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The Raconteurs Release a Revelatory Record

April 3, 2008 by

Good God, it’s nice to hear Jack White with a competent drummer behind him. The Raconteurs’ second album, Consolers of the Lonely, is not dominated by The White Stripes’ front man, a...
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Ain’t Nothin’ But a Spring Thing

April 3, 2008 by

Springtime in Santa Barbara. The weather is beautiful, most of the time. The sun is shining, some of the time. And, classes come second to your social life all of the time. There's just something abou...
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Losing It

April 3, 2008 by

The fate of films dealing with the war in Iraq has tended to be fairly similar during the past few years - most of them end up falling victim to audience indifference and apathy, unfavorable reviews, ...
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The Writing’s on the Wall

April 3, 2008 by

Sometimes, three eyes are better than two. Hieroglyphics, the Oakland-based hip-hop group, prove this point very well: Their band's famous logo is a three-eyed and tight-lipped variation on the smiley...
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Mack the Knife

April 3, 2008 by

Brooklynite Bryan Scary and his supporting band, the Shredding Tears, achieve liftoff with their second album, Flight of the Knife, an exceedingly bizarre concept album about the heroic endeavors of A...
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Like Eating Glass

March 6, 2008 by

As Philip Glass took the stage Sunday night, Campbell Hall was packed and the body heat of the hushed audience was rising. Glass, a soft-spoken man with an absent-minded professor appeal, emerged to a...
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Girl On Girl

March 6, 2008 by

Despite what its sexy previews suggest, Justin Chadwick's "The Other Boleyn Girl" leaves audiences with the cinematic version of blue balls.
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Delightfully Dramatic

March 6, 2008 by

UCSB's Dept. of Theater and Dance premiered Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Idiot's Delight," in Hatlen Theater on Feb. 29. The play takes place in the 1930s and is essentially cent...
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Vital Video

March 6, 2008 by

British artist Isaac Julien is world renowned for his innovative film installations, but most UCSB students probably know him from lectures in law & society, sociology, political science and any other...
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Oh So Emo

March 6, 2008 by

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 ...
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The Write Stuff

February 28, 2008 by

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-...
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Probing A Probable Pop Prince

February 28, 2008 by

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.
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VHS Virtuosos

February 28, 2008 by

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.
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Heart of Glass

February 28, 2008 by

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 "m...
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Healthcare Goes Hollywood

February 28, 2008 by

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...
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