Theater Review: “Taking Steps”
In the spirit of Oscar Wilde’s farcical portrayals of human nature in plays such as “The Importance of Being Earnest,” the Santa Barbara City College Theater group’s newest production, “Taking Steps,” attempts a low brow imitation of his thematic style.
All Natural | Second Nature | Thrill Jockey
I don’t know who Capital D and Tone B. Nimble think they are.
Burning Airlines | Identikit | De Soto
Postmodernism is hardly unknown to independent rock. Nearly every crap conceptual Polyvinyl band can quote Baudrillard or Foucault.
Martin Sexton | Wonder Bar | Atlantic
Martin Sexton will feel right at home under the sweet rays of the summer sun and the chill vibrations of beach-time lounging.
Operatica: 0 | Volume 1 | Emagine Music
It seems like nowadays everybody feels the need to combine contrasting music styles. Rap-rock, ska-pop, but opera and electronica?
Unloco | Healing | Maverick
Someone should let these guys know that if their lyrics are simply going to suck, they should scream and blur them together like the rest of the grungy, heavy bassline-hitting hard rockers.
Destiny’s Child | Survivor | Sony
Destiny’s Child is the most important girl group since The Supremes. Push your thick-rimmed glasses back upon your straight-edge nose. You read that correctly.
Daft Punk | Discovery | Virgin
While you’ve been out about town knocking back Red Bulls and vodka at an alarming rate, wrapping your arms around ladies in tube tops and snorting precious concoctions of lidocaine and laundry detergent, Daft Punk was down in the basement mixing up a new kind of medicine.
LAFCO To Vote on Proposed I.V. Inclusion in Goleta Plan
The Goleta cityhood dilemma is expected to come to a head Thursday afternoon, when the question of inclusion or exclusion of Isla Vista will be decided.
Building Blues
There is no question that the proposed I.V. Community Center would be a wonderful asset to this town – but the more pertinent issue at hand raises a question of priority.