Month: October 2011

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Lisa Hannigan Sweetly Serenades SOhO

October 6, 2011 by Madison Medeiros

Irish singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan played to a full house at SOhO on Saturday night. Dressed in an emerald dress and stylish boots, she looked as beautiful as the music she performed. Many of the songs Hannigan played were from her sopho...

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KCSB Celebrates 50 Years of Free Radio

October 6, 2011 by Carly Bonilla-Flores

In 2010, the Santa Barbara Independent regarded KCSB as “one of the few remaining free form radio stations in the United States.” It was this kind of praise and recognition that KCSB received and commemorated at its 50th anniversary kic...

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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

October 6, 2011 by Demi Anter

Hippies. Homeless. Hipsters. Heaven. These may seem like some incongruous terms, but they actually add up to produce one incredible thing: the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Hardly Strictly is a free festival put on annually by multi-m...

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Why Music Fans are Inherently Terrible

October 6, 2011 by Damion Damaske

When you’re talking to someone about what kind of music you like, it can be as treacherous as bringing up politics or religion. Most people hold the music they enjoy as sacred, and many do so to the point of fanaticism and fundamentalism....

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Students Interview Comedy Central Cast

October 6, 2011 by Damion Damaske

If you haven’t heard of “Workaholics,” the work-place comedy from Comedy Central that’s now entering its second season, you’re missing out. The comedy, from creators and stars Adam DeVine, Blake Anderson and Anders Holm (as well a...