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October 6, 2011

Lisa Hannigan Sweetly Serenades SOhO

By Madison Medeiros

Irish singer-songwriter Lisa Hannigan played to a full house at SOhO on Saturday night. Dressed in an emerald dress and stylish boots, she looked as beautiful as the music she performed. Many of the songs Hannigan played...

October 6, 2011

KCSB Celebrates 50 Years of Free Radio

By Carly Bonilla-Flores

In 2010, the Santa Barbara Independent regarded KCSB as “one of the few remaining free form radio stations in the United States.” It was this kind of praise and recognition that KCSB received and commemorated at its ...

October 6, 2011

Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

By Demi Anter

Hippies. Homeless. Hipsters. Heaven. These may seem like some incongruous terms, but they actually add up to produce one incredible thing: the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival. Hardly Strictly is a free festival put on...

October 6, 2011

Why Music Fans are Inherently Terrible

By Damion Damaske

When you’re talking to someone about what kind of music you like, it can be as treacherous as bringing up politics or religion. Most people hold the music they enjoy as sacred, and many do so to the point of fanaticism...

October 6, 2011

Students Interview Comedy Central Cast

By Damion Damaske

If you haven’t heard of “Workaholics,” the work-place comedy from Comedy Central that’s now entering its second season, you’re missing out. The comedy, from creators and stars Adam DeVine, Blake Anderson and An...

October 6, 2011

Kingsley Proves “Yes” is Just Long Enough

By Demi Anter

On Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, “Yes is a long time,” a theater and dance production written by Sibyl O’Malley and directed by UCSB faculty member Mira Kingsley, opened for a three-night run at UCSB’s Hatlen Theater. ...

September 29, 2011

Big Sean Plays UCSB

By Fabian Garcia

In true UCSB fashion, Big Sean greeted students with an evening of chardonnay, lemonade and bullshittin’ last Saturday for the Welcome Back 2011 concert. The Detroit rapper stepped on stage at 10 p.m. and played a soli...

September 29, 2011

Superheroes: More Than Just the Spandex

By Damion Damaske

For those of you like me (i.e. without lives), you know DC comics created a vast, universe-spanning reboot for 52 titles that are now arbitrarily labeled with #1 issues across the board. This is the biggest reboot for DC...

September 22, 2011

Tom Freund: Lyrically Lacking, but Musically Magnificent

By Phoebe Light

When Tom Freund walked onto the stage in front of a very sparse SOhO crowd last Thursday night, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Shaggy-haired, scruffyfaced and clad in a baggy T-shirt and jeans, Freund’s appearan...

September 22, 2011

Mario as Michelangelo: Video Games as Art

By Damion Damaske

It takes a long time for a new form of art to be accepted as a “true” form of art, whatever that means. Generally when people think of art they think of paintings, literature or sculptures, but art is so much more. F...

September 15, 2011

The Worst Movie in Existence. Period.

By Damion Damaske

A lot of people talk about the worst movie ever without knowing what they’re talking about. To them “the worst movie ever” is simply a long movie filmed in black-and- white, declaring every movie pre-1960s worthy o...

September 15, 2011

The Joy Formidable Bring the Spunk to SoHo

By Emily Hunt

When The Joy Formidable steps on the stage, audiences may have a few questions. Is this metal or pop? Are bassist Rhydian Dafydd and drummer Matt Thomas aloof or merely professional? Is front woman Ritzy Bryan eyeing the...

June 2, 2011

Cash Rules Everything Around Me: An Exploration of the Complex Relationship Between Popular Film and Commercialization

By Damion Damaske

  What is art? How do you define art? Is it only classical and traditional forms of expression, such as painting, sculpture and music? Or does it encompass a larger spectrum? Can a toilet bowl be art? Or pissing on ...

June 2, 2011

“The Museum of Woman”: Where Art Comes to Life in an Inspiring Form

By Victoria Essien

  When I heard “At the Museum of Woman, paintings aren’t just two dimensional beauties — here, they talk back!,” I imagined a less chaotic, feminist version of “Night at the Museum.” As part of her senio...

June 2, 2011

Reel Loud Film Festival 2011:Come One, Come All to the ‘Greatest Show on Earth!’

By Lexi Pandell

  From the kicky, folk-inspired music for “Bicycle Day” to the surreal sepia tones of “Pass the Parcel” to the sentimentality of “California!,” UCSB’s 20th annual Reel Loud was a “reel” success las...

June 2, 2011

Codes and Keys Unlocks More Optimistic Doors

By Carly Bonilla-Flores

  It seems like I’ll never escape the fact that Death Cab For Cutie’s Ben Gibbard is happily married to doe-eyed indie princess, Zooey Deschanel. This indie marriage made in heaven seems to have had an effect on...