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Upon first listening to Neil Young's new album, Fork in the Road, one gets the feeling that the artist was on a personal quest to find the most unexciting ideas and lyrics and lump them together as an...
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English artist Natasha Khan brings back the atmospheric, intricately orchestrated style of her debut album on her follow-up, Two Suns, a record that explores the instability and multiplicity of identi...
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Stop me if you've heard this one before: A naïve and rage-filled man date rapes a girl so schnockered that she doesn't realize the vomit on her blouse is her own. He pounds away at her until he n...
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Over the holiday weekend, I found myself cornered at the Passover Seder table by a cousin (aged five-and-three-fourths years old) who seemed determined to tell me a story.
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Among the three recently opened exhibitions at the University Art Museum, "Signs of His Times: Gary H. Brown's Works and Selected Gifts to the University Art Museum" is instantly memorable, filled wit...
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Swedish trio Peter Bjorn and John spices up its instrumentation a bit on its sophomore effort, Living Thing; the group's addition of a more eclectic, electronic sound to its insanely catchy brand of r...
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Artsweek compiles some of the season's choice entertainment for your convenience.
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In the early 2000s, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs burst onto the indie/alternative/punk/art garage rock scene with its debut album, Fever to Tell. The New York trio's debut featured a unique sound that it conti...
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Although “Sunshine Cleaning” may share some DNA with popular indie hit “Little Miss Sunshine,” the films could not be more different. While “Little Miss Sunshine” f...
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“Monsters Vs. Aliens.” Stop and think about that for a minute. Monsters. Versus. Aliens. If that title doesn’t give your inner 10-year old boy a seizure of awesome, I don’t kno...
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Every generation claims that rock is dead. And every generation has been wrong. Someone always comes around. Whether it's Jimi Hendrix, Axl Rose or Kurt Cobain, there is always someone with a new spin...
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Guitarist Randy Randall and drummer Dean Sprunt are collectively known as the noise punk band No Age. Randy and Dean have become iconic in the L.A. music scene, inspiring hordes of imitators and inspi...
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The Black Lips' musical talent somehow surpasses its considerable reputation for debauchery. That's saying a lot for a band that has been banned from multiple concert venues in L.A. for its members ma...
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James Gray is one of the rare dark romantic filmmakers left in Hollywood, and he demonstrates his mastery of this style with his most recent film, "Two Lovers." The film, which features a performance ...
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Thespians from the UCSB Dept. of Theatre & Dance showed off their convincing British accents this weekend in a well-acted performance of "Time and the Conways," a melodramatic play written by playwrig...
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The Good Place: Feels like they’re living in an alternate reality
How I Met Your Mother: Hardcore romantic
Big Mouth: They have one
Jane the Virgin: Cries at every episode
Schitt’s Creek: Narcissist
Modern Family: Claire Dunphy-esque Google Calendar
Friends: Also has 10 seasons worth of lore
Community: Describes their friend group
Sex and The City: Thinks they’re Carrie Bradshaw
The Office: Dwight Schrute tendencies
Arrested Development: Also likes embezzling money
New Girl: Has a drawer full of glitter and ribbon like Jess
