Artsweek

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.

November 21, 2002

Movie Review | I Spy: Beverly Hills Spy

By Angela Potter

Owen Wilson has earned himself something of a cult following, and with good reason. He's funny as hell. Wilson costars with Eddie Murphy in "I Spy," an action/comedy movie that's entertaining all the way through.

November 21, 2002

Snoop Dogg | Paid The Cost To Be Da Bo$$ | Capitol/Priority Missy Elliott | Under Construction | Elektra

By DJ FatKid

Missy isn't fat, Snoop isn't toasted, and rap has come full circle. Not full circle back to the Grandmaster Flash (or, God forbid, Blondie) days, but full circle to '60s soul.

November 21, 2002

David Gray | A New Day at Midnight | RCA

By Lara Bradshaw

As a singer/songwriter, Gray's rich, folksy voice blends potently with melodic guitar riffs, piano chords and an interesting play of rhythmic beats, making for a smorgasbord of original and quality sounds.

November 21, 2002

Various Artists | Electro Nouveau | Moonshine

By Matt-Lisa Hivemind

If you, like any decent human being, hold nothing but fondness for your old Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode and Human League albums, we have good news. Synth-pop is back, and it is fucking good.

November 14, 2002

A Joe of All Trades

By Angela Potter

You've probably never seen anything quite like the Joe Goode Performance Group - unless of course you were at the sold out, one-night-only performance on Nov. 7 in Campbell Hall.

November 14, 2002

White Chocolate

By Jessica Jardine

Though "8 Mile" is indeed worth a good bit of the hype, it's merely a heavily treaded, well-positioned spike used to anchor down Eminem's dominance in mainstream entertainment.

November 14, 2002

Bullets, Bowling & Blame

By Luke Chamberlin Josh Tosney

His youth in Michigan creates plenty of fodder for "Bowling for Columbine," a documentary about gun violence in America. Moore, a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association, questions why our right to bear arms tr...

November 14, 2002

Badly Drawn Boy | Have You Fed the Fish? | BMG/Artist Direct

By Drew Mackie

"Have you fed the fish?" inquires the title of Badly Drawn Boy's new release, seemingly reminding the potential purchaser of better things to do than bothering with Badly Drawn Boy's latest.

November 14, 2002

Mr. Lif | I Phantom | Def Jux

By Mr. Bell

Lif has boldly challenged the post 9/11 political climate, crafting such non-album classics as "Home of the Brave," with timely courage and wisdom unforeseen in today's hip hop.

November 14, 2002

The Kills | Black Rooster EP | Dim Mak Yeah Yeah Yeahs | Machine EP | Touch & Go

By DJ FatKid

"Could the White Stripes be as retro-revolutionary if Jack were the drummer and Meg the singer?" Or, in other words, can Zeppelin-esque cock rock be successfully reconstituted as clit rock?

November 14, 2002

Artsweek Five-Point Plan: November 14, 2002

By Staff

Point 1: Note to DMC and the Rev Run: if you disband the group, then the terrorists have already won.

November 8, 2002

Pinter, Parts, and ‘Pretension’

By A. C. Scordelis

That's right - this humble Artsweek writer somehow, through a series of happy accidents, found himself in the cast of an actual UCSB play, and I'm here to report the life on the other side of the fourth wall ain't all gl...

November 8, 2002

‘Ghost Ship’ of Fools

By Angela Potter, Jessica Jardine, Steven Ruszczycky

Angela, Steven and Jessica all sit nestled around yet another oversized container, this time holding too-salty popcorn, in hopes that this seemingly trite "ghost story" will justify a perfectly good actress like Julianna...

November 8, 2002

What the Funk?

By Alex Benowitz-Fredricks

Though many of you may be accustomed to thinking of Clinton as a technicolor-dreadlocked, extravagant '70s emcee who manages to incorporate the word "funk" into every sentence, the truth is slightly different - but only ...