Tyler Vickers

May 1, 2008

Riding the Rainbow Unicorn

By Tyler Vickers

The weed movie is a pretty straightforward species. In terms of overall viewing experiences, this ganja genre is one of the most self-aware of its audience's mindset: it assumes that each member of the audience gets ston...

April 24, 2008

Bobbing for Bobby

By Tyler Vickers

By definition, improvisational jazz music thrives on an organic form of expression. Evolving (or devolving) from moment to moment, it flows according to the moods and tendencies of a few musicians on stage. A collective ...

April 10, 2008

Visionary Verse

By Tyler Vickers

Following up on an excellent performance by the Living Legends last quarter, After Hours @ the Hub started spring off by hosting hip hop crew Hieroglyphics last Thursday night. The Oakland natives proved their status as ...

April 3, 2008

The Writing’s on the Wall

By Tyler Vickers

Sometimes, three eyes are better than two. Hieroglyphics, the Oakland-based hip-hop group, prove this point very well: Their band's famous logo is a three-eyed and tight-lipped variation on the smiley face, a symbol of t...

February 28, 2008

Heart of Glass

By Tyler Vickers

Minimalism emerged as a critical term to describe a particular subgenre of experimental music in the 1970s, according to Wikipedia. As in architecture or visual art, the musical works classified as "minimalist" strip the...

February 14, 2008

At the Speed of Life

By Tyler Vickers

Babe Ruth's ghost once said, "Heroes get remembered, but legends never die."

February 7, 2008

Jonesing for Tommy Lee

By Tyler Vickers

Life sometimes imitates art. In the role that solidified his status as one of the great Western actors, Tommy Lee Jones portrayed the inimitable Woodrow F. Call, one of the rugged and taciturn protagonists of Larry McMur...

January 31, 2008

Bardem Takes a Bow

By Tyler Vickers

Even though he is an internationally renowned movie star, Javier Bardem can't get used to seeing his name in lights. They appeared bright red upon the marquee of the Arlington Theatre.

January 24, 2008

The Write Stuff

By Tyler Vickers

You read the headline of this article and you immediately dismiss it.

January 17, 2008

Jazzy Jeff

By Tyler Vickers

With a well-honed and concise sense of authorial observation, Jeffrey Eugenides commented on our slice of the Central Coast: "Santa Barbara has some nice medical facilities.

January 10, 2008

Wayans Weighs In

By Tyler Vickers

The Rockefellers had oil, the Carnegies had steel and the Kennedys had politics. When it comes to comedy, however, one American family shines above all others: the Wayans.

November 29, 2007