Arts & Culture

If it's really better to burn out than fade away, what can be said about fading from view long enough to release an album strong enough to put your peers to shame?

OK, I'll admit it: I've got a major girl crush on Zooey Deschanel. With her charming vocals laced with folksy sing-a-longs and bouncy piano melodies, who wouldn't?

In January, campaign finance reform stepped away from any real reform at all. The Supreme Court's contentious decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission enforced the idea that corporate donations to political campaigns may not be banned, blurring the distinction between business and personal campaign donations.

If you knew you were about to be reunited with an old lover, what meal would you make them? What meal would you make if you knew today was your last day on this planet?

Some kids want to be firefighters or superheroes when they grow up. Paul McHugh wanted to be a storyteller.

Air out your craziest, wildest costumes of the '80s. It's time to go to the showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show this Friday, May 14 at 8 p.m. in the east quad.

THIS WEEK IN DAVIS: Sacramento Area Youth Speaks (SAYS) Slam Finals; UNITY; Taarka; Poonteens

The most unconventional spaces stripped of trendy adornments often become the most conducive places for artistic creation. Hidden in the basement of the art building on campus, the stark walls of The Basement Gallery continually transforms itself and embody the artwork of various students throughout the year.

In the high-profile world of sports movies, bicycling often plays second-string to films about football, baseball or hockey. But next weekend, cycling takes center stage when the Bicycle Film Festival hits Sacramento's Fremont Park for the first time in the festival's 10-year history.

Black Tambourine's latest album is a compilation of oldies transformed into goodies - and frankly, there is not a damn thing wrong with that.

Summer's inching closer, and LCD Soundsystem's latest album This is Happening may just be the perfect summer jam.

Just a few years ago, after the release of the critically acclaimed Tears of the Valedictorian, Frog Eyes found themselves at the forefront of "indie rock." But amidst all of the hype surrounding their release of Paul's Tomb: A Triumph, the biggest lament for both fans and critics alike is the absence of the eccentric pop-payoff that made Tears such a dynamic album.

It's great when titles say it all. Take a recent NPR.org article titled "The Abramoff Saga: Reads Like A Movie, And Now It Is" about the upcoming film, Casino Jack and the United States of Money. The film's title, like the Abramoff story itself, is almost too simple to be true.

If you like '90s classics, electronica beats, modern music or all of the above rolled into one, then come to Freeborn Hall May 20, to see Super Mash Bros. perform live from 8 to 11 p.m.

Not only is Owen Smith's internationally recognized work on display at the Richard L. Nelson Gallery, but the artist himself will speak in Davis today.