In a city of mostly concrete and actresses, there are people who
look in mirrors and there are people who look in bushes. UCLA
alumnus Jason Finley, a graduate in cognitive science, finds his
excitement peering into the latter.

It doesn’t take a feminist scholar to realize a lot of
women portrayed in the media, from sitcoms to pornography, are a
fantasy rather than a realistic representation.

With every step in technology, the pornography industry has been
among the first in line to cash in and prove that sex will sell no
matter what the medium.

The Zombies walk again.
Vocalist Colin Blunstone and keyboardist Rod Argent, both 58,
resurrected their 1960s British pop group for their first tour in
30 years, stopping at the Key Club last Friday night.

In the overgrown jungle of L.A. garage rock and
testosterone-based performance, a new bird is quietly piping, but
she doesn’t need to yell to be heard.

Two and half years ago, Chris Colthart stepped off his plane
into the silver sparkle of Hollywood sunshine. With no job, no car
and a freshly left-behind band, the 28-year-old guitarist of
indie-rock band The Faraway Places had little more than any average
newcomer to the land of milk and honey’s biggest
dream-propagating city.

Rock ‘n’ roll is bad for your health, or so local
garage rock band Kennedy wanted us to believe at their Spaceland
show last Thursday night.

It’s not hard to bring to mind the stereotype of a metal
head. Since heavy metal’s arrival on the music scene in the
early 1970s, it’s been accused of everything from Satanism to
plain old Beavis and Butthead idiocy.

A ladder, a magnifying glass, a three-letter word and the
audience’s participation. Despite the complexity of the time,
and the obscurity of her medium, it was all the wild-haired artist
needed to make her message clear.

Life after college often forces aspiring rock “˜n’
rollers to give up their dream of the stage for the practicality of
a 9 to 5 job.