Artsweek

May 1, 2008

Riding the Rainbow Unicorn

By Tyler Vickers

The weed movie is a pretty straightforward species. In terms of overall viewing experiences, this ganja genre is one of the most self-aware of its audience's mindset: it assumes that each member of the audience gets ston...

May 1, 2008

Tell Me More

By Amy Silverstein

William Tell, the former rhythm guitarist of Something Corporate, graced Storke Plaza on Tuesday with a fittingly corporate rock performance. It couldn't have been easy for him to leave behind a piano rock band that got ...

May 1, 2008

Bragging Rights

By Virginia Yapp

Growing old doesn't mean growing soft, necessarily: Established folk and rock talents like Neil Young and Billy Bragg have more than proved this in recent years, churning out virile political statements that far outstrip...

May 1, 2008

The Lineup

By Staff

1. Japanese choreographers Eiko and Koma are world-renowned for their unique style of modern dance. Now, thanks to Arts & Lectures, they will be making their West Coast debut at 8 p.m. in Campbell Hall on May 1. Tickets ...

April 24, 2008

Going for Guthrie

By Anna Wilson

Arlo Guthrie was born with music in his blood, and probably a guitar in his hand. As the son of Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie is a pedigreed expert in working his audience. And, in his show at Campbell Hall last Wednesday,...

April 24, 2008

Bobbing for Bobby

By Tyler Vickers

By definition, improvisational jazz music thrives on an organic form of expression. Evolving (or devolving) from moment to moment, it flows according to the moods and tendencies of a few musicians on stage. A collective ...

April 24, 2008

Hella Hyphy

By Zach Manzanetti

Last Friday night, NorCal rap group The Federation brought its unique brand of hyped-up hyphy music straight to UCSB's Storke Plaza. Before the show, Artsweek talked with Doonie Baby, Goldy and Stresmatic about performin...

April 24, 2008

Say It Isn’t So, Serpico

By Michael Hafford

It's official: Al Pacino can no longer be considered a cutting-edge talent. After starring in some truly unfortunate movies ("S1m0ne," "Two for the Money," "Gigli"), Pacino has reached what is hopefully his career's nadi...

April 24, 2008

When Legends Collide

By Sukhraj Singh

Well, us martial-arts enthusiasts have been waiting for this for a long time, and it's finally happened. Jackie Chan in a film without Chris Tucker. A bonus: we get Jet Li instead! Hollywood has also thoughtfully provide...

April 17, 2008

Blast Off

By Virginia Yapp

Maybe Phantom Planet was just biding its time, waiting to release its fourth album, Raise the Dead, until after "The OC" finally got kicked off the air and Seth Cohen faded from pop culture ubiquity. It's now been four y...

April 17, 2008

If Your Mother Only Knew

By Sukhraj Singh

Rahzel - arguably the world's greatest beatboxer - provided some absolutely dynamite entertainment last Friday at The Hub. And that would have made for a fine night on its own, but the lucky few who made an effort to att...

April 17, 2008

What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been

By Sara Weitz

"Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle" has become a cult classic in the college world, and now the film's creators are coming out with a second installment of the baked-buddy-comedy franchise, "Harold and Kumar Escape Fro...

April 17, 2008

Break On Through to the Other Side

By Dianne Jobson

Dancing robots, a world-renowned cellist and an Orwellian future with a Fosse flair were just a few of the pieces presented this past weekend at the UCSB spring dance concert, "Breakthrough." Expertly choreographed and e...

April 17, 2008

“Bra Boys” Is One Down and Dirty Doc From Down Under

By Michael Hafford

"Bra Boys" centers on the Abberton brothers and their struggles growing up in the beach ghetto of Maroubra - the last three letters of which form the basis for the gang's name. This focus is a logical one considering th...

April 10, 2008

Please Don’t Stop the Music

By Stephanie Leong

The Biko House co-operative kicked off its first New Music Series night - formerly known as Experimental Music Night - of spring quarter on April 3, featuring musicians the Lords of Outland and Zeug Zeug.

April 10, 2008

Light It Up

By Zach Manzanetti

It would be easy to dismiss the Rolling Stones' recent one-two punch of releases as mere attempts of an aging rock band to capitalize on its success by creating a new product out of its existing catalogue. However, the b...