Artsweek

August 28, 2002

Making a Minor Scene

By Angela Potter, DJ FatKid

Santa Barbara's a rough town. It's not violent, improverished or even badly paved. But it is tough on the under-21 crowd. Never fear, Artsweek is here. We've handpicked a panel of experts in assorted recreational fields,...

August 28, 2002

Movie Review | Simone : B0r1ng M0v1e

By Jessica Staff Writer

Writer/director Andrew Niccol's new release, "S1m0ne," fails to decide just where moral lessons end and satire begins.

August 28, 2002

The Vines | Highly Evolved | Capitol

By A. C. Scordelis

If you think rock 'n' roll is a thing of the past, then think again, brother. Australian newcomers The Vines are one of many bands to embody the overdue rock revival, joining such acts as The Strokes, The White Stripes a...

June 26, 2002

Defining the Destruction

By Angela Potter

Despite an imperfect PA system and lead singer Jason Navarro barely having a voice, The Suicide Machines rocked the Living Room on Tuesday, June 18. As guitar player Daniel Lukacinsky said, "This is punk rock and we don'...

June 26, 2002

Light It Up

By Saki Bailey

Artsweek caught up with rising drum 'n' bass artist Troels Knudson, aka Pyro, between tracks at his home studio.

June 26, 2002

Summer Concert Guide

By Staff

For those ready to rock, we salute you. For the rest of you, here are some warm-ups. Concerts listed chronologically by date. Target demographics in italics.

June 26, 2002

Summer Event Guide

By Staff

Artsweek recommends you leave your house occasionally. But hell, we don't. Listed chronologically by date.

June 26, 2002

Summer Movie Guide

By Staff

First, a word of advice - raise the armrests. Moveable armrests are a boon for anyone with an s/o and even a nanoliter of hormones. Even if you're alone, raise the armrests; knowing what you're missing might just be the ...

June 26, 2002

Summer Record Releases

By Staff

Artsweek entered into a psilocybin trance wherein all the secrets of the record labels were revealed unto us. Never ones to deprive the goody-two-shoes of titillating news from the future, we hereby give you a list of fo...

May 29, 2002

Year of the Rat

By DJ FatKid

We've all got to start somewhere. For Callous, an MC with the Humboldt-come-Isla Vista hip hop ensemble Dirty Rats, everything started on the floor. "I remember when I was first in the living room in our old house," he s...

May 29, 2002

You’ve heard the best, now hear the rest …

By Daniel Okamura

Not only was their demo inside, but also a letter to us written on binder paper, a broken No. 2 pencil, an E.T. figurine, a folded zine and a pack of Dentyne Ice with one piece already taken out .

May 29, 2002

From Back Story to Center Stage

By DJ FatKid

We'd all be lucky if this review had half the wit of Tom Stoppard.

May 29, 2002

Insomnia: No Rest for the Crooked

By Richard Block

In his latest thriller, director Christopher Nolan ("Memento") explores what happens when an intelligent person is forced to do important things while totally exhausted.

May 29, 2002

N.E.R.D. | In Search Of | Virgin

By Lee Shaker

N.E.R.D is a baby of the Neptunes production team, designed to excite all you honkies with quick riffs and rhymes about drugs and sex.

May 29, 2002

Count Bass-D | Dwight Spitz | Day By Day Entertainment

By Mr. Bell

Any album that begins with the Windows 98 start-up theme has to be either dope or stuck in the past.

May 29, 2002

Arlo | Stab the Unstoppable Hero | Sub Pop

By Collin Mitchell

Arlo's second release blows out the garage doors with unbelievable force and drips with harmonies and powerpop riffs that seem to be created from some sort of divine intervention.