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‘Scary Wives of Windsor’ at the Park

October 6, 2011 by

It is often said that Queen Elizabeth I commissioned The Merry Wives of Windsor, a spin-off of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, out of her fondness for the iconic character, “Sir John Falstaff.” That may...
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Malkovich Brings ‘Infernal Comedy’ to the Granada

October 6, 2011 by

Thirty minutes after curtain call, Musica Angelica finally started Michael Sturminger’s show, “Infernal Comedy — Confessions of a Serial Killer”, with their beautiful performance of C.W. Gluck...
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Lisa Hannigan Sweetly Serenades SOhO

October 6, 2011 by

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 s...
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KCSB Celebrates 50 Years of Free Radio

October 6, 2011 by

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 ...
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Hardly Strictly Bluegrass

October 6, 2011 by

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 ...
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Why Music Fans are Inherently Terrible

October 6, 2011 by

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...
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Students Interview Comedy Central Cast

October 6, 2011 by

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, B...
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Kingsley Proves “Yes” is Just Long Enough

October 6, 2011 by

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...
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Big Sean Plays UCSB

September 29, 2011 by

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....
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Superheroes: More Than Just the Spandex

September 29, 2011 by

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 b...
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Tom Freund: Lyrically Lacking, but Musically Magnificent

September 22, 2011 by

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,...
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Mario as Michelangelo: Video Games as Art

September 22, 2011 by

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 ar...
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The Worst Movie in Existence. Period.

September 15, 2011 by

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 movi...
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The Joy Formidable Bring the Spunk to SoHo

September 15, 2011 by

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

June 2, 2011 by

  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...
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