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Bon Voyage | Middle of the Road

May 27, 2004 by Brenna Boyce

"Bon Voyage," a French World War II comedy that relies on overly silly intrigue and playful characters, defines cinema mediocrity with its clich
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RJD2 | Since We Last Spoke | Def Jux

May 27, 2004 by Colin Marshall

RJD2's music has been dubbed "instrumental hip-hop" by the categorization-hungry music press, and it's a classification that confuses some.
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Troy | A Time Before Pants

May 20, 2004 by Kaitlin Burge

Eric Bana, Brian Cox, Wolfgang Petersen and Brad Pitt in a skirt - Warner Brothers' latest filmmaking adventure, "Troy," promises big things. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite deliver. Thirty minutes in...
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Super Size Me | Supersizing America

May 20, 2004 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.
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DIT Style: Doin’ it together

May 20, 2004 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?
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I Know Where I Came From (The Bronx!)

May 20, 2004 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, ...
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Dear Artsweek…

May 20, 2004 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, we...
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The Streets | A Grand Don’t Come for Free | Vice

May 20, 2004 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 hidin...
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KCSB Top Ten Week ending 5/20/04

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

May 13, 2004 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 ...
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Making Artist Books Today: The Rocket Four

May 13, 2004 by Brenna Boyce and 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.
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D12 | D12 World | Shady

May 13, 2004 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...
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Snow Patrol | Final Straw | A&M

May 13, 2004 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 ...
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May 13, 2004 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 quart...
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