Artsweek

October 3, 2002

Book Review: Counter-Clevenger

By Peter Conover

I don't quite feel like James Bond, but fuck him. I'm undercover in the seedy heart of Santa Barbara's literary scene, talking to this Craig Clevenger guy.

October 3, 2002

Four Feathers: Ledger’s Domain

By Angela Potter

And the Oscar goes to ... Heath Ledger, "The Four Feathers." Yes, you read that correctly, and no, I'm not kidding. In fact, I'm also predicting that this movie will walk away with Best Picture.

October 3, 2002

Coldplay | A Rush of Blood to the Head | Capitol Haven | Between the Senses | Virgin

By Erin James

With the recent release of Coldplay's A Rush of Blood to the Head and Haven's Between the Senses, Britpop is experiencing a renaissance of sorts on this side of the Atlantic.

October 3, 2002

The String Cheese Incident | On the Road – Birmingham, AL 4/19/02 | SCI Fidelity

By Cory Anthony

There's really only one word that can properly describe the latest release from Colorado new age hippies The String Cheese Incident, and it rarely escapes the lips of anyone who isn't stoned.

October 3, 2002

N.W.A. | Straight Outta Compton | Priority/Ruthless

By Ill the Thrill

Niggaz With Attitude (N.W.A.) rips, backpedals, reverses field and touches back onto a ghetto blaster near you with the astounding and turbulent reissue of Straight Outta Compton.

September 26, 2002

Dear Janeane

By DJ FatKid

Dear Janeane Garofalo, I'm sure you've gotten this kind of thing before: a letter that walks the line between being a love letter and a sort of missive of encouragement. But now it's Artsweek's turn.

September 26, 2002

Fishing with Pete: HARSHING YOUR YELLOW

By Peter Conover

I've been reading Henry Miller. If you're bumming around Europe with a gray Parisian rain dancing a tattoo on your window, this is the guy to read.

September 26, 2002

Hot Hot Heat | Make Up the Breakdown | Sub Pop OK Go | s/t | Capitol

By DJ FatKid

As we put some distance between our MP3'd, puffy-jacketed, fo-shizzeling fin-de-siecle society and the one that, less than 20 years ago, was living in constant fear of nuclear obliteration, it becomes easier to romantici...

September 26, 2002

CD Reivew: The Pattern | Real Feelness | Lookout! Records

By A. C. Scordelis

Put your dancing shoes on your feet and The Pattern's Real Feelness on your stereo, because it's time to cut a rug. Expectations are high for this Oakland, CA quintet's full-length debut, and they live up to the hype.

September 26, 2002

Various Artists | Urban Renewal Program | Chocolate Industries

By Mr. Bell

The Chocolate Industries label is hip-hop's answer to itself. Possibly the freshest compilation in recent memory, Urban Renewal Program is almost daunting with dopeness.

September 20, 2002

forceful and FACELESS

By Jessica Jardine

If you're anxiously searching for open-shirted, pouty-lipped rock star photos to paste all over your notebook, dredg is the wrong act for you. These four Bay Area art-rock boys seem faceless even as they stand poised to ...

September 20, 2002

Moive Review: Swimfan: DOGPADDLE DEVOTEE

By Angela Potter

A dark, empty theater, popcorn, hushed silence - the perfect atmosphere for a scary movie. Instead, however, I got "Swimfan." The plot line is simple - at times, painfully so.

September 20, 2002

3-Count Me In

By DJ FatKid

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) comes to Santa Barbara for the first time in 15 years. Actually, for the first time ever; all prior wrestling engagement were actually booked by the World Wildlife Fund.

September 20, 2002

Queens of the Stone Age | Songs for the Deaf | Interscope

By A. C. Scordelis

They should have called the album Songs That Will Make You Go Deaf, because it is one of the most inspired collections of loud, aggressive hard rock songs to come out in recent years.

September 20, 2002

Pulp | We Love Life | Rough Trade

By Erin James

Pulp, in its various incarnations, has offered anthems for the downtrodden since 1978. Different Class, in 1995, is unquestionably one of the finest albums of the decade.

September 20, 2002

Funkadelic | Hardcore Jollies, One Nation Under a Groove, Uncle Jam Wants You, The Electric Spanking of War Babies | Priority/Capitol

By DJ FatKid

George Clinton's Funkadelic provided the Funk to Parliament's P, and, despite the promiscuous member-swapping between the two groups, Funkadelic kept its sound distinct from that of the other Funk Mob operations.