By Cheryl Klein Daily Bruin Senior Staff Some books just make you wish for a time machine. Though few would want to travel to the bleak futures created by George Orwell or Ray Bradbury, there would be plenty of passengers vying for a trip to Laura Esquivel’s version of 23rd century Mexico City. Read more...

By Nelson Saldua Daily Bruin Contributor "We can’t let Bob Dole in office. Fuck that!" exclaimed rapper Sean Price, a.k.a. Ruck, of the group Heltah Skeltah. Read more...

By Sona Stepanian Daily Bruin Contributor Using an upside-down American flag embellished with the symbol for anarchy as a backdrop, Rage Against The Machine stormed the stage of the Hollywood Palladium Wednesday night. Read more...

By Stephanie Sheh Daily Bruin Contributor It’s not uncommon to see piano or violin duets. Certain singers have even been known to record albums with their dead fathers. Read more...

By Kathleen Rhames Daily Bruin Contributor Culinary expert Tommy Tang has discovered the solution for world peace and it isn’t politics. It’s food – Thai food, that is. Read more...

By Michael Horowitz Daily Bruin Senior Staff Tom Hanks is almost a freak. In his directorial debut, the two-time Academy Award winner created a world of niceness, where people are so damn nice that the only conflicts arise when people who are just nice can’t be nice enough for the likes of the really nice. Read more...

By Kristin Fiore Daily Bruin Senior Staff Musicians have many idiosyncrasies ­ biting the heads off of chickens, wearing shoe polish on their face during shows or making stage hands pick out all the brown M&Ms ­ and let’s not even get into Perry Ferrell. Read more...