Matt Cappiello

November 17, 2005

Madonna | Confessions on a Dance Floor | Maverick

By Matt Cappiello

Pop music is indeed the sluttiest music. On Madonna's latest, Confessions on a Dance Floor, the constantly changing pop chameleon switches outfits once again, this time shorter, dancier, and much more revealing. When thi...

November 14, 2005

A Sad Supporting Cast

By Matt Cappiello

So we had a statewide election last Tuesday. You drunkards have already forgotten about it, haven't you? I decided not to run a piece last week, because a) I have so much badass cred around the Nexus that I can do that a...

November 3, 2005

Live: Arlo Guthrie @ Campbell Hall

By Matt Cappiello

I hate hippies. But I love their music, and I especially love crazy old coots like Arlo Guthrie. When I heard that the folk music legend was going to grace Campbell Hall with his presence, I shouted my joys from the redw...

October 26, 2005

I Think, Therefore I Am Liberal

By Matt Cappiello

Greetings, Nexus readers. I'm flattered that you're taking time out of your shitty anthro class to read my article. I'm your new political columnist, reporting from the Enlightened States of America. But I don't like my ...

October 13, 2005

Eat Your Heartagram Out

By Matt Cappiello

At UCSB, heavy metal is like abstinence - it just doesn't happen. Self-proclaimed "love metal" stars HIM stopped by the Hub last Sunday, bringing their prolific dose of Finnish ass-kicking. Artsweek talked to bassist Mig...

October 5, 2005

I.V. Wraps Up Its Master Plan

By Matt Cappiello

The Isla Vista Master Plan entered its final stages of development Tuesday afternoon as the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors hired an outside business to complete the plans and decided to sponsor a University of...

September 30, 2005

County Lengthens Pot Seizure Season

By Matt Cappiello

Over the past month, Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Dept. has made extensive efforts to nip marijuana growth in the bud. The Sheriff's Dept. Narcotics Bureau has extended the marijuana removal season, which usually ends ...

September 22, 2005

Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang | Virgin Records

By Matt Cappiello

Once upon a time, a bunch of old geezers got back together after years of tough love and too many drugs, to create a bunch of nostalgia music on an embarrassingly excessive salary.

May 12, 2005

Living It Up

By Matt Cappiello

"All the weed smokers, make some noise," said a member of the Living Legends, feeding off the college-boy vibe of the crowd. Last Saturday, their sold-out appearance at the Hub provoked calm, yet collected, energy as the...

May 5, 2005

Better Than Casual Sex

By Matt Cappiello

I kicked gratuitous amounts of ass this weekend at the Coachella Valley Music Festival. For the unenlightened, Coachella is a steamingly hot music festival in the middle of the desert. You spend two days engulfed in musi...

April 21, 2005

Nine Inch Nails | With Teeth | Interscope

By Matt Cappiello

On the first track of the new Nine Inch Nails album, With Teeth, Trent Reznor utters the words, "Why do you get all the love in the world?" in a blues-tinted falsetto.

April 18, 2005

It’s ok, It Can Fix Itself

By Matt Cappiello

I spent most of Earth Day trashed out of my mind. The festivities at Anisq' Oyo' Park pushed the holiday to an alcoholic extreme, making even the most prudish of students into slothful sex machines. While I enjoy exploit...

April 14, 2005

New Order | Waiting For The Sirens’ Call | Warner

By Matt Cappiello

On the album's first track, "Who's Joe?" New Order gains the disdain of rock critics across the land by quoting Jimi Hendrix; asking, "Hey, Joe. What you doing?"

April 7, 2005

Moby @ Campbell Hall

By Matt Cappiello

Generally, pop stars don't frequent academic discussions. One cannot imagine Fatboy Slim or t.A.t.U at a political forum - and if this actually happened, I think we'd all scream and run for the rafters.

March 31, 2005

Queens of the Stone Age | Lullabies to Paralyze | Interscope

By Matt Cappiello

In the Queens of the Stone Age's latest album, Lullabies to Paralyze, Josh Homme awakens the desert spirits. Peyote-spawned demons? Probably.

March 30, 2005

The Two Party System Is Ripe for the Taking, Why Not Take it?

By Matt Cappiello

After the 2004 election, I am an unseated, unsure voter. For the moment, I am registered independent -- not because I am unsure of my values, but because I wish for more from the Democratic Party. I love my country, and ...