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Movie Reivew: The Producers | Break a Leg

"Under the right circumstances, a producer could make more money with a flop than with a hit!" With this unthinkable declaration, Leo Bloom (Matthew Broderick), the socially awkward accountant with su...
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Last Holiday | Holiday Fit For a Queen

When playing chess, if you have lost your queen, you can change a pawn that moves all the way across the board back into that queen. This allegory obviously brings us to singer/actress Queen Latifah. ...
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Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins | Rabbit Fur Coat | Team Love Records

With Rabbit Fur Coat, Rilo Kiley frontwoman Jenny Lewis sets out to secure herself a spot alongside the Patsy Clines and Tammy Wynettes of decades past. The startling part of such a bold venture is th...
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Winter Wonderland

With the start of what looks to be the warmest winter Santa Barbara has seen in years, we here at Artsweek cannot help but get a little giddy at the thought of a new quarter. For us at least, the next...
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Old MacDonald Had a Script

Have you ever been sitting in a movie and thought to yourself, "I could write something better than this trash"? Well, here is your chance.
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Eternal Debate, Round 15

There are many choices we meager human beings must deal with. Difficult choices such as sweet and sour or barbeque, Backstreet Boys or *NSYNC and whether happiness is defined by love or money.
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The Strokes | First Impressions of Earth | RCA

Four years ago, the Strokes' debut album Is This It rocked the world, prompting critics everywhere to declare them the band destined to save rock 'n' roll. They rode the wave of fame until 2003 when t...
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The Elected | Sun, Sun, Sun | Sub Pop

Fans of older Rilo Kiley cuts like "August" and "Small Figures in a Vast Expanse" will remember Blake Sennett as Jenny Lewis' right-hand man and unlikely replacement at the mic stand.
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Ryan Adams | 29 | Lost Highway

At the rate that Ryan Adams has been penning tunes as of late, some cannot help but worry that his meticulous composition and artistic integrity may begin to suffer. Meanwhile, others are just frettin...
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Artist in Profile: Allison Anders

We here at UCSB are extremely lucky. No not for our unnaturally close proximity to the great pacific Pacific or our numerous Nobel laureates but for something else. We have at our school a filmmaker w...
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Live: Death Cab for Cutie @ The Wiltern

Sure, Ben Gibbard may appear the atypical tough guy, but after Saturday night, one cannot dispute the fact that the lead singer of Death Cab for Cutie had his game face on. Prone to wearing his heart ...
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Moview Reveiw: The Ice Harvest | Lloyd Dobler Takes on the Mob

Coming from someone who would like to think that John Cusack can do no wrong, it means a lot to say that the plot description for his latest venture, "The Ice Harvest," found me hesitant to see it at ...
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Live: Bulgarian Bebop @ Campbell Hall

It's hard to sit still in Campbell Hall when confronted with music so animated and danceable as to be banned under Soviet rule. Gypsy megastars Ivo Papasov, Yuri Yunakov, Neshko Neshev and Salif Ali a...
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Madonna | Confessions on a Dance Floor | Maverick

Pop music is indeed the sluttiest music. On Madonna's latest, Confessions on a Dance Floor, the constantly changing pop chameleon switches outfits once again, this time shorter, dancier, and much more...
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Steve Carell: Polka Dot in a World of Taupe

Star of stage and screen, both big and little, Steve Carell is becoming something of our generation's funniest comedians. Whether you know him from shows such as "The Daily Show," "The Office" or as m...
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