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Jazz Reggae Fest Tops Extravaganza

May 28, 2009 by

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of attending UCLA's Jazz Reggae Festival, the featured annual music event of our southbound University of California neighbor. Much like our very own Extravaganza...
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Festival Offers Up TwoUnique Theatrical Works

May 28, 2009 by

In a continuation of world premiere presentations by the UCSB Dept. of Theater & Dance, the 2009 UCSB New Plays Festival showcased two extraordinary new works by UCSB theater students. The New Plays F...
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Guess Who’s Back… Back Again? ****

May 28, 2009 by

It has been almost five years since phenomenal rap artist Eminem has graced the public with any new music. But now he's back: His latest album, Relapse, is his most raw, intense and overall in-depth l...
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Extravaganza 2009

May 21, 2009 by

Hot off the heels of the one-two punch of its 2008 EP, The Bake Sale, and its 2009 mix-tape, Gone Fishing, The Cool Kids played a mid-afternoon set at this weekend's Extravaganza.
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INTERVIEW: The Cool Kids

May 21, 2009 by

Artsweek writer Matthew Schmitt talks to The Cool Kids - a.k.a. Mikey Rocks and Chuck Inglish.
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Campbell Hall To Host Reel Loud Friday

May 21, 2009 by

Finally legal and of age, the 18th annual Reel Loud Film Festival will fill Campbell Hall tomorrow evening. Each year, Reel Loud challenges local filmmakers and musicians to make a silent project on 1...
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A Cross-continental Affair

May 21, 2009 by

Long ago, Barbara Lebow's parents took a trip to Cuba. A photo of them taken there, in front of a tiled fountain with palm trees in the background, gave the playwright her first glimpse of the island....
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Kings of Leon Rock the KROQ Weenie Roast

May 21, 2009 by

While most students were at UCSB's Extravaganza this past Saturday, I ventured all the way out the Irvine Verizon Wireless Amphitheater to see KROQ's annual Weenie Roast. This year's lineup was one of...
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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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