my sputnik’s disparate love and though i am pulled headlong ““ i feel at once the swarming rushes of air falling towards the surface, abandoning me, leaving me behind. Read more...

As a longtime Daily Bruin contributor and former arts and entertainment editor, I never clash with the editorial decisions made in the A&E section. Of course, whenever writers deal in absolutes, they’re only setting themselves up for contradiction. Read more...

Her father was an artist, and they had sat together on her bed’s edge flipping through an old book of his. His art was mostly sculptures, these macabre human heads screaming out with their teeth shattered. Read more...

She knelt down on the white tiled floor of her son’s bathroom and picked up a small black pin, crimped on one side, flat on the other, a girl’s hairpin. Read more...

There is possibly no greater enigma in the modern world than Michael Jackson. For over 30 years, he has demonstrated a remarkably consistent ability to entertain, mesmerize and perplex. Read more...

We Are Scientists “With Love and Squalor” Virgin Records It looks like rock ‘n’ roll is dead. Again. SPIN Magazine’s latest issue named The Killers as the 2005 band of the year, the equivalent of calling Nickelback the next Nirvana or Radiohead jamming with Coldplay. Read more...

“Why We Fight” Directed by Eugene Jarecki Sony Pictures Classics Criticism of U.S. foreign policy, especially regarding the war in Iraq, is nothing new. A filmmaker who makes it the impetus behind a documentary film ““ especially one released almost three years since the war’s inception, and without much in the way of new facts ““ runs the risk of creating a completely superfluous work. Read more...