County Board Denies Naples Ranch Amendement
The County Board of Supervisors voted this week to reject a controversial amendment to the 71-home Santa Barbara Ranch project at Naples.
Oh Baby, Just One More Time
It’s been a long time and I really need to get some. I’m dying for some action! I need it two more times before we go off to Spring Break. I’m not embarrassed to admit it’s been over three months since I’ve really been pounded.
Wall Street Journal Hosts Gore at Bacara
Al Gore spoke at the second ECO:nomics conference at the Bacara hotel in Goleta yesterday.
Dark Matter Physicist To Hold Enlightened Discussion
Pressing the common conceptions of the universe, assistant professor Tommaso Treu will speak next Thursday, March 12 about his research on dark matter and black holes.
GIANT PENIS
Did anyone else notice the blood bus by the arbor today? Not too unusual on its own, I know. But I did care for its juxtaposition next to the girl dressed up as a giant vagina across the way.
Authorities Investigate Man’s Death
A 20-year-old male UCSB student died in Isla Vista Tuesday night. Officials say it appears the individual committed suicide.
Into the Desert
The U.S. as a whole, and California specifically, is so culturally blended that finding a singular identity for us is nigh impossible. However, as Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns and the ridiculous urban cowboy fashion trends in Europe and Japan point out, there is nonetheless a serious worldwide obsession with the Wild West. In addition to Busch-swilling NASCAR fans, the Marlboro Man is one of the most powerful icons of America’s roots, and a large part of it is due to the mystique surrounding the open desert. With all of this in mind, a few friends and I spent last weekend wandering Joshua Tree with the aim of finding what all the fuss is about.
Highlanders Head to UCSB
After clinching a berth into the Big West tournament with a win over UC Davis last Saturday, the UCSB men’s basketball team is now looking to climb atop the conference fray and sneak their way into grabbing a bye heading into the tournament with a game against UC Riverside tonight in the Thunderdome.
Q&A: A Chat With No Age Frontman Randy Randell
Guitarist Randy Randall and drummer Dean Sprunt are collectively known as the noise punk band No Age. Randy and Dean have become iconic in the L.A. music scene, inspiring hordes of imitators and inspiring throngs of rail-thin, thrift-store-shopping kids to mosh frenetically throughout the band’s entire show. Randy took some time to talk to an Artsweek writer after playing a show last weekend at downtown Santa Barbara’s Velvet Jones.
Pure, Unadulterated No Age
Every generation claims that rock is dead. And every generation has been wrong. Someone always comes around. Whether it’s Jimi Hendrix, Axl Rose or Kurt Cobain, there is always someone with a new spin on that old three-chord trope. Except there hasn’t been one for quite a while.