Chamber music has long served as the more intimate alternative to the expansive arrangements of orchestral concerts and the individual expressiveness of solo performances. It also has a long history of collaboration between professionals and amateurs. Read more...

What would happen if a movie director were given free reign inside a film vault, with thousands upon thousands of titles? What would he choose? What would he say? Read more...

The Arcade Fire “Neon Bible” Merge Records Let’s start with the things that “Neon Bible” is not: a world-beating career album; an intensely personal look inward; dramatic without a “melo” preface. Read more...

Air “Pocket Symphony” Astralwerks Records Air’s music is exactly what the band’s name connotes: ethereal and breathy, creating something of a dreamland within itself. While in the past that tendency toward dreaminess proved wholly enjoyable, it’s a different story on Air’s fourth album, “Pocket Symphony.” The French duo, comprised of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel, have put together tracks for “Pocket Symphony” which nestle under a darker and more dramatic cloud than much of their previous work. Read more...

Hair is like Marilyn Monroe: fashionable but dead. But what does this mean to you? It means you are making a conscious decision to have a certain “fashion” just by wearing your hair a particular way. Read more...

This Tuesday, grab a nutritional Luna bar at the student union and then head a few floors up to the Ackerman Union second-floor lounge for some even greater food (for thought) at the 2007 UCLA Lunafest film festival. Read more...

They say that, at some point, all relationships come to an end. Typically, when you’re involved with someone, the beginning is incredible, filled with unimaginable happiness and harmony. Read more...