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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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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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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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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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"Ooh, yeah. We're jamming." As coils of smoke spiraled upward toward the rafters of the Hub last Sunday night, reggae aficionados crammed together in anticipation for one of the biggest musical prodig...
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"bobrauschenbergamerica," the UCSB Dramatic Art Dept.'s latest production, exudes a warmth that will leave you clinging to your apple pie. Based on the works of modern artist Robert Rauschenberg, the ...
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Hiroshima, filled with sun, is waking up on August 6, 1945. Teenage boys are playing a game of baseball, women are shopping at a fish market, crowded trolley cars are carrying parents to their jobs, w...
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This week, my Monday night was usurped by the opportunity to see Broken Social Scene and Feist play at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood. After a short jaunt south on the 101, I arrived in Los Ange...
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Last week, the former frontman of America's biggest cult band released his fifth solo album, Shine. This album gives Anastasio a creditable niche in the pop genre - a result that many critics discoura...
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It's four decades later and renowned folk activist Arlo Guthrie is still humming the same tune. In conjunction with his concert performance later that evening in Campbell Hall, Guthrie took some time ...
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I hate hippies. But I love their music, and I especially love crazy old coots like Arlo Guthrie. When I heard that the folk music legend was going to grace Campbell Hall with his presence, I shouted m...
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Nikola Tesla would be proud of his invention if he could see what radio station KCSB is doing right now. Yes comrades, our beloved student-operated 91.9 FM KCSB is having a party. Not just any party, ...
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A dialogue-heavy family drama about math enthusiasts and the shaky line between genius and insanity may not sound like the most enjoyable way to spend an evening. But lucky for "Proof," with a four-pe...
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In a stroke of titling genius "Saw II" is the sequel to last year's "Saw." Once again, producers resisted breaking the bank on big name actors, casting Shawnee Smith, Franky G and Donnie Wahlberg. Wri...
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Having been repeatedly delayed since its original release date in the summer of 2004 - and nearly a decade in the works had it even made that deadline - A Time to Love can objectively lay claim to the...
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A werewolf who definitely howled mid make-out
A performative male dressed as Tyler Durden
The mime that somehow made it hot and cool
The ghost of your situationship (no, it’s actually them)
Frat vampire, and your neck will be bleeding
The angel that has definitely never gone out
The literal devil
A prisoner with fake tattoos that you can pretend are real for the night
A sexy cowboy that definitely used the ride line at least four times
A Patrick Bateman who relates a little too much
The witch who asked for your zodiac sign first
A nurse who will leave you needing CPR
