By Michael Tatum "Hey, enough with the requests already … I’ve got an agenda!" So quipped folk singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III in the middle of his show to a fan who just had to hear "Screaming Issue." Of course, Wainwright didn’t really have an "agenda" – he consulted a tiny scrap of paper in the beginning of his set, only never to look at it again for the remainder of the evening. Read more...

By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff There’s something mysteriously similar about Ed Wood and Tim Burton. One was decried "the worst director of all time," and never attained commercial or critical success. Read more...

By Michael Tatum With John Cale, you just never know. One minute he’s putting his academy trained musical skills to work with renowned classicists like Leonard Bernstein and John Cage. Read more...