In my scouring for good things to read online, I've stumbled across (not actually Upon) a new favorite. Carrie Brownstein, former guitarist of one of my favorite bands, Sleater-Kinney, now writes for NPR's much commented-on new music blog, in a section called "Monitor Mix". She gets about 50 comments per post, no doubt partly due to her fame, but her writing is also really good in its own right. I've already discovered a couple new......

(alternate title: Things to Do in LA When You're Not Dead) We'll assume that this weekend you're either a music nerd and heading to the desert or a book nerd and heading to UCLA (and if you're both, like us, you're probably weeping into your coffee right now just thinking about the hard choices) so we'll get your Friday started off right with some events for both the brain and the body. Do watch......