Month: January 2009

Artsweek

Festival Free Flow

January 29, 2009 by Amy Silverstein

In an earlier draft of Andrew Stanton's "WALL-E" script, the humans of the future were "big, green gelatinous blobs" who had lost the ability to read or speak, so that "the whole movie was basically in non-English." Not exactly family-frien...

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A.S. Weighs Options Left by Court Order

January 29, 2009 by Maane Khatchatourian

Council members discussed at length possible approaches Associated Students can take in response to a subpoena issued by Steve Pappas' legal team during last night's A.S. Legislative Council meeting.

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STUDENT CINEMA SPOTLIGHT: “Clams With Green Onions”

January 29, 2009 by Sara Weitz

One of the best things about the festival is that is often screens work by local filmmakers and UCSB students and alumni. One such film that ran at this year's festival is "Clams With Green Onions," a film produced as a part of the Film & M...

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Tears of Joy *****

January 29, 2009 by Artsweek Editor

The first thing that will strike you about listening to The Crying Light, the latest release from Antony and the Johnsons, is the almost ridiculously heartbreaking beauty of the whole affair. Antony Hegarty's voice falls somewhere between m...

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Fresh Blood ****

January 29, 2009 by Robyn Li

The Allmusic Guide compares him to Marvin Gaye; the UK music zine Drowned in Sound calls it a "fine appendix to the ... story so far;" even Pitchfork gives it a lofty 7.9 out of 10. This might just be the album of the season.