December is list-making season. And for us music journalists, it is a time to look back on scores of albums, reflect upon the music and recapitulate our favorites. But this year, just like the last, we took this opportunity to flip that tradition upside down, asking the artists that influenced us what influenced them. The prompt was not limited to albums that came out in 2008. more ›

When visiting the pumpkin carver at Disneyland, we caught their Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, display. The festival celebrates the reunion of dead relatives with their families. Disneyland commemorates the holiday with a display of skeletons and flowers set up near Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante in Frontierland. more ›

When plain old ski masks just won't do, what's a neighborhood robber to do? more ›