Sony Music UCLA Alum and Five For Fighting mastermind John Ondrasik will be playing at the House of Blues tonight. By Alex Palmer DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTOR [email protected] Tonight, a Bruin returns to his old stomping ground intending to entertain, to inspire, but mainly to rock his fans and friends. Read more...

Who learned you how to spoke? Welcome to another edition of the not-so-subtle educational column, dedicated to providing the cold water in the face that you dread but need. Read more...

By Robert Esposito Daily Bruin Contributor [email protected] Sweatshops are the bane of impoverished countries around the world, and despite loud opposition and a horrible rap, companies continue to exploit workers from “abroad” (a sweatshop euphemism). Read more...

Neil Young “Are You Passionate?”Â  Reprise Records Passionate? Yes, that this album should remain on the shelves and far away from your CD player. “She’s a Healer,” from Neil Young’s “Are You Passionate?,” starts out with the lyrics, “There ain’t no way I’m gonna let the good times go.” But sadly, they have gone. Read more...

The uplifting sounds of Sigur Ros’ “Agaetis Byrjun” overpower the listener with sweeping orchestration and haunting melodies. Written in a combination of hopeful sounding syllables and Icelandic, the group’s native language, the songs’ meanings can be found in sonic textures rather than the literal messages of the lyrics. Read more...

Kenny Chang What happens? You decide! Let the survey begin! E-mail Kenny at [email protected], and he will sum up the fight in next week’s column. Choose your own adventure! Read more...

CHRIS BACKLEY/ Daily Bruin Staff Second-year piano performance student Dan Yu practices Chopin’s "Study No. 11" in Schoenberg Hall. By Howard Ho Daily Bruin reporter [email protected] A joke has Arnold Swarzenegger as a child playing the game “classical composers” with two buddies in Austria. Read more...