"Don't turn around!" Orpheus mutters to himself through gritted teeth as he ascends from Hades, the Greek underworld, with his once-deceased wife Eurydice "“ retrieved from death "“ in tow. He knows that if he turns around, he risks losing her forever. Read more...

I'm pushing for a big Britney Spears comeback. Really, I am. Get Timbaland and Polow Da Don to produce (first single: "Throw Some B's"), have Justin Timberlake guest on a few tracks, put her on the cover of Rolling Stone again. She needs to sell another 10 million. Let's make this thing happen. Read more...

Romancing Ryan Atwood. Sidling up to Seth Cohen. Read more...

The UCLA Hammer Museum's newest exhibit, "Eden's Edge: Fifteen L.A. Artists," is a heady traipse through crashing dream worlds "“ a chance to navigate cartoony book covers, drugged-up sex coves, and fungus so pervasive it eats through the walls. Read more...

Through the flimsy walls of the Schoenberg Music Building, jazz can be heard. In one classroom, three third-year ethnomusicology students are reworking a song. Read more...

Will you marry me? Read more...

You may or may not be familiar with the National's "Alligator." Read more...