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Folk Bands Set to Wow SB Tomorrow

October 12, 2012 by

This Friday, Oct. 12, two fantastic performances will grace the SOhO stage in downtown Santa Barbara starting at 9:30 p.m.: Sean Hayes and Birds of Chicago. Headliner Sean Hayes is a seasoned performe...
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Cool Openers Rock Velvet Jones with The Wombats

October 11, 2012 by

Teeny bop fan-boys and fan-girls from as far as Los Angeles County invaded Santa Barbara Saturday night to see Liverpool’s finest, The Wombats, perform at Velvet Jones. The Britpop band was accompan...
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Wit and Talent: Wainwright Charms Campbell Hall

October 11, 2012 by

Rufus Wainwright, dubbed by Elton John as “the greatest songwriter on the planet,” might just be so. Wainwright joined the music industry in 1998 and reached No. 24 on Billboard’s Top Heatseeker...
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The Lumineers Inspire Joy and Reverence at the Lobero

October 11, 2012 by

On Friday, October 5th, Denver- based American-folk band The Lumineers performed a sold-out show at the Lobero Theatre in downtown Santa Barbara. Although the band’s self-titled debut album was just...
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Welcoming Back UCSB with Flying Lotus

October 4, 2012 by

All of us FlyLo fans were pretty excited when he finally threw us a bone and released a short film on his website, featuring a new track off of his 2012 album Until the Quiet Comes (which was actually...
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Web Series Improve Students’ Filmmaking Chops

October 4, 2012 by

In the past few years, rapidly changing technology and the exponential growth of the Internet has opened up the film and media industry like never before. Production is cheaper and more accessible, ex...
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Stone Foxes and Givers & Takers Rock SOhO

October 4, 2012 by

Last Sunday, SOhO was transformed into a grimy country blues bar reminiscent of Bob’s Country Bunker, chain link fence and all. With gritty guitar licks, powerful vocals, bluesy rhythm and harmonica...
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Food Confessions is Entertaining and Relatable

October 4, 2012 by

Last week I watched “Food Confessions” and had quite the yummy evening. Written by all-star comedian Nancy Nufer, who also portrays the homemaker role in the play, it is a banquet of relatable cha...
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Campus To Screen Rare Art Films in Warhol Series

October 4, 2012 by

It’s difficult to hear the name Warhol and not immediately conjure up images of Campbell soup cans, screen prints of Marilyn Monroe’s smirking face and the tragically beautiful public persona that...
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FYF Fest

September 27, 2012 by

Dusty hipsters covering up expensive designer outfits with one dollar bandanas, Tobias Funke conducting social experiments in person and lots of music — this is the atmosphere of this year’s FYF F...
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Strawberry Music Festival

September 27, 2012 by

Oh, how I love bluegrass. Oh, how I love all of the things that people stereotypically associate with bluegrass: twanging banjos, quick fiddles and old men with majestic beards, do-si-do-ing round and...
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Outside Lands

September 27, 2012 by

Aug. 10, Friday. San Francisco is teeming with excitement. Literally, the whole city has a buzz. Business owners situated close to 18th Avenue and Lincoln Way are praying to the rock gods that their e...
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SD Local has Nostalgia for Simpler Comic-Con

September 27, 2012 by

Never in my life have I been so sore, exhausted and delirious with happiness as I was during this summer’s 43rd Annual Comic-Con International. Comic-Con takes place over four days every July at the...
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Apple’s Quirks Entertain and Move at SB Bowl

September 27, 2012 by

I’m not one for clichés, but Fiona Apple is proof that some people really never change. The eccentric ‘90s singer-songwriter took the stage to a nostalgic crowd Sept. 12 at the Santa Barbara Bowl...
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A&L’s Fall Lineup Offers Superb Entertainment

September 27, 2012 by

I’ll admit it: the reason I initially came to UCSB may not have been its blossoming, burgeoning bevy of arts and culture events. I was skeptical and fairly unaware of the intellectual, artistic and ...
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