Hot Hot Heat “Elevator” Sire Records When the most interesting thing that can be said about an album is that its track listing is presented in a unique fashion, it doesn’t exactly bode well for the contents of the package. Read more...

What with all the normal college expenses ““ course readers, rent, $300 Han Solo action figures ““ it’s easy for money to run out unexpectedly. Then you have to trim costs by cutting unnecessary items ““ hair dye, liquor runs, textbooks ““ from your budget. Read more...

“Palindromes” Directed by Todd Solondz Wellspring Media A palindrome is a word whose spelling is the same backward as it is forward. Aviva, the name of the 13-year-old protagonist, is not only a palindrome in this literal sense but also in the fact that she is portrayed by eight different actors, including Jennifer Jason Leigh, throughout “Palindromes.” But writer and director Todd Solondz uses the plethora of different characters to add more than a little color to his film; the interchanging of Aviva between two women, four teenage girls, a 12-year-old boy, and a 6-year-old girl highlights how audience judgments and biases alter the perception of a character who, like a palindrome, is ultimately unchanging. Read more...

The Latin American Student Association, in an effort to expose and share the different aspects of Latin American culture, will have a free outdoor festival this Saturday from 10 a.m. Read more...

With rock ‘n’ roll blaring in the once-serene courtyard, jazz and electronica reverberating through plastic and bronze, and burgers next to “Breadface,” students are in the Hammer. Read more...

So I’m taking it easy, thoroughly enjoying my pre-dinner snack of orange pineapple juice and a Ziploc bag full of jelly beans, when my playlist jumps to A Tribe Called Quest’s “If the Papes Come.” As is always the case with Tribe, I immediately feel a good deal cooler than I have any right to. Read more...

Cartoons are not just for children ““ a notion that the Tin Hat Quartet confirms with its performance of original scores to animations done by Russian filmmaker Ladislaw Starewicz. Read more...