I’ll Take a Vowell, Please
Being on the phone with best-selling author and radio goddess Sarah Vowell is an experience akin to talking to that girl who sometimes sits by you in section and always seems to be so particularly fascinating that you just wish you had a good excuse to start talking to her.
UCSB Shocks Bulldogs
Fresno State couldn’t have picked a better time to visit sunny Santa Barbara. That is, if you root for the blue and yellow.
Running Mate
I received an email Tuesday from a 17-year-old from Los Angeles named Cesar. He asked me a bunch of questions about the weather, and I tried to answer them all.
Permission to Participate
Local politics are an interesting beast. Generally speaking, they have a far greater impact on our lives than state and federal politics, yet are greeted with far more apathy.
Dublin’s To Give Liquor a Shot
If local businessman Ricardo Fundament gets his way, Isla Vistans will soon have another place to enjoy a cocktail. Fundament, the owner of Dublin’s Sports Grill, applied to upgrade his liquor license approximately two years ago.
Battle over Spilled Blood
Tokyo, Japan: Uma Thurman slices through throngs of Yakuza, severing heads and literally painting the room red. Jerusalem, about 2,000 years earlier: Jesus Christ shakes in agony as Roman soldiers pound those infamous nine-inch nails into his hands, climaxing a two-hour buildup of violence.
Gaucho Netters Swing for Glory at Big West Championships
The Bulls have done it. The Lakers were the last to do it. Now the #64 UCSB men’s tennis team will fight to accomplish a three-peat.
Computers Have Feelings Too
Do you expect the world from your computer but treat it like dirt? I know you do; I’ve seen your computer. You leave it on day in, day out, unpatched, without so much as a simple software firewall – a virtual welcome-mat for viruses and spyware.
Benefit Honors Friends of I.V. Youth Projects
Isla Vista Youth Projects (IVYP) treated its most dedicated supporters to praise, awards and food Wednesday night at the group’s second annual Children’s Champion Dinner and fundraiser.
Bowie Brings a Breath of Fresh Air
In today’s troubled musical climate, one wonders how to escape the choking morass of teenage weltschmerz, slipshod technical ability and half-baked political dissent so prevalent in live shows.