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Looking for a way to make the long winter nights go by a little quicker? Afraid to traipse around DP because your California constitution can't handle the cold? Don't worry, Artsweek has your back.
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A Grave Affair

If you are one of the many that have yet to experience "psychobilly" music in any form, consider this your introductory course. Often thought of as the hellish offspring of rock 'n' roll and punk rock...
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Dance If You Want To

Local hipsters hit Santa Barbara's newest hot spot last Thursday, as a line out the door marked the opening of the new Club Factory at Zelo's
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Open Mike

For the mind that started a cultural fervor with "Beavis & Butthead," and crafted the office comedy with more Comedy Central airings than even "Caddyshack," surprisingly little is known about the soft...
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The Animation Show Must Go On

Controversial animator Ralph Bakshi once said, "Live action writers will give you a structure, but who the hell is talking about structure? Animation is closer to jazz than some kind of classical stag...
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Less Is More

UCSB graduate Brad Silberling is living proof that a degree from UCSB can indeed lead to actual paying jobs in the film industry. During his career as a writer and director, Silberling has worked on f...
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So Dreamy

Vibrant colors and lively music immediately greet moviegoers within the first few minutes of Bill Condon's musical drama "Dreamgirls," a fitting opening for the dazzling film.
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A Revolutionary Read

Nothing about Only Revolutions, Mark Z. Danielewski's most recent book, is easy - least of all reviewing it. It's built like practically nothing else on the literary shelves, save perhaps for House of...
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Write Out

UCSB's Screenwriter's Co-Op is sowing the seeds for a few future screenwriters next weekend, as it hosts the annual Word Farm event from Jan. 19 to 21. Word Farm is a three-day screenwriting "camp" th...
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Soapy, Sappy & oh So Scandalous

"Notes On A Scandal" is the kind of film Hitchcock could have created - had Hitchcock been less into thrills and chills and more into soaps and salacious scandals.
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Classy

For most students, teachers exist only in the classroom or at office hours, doling out grades or answering questions. But, try as they may to keep glimpses of their personal lives to a minimum, many t...
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Smoke This

A clock and two candlesticks rest atop a mundane mantel. The scene is entirely ordinary, aside from the locomotive train emerging, still steaming, from the fireplace.
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Calendar for 1/11/06

Thursday (1/11/06): If the first week of school has you feeling a little crazed, try de-stressing at the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum with something a little more creative than beer and Bon B...
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Rock and Rolling

Although they may not open with a banner announcing themselves as the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world, their Bigger Bang Tour proves that The Rolling Stones are, indeed, the best band out the...
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Game On

If this generation's videogame console war will be known for anything, it will be the stream of ridiculous stories regarding both the Sony PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii. The PS3's low supply and ...
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