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INTERVIEW: Rebelution

May 21, 2009 by

Minutes before Extravaganza '09 opened its doors to a line of hundreds of people, I found myself in front of the Rebelution tent backstage. The reggae band whose members met in SBCC and then began to ...
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Venus Infers Rocks Relay for Life

May 21, 2009 by

Holding a crowd's attention at Relay For Life is no easy task. With the fellas distracted by the perpetual wet t-shirt fest, compliments of water balloon tosses and water "Duck, Duck, Goose" games, a...
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INTERVIEW: DJ Raph

May 21, 2009 by

DJ Raph mixed in-between acts at last Saturday's Extravaganza, making everyone - from the dance-music neophyte to the electro Gene Kelly - get up and bump to the beat of the bass. In between one of hi...
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Audiotistic 2009

May 14, 2009 by

San Bernardino brings two things to mind: bros and Big Bear. But there's another thing the city has to offer - a gigantic fairground that has been the host of many festivals.
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’90s Pop Phenoms The Vaselines Revisited ****

May 14, 2009 by

You've probably never heard of the Glasgow indie-pop band The Vaselines. And, if you have heard of them, it's probably only because Kurt Cobain was madly in love with them. Luckily, Sub Pop Records ha...
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High School Musical ****

May 14, 2009 by

From producer Ryan Murphy, of the demented and immensely pleasurable show, “Nip/Tuck,” comes a tamer but similarly satirical show, “Glee.” This new show – which comes acr...
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Deejay Raph: Extravaganza’s Je Ne Sais Quoi

May 14, 2009 by

I met the Frenchman turned I.V. resident DJ at his residence on Sueño Road. When I got there, the sound of his latest audible concoction blasted through the garage door, the man who had won the D...
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“Star Trek” Rebooted *****

May 14, 2009 by

Although big screen re-imaginings of comic books or TV series have long been de rigueur, none have taken on a series with such a rich back story and committed fan base as "Star Trek." With the collect...
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“Fanboys” To Screen in I.V. Theater Sunday

May 14, 2009 by

Fanboys is the story of five Star Wars fanatics who receive the news that one of them has been diagnosed with cancer and will more than likely not make it for the release of Star Wars Episode I. The f...
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No Moldy Peaches Here ***

May 14, 2009 by

In essence, Peaches is a woman, playing as a man who is dressed as a woman. "You're staring at my ass / and my beard / and my moustache," she taunts on "Serpentine," a track from her latest album, I F...
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Interview: Gregg Gillis, a.k.a Girl Talk

May 7, 2009 by

Gregg Gillis is best known as his DJ pseudonym, Girl Talk. The popular mash-up act is currently on the road on a college tour, which will bring the artist to UCSB for May 15th's Extravaganza. Gillis t...
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Sabatage: Downtown SB’s Favorite Rapper

May 7, 2009 by

Usually on Sunday mornings, I wake up at noon with a hangover and tend to a killer headache. But this Sunday was different: I happily got up at 8 a.m., got dressed and headed to a Starbucks on State S...
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Comedy Prospers at the I.V. Digital Film Fest

May 7, 2009 by

Just barely in its infancy, the second-annual Isla Vista Digital Film Festival premiered Saturday night in I.V. Theater to a decently packed and ultimately unenthusiastic crowd, despite the variety of...
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“Wolverine” Has Claws

May 7, 2009 by

An average start to the summer film season begins with the long-awaited "X-Men Origins: Wolverine." After three films of mutant ecstasy, viewers finally learn the troubled back story of their favorite...
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“Terra” is a Rarity Among Kids’ Films

May 7, 2009 by

"Battle for Terra 3D" is an imaginative children's film about a race of aliens who make first contact with a new species -- humans. Humans have abandoned Earth after destroying the ecosystem during i...
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