God Save the King
In “King Of California,” a bug-eyed, grubby Michael Douglas tries and fails to channel Don Quijote, succeeding only at creating a misguided, self-conscious attempt at quirky indie comedy. .
Armchair QB
Who cares if Ben Howland and UCLA extends their marriage for seven more years? At least our coach has a full head of healthy hair.
Humane Society Awards Nava for California Condor Conservation
Commemorating his efforts to preserve the last 130 California condors remaining in the wild, the Humane State Legislator of the Year Award was presented to local assemblyman Pedro Nava yesterday in downtown Santa Barbara.
Make Your Own Path in School, Be Active
If a student wanted to get educated, how should he or she go about it? Most undergraduates follow the path of least resistance, getting processed rather than educated. One can get a degree without learning much of anything. Yet there are plentiful resources in a university for the student who wants them. Universities are reservoirs of art, science, knowledge and freedom. The problem is to connect with those aspects rather than the bureaucracy.
Opposites Attract
Tony Bennett
Tony Bennett dedicated a song to us! Well, not exactly. But he did introduce one of the sensational standards he sang at the Santa Barbara Bowl last Sunday night with, “Let’s sing one for the MTV crowd.” And, since I think my friend and I were the only two people in the packed bowl whose social security has yet to kick in, I’m going to go with the assumption that he meant us.
SB Band Advances Further in Annual MTV2 Competition
Santa Barbara-based band Them Terribles beat out approximately 5,000 other groups to become one of 12 finalists in an MTV2 competition that could put the band on the charts.
Bush World Cuts Kids’ Healthcare
This past summer, millions of Americans watched “SiCKO,” Michael Moore’s admittedly tendentious, although not inaccurate, exposé of the American health care industry. There is a palpable desire for health care reform in this country, and at least for once, Congress has taken notice.
Band of Horses Rides Again
Sophomore albums tend to be heavily scrutinized and picked apart by critics and fans alike, often unfairly. Expectations are amplified when your band’s debut album is a critically acclaimed, Pitchfork-approved, list-topping surprise success like Band of Horses’ debut album was when it was released by Sub Pop Records last year. Some refer to it as the sophomore curse: A band doesn’t want to release an album that sounds so much like its first record that it gets decried as sounding phoned-in or robotically boring, but it also doesn’t want to depart so much from it that it confuses and alienates the band’s fan base.
Police Release Crash Victims’ Names
The Santa Barbara Police Dept. has now released the name of the UCSB student and his two family members who were struck by a car this past weekend while crossing a downtown intersection. Janone Ashkenazi, a first-year resident of Francisco Torres, was walking across the intersection of State Street and Carrillo Street with his mother, […]
Campus Solicitors Save the Trees and the Last Dance, Too
OK… I know that the Arbor and the UCen are prime locations for scoping out all the people rushing from Jamba Juice to their next class in Ellison Hall (or opting to skip class for Jamba Juice), but please campus organizations: Stop with the paper solicitation.