Friday night’s show at Velour showcased the full musical spectrum of the local scene — from the great to the, um, not-so-great, all in one evening on one stage. The show opened with a spirited performance by now-Los Angeles-based pop-rockers Kid Theodore. I often place this band into a category with Fictionist and the Elizabethan [...]

The story is (and you’re sure to hear it often) that Heath Ledger died midway through filming The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Since the film has a lot to do with what can best be described as alternate realities, Terry Gilliam’s fix was to cast three actors to fill in accordingly. Johnny Depp, Jude Law [...]

The people have voted and their voices have been heard — the winners of the 2009 Rhombus Readers’ Choice Awards are finally ready to be unveiled! However, before we do so, let me say a word about the voting process. There have recently been rumblings about accusations of all sorts of heinous ballot-stuffing and whatnot [...]

2010 is the year the music video grows up. In case you haven’t heard, in December the National Film Registry (NFR) decided to include Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” music video in the Library of Congress. It’s the first time a music video has ever received such a distinction and signifies the dawning of an age of [...]

It has been quite a year for our boys in blue. There have been some high highs and some very low lows. Nevertheless, Bronco Mendenhall led the Cougars to another 11-win season and bowl game victory, and that is something to cheer about. For all of those who are disappointed with anything less than an [...]

I never have to open a door around campus, I rarely have to unload my groceries by myself, and I never pick up the check on a date. I must say, it’s good to be a woman. Yet I still live in the 31st-ranked country for women, according to the UNDP gender-related development index for [...]

You’ve seen “Best Of” lists for the past few weeks. I have to say I get a little confused when top ten lists are published in the middle of December. What about the prestige films that aren’t released until the last few weekends of the year? Clearly, I waited. And so now, finally, here are [...]