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March 6, 2008

Oh So Emo

By Virginia Yapp

Buried beneath the inessential trash - the 10-minute digression of sonic experimentation of the album's titular track comes to mind - is the most essential, "emotional" album that Stephen Malkmus has released in years. M...

February 28, 2008

The Write Stuff

By Dianne Jobson

Cartoons aren't just for kids, as anyone who's watched the late-night programs on "Adult Swim" may have noticed. One of the star programs is "Aqua Teen Hunger Force," an animated series about a crime-fighting fry carton,...

February 28, 2008

Probing A Probable Pop Prince

By Sara Weitz

When a singer's claims to fame consists of being picked to perform on "American Idol" and having a close, personal friendship with Fred Durst, the term "down-to-earth" doesn't exactly come to mind.

February 28, 2008

VHS Virtuosos

By Mollie Vandor

French filmmaker Michel Gondry is best known for his imagination and his uncanny ability to bring the wild world inside his head to full-fledged, full-color fruition on film.

February 28, 2008

Heart of Glass

By Tyler Vickers

Minimalism emerged as a critical term to describe a particular subgenre of experimental music in the 1970s, according to Wikipedia. As in architecture or visual art, the musical works classified as "minimalist" strip the...

February 28, 2008

Healthcare Goes Hollywood

By Stephanie Leong

The Arts & Lectures screening of the much-lauded documentary, directed by Connie Field, "¡Salud!" was an informative, thought-provoking experience that raised many important questions on relevant issues in today's m...

February 28, 2008

The Lineup Week of 1/28/08

By Mollie Vandor

1. Congratulations to the Coen brothers for the four Oscars their film, "No Country For Old Men," won. Artsweek would like to thank the Academy for recognizing a duo whose sheer genius is responsible for such gems as "Th...

February 21, 2008

Graphic Art

By Mollie Vandor

"Persepolis" - it's a title that's been whispered reverently from film geek to film geek, slowly gaining the kind of underground cache that virtually guarantees its eventual migration into the mainstream.

February 21, 2008

A Knight’s Tale

By Karen Locke

"When a fool falls in love, nothing can change his mind." Anyone who has been or known anyone in love can verify just how accurate those words are. On that note, the UCSB Department of Theatre and Dance continued the Val...

February 21, 2008

Tiny Dancer

By Dianne Jobson

With her small frame but exquisite form, Nina Ananiashvili captivated the crowd at the Arlington Theatre Tuesday night. She displayed the wonderment of the young girl, Giselle, while still maintaining the poise of a very...

February 21, 2008

Walking Into Spiderwick

By Sukhraj Singh

In an age where there are adaptations of children's fantasy novels being churned out left and right, it's difficult to bring anything new to the table. "The Spiderwick Chronicles" could easily be compared to other films ...

February 21, 2008

Just Jack

By Amy Silverstein

It would be easy to dismiss Jack Johnson's latest album, Sleep Through The Static, as a rip-off of his three previous platinum releases, but that is beside the point.

February 14, 2008

Phoning Farrell

By Mollie Vandor

Comedy and tragedy - they're the dual extremes of human emotion and the necessary ingredients for pretty much every major work of art, literature and film in the Western canon. They also happen to be at the heart of how ...

February 14, 2008

In the Dark

By Stephanie Leong

The epitome of electro-pop/dance rock music, Hot Chip returns with its new album, Made In The Dark, which just goes to show how energetic and dynamic the genre can be. Inclined to indulge their love of genre-crossing and...

February 14, 2008

The Direct Approach

By Virginia Yapp

Okay, so Artsweek promised that last week's issue was our last foray into the fabulous functions of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. But, alas, space constraints led to the exclusion of one of the most ente...

February 14, 2008