Oh, man. I’m so excited. I can hear you asking, “Why, Igor? What’s with all this excitement?” It’s because this article marks a whole new year of hard-hitting advice columns that will blow you so hard and so far away you won’t even know what blew you.
A product of the burgeoning Brooklyn scene, Vivian Girls attracted a lot of attention and acclaim over its 2008 self-titled debut album – along with a lot of reductive backlash. The trio’s enthusiasts cite the group’s attitude and infectious merging of ’60s surf rock, punk, shoegaze and garage rock as reasons why the band is breaking new ground, while critics and haters are likely to denounce the band’s sub-par musicianship and repetitive three-part harmony songwriting as reasons why the band is nothing special.
The summer of 2009 was Hollywood’s most profitable ever, with studios raking in over $4.3 billion. Of course, most of the movies sucked. From the obnoxious “Wolverine” to the soporific “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” right on through wholly unnecessary sequels to both “Ice Age” and “Night at the Museum,” this past season has seen more than its fair share of dogs. And that’s without even getting into the talking gerbils.
Professor Anthony G. Evans died Sept. 9 at home with his family. He was 66.
With the aggressive H1N1 influenza virus hitting college campuses nationwide, UCSB has begun preparing for a potential outbreak on campus.
This Friday, Santa Barbara’s West Beach will transform into a reggae-rock stage for a three-day music festival on the water.
Beneath the bleachers of Harder Stadium lies a dilapidated herbarium that will soon receive improved accommodations for its collection of over 100,000 plant specimens.