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September 29, 2005

Ebony and Ivory

By Aly Comingore

For most of us, 25 sounds like the cut-off. By the time we all hit the ever-looming mid-20s mark, we want certain goals to be accomplished: Stop smoking, finish college, secure that elusive "real job," find affordable dw...

September 29, 2005

Rise of the BIKO Empire

By Christof Hendrickson

If you haven't been to a local music show in Isla Vista recently, you really need to plan an escape from your grandmother's dirty laundry hamper.

September 29, 2005

Student Film Strikes Back

By Harrison Coltun

It must have been four years ago when the Los Angeles Times published an article by an angered parent who denounced the UCSB Film Studies Dept. The article argued that our beloved film program was failing to prepare grad...

September 29, 2005

Flight Plan | In-Flight Movie

By Harrison Coltun

Does anyone really enjoy flying with the high airfares, worse-than-microwave food and flight attendants who don't get paid enough to give a damn? Let's not forget the worst part: all the smelly passengers who the bankrup...

September 29, 2005

Paul Hardcastle | Hardcastle 4 | Trippin ‘N’ Rhythm

By Colin Marshall

Despite their somewhat unimaginative sequential titling scheme, having listened to electronic music producer Paul Hardcastle's previous three self-titled albums is not a prerequisite for the enjoyment of his brand-new fo...

September 29, 2005

Wolf Parade | Apologies to the Queen Mary

By Chris Trenchard

Why Wolf Parade is apologizing to anyone is beyond me. It's the people who should be getting on their knees, repenting after what Wolf Parade released Tuesday. Masterpieces like Apologies to the Queen Mary only come arou...

September 29, 2005

Kanye West | Late Registration | Roc-A-Fella

By Drew Reed

Kanye West: hip hop's class act, a man who boldly proclaimed on national television that, "George Bush doesn't like black people." For years, West has paid his dues behind the scenes, producing for the likes of Nas, Comm...

September 22, 2005

Who Wants To Be A Rock Star?

By Aly Comingore

If a picture really is worth a thousand words, then the photography featured in Nicholas Zinner's I Hope You Are All Happy Now works as the quintessential memoir on fame, friends and worldly travel.

September 22, 2005

Artist in Profile

By Harrison Coltun

Animation seems to be going through somewhat of a revolution right now. Everyone can go out and independently create their own cartoon series without the backing of some big bucks corporation.

September 22, 2005

2046 | Who Feels Like Chinese?

By Harrison Coltun

This particular film review is much more than a reaction and opinion to a piece of cinematic artwork, it's a homage. Think about this review as a giant thank-you letter to Cynthia Felando, a film professor here at UCSB.

September 22, 2005

The Aristocrats | Stop Me If You’ve Heard This

By Bradley Vargas

The joke begins like this: A man walks into a talent agent's office and says that he has a new act, a family act. "Describe it to me," says the talent agent reluctantly, not particularly looking to add any new act to his...

September 22, 2005

Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang | Virgin Records

By Matt Cappiello

Once upon a time, a bunch of old geezers got back together after years of tough love and too many drugs, to create a bunch of nostalgia music on an embarrassingly excessive salary.

September 22, 2005

Bloc Party | Silent Alarm Remixed | Atlantic Records

By Aly Comingore

So many things can go wrong when compiling an effort like Silent Alarm Remixes that one begins to wonder why bands attempt these "makeover records" at all.

September 22, 2005

The Like | Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking? | Geffen

By Aly Comingore

Let us flashback three years, to a simpler time. It was then that three-piece girl group, The Like, was spending its nights filling opening-act slots at small L.A. clubs and hipster house parties. Back then, the band fel...

September 22, 2005

The Artsweek Calendar: September 22 – September 28, 2005

By system

First day back got you all stressed out and nervous? Feel like you already need a vacation? Well, tonight Arts & Lectures offers up the next best thing.

May 26, 2005

The Many Faces of Ray Bradbury

By Aly Comingore

If you had asked Ray Bradbury to estimate a head count for his Thursday night lecture in Campbell Hall, he probably would have told you the place was pretty damn full. What some would consider most fascinating about the ...