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Beck and Devendra Banhart Charm SB Bowl

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 m...
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Sundays are for Extravaganza

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 remainde...
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Extravaganza Openers Voice Complaints about ASPB

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

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

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 goo...
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Former Fleet Foxes Drummer Strikes Solo Gold

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.” Joshu...
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Six Seasons and a Movie

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 cop...
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Author to Address the ‘Science of Creativity’ at UCSB

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? O...
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Is Film Better Than Digital or Just Nostalgic?

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. Nol...
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Reel Loud Films Recall Silent Era

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...
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Contest Celebrates Chinese Culture

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, Cantone...
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STRFKR Pleases Fans, Leaves Security in the Dark

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, original...
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Film Industry Workshop Will Bring Together Students and Professionals

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

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 a...
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American Reunion Strikes a Chord With Fans

It’s hard for me to think of the ’90s as something to be nostalgic about. I mean, wasn’t the ’90s just a few years ago? Seriously, it’s only been, like … Holy shit: 13 years! I have nieces...
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