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The recently released horror movie "Silent Hill" came at the crest of a small media furor. Ever since the film's announcement, the fans of the video game it was adapted from have created an avalanche ...
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Suspension of disbelief is often a necessity in appreciating the events of a given film. However, there is only so much disbelief a film can expect its audience to suspend nowadays. Unfortunately, th...
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It is not everyday that the dead return to life. Yet despite the "surprise" demise of obscure indie rockers the Unicorns in early 2005, band members Nick Diamonds and J'aime Tambour are once again rev...
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Some kids never grow up. Or, perhaps more accurately, some kids grow up in their politics, but perhaps not so much in their lyrical styling. Such is the case with proverbial punk rockers NOFX on its l...
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Major music television networks seemed to have taken it upon themselves to give up-and-coming artists a break in the entertainment industry. VH1 junkies know what I'm talking about - the "You Oughta K...
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Following the release of Pinback's full-length debut, Summer in Abaddon, the almighty twosome of Rob Crow and Zach Smith (formerly known as Armistead Burwell Smith IV) have been thrown aboard the one-...
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With eyes twinkling Barry Spacks said, "[Poets] share so much intensity - like a vibrant string ... Poets live dangerously, especially when young. They get in trouble with the opposite sex, and that t...
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Tonight marks the final stop on a nationwide tour for Tim Robbins' prestigious ensemble troupe, the Actors' Gang. Since 2002 the cast has traveled the country with their performance of the true life t...
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The UCSB Dance Dept.'s Spring 2006 Dance Concert titled "Ephemeral/Indeliable: A Concert in Motion" was an endeavor passionately organized by all of its wholehearted participants.
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In Paul McGuigan's "Lucky Number Slevin" the opening credits roll and evoke the feeling of a horror film. Strange, because the film seemed to be both advertised and marketed as an action-packed comedy...
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Creepy dolls, alien Tr-iPods, and Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah's couch: These may sound like the events of the past year, but they are in fact the target of parody in the Weinstein Company release of "...
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Hear ye, hear ye. We can now officially welcome Taylor Hawkins to the category of drummer-turned-front-man. Hawkins is, of course, the former drummer for Alanis Morissette and the current stick-twirle...
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Let's face it - the Subways are doomed. Not only is their guitarist (Billy Lunn) engaged to their bass player (Charlotte Cooper), but they've got Billy's younger brother Josh Morgan playing drums.
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It's no wonder so many music fans hate L.A. With its congested freeways, overpriced concert tickets and pretentious, industry-driven scene, the setting seems bleak for anyone trying to make it big (un...
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Directors often encourage the audience not to ask questions or come up with their own ideas. Rather, we are expected to remain one step ahead of the central characters, aware of the answers to their p...
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Ride through the bike path without crashing
Find a seat at the red couches on the second floor of the library
Sunrise and sunset dip on the same day
Find parking on Del Playa Drive
Drunk for 24 hours
Bagel crawl
First pick at an Arbor muffin in the morning
Participate in a mosh pit at a band show
Finally talk to their class crush
Get an earlier pass time than their friends in GOLD
Graduate
Successfully walk through I.V. without seeing an old hookup
