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World-renowned saxophonist Bill Evans once said, "Jazz is a mental attitude rather than a style. It uses a certain process of the mind expressed spontaneously through some musical instrument. I'm conc...
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"Across the Universe" is both a film and a time capsule, allowing our own jaded generation to experience what it felt like to live through the idealistic 1960s. The film - a musical in which people be...
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Local dance aficionados won't have to look hard to find some new talent this fall as Ballet Santa Barbara's fourth season, "Les Petits Ballets Santa Barbara," begins this weekend. The company, which w...
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With the long, languid days of summer rapidly becoming but a distant memory and the onslaught of a new year of classes coming at you faster than you care to accept, it's hard to see the positive side ...
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If ever there were a film that could bring homicidal feminists and Rudy Giuliani together to share a bag of popcorn, it would be "The Brave One."
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Last Thursday night, I had the pleasure of witnessing one of the best bands play at the Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre. The New Pornographers are one of those bands that no matter which song they play,...
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"Andy Warhol Presents" is a small but weighty collection of Andy Warhol's early work - as well as a surprising smattering of Edie Sedgwick drawings - running in the University Art Museum until Oct. 7.
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If you prefer your music with a coffee and a cigarette rather than a forty and a blunt, the lounge act Pink Martini is perfect for you.
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There is one universal truth that all indie music fans eventually have to come to grips with - inevitably almost all of the best indie bands will take a foray into the mainstream.
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Playing the Santa Barbara Bowl last Friday was Modest Mouse - a band that needs no introduction to the Santa Barbara crowd.
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All contemporary American westerns share the same three facets: geography, horses and guns.
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If you happened to be at the Santa Barbara Bowl last Thursday, and you also happened to be curious as to when the show would begin, you might have leaned toward someone wearing a watch in the accompan...
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Not many things can boost one's ego like a long list of invites under one's Events page - except, perhaps, a well-placed Super Poke from that special someone.
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Welcome to college. Unless Mommy and Daddy are as generous with their cash as a bored college kid is with a poke button, you will hereby be broke for the next four years. It doesn't matter if you work...
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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
