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Blast Off

April 17, 2008 by

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. ...
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If Your Mother Only Knew

April 17, 2008 by

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 m...
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What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been

April 17, 2008 by

"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 ...
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Break On Through to the Other Side

April 17, 2008 by

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

April 17, 2008 by

"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 logica...
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Please Don’t Stop the Music

April 10, 2008 by

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 Z...
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Light It Up

April 10, 2008 by

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 catal...
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Visionary Verse

April 10, 2008 by

Following up on an excellent performance by the Living Legends last quarter, After Hours @ the Hub started spring off by hosting hip hop crew Hieroglyphics last Thursday night. The Oakland natives pro...
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Some Enchanted Evening

April 10, 2008 by

When one thinks of classical dance, visions of nutcrackers and prima ballerinas in pretty, puffy pink tutus dance across the mind. Or, perhaps the image of Mikhail Baryshnikov twirling his manly yet d...
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Take a Hike

April 10, 2008 by

"Leatherheads," George Clooney's third directorial effort, is a love letter to the good old days - the ones when the dames had moxie, the movies had a madcap energy and professional football was unfet...
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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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