Artsweek

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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M

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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Sweet Savior of Swelter

May 6, 2004 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...
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Here Come the Pixies, Again

May 6, 2004 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.
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Van Helsing | Monster Mash

May 6, 2004 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."
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Huge in Japan

May 6, 2004 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 i...
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David Cross | It’s Not Funny | Sub Pop

May 6, 2004 by Alex Scordelis

I'm not sure if any official declaration has been made, but I am pretty sure that there is a war being waged among our nation's comedians.
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The Magnetic Fields | i | Nonesuch

May 6, 2004 by Colin Marshall

After 69 Love Songs, the Magnetic Fields' three-disc 1999 epic, fans of singer/songwriter/instrumentalist/band mastermind Stephin Merritt could only have had one question floating in their minds: "Whe...
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Patti Smith | Trampin’ | Columbia

May 6, 2004 by Jory Dominguez

Poet-cum-rocker Patti Smith has produced another brilliant album. The tracks on Trampin' cohere with a finesse that comes from 30 years of creating both art and music and maintaining their points of i...
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