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May 31, 2012

‘Workaholics’ Star To Perform for I.V. Charity

By Damion Damaske

Do you enjoy laughing? Of course you do. Unless you’re a robot. And even a robot will be able to enjoy the great weekly event Laughology. Laughology, which has been around for several years now, takes place every Satur...

May 31, 2012

A Serious Guide to Enjoying Things Ironically

By Damion Damaske

When you hear somebody telling you they only enjoyed something “ironically,” it’s only human nature to ask them what the fuck they are talking about. Can you enjoy something ironically — whether it’s a movie, a...

May 31, 2012

Beck and Devendra Banhart Charm SB Bowl

By Victoria Essien

Last Thursday night, it seemed that every middle-aged Caucasian person in Santa Barbara came out to see ‘90s alt-rock god Beck at the Santa Barbara Bowl. The Los Angeles-born, Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist...

May 24, 2012

Sundays are for Extravaganza

By Fabian Garcia

A lot of people woke up hungover on Sunday morning with one thought on their mind: SNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP! Then many of those same people proceeded to drink alcohol and smoke weed for the remainder of the day in prep...

May 24, 2012

Extravaganza Openers Voice Complaints about ASPB

By Audrey Bachelder

On Monday, May 14, a letter sent to A.S. Program Board, Chancellor Henry T. Yang, the Daily Nexus and The Bottom Line brought an air of discontent to ASPB. The letter relayed a series of miscommunications between Program...

May 24, 2012

Love Without Handle Bars: An Interview with Nexus’s Renaissance Man, Brent Pella

By Ryan Porush, Jacqueline Vietor

Daily Nexus co-sports editor Ryan Porush and managing editor Jacqueline Vietor sat down with Brent Pella, co-sports editor and the genius behind the recent UCSB YouTube music video sensation “Bike Path Love.” Pella d...

May 24, 2012

Raised by Pop Culture: What’s Under the Covers?

By Damion Damaske

Why is it that whenever you’re at a concert of a band you’ve never heard of, the loudest you cheer is when they do a cover? It doesn’t even have to be a song you like, or even a particularly good cover: You cheer n...

May 24, 2012

Former Fleet Foxes Drummer Strikes Solo Gold

By Trevor Crown

There comes a time in every hipster’s life when he or she must claim ownership of the newest “big thing” and speak the inevitable words: “I was into that band before they were famous.” Joshua Tillman’s new pr...

May 17, 2012

Six Seasons and a Movie

By Demi Anter

An art show that is particularly dear to Artsweek’s heart will open this summer in Los Angeles. PixelDrip art collective’s “Six Seasons and a Movie” art show began as an art-based personal coping mechanism for fa...

May 17, 2012

Author to Address the ‘Science of Creativity’ at UCSB

By Corie Anderson

Did you know Bob Dylan wrote his iconic song “Like a Rolling Stone” only after giving up on music and moving to rural upstate New York? Did you know the color blue has been linked to creativity? Or that, instead of d...

May 17, 2012

Is Film Better Than Digital or Just Nostalgic?

By Damion Damaske

Christopher Nolan, director of the new successful string of Batman films, has recently gone on record in a Directors Guild of America interview defending film while denouncing digital moviemaking. Nolan isn’t the only ...

May 17, 2012

Reel Loud Films Recall Silent Era

By Damion Damaske

Digital movie-making is changing the landscape of the film industry. It’s at a point now where it seems that filmmakers using film cameras, film stock and editing film splicers to produce movies are a thing of the past...

May 17, 2012

Contest Celebrates Chinese Culture

By Brandon Foo

The Hong Kong Student Association is hosting its seventh annual Singing Contest in the MultiCultural Center Theater this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Fourteen contestants will be performing Mandarin, Cantonese and English pop s...

May 10, 2012

STRFKR Pleases Fans, Leaves Security in the Dark

By Victoria Essien

This past Friday, Portland natives Starfucker (or “STRFKR”) played a sold-out show in the Hub. Starfucker, which consists of band members Joshua Hodges, Shawn Glassford and Keil Corcoran, originally got together in 2...

May 10, 2012

Film Industry Workshop Will Bring Together Students and Professionals

By Derek Boeckelmann

The application process is now open for UCSB’s annual Talent Trade workshop. The student-run conference brings casting directors, talent agents and managers to the UCSB campus to lead a series of workshops and lectures...

May 10, 2012

SF Indie Film Begins ‘Uphill’ Climb at L.A. Festival

By Emily Hunt

Los Feliz 3 Cinemas in Los Angeles opened its doors to the premiere screening of San Francisco director Richard Bosner’s “Falling Uphill” on May 1. The film is as much a study of individuality as it is a romantic c...