Author Discusses a New History of Human Creation

Visitors to the Karpeles Manuscript Library last Saturday had a close encounter with an author who presented his theory that aliens are responsible for creating humans. Marshall Klarfeld, independent ...
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Madonna | Confessions on a Dance Floor | Maverick

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...
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A Sad Supporting Cast

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 ...
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Live: Arlo Guthrie @ Campbell Hall

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 m...
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I Think, Therefore I Am Liberal

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. ...
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Eat Your Heartagram Out

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 t...
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I.V. Wraps Up Its Master Plan

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 spo...
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County Lengthens Pot Seizure Season

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,...
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Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang | Virgin Records

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.
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Living It Up

"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 coll...
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Better Than Casual Sex

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 d...
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Nine Inch Nails | With Teeth | Interscope

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.
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It’s ok, It Can Fix Itself

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. W...
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New Order | Waiting For The Sirens’ Call | Warner

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?"
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Moby @ Campbell Hall

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 rafte...
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