ROSETTE GONZALES Black Rebel Motorcycle Club guitarist/vocalist Peter Hayes creates sweet distortion on the dark stage of Vynyl in Hollywood. By Scott Schultz Daily Bruin Senior Staff The amps were turned to full blast and the feedback was shrieking on Hollywood’s ultra-hip Cahuenga Corridor Thursday night, as local psychedelic, distortion, power-pop phenoms, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC), made its triumphant return to Rock City. Read more...

  DANIEL WONG/Daily Bruin Senior Staff Michael Leon (left) and Raymond Cano battle it out while playing "NFL Fever" on the X-Box game system. By Robert Esposito Daily Bruin Contributor It took balls for Microsoft to release its first-ever video game console this year amidst competition from veteran heavyweights Sony and Nintendo. Read more...

  Random House Books Bill Flanagan’s book "A&R" explores the music industry world through the eyes of suit-wearing execs. By Chris Moriates Daily Bruin Senior Staff “I always wanted to be a writer ““ that’s what I went to college to do. Read more...

Chris Moriates E-mail him at [email protected]. So, “Monsters, Inc.” is “coming out” today and I started thinking… “Hmm…” I thought. “Don’t monsters hide in closets?” Well, then why are all of these monsters “out of the closet?” And what’s up with that upside-down triangle nose? Read more...

  JANA SUMMERS Jimmy Gnecco, lead vocalist of the band Ours, sings along with David Milone accompanying him on the guitar on Wednesday. By Michelle V. Read more...

  BVPublicity.com Slimy Randall Boggs (left) is chosen to replace Sulley (right) as the top Scarer in "Monsters, Inc.," much to the chagrin of Mike Wazowski (center). Read more...

  Tiffany Theatre The play "Joe Louis Blues," starring Tonya Pinkins, Russell Hornsby and Sterling Macer Jr., is now playing at the Tiffany Theatre. Read more...