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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 th...
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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.
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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.
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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 prof...
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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 ad...
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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.
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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.
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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. Bac...
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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.
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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 fa...
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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...
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"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 uniq...
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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 actual...
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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 ...
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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 b...
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The Good Place: Feels like they’re living in an alternate reality
How I Met Your Mother: Hardcore romantic
Big Mouth: They have one
Jane the Virgin: Cries at every episode
Schitt’s Creek: Narcissist
Modern Family: Claire Dunphy-esque Google Calendar
Friends: Also has 10 seasons worth of lore
Community: Describes their friend group
Sex and The City: Thinks they’re Carrie Bradshaw
The Office: Dwight Schrute tendencies
Arrested Development: Also likes embezzling money
New Girl: Has a drawer full of glitter and ribbon like Jess
