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March 9, 2006

What, No Blarney Stone?

By Sophia Kercher

Dense and sinister-a fog slowly rolls over the audience's heads setting the stage for a performance of visiting playwright Marina Carr's "By the Bog of Cats." The fog preludes the clouds of malady that is to fall over th...

March 9, 2006

Ghetto Musik

By Harrison Coltun

If the "Girl from Ipanema" were alive today, she would certainly be homeless, addicted to drugs or dead. Today's Rio de Janeiro is much different than the Rio that inspired Stan Getz to write that famous song about Brazi...

March 9, 2006

16 Blocks | Do You Feel Lucky, Punk?

By Amanda Panella

Transport a criminal from his cell to a court appearance - simple enough, right? That's what Jack Mosley (Bruce Willis), an alcoholic and aging cop, has to do. But, with Eddie Bunker (Mos Def) in his backseat, Mosley get...

March 9, 2006

She Wants Revenge | She Wants Revenge | Geffen

By Aly Comingore

If Interpol is the mainstream musical brain fodder of mopey art students, then She Wants Revenge's self-titled debut acts as the melodramatic junior high schooler's equivalent. This is not to say that She Wants Revenge d...

March 9, 2006

Mogwai | Mr. Beast | Matador

By Rebecca Riley

For our beloved Daily Nexus readers who have not yet heard of Mogwai, I would briefly describe them as an instrumental rock band that utilizes the versatility of the electric guitar in all of its varied forms: overdriven...

February 23, 2006

Artist in Profile: A Portrait of the Hairbrain Scheme as Young Men

By Nick Pasto

Rome wasn't built in a day. Neither was the Hairbrain Scheme. Each member of this Santa Barbara quartet was carefully constructed over the course of approximately nine months inside his mother's womb. I've been told that...

February 23, 2006

The Last of The Mountain Kings

By Gina Pollack

If you're craving some serious outdoor adventure, go no further than Campbell Hall next week. The Best of the 30th Annual Banff Mountain Film Festival, a showcase of short independent adventure films, is coming to UCSB n...

February 23, 2006

Live: Avenged Sevenfold, CKY and the Confession

By Matt Cappiello

I'm standing at the front railing, a high-decibel monitor in front of my face. A large, tattooed woman behind me emits a sigh of frustration. "God, Avenged had better go on soon," she says. "Then I can go smoke."

February 23, 2006

Transamerica | Road Less Traveled

By Harrison Coltun

What exactly constitutes a recipient of an Oscar for Best Actress? This question brings us to this year's favorite for the Oscar for Best Actress in the form of the film "Transamerica."

February 23, 2006

The Best of Youth | When In Rome

By Sophia Kercher

The film, "The Best of Youth," is like a fine wine, aged for four decades and made from grapes that grew in the most stunning landscapes of Italy.

February 23, 2006

Feist | Let It Die

By Anna Trumbo

After an illustrious career of collaborating and performing with numerous other artists - Peaches, Apostle of Hustle, Kings of Convenience and Broken Social Scene, to name a few - Canadian singer/songwriter Leslie Feist ...

February 23, 2006

Arctic Monkeys | Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not

By Aly Comingore

When a band like Arctic Monkeys comes along, all dirty, loud and English, surrounded by more buzz than a Smashing Pumpkins reunion, one can't help but wonder if the buildup will overshadow the talent, or skill, or sub-pa...

February 23, 2006

Se

By Adam Wenger

From the twisted minds that taught us all that gay bars are as exciting to sing about as they are to accidentally stumble into, comes an album bursting at the brim with rock-'n'-roll delight, ridiculous lyrics and over-t...

February 23, 2006

Calendar: February 23, 2006 – March 2, 2006

By system

Rilo Kiley's leading lady, Jenny Lewis, travels the back roads of L.A. County tonight for a solo performance at the Pomona Glass House.

February 16, 2006

Woman Warrior

By Aly Comingore

A literary master of her time, Maxine Hong Kingston has spent her career in search of personal truth and social justice. The author of such canonical Asian-American texts as The Woman Warrior, China Men and 2003's The Fi...

February 16, 2006

Coming To America

By Anna Trumbo

In a collaboration of creative input and dynamic artistry, Brown Baby, by Carlos Morton, will world premiere this Friday at 8 p.m. in the UCSB Performing Arts Theatre. The play deals primarily with the ethically ambiguou...