The Underbelly Speaks

Just in case you thought The Onion was only good for fake news (“Hostel-Dwelling Swede Getting Laid Big-Time”) be pleasantly surprised by their most recent creation, The Tenacity of the Cockroach: Conversations With Entertainment’s Most Enduring Outsiders.

MTD Plans Better Ride for Students

Metropolitan Transit District representatives presented a proposal for changes to next year’s rates and services provided to students and the community in a meeting Tuesday at the Graduate Student Lounge.

The Alkaline Trio | Good Mourning | Vagrant Records

The Alkaline Trio and I go way back. I mean, I can’t even recall all the countless drunken nights we’ve spent together singing at the top of our lungs, reciting morbid lyrics like sacred poetry, and passing out as Matt Skiba and Dan Andriano sang me contently to sleep.

Frozen Snake May Warrant Charges

On Wednesday, the UC Police Dept. requested an additional count of felony animal cruelty against an Isla Vista man who was arrested in connection with the multiple stabbing of a 13-foot, 80-pound Burmese python.

The Black Keys | thickfreakness | Fat Possum

Remember the scene in “The Blues Brothers” when Jake and Elwood try to buy a smoking electric piano at Ray’s Music Exchange in downtown Chicago?

UC May Ban Faculty-Student Romances, Sex

The UC Board of Regents is considering an addition to the Faculty Code of Conduct making it a violation for a faculty member to engage in a relationship with a student for whom he or she has an academic responsibility or should expect to have such a responsibility.

Tomahawk | Mit Gas | Ipecac

Thought Mike Patton disappeared from the face of the earth after Faith No More disbanded in 1998? He’s actually been keeping himself quite busy with several bands and his very own record label.

Library Helps Dig Up Family Trees

The Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society Library, also known as the Sahyun Library, is a nonprofit organization that provides material useful for researching family history.

Artswekk Calendar: May 15 – May 22, 2003

Drop the doll and needles because Big Bad Voodoo Daddy will supply you with all the gratification you need. In an effort to promote their new album, BBVD will grace the Ventura Theatre tonight at 7.

Persian Culture Night Takes To MCC Stage

The third annual Persian Club Culture Night will bring the sights, sounds, and culture of traditional Iran to UCSB. Culture night will begin tonight at 7 p.m. in the MultiCultural Center Theater.