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Things That Turn Your Brain To Mush
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Things That Turn Your Brain To Mush

A New Show at CAF Explores Our Precarious Relationship with New Media Every day we are bombarded with new technological advancements, internet trends and messages from the media that cause our language and culture to evolve faster than individuals can adapt. The idea that television and the Internet are turning [...]

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Dante Elephante’s Sounds Reach Beyond the Beach

Drenched ripples of reverb-soaked rhythm and honeybee zings echo throughout German Aquatics, the six-song EP released by Dante Elephante last April. The tracks propelled them through a series of small tours in 2012 and their next stop is the 43rd annual Earth Day Festival at Alameda Park in Santa Barbara [...]

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ZZ Ward Proves Herself a Powerful New Voice

“Put the gun down,” ZZ Ward’s voice commands in a soulful manner as she sways along to her song. Soulful, sultry and brazen, ZZ Ward brought the cool element to her unique mixture of blues, pop and folk to her show at SOhO last February. Raised in Oregon, Ward has [...]

Free Screening of UCSB Alum’s “Masquerade”
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Free Screening of UCSB Alum’s “Masquerade”

Premiering this weekend in Santa Barbara is the new independent film “Masquerade,” co-written, edited, and starring UCSB alum, Eric Olsson. The film (with a modest budget of $15,000), is directed by Nicholas Tolkien, great grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien, and features guest appearances by Johnny Depp, Steven Spielberg, seasoned, local “acting [...]

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Organic, folksy, creative. These are just a couple of words to describe UCSB’s own Junipero, a band that has a soft spot in the hearts of all that know of them and their music. Composed of Kasey Warner, Dave Pascoe, Michael Sallstrom and Hanna Haas, Junipero has a quintessential local [...]