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Rolling Stones | A Bigger Bang | Virgin Records

September 22, 2005 by

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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Bloc Party | Silent Alarm Remixed | Atlantic Records

September 22, 2005 by

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

September 22, 2005 by

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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The Artsweek Calendar: September 22 – September 28, 2005

September 22, 2005 by

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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The Many Faces of Ray Bradbury

May 26, 2005 by

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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Star Wars Episode III | GRRRURRR!!!

May 26, 2005 by

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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That’s No Bull Shirt

May 26, 2005 by

"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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Band of Brothas and Sistas

May 26, 2005 by

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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CD Reviews: The Rippingtons | Wild Card | Peak

May 26, 2005 by

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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Recipe for a Film Fest

May 19, 2005 by

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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For Your Viewing Pleasure

May 19, 2005 by

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 aspirin...
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Unleashed | Every Dog Has Its Day

May 19, 2005 by

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...
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Bobby McFerrin Live @ Campbell Hall

May 19, 2005 by

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...
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Ryan Adams | Cold Roses | Lost Highway

May 19, 2005 by

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 un...
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Weezer | Make Believe | Geffen

May 19, 2005 by

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.
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