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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.

January 9, 2003

Why You Should Get Up Off Your Booty And Save The Living Room

By Staff

The Living Room, located at 430 South Fairview Ave. in Goleta, is facing homelessness at the end of the month due to demolition and is looking to the community for help.

December 5, 2002

2002 A-Dubbies

By Jessica Jardine Angela Potter A.C. Scordelis Mr. Bell DJ Fatkid

Artsweek has taken a well-deserved study break to reflect back on the best and worst of arts and entertainment in 2002.

December 5, 2002

And the winners are…

By Staff

Artsweek Hands Out Awards to Those Who Got Made and Those Who Got Played in 2002

December 5, 2002

Angela Potter’s Top Five

By Angela Potter

Surprise Talent of the Year - Jared Leto. His band, 30 Seconds to Mars, is actually good. For proof, download "Buddha for Mary." He's not bad to look at either.

December 5, 2002

Jessica Jardine’s Top Five

By Jessica Jardine

Celebrity I'm Not Ashamed to be Infatuated With - Conan O'Brien. He's given us Triumph the Insult Dog, "The String Dance," Jesus Christ sports action figurines and an all-out war with Michael Bolton.

December 5, 2002

DJ Fatkid’s Top Five

By DJ FatKid

Album of the Year, No Seriously, Listen to Me, It's a Lot Better Than You Think - N.E.R.D., In Search Of... Listen to it. It's brilliant, right? No, it's brilliant.

November 21, 2002

Alphabet Soup

By Jessica Jardine

Blackalicious further embodies this branch with their 2002 release, Blazing Arrow, and Artsweek catches the group's lyricist, Gift of Gab, as he strolls down Telegraph Ave.

November 21, 2002

Star of David Cross

By A. C. Scordelis

In his middle age... well, baldness aside, he's still pretty much a young man. This past spring, Cross barnstormed our great nation's rock clubs, delivering his biting routine to the masses.