Badly Drawn Boy “Born in the U.K.” ASTRALWERKS RECORDS Badly Drawn Boy used to have a fitting moniker. Now he’s working on winning it back. In 2000, the singer/songwriter (one Damon Gough) won the Mercury Prize and set himself high among his contemporaries with “The Hour of Bewilderbeast,” a messy, confusing rabbit hole of an album. Read more...

Square Enix “Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria” PLAYSTATION2 “Valkyrie Profile,” released in 2000 for the Sony PlayStation, threw role-playing conventions out the window in favor of bold innovations: side-scrolling dungeons, time-sensitive game progression, a depressing story heavy on Norse mythology. Read more...

UMBRELLAS Tonight, 7 p.m. The Roxy, $10 The road to the Sunset Strip is a long and tough one for many intrepid bands from across the country trying to hit it big in Tinseltown. Read more...

A room full of pencil-wielding toddlers or teenagers with the hopes of being animators may sound like a disappointment waiting to happen. But thanks to Maija Burnett, dreams like those are being fulfilled on a regular basis. Read more...

“Dave and Tom’s: A Tribute to Dave and Tom” Santa Monica Playhouse Saturday, Oct. 14 David Beeler and Tom Konkle, best known as the British comedy team that brought laughter to audiences all over the globe, died Saturday at 8 p.m. Read more...

Am I the only person who’s been paying attention to “Lost” the past two years? That can’t possibly be the case; the show routinely averages more than 15 million viewers a week since it premiered in September 2004 and has maintained its coveted “cultural phenomenon” status. Read more...

PREVIEW Big Salsa Night Tonight, 8 p.m. ““ midnight Ackerman Grand Ballroom, FREE UCLA students walk a lot. Now it’s time to dance. Tonight in Ackerman Grand Ballroom, the Ballroom Dance Club and International Folk Dance Club are hosting their sixth annual Big Salsa Night and 19th annual New Student Welcome. Read more...