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May 20, 2004

Super Size Me | Supersizing America

By Glenn Heath

In the new documentary "Super Size Me," filmmaker Morgan Spurlock confirms what any reasonable person already knew: Fast food is terrible for your heath.

May 20, 2004

DIT Style: Doin’ it together

By Danny Lewis

Don't you miss the days when artists believed in something, and shouted it out for the whole world to hear - or wrote it down articulately and assertively in a manifesto?

May 20, 2004

I Know Where I Came From (The Bronx!)

By Brenna Boyce

Awash in a sea of mediocre punk and throwback bands, the Los Angeles quartet the Bronx made a name for themselves starting in 2002. After being offered numerous record contracts after only two shows, the boys decided to ...

May 20, 2004

Dear Artsweek…

By Jessica Jardine

It's funny, because I've never been that great at goodbyes (though I'd like to meet the person who's constantly raving about how they "totally rock at goodbyes"), but I've always relished the soft, welcoming sappiness of...

May 20, 2004

The Streets | A Grand Don’t Come for Free | Vice

By Blaire Brown

It's 2004, and with the help of talented new artists, the music scene is finally being revived from its troublesome drought. It seemed that for some time, music was dead and that originality was hiding somewhere, sucking...

May 20, 2004

KCSB Top Ten Week ending 5/20/04

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May 13, 2004

Monty Python’s ‘Life of Brian'” | Brian Bashes ‘Passion’

By Shade Remelin

Just in time to miss all the fun, Monty Python's seminal attack on the seminary system and all things religious, "Life of Brian," has just been resurrected in the theaters for a short run. I'll admit that I didn't make i...

May 13, 2004

Making Artist Books Today: The Rocket Four

By Brenna Boyce, Danny Lewis

The Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, a modest-sized gallery snuggled onto the second floor of the Paseo Nuevo mall on busy State Street, isn't hindered by its small floor plan.

May 13, 2004

D12 | D12 World | Shady

By Cole Burbidge

On D12's sophomore album, they're just as sophomoric as ever. Of course, no one ever really bought a D12 album for its touching, soulful lyrics, either. This album is really one for Eminem fans, as he tends to really dom...

May 13, 2004

Snow Patrol | Final Straw | A&M

By Colin Marshall

Some vigilant observers of musical trends have expostulated that the field of indie rock lacks musical variety. Taking into consideration the striking similarities between many of the genre's current prevailing acts (Int...

May 13, 2004

M

By Jory Dominguez

To appreciate ambience is to favor essence over substance, longing over fulfillment, and quintessentially, less over more. Understandably then, the music of Icelandic electro-pop experimentalist quartet M

May 13, 2004

KCSB Top Ten

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May 6, 2004

Sweet Savior of Swelter

By Jessica Jardine

Then again, I'm not exactly sure how I even ended up in this hotel room on a blisteringly hot, sunstroke-inducing Sunday afternoon. Because my cell phone has been dead for a day and the thick blackout curtains are pulled...

May 6, 2004

Here Come the Pixies, Again

By Shade Remelin

OK, the Pixies are back and they've brought the marketing with them. This self-titled DVD features a live show, videos and a documentary. I'll start with the live stuff.

May 6, 2004

Van Helsing | Monster Mash

By Aaron Vaccaro

Upon entering a screening of "Van Helsing," I can honestly say that I had never been as excited to see a movie with Dracula, Wolfman and Frankenstein since the 1987 film classic "The Monster Squad."

May 6, 2004

Huge in Japan

By Jessica Jardine

There are bands that claim Santa Barbara as their home turf and end up making it big that you'd rather not hear a great deal from - ahem, Trapt - and then there are bands like Sugarcult who've found international and com...