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Our regular Day to Day music critic reviews the self-titled debut album from the British blues band 22-20s. The band plays straight-ahead, upbeat, blues-based rock 'n' roll that hearkens back to early Rolling Stones -- and Bordal says the band doesn't need to apologize for being derivative, because it works.

Palindromes is the dark, new film comedy by Todd Solondz. It's a sequel to the writer-director's Welcome to the Dollhouse. Bob Mondello says like that earlier film, this new one deals almost exclusively with discomfiting subjects.

Writer-director Paul Haggis' new film Crash explores racial tensions among a cast of characters whose lives intersect shortly before Christmas in post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles. Haggis and actor Brendan Fraser discuss the making of the film.

Frequent Day to Day commentator Gustavo Arellano reviews the self-titled debut album of Colombian singer Andrea Echeverri. For the past decade, she's been one-half of the popular rock band Aterciopelados. Her first solo CD extolls the joys of being a mother, featuring lush and sometimes lusty songs of romance and sweet melancholy.

The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis has long been a bastion of contemporary art in the Midwest. This weekend the museum unveils its new expansion, a metallic-surfaced cube-like building designed by celebrity architects. Minnesota Public Radio's Marianne Combs says the new space will give visitors a more interactive experience.

Writer Mark Jordan Legan looks at what the critics are saying about this week's major movie releases, including The Interpreter, King's Ransom and A Lot Like Love.

Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews the Lifetime cable network's new reality TV show, I Married a Princess.

Slate contributor Seth Stevenson shares his thoughts on whether the weirdness of new commercials for Skittles candy adds some flavor, or if the absurdity just leaves a bad taste.

He currently stars on the drama series, Without a Trace as the head of the FBI division that focuses on missing persons. Before that he won an Emmy Award for his guest-starring role as Simon, Daphne's drunken brother on Frasier.

Lewis Black is a playwright, stand-up comic, actor, and a commentator on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He's been described as having the mouth of a shock-jock and the heart of a liberal. His new book is entitled Nothing's Sacred.