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Adult Education

September 23, 2004 by

When you step into a strip facility, it's going to be dark and loud. When your eyes adjust to the dimness, read the sign posted with all of the rules on it and pay the doorman your entry fee, which ra...
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Tips for Big Tippers

September 23, 2004 by

Artsweek advises that the best way to approach a strip club is out of curiosity and sheer amusement, despite how desperate for poonani you might be.
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Behind the Velvet Curtain

September 23, 2004 by

As Patrick Henry once famously declared, "Give me a lap dance, or give me death!" Actually, that was Charlie Sheen a few nights ago in the Champagne Room. But regardless of who said it, the sentiment ...
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow | Aye, Aye, ‘Captain’

September 23, 2004 by

Almost nothing you see is real. The buildings are fake, the trees are fake and some of the people might not even be people. They might be robots. Such is the situation you find yourself in while watch...
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Garden State | Everything’s Coming Up Jersey

September 23, 2004 by

Mark Twain once said, "You can never go home." His indelible words were surely the inspiration for the summer's indie sleeper hit "Garden State." Who knew that first-time writer/director Zach Braff, o...
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Bjork | Medulla | Elektra/Atlantic

September 23, 2004 by

Bjork has never shied from eccentricism or extremism in her music, and Medulla, her seventh studio album, turning on the axis of vocalization, is no exception.
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KCSB Top Ten

September 23, 2004 by

1) BJORK | Medulla | Elektra/Atlantic 2) THE ORB | Bicycles and Tricycles | Sanctuary 3) MING AND FS | Back to One | Spun
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I Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll All Night

September 16, 2004 by

Though once a magnet for up-and-coming bands, larger touring acts and jaw-dropping performers, Santa Barbara's musical reputation has waned in the last few years.
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Jamie Cullum | Twentysomething | Verve Records

September 16, 2004 by

Chances are, if you have watched VH1 in the past six months, you have heard of Jamie Cullum. The British newcomer to the pop-piano scene released his second album, Twentysomething, earlier this year o...
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The Cure | The Cure | Geffen Records

September 16, 2004 by

It's gotta be hard to keep something going for so long. It's difficult for me to fathom a band being together for as long as the Cure has been, especially since it's far longer than I've been alive.
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The Best is Yet to Come

September 16, 2004 by

A few years back, students voted for a lock-in fee that gave UCSB Arts & Lectures more funds than it had ever received before, which explains the increasingly exciting lineup of films and performances...
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Collateral | Nobody Walks in L.A.

September 16, 2004 by

Among triumphs like "Spider-Man 2" and disasters like "Soul Plane," one film emerged from the shadows this summer: Michael Mann's "Collateral." This neo-noir romp through the dark alleys and blinding ...
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Paul Westerberg | Folker | Vagrant Records

September 16, 2004 by

Paul Westerberg is out with another full-length album, less than a year after his release of his last two records, Come Feel Me Tremble and Dead Man Shake.
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Stop and Smell the Coffee

September 16, 2004 by

If you are anything like us here at Artsweek, you are on a never-ending search for a good cup of coffee in this town.
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Twilight Samurai

June 3, 2004 by

Going to the movies these days is rarely a captivating and fulfilling experience. Formulaic plot lines and huge special effects spectacles are a dime and dozen, but we keep going back with the hope th...
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