Tyler Vickers

October 18, 2007

Flecktacular!

By Tyler Vickers

When you see or hear the word "banjo," what sort of images and sounds pop into your head? Dingy overalls and square-dancing?

October 11, 2007

Write Stuff

By Tyler Vickers

"When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk."

October 4, 2007

It Don’t Mean A Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing

By Tyler Vickers

World-renowned saxophonist Bill Evans once said, "Jazz is a mental attitude rather than a style. It uses a certain process of the mind expressed spontaneously through some musical instrument. I'm concerned with retaining...

September 20, 2007

More Cheese Please

By Tyler Vickers

Some people want fame. Others want fortune.

August 29, 2007

Soothe the Savage Beast at the Beastie Boys Concert

By Tyler Vickers

If you happened to be at the Santa Barbara Bowl last Thursday, and you also happened to be curious as to when the show would begin, you might have leaned toward someone wearing a watch in the accompanying row and innocen...

August 29, 2007

Artsweek Has Invited You To. . .

By Tyler Vickers

Not many things can boost one's ego like a long list of invites under one's Events page - except, perhaps, a well-placed Super Poke from that special someone.

June 27, 2007

A Room With A View

By Tyler Vickers

It's a late Friday afternoon on State Street, right in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara.

May 10, 2007

Salute Your Shortz

By Tyler Vickers

Around five p.m. last Sunday afternoon in Campbell Hall, grown men and women shouted animatedly at a genial gentleman standing onstage.

May 3, 2007

Abandon All Hope

By Tyler Vickers

So, three Berklee College of Music graduates, a jam-metal power trio, a violinist and a cellist all walk into a bar, right? And then - well, I don't have a punch line because this isn't exactly a joke.

April 26, 2007

Artsweek Exclusive: Marisha Pessl Teaches Artsweek A Lesson

By Tyler Vickers

How many authors on the New York Times Bestseller List also have a MySpace page?

April 5, 2007

Part-Time Dick Drake Simo Investigates Isla Vista in Dan Wesolowski’s New Mystery Novel

By Tyler Vickers

Isla Vista is a Dionysian college town known for its babes, booze and excess.

February 15, 2007

Adequate Grace

By Tyler Vickers

In the current American political climate, as much as any other time period or place, it is pretty easy to be cynical. Michael Apted's latest film "Amazing Grace" -

February 15, 2007

The Times of Their Lives

By Tyler Vickers

There is an old Jesuit phrase regarding personality and age: "Give me the child when he is seven, and I will show you the man."

January 11, 2007

Classy

By Tyler Vickers

For most students, teachers exist only in the classroom or at office hours, doling out grades or answering questions. But, try as they may to keep glimpses of their personal lives to a minimum, many teachers can't help b...

October 19, 2006

Protect Ya Neck

By Tyler Vickers

Three Killa Bees - also known as members and affiliates of the legendary Wu-Tang Clan - swarmed the UCen Hub last Sunday, creating hive-minded excitement with their genuine intensity, classically gritty beats and enough...

October 12, 2006

Dearly Departed

By Tyler Vickers

When it comes to "The Departed," the hype surrounding Scorsese's return to the organized crime drama is well-founded - with this film, he takes on a project that seems so familiar, and yet he is able to mold it into a to...