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More Cheese Please

September 20, 2007 by

Some people want fame. Others want fortune.
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Music With A Twist

September 20, 2007 by

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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Rilo Kiley

September 20, 2007 by

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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The Mouse That Does Not Squeak

September 20, 2007 by

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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Go West, Young Man

September 20, 2007 by

All contemporary American westerns share the same three facets: geography, horses and guns.
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Soothe the Savage Beast at the Beastie Boys Concert

August 29, 2007 by

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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Artsweek Has Invited You To. . .

August 29, 2007 by

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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More for Your Money Beef Up Your Events List for Less

August 29, 2007 by

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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Summerteeth

August 29, 2007 by

With their pads, pens and pensive expressions, music journalists are an easy group to spot at any concert.
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Pack That Bowl

June 27, 2007 by

Sometimes a band isn't meant to perform live. Sometimes otherwise-talented musicians just don't do so well at holding an audience's attention for a whole headlining set.
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Simon Says

June 27, 2007 by

Article Published Saturday July 14, 2007.
Whenever an up-and-coming artist opens for someone more established, there's always that make-or-break moment about halfway into the set when th...
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The White Stripes Step Up Their Sound for the Stadium Circuit

June 27, 2007 by

Following the commercial success of White Blood Cells, the White Stripes are sticking to the same tried-and-true formula of combining memorable lyric, super catchy guitar riffs and a lot of repetition...
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A Room With A View

June 27, 2007 by

It's a late Friday afternoon on State Street, right in the heart of downtown Santa Barbara.
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And The Living’s Easy

June 27, 2007 by

It's official - summer show season is here. Far from the overcrowded shows that characterize the rest of the year, summertime shows tend to be more about open space, fresh air and that certain kind of...
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Magnetic Mariane

June 27, 2007 by

The latest depressing pseudo-documentary about current affairs, the Angelina Jolie vehicle, "A Mighty Heart," opens with shots of a sprawling, overwhelming cityscape.
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