Good God, it was cold out last night. On our trek up to the Greek Theater in Berkeley to see Arcade Fire in the first of their two gigs in the area, we ended up having to stop by the American Apparel store on Bancroft and Telegraph to buy a scarf. Who knew they even sold scarves at the daringly-bare no-sweatshop emporium? We are now officially so old, we didn't even bother looking for......

All you 9-to-5ers out there who loathe working, Aim Low Kid's got your number. Their debut album, aptly titled, Soundtrack for the New Depression, is a handbook for the thinking working folk. Listen to their track Couple Dozen People and imagine any given day in the Financial District. Since we happen to be engaged to lead singer Daniel Phifer, we get asked what Aim Low Kid sounds like quite a lot. We usually get frustrated......

Oh, so you're going to be an emo kid for Halloween? That's cute. But no emo costume is complete without a copy of New Reliable Press's You Ain't No Dancer Volume 2, a weepy high-strung feelingsy comics anthology. (We're told it features the work of at least one local artist. We don't know who, and honestly, who cares.) In this volume, thematically held together around the general idea of "youth," a typical comic goes like......