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Battle Royale

March 8, 2007 by

Five local bands went head to head in Saturday night's "Battle of the Bands" hosted by A.S. Program Board at the UCSB Hub this past Saturday.
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Nuns Having Fun

March 8, 2007 by

Arms poised in a port de bras, Sister Mary Leo, the novice nun, glides across the stage with the use of pink Heelys, the footwear of a common ten-year-old hipster that allows one to roll across a room...
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Bring in da Funk

March 8, 2007 by

On Saturday, March 10, USCB is fortunate to have the dynamic hip hop artist Lyrics Born performing at the Hub.
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Calendar for 3/8/07

March 8, 2007 by

Unwind tonight with a little night music, as the University Wind Ensemble presents a concert featuring works by Robert Washburn, Gordon Jacob, Vincent Persichetti, Eric Ewazen, Samuel Hazo and Eric Wh...
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Arcade Fire / Neon Bible / Merge Records

March 8, 2007 by

Sharing a name with Tom Kennedy Toole's novel, Neon Bible falls short of its predecessor Funeral, featuring more abrasive lyrics and a rather disappointing experimentation with new sounds.
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Pushing the Envelope

March 1, 2007 by

"Are you over 21?" I had no idea why the portly guy who works the front desk at the desolate-looking building I'd been sent to with six tapes to send up on a satellite feed from Century City to Chicag...
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Rhythm & Rhymes

March 1, 2007 by

Black History Month went out with a slang Tuesday, Feb. 27 with Universes' Universe's "Slanguage," presented by Arts & Lectures.
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Spy Games

March 1, 2007 by

At one point in "Breach," Chris Cooper's character, Robert Hanssen, complains that his fellow FBI agents are more interested in violence and glory than in contemplation and moral conviction.
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Love By The Numbers

March 1, 2007 by

Say the words "science fiction," and the imagination conjures visions of breathtaking advances in physics and biotechnology that transform our world into a dystopia, a utopia or a little of both.
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Scrap It

March 1, 2007 by

Not many sculptures are adorned with strands of human hair and old stickers. Then again, most sculptures are not made out of lint.
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“Into Great Silence” Speaks Volumes

March 1, 2007 by

With the Oscars culminating last Sunday and Hollywood's summer blockbusters yet to come, Philip Gršning's documentary about reclusive French monks, "Into Great Silence," offers a more poetic and ...
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Bloc Party | A Weekend in the City | Wichita

March 1, 2007 by

Bloc Party's new album, A Weekend in the City, is an overproduced attempt at becoming something more than Silent Alarm.
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Getting Dirty

February 22, 2007 by

"Mud" may be the single most depressing hour ever to take place at the HSSB Performing Arts Theater.
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X-Men

February 22, 2007 by

Harked from the 1990's "Golden Era" of hip hop, the legendary X-Clan performed last Friday night at Velvet Jones.
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Silk Road Cinema

February 22, 2007 by

As movie theaters currently buckle under the weight of the celluloid backwash that studios unleash at the beginning of each new year
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