Subtle / For Hero: For Fool / Astralwerks

Subtle's For Hero: For Fool defies any kind of categorization, straddling the line between rap, hip hop and experimental rock (think Radiohead and the Gorillaz being remixed together by the Caterpilla...
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Great Moments in Punditry(Part 2)

After several years of pursuit and negotiation, UCSB Arts & Lectures achieved the unthinkable: They booked funnyman Jon Stewart, host of "The Daily Show" for a night of stand-up in the Thunderdome (hi...
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“Borat” Reviewings

"High five!" Against all odds, "Borat!: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" has swept the box office, earning the honor of being one of the few great movies t...
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Honor the Warrior

"Whether revered or reviled in their lifetimes, history's movers framed their questions in ways that were entirely disrespectful of conventional wisdom. Civilization has always advanced in the shimmer...
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Revenge Is Sweet

UCSB is no stranger to concerts, but it's a stranger to the stranger side of music.
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In Full Bloom

Following a week of promotion about UCSB and Santa Barbara, the “Peony Pavilion” opened Friday night at the Lobero Theatre to a sold-out house, one of the most diverse the Lobero has ever ...
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Flower Power

To glean some insight into the Peony Pavilion, Artsweek interviewed the man responsible for bringing it to Santa Barbara: Pai Hsien-yung. Also known as Kenneth Pai, he is a prominent Chinese-American ...
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Summer Loving

The Arts & Lectures planners haven't just assembled a summer of cost-effective entertainment. Each film planned is a serious critique of media, racism, imperialism and war in the United States and abr...
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Gypsy Kings

"I am the champion of champions," Uncle Refet said, the 70-something self-proclaimed "King of Disco" and citizen of Shutka, a tiny Roma town in Macedonia.
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Fighting Dirty

Cory Booker is a 32-year-old Yale Law grad, Rhodes scholar, college football star and hopeful future Democratic mayor of Newark, New Jersey, a city with one of the highest poverty and crime rates in A...
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Right to Remain Silent

At 9 a.m. on an overcast Saturday morning, deep in Ellison Hall - the citadel of the UCSB Film Studies Dept. - the organizers of the Reel Loud Film Festival met for this year's selection day. This is ...
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Reel To Reel

Reel Loud showcases a film selection as diverse as the wildest minds of the student body. Crossing over genres ranging from tragic drama to uproarious comedy, the festival entries include shorts about...
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Fit for a Queen

"Kings and Queen" follows the lives of two former lovers over the period of a week. Nora (Emmanuelle Devos) is a successful, but icy, single mother working at a trendy Parisian art gallery. She return...
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Silent Hill | Night of the Living Video Game

The recently released horror movie "Silent Hill" came at the crest of a small media furor. Ever since the film's announcement, the fans of the video game it was adapted from have created an avalanche ...
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