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It wouldn't take much convincing to make some uninitiated music fan believe that the Coral was one of the best bands of the late '60s. Their sound, you could say, captured the essence of Britain's tra...
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1) Air | Talkie Walkie | Astralwerks
2) Ima Robot | Alive | Virgin
3) The Unicorns | Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? | Alien8
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Valentine's Day may just be the most bogus of all holidays, according to Artsweek, but that doesn't mean we don't know how to celebrate in style. Now, there are those among us with a less than critica...
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If you've seen the sign, you know... the vaginas are coming. It sounds a bit like some quasi-pornographic gross-out horror flick playing to an audience bespectacled in 3-D glasses. One imagines giant ...
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The Romantics haven't released a studio album in 18 years, so you'll be forgiven for not knowing who they are. Their managers robbed them blind, and their biggest hit, "What I Like About You," is now ...
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1) Crystal Method | Legion of Boom | V2
2) Air | Talkie Walkie | Astralwerks
3) Ima Robot | Alive [EP] | Virgin
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British rockers Elbow say they play "progressive rock without the solos." While the first half of that quote delighted me, the second half induced a wave of crushing disappointment.
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Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters spent a few years putting together an album's worth of metal tunes, then recruited such all-stars as Lemmy from Motorhead, Cronos from Venom and Max Calavera of ...
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Glasgow-bred Belle & Sebastian have produced a movie soundtrack, several EPs and six noteworthy albums, including last year's Dear Catastrophe Waitress.
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The last few years have brought a resurgence of documentary films to the forefront of national attention. "Bowling for Columbine" in 2002 and "Spellbound," "Capturing the Friedmans" and "Winged Migrat...
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As another extension of the documentary boom resonating through many a film circle, UCSB Arts & Lectures and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival have teamed up to offer "The Truth of Nonfict...
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As the Santa Barbara International Film Festival nears its end, there are still plenty of films to see and celebrities to stalk. Here is a short list of what is still to come and what should be worth ...
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Incubus's lead singer, Brandon Boyd, is a highly attractive individual. That being said, it seems that he was blessed in the looks department rather than the musical genius one.
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During Weezer's hiatus in the late 1990s, drummer Patrick Wilson's ennui motivated him to form the Special Goodness, a side-project featuring himself on vocals and guitar with Moth's Atom Willard drum...
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On Educated Guess, Ani diFranco makes a radical change from the sound of her other recent albums. The influence of the singer's split from her husband and long-time sound engineer is reflected in both...
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Ride through the bike path without crashing
Find a seat at the red couches on the second floor of the library
Sunrise and sunset dip on the same day
Find parking on Del Playa Drive
Drunk for 24 hours
Bagel crawl
First pick at an Arbor muffin in the morning
Participate in a mosh pit at a band show
Finally talk to their class crush
Get an earlier pass time than their friends in GOLD
Graduate
Successfully walk through I.V. without seeing an old hookup
