"We moved the concert into Centennial Hall this year," said Sarah Calvert, events coordinator for the Associated Students of the University of Arizona. "We made sure we had all weather conditions covered." [Read article]

Jimmy Fallon
The Bathroom Wall
(Dreamworks)

Grade: A [Read review]

UApresents ÷ which had in the past provided a 20 percent discount for all faculty and staff and up to 50 percent discounts for students ÷ said the final days the campus community discount will be available for faculty and staff are Thursday, Sept. 5 and Friday, Sept. 6. [Read article]

The Solace Bros.
Discover EP
(Watercloset Sound)

Grade: B [Read review]

Welcome to Tucson, the land where bands are few and your classes are far between.

To all of you who have been loyal Wildcat readers this is going to be something new to you, and for those of you who are new, this will be something you get to start with us. [Read article]

Interpol
Turn on the Bright Lights
(Matador)

Grade: A [Read review]

On Friday, Our Cure the Rocketship, along with Free to Go and Messenger Boy, will be playing at Gameworks in Foothills Mall at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $15. For more information call 620-1824. [Read article]

Grade: A
Luis Alberto Urrea must have been a tough kid. The child of an Anglo mother and Mexican father, he had to deal with the heavily multicultural atmosphere of San Diego, where he grew up; and the racial divide within his own family. [Read review]

Grade: D
Since MTV began publishing novels that didn't relate to one of their television shows (there are, of course numerous guides to the "Real World" and other MTV programs), the company has seemed to stick to one formula: Use young writers, who can write about real people in accessible situations. [Read review]

Grade: B
You know the story. You're flipping through the channels ÷ possibly on your way from MTV to Comedy Central, or perhaps even from the History Channel to Animal Planet ÷ and you see 350 lbs. of sweating, unnaturally tanned brawn screaming at you at the top of its lungs, brandishing an oversized gold belt or perhaps the limb of a lifeless, unresponsive opponent. [Read review]

This summer, like every summer, has been full of both triumphs and failures at the box office. Not because the failures made less money, as usual, but because there were some particularly good films that actually deserved a huge turnout.

One of them is "Minority Report," which not only surpassed expectations by being the first summer action movie in history to live up to its trailer, but defied the more cynical claims that Stephen Spielberg cannot make a movie that isn't too sappy for its own good. [Read article]