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May 26, 2005

Star Wars Episode III | GRRRURRR!!!

By Harrison Coltun

Watching "Star Wars" is like going to your first baseball game; it's just good, clean fun. Whatever your level of love affair with "Star Wars" may be, it is hard to deny that the series is more than a movie - it's a cult...

May 26, 2005

That’s No Bull Shirt

By Jessica Vrazilek

"Wearable art" is how up-and-coming fashionista Scarlett Baily describes her line of handmade, hand-painted and designed T-shirts. Baily, a sophomore art history and Spanish major at UCSB, has a unique style that is emi...

May 26, 2005

Band of Brothas and Sistas

By Amita Chollate

Admit it. When you think no one's listening, you bust out singing at the top of your lungs in the shower, car or anywhere else you feel like. Four out of five times, however, your friends would actually pay you to stop s...

May 26, 2005

CD Reviews: The Rippingtons | Wild Card | Peak

By Colin Marshall

Ah, it's good to see the Jazz Cat again. Despite numerous changes of style and personnel over the years, the grinning visage of cover artist Bill Mayer's stylized feline has remained a solid constant throughout the Rippi...

May 19, 2005

Recipe for a Film Fest

By Harrison Coltun

Last Friday night I received a text message that read "Remember Reel Loud screening tomorrow 9am, Ellison 1714." I received the message with mixed enthusiasm. I was excited to get the opportunity to be a part of somethin...

May 19, 2005

For Your Viewing Pleasure

By Harrison Coltun

Here is a brief preview of what to expect of the selected films for the Reel Loud Film Festival. It is quite the eclectic group of stories, actors and ideas. When you have an open call for all aspiring filmmakers you sho...

May 19, 2005

Unleashed | Every Dog Has Its Day

By Harrison Coltun

It may have been the psychologist John Watson, or perhaps B.F. Skinner, who argued that if someone were so inclined, they could mold another individual's personality into whatever they wanted. If such a person took an im...

May 19, 2005

Bobby McFerrin Live @ Campbell Hall

By David Landes

A spotlight, a water bottle, a chair, a microphone; it was all Bobby McFerrin needed to captivate the 800 people in Campbell Hall and receive a standing ovation. His one-man-band performance redefines what a human with a...

May 19, 2005

Ryan Adams | Cold Roses | Lost Highway

By Brenna Boyce

Besides the obvious name similarities, it has always confounded me why Ryan and Bryan Adams are constantly compared and confused. Canadian Bryan Adams rode the cheesy pop wave of the late '80s with unfortunate songs like...

May 19, 2005

Weezer | Make Believe | Geffen

By Aly Comingore

There is something to be said for Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo, who has taken his band to the top of the charts and quite possibly become the most admired nerd of the past two decades.

May 19, 2005

The Dave Matthews Band | Stand Up | RCA

By Brad Vargyas

Dave Matthews Band had to have been feeling a certain amount of pressure going into the making of their new release Stand Up. With their 2001 album Everyday, they alienated some of their more core Bonnaroo-loving fans wh...

May 19, 2005

Spoon | Gimme Fiction | Merge Records

By Brad Vargyas

The image on the cover of Gimme Fiction recalls a popular image from fairy tale lore - that of the ill-fated Little Red Riding Hood. It's this sort of brooding essence mixed with colorful exuberance that Texan indie rock...

May 12, 2005

Extravaganza Goes Flipmode

By Brenna Boyce

Having earned a solid reputation for mixing things up, the Associated Students Program Board (ASPB) continues to impress this year when it comes to Extravaganza. Traditionally a free, all-day music festival held on a Sat...

May 12, 2005

Carrying On

By Brenna Boyce

Artsweek: At what age did you start to become interested in music? Damian Marley: From as young as I can remember; from birth. What got you interested in more of a hip hop style? I just like hip hop music. It is the musi...

May 12, 2005

Crash | Crash Into Me

By Chris Otte

When the credits finally rolled in "Crash," directed by Paul Haggis, I realized I was out of breath. "Crash" manages to squeeze multiple plot lines, all filled with drama and excitement, into its short 113 minute run tim...

May 12, 2005

Kingdom of Heaven | Too Pretty to be a Gladiator?

By Mark Batalla

Stop me if you've heard this one before; Balian (Orlando Bloom) is an everyday blacksmith destined to become the film's hero. He crosses the sea alongside an armada of ships to participate in a questionable war in a dese...