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January 29, 2003

KCSB Top Ten: January 30, 2003

By Mr. Bell

January 23, 2003

Vegan Punks AFI bid Farewell to The Living Room

By Jessica Jardine

AFI has earned a devout following after six independent releases and has changed its sound, as well as its lineup, significantly over the last decade.

January 23, 2003

Money Mark’s Playhouse

By Alex Scordelis

Unofficially recognized as the fourth member of the Beastie Boys, creator of four eclectic solo albums and participant in numerous collaborations, this wonder behind a Wurlitzer is hitting the stage at Absinthe on Friday...

January 23, 2003

Movie Review | The Hours: Who’s Afraid of A Prosthetic Nose?

By Lara Bradshaw

Adapted from the novel "The Hours," director Stephen Daldry takes the interestingly interwoven tale of three women, and visually connects their stories into one cohesive yarn about ultimate alienation and longing for fre...

January 23, 2003

Holopaw | Holopaw | Sub Pop

By Gary Epper Staff Writer

Modest Mouse. Loved by all, right? From the swollen, my-head-is-surprisingly-too-big-for-my-already-oversized-body jocks, to the socially inept, never-going-to-get-laid-cause-I-dress-weird indie kids, they are esteemed b...

January 23, 2003

Common | Electric Circus | MCA

By Mr. Bell

Common's latest release narrowly spares him from the pitfall of wackness: His commercialized rapping sounds forced, as if he was brought into the studio against his will to record lyrics that are simply dumbed-down.

January 23, 2003

KCSB Top Ten: January 23, 2003

By Mr. Bell

January 16, 2003

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | Don’t Knock The Clooney

By Alex Scordelis

Artsweek landed an exclusive interview with the Dapper Dan man himself at the Santa Barbara screening of his new film, "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind."

January 16, 2003

Who’s Really Buying It?

By Drew Mackie

It's the worst news for The Who fans since the death of bassist John Entwistle. On Jan. 13, Pete Townshend, The Who's guitarist, was arrested for possessing child pornography.

January 16, 2003

Nevermind the Fishnets

By Jessica Jardine

This book is a collection of photographs by Jim Jocoy, a teenager living in the Bay Area at the time, who became deeply enraptured by the burgeoning California punk rock scene.

January 16, 2003

Phish | Round Room | Elektra

By Cory Anthony

The absolute first thing I have to say about Phish's new album, Round Room, is that I really want to hear these songs live. I'm somewhat ashamed to admit that I haven't already.

January 16, 2003

Sondre Lerche | Faces Down | Astralwerks

By Owen Sailsbury Staff Writer

Who knew that Norwegian geneticists were so good? I ask this because it is obvious that 19-year-old Norwegian singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche was grown in a lab from stolen scraps of David Bowie's vocal chords, Badly Dra...

January 9, 2003

Grammy Grammy Glorifying Glitz

By Jessica Jardine Staff Writer Drew Mackie Staff Writer

While incorporating the tiniest inkling of what the current state of popular music is today, the 2003 Grammy nominations maintain the tradition of letting inebriated monkeys pick the potential winners by hurling dung at ...

January 9, 2003

Hollywood Globetrotters

By Steven Ruszczycky

The Golden Globes. It sounds the title of a porn flick, starring celestial-body sized breasts and a man with an overactive bladder.

January 9, 2003

About Schmidt | Heeeere’s…Schmidt!

By Drew Mackie

"About Schmidt" essentially amounts to a road trip for the Centrum Silver age set wherein Payne replaces rowdy, horny teens with an old man whose life is empty and sad.

January 9, 2003

Adaptation | Everything’s Coming Up Orchids

By Luke Chamberlin Staff Writer Josh Tosney Staff Writer

When Charlie is hired to adapt Susan Orlean's novel The Orchid Thief, he instead writes about the tribulations of adapting the novel. This is the story of a writer who does not know how to tell a story.