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April 19, 2012

New Documentary Explores Radio Activist’s Tragic Death

By Damion Damaske

“Radio Bandido” is a recent documentary directed by Pepe Urquijo about the mysterious death of his friend Oscar Gomez in 1994. Gomez was a DJ at the UC Davis college radio station who came to visit UCSB. He was later...

April 6, 2012

“Secretary”

By Damion Damaske

I still don’t know how I feel about “Secretary.” I can’t call it a bad film, because it wasn’t. I can’t say it wasn’t well acted, because it was. I can’t say it was badly written. I can’t really say any...

April 5, 2012

Adaptations & ‘The Hunger Games’: The Approach of a Former Pop Culture Purist

By Corie Anderson

As an avid consumer of books and films, I’ve always been naturally drawn to film adaptations of books. But I have found many viewers do not realize just how involved and common the practice of translating a book to the...

April 5, 2012

Horror Virtuoso Adam Green Debuts ‘Holliston’ Series

By Derek Boeckelmann

Earlier this week, horror wunderkind Adam Green screened the first and fourth episodes of his new TV series “Holliston” at the University of Southern California, ahead of its official premiere on April 3. In 2006, Ad...

April 5, 2012

NBC’s ‘Community’: Worth Joining

By Damion Damaske

If you haven’t seen “Community” yet, stop what you’re doing and go watch it. NOW. I don’t care if you have to pay for Hulu+, that Netflix isn’t streaming it or that it’s getting harder to torrent by the day...

April 5, 2012

Fans Enjoy Australian Twist on Ibsen

By Corie Anderson

The city of Melbourne, Australia is particularly known for its amazing coffee and bustling art scene. Those are just two of the many reasons I chose to study abroad here in spring. In an attempt to capitalize on the plet...

March 8, 2012

Art MFAs Share their Work in On-Campus Show

By Demi Anter

Last Friday, students and faculty visited Gallery 479 for the closing reception of the first year Studio Art graduate students’ “First Year Review.” The show was up for two weeks, and while it was open to and enjoy...

March 8, 2012

‘Entangled’ Premiers at UCSB

By Demi Anter

Last week, “Entangled,” a new work about sibling relationships and quantum physics by playwright Lila Rose Kaplan, made its world premiere at UCSB’s Hatlen Theater. The play, which follows the intertwined stories o...

March 8, 2012

Just For Fun: Debatably The 11 Best Music Videos Ever

By Jaime Oliveira

The following are a list of some of the most entertaining music videos. Including several genres and spanning many years, this list, compiled in no particular order, contains groundbreaking music videos ranging from the ...

March 8, 2012

Scorsese’s Hugo Hits I.V. Theater

By Darrell Hall

“What?! Martin Scorsese directed a kid’s movie?!” Don’t worry; your reaction is completely natural. Although you might be thinking that this Hugo kid must be secretly a kingpin involved in some sort of mafia, dru...

March 8, 2012

Mac Montgomery & the Family Band Ignite Isla Vista

By Nicole Valencia

Something major is about to happen in I.V., and Mac Montgomery & the Family Band are at the forefront of it. Twenty-one year old Mac Montgomery is not local; he’s not even a student at UCSB or any of the colleges w...

March 1, 2012

UCSB Art Grads Coordinate Faculty Show

By Artsweek Editor

More than 10 years since their last collective art show, members of the UCSB Art Department Faculty exhibited selections from their oeuvres this past weekend at Uppur Bunk Collaborative Art Space in Goleta. The show, fea...

March 1, 2012

‘Bunraku’ Proves Puppets Aren’t Just for Little Kids

By Damion Damaske

“Bunraku” is my favorite avant-garde, post-apocalyptic, kung fu, Western, noir, Socialist propaganda film I have ever seen. To put it in a word: awesome. Now, I don’t know if I’d necessarily call it good, but it ...

March 1, 2012

Surfer Blood Makes Being Weird Cool at Velvet Jones

By Emily Hunt

A Thursday night at Velvet Jones in downtown Santa Barbara already has the potential to lean towards absurdity. With sinister graphic art and an unimaginably cramped dance floor (due in large part to the venue’s strict...

March 1, 2012

Movies to See in Isla Vista and Beyond: “Young Adult” and the Highly Anticipated “Project X” Bring the Crazy

By Darrell Hall

Yes, it’s cold out. But this is not a reason to stay at home. To take a well deserved break from your studies, you should venture from your cozy apartment and see two films that will set the tone for your weekend: “Y...

March 1, 2012

‘Vagina Monologues’ Return to UCSB

By Nicole Valencia

After weeks of spotting an inconspicuously colored, human-sized vagina around campus — an image that has probably loomed in many students’ minds — the “Vagina Monologues” finally hit the stage at Campbell Hall ...