Artsweek

May 29, 2002

Hip Hop Top 10

By Staff

May 23, 2002

Extravaganza?

By Jessica Jardine Collin Mitchell Daniel Okamura

This year's Extravaganza was about as off as a carton of two-week-old milk that you really want to use for your morning bowl of Lucky Charms but you know is just plain stanky and sour.

May 23, 2002

‘A Talky Piece of Puke’

By Daniel Okamura

I read a blurb somewhere that said, "David Mamet is one of the most distinctive voices in modern American drama." He is - well, perhaps one of the loudest voices.

May 23, 2002

Minority Retort

By David Downs

Today's Digital Video Festival at 7 p.m. in I.V. Theater will showcase 13 shorts brought to you by the Digital Video Association of UCSB.

May 23, 2002

About A Boy: Haircut, One Unit of Time

By Erin James

The only way to truly maximize paltry pleasure in one's life, while avoiding any productive or meaningful endeavor, is to carefully structure one's daily activities.

May 23, 2002

The Breeders | Title TK | Elektra

By Collin Mitchell

A nine-year sabbatical might induce a brighter outlook on life or a regained sense of humanity, but Kim Deal has soaked this record in broad, unrefined cynicism.

May 23, 2002

Eminem | The Eminem Show | Interscope

By Drew Atkins

After selling over 15 million copies of his last album, it's safe to say Eminem has had a lot of pressure in making the follow-up. Unfortunately, the pressure shows.

May 15, 2002

The Believer: A Man Divided

By Erin James

Henry Bean's film "The Believer" proves there's no need to travel to a galaxy far, far away for an exploration of the human psyche; self-contradiction is rife all around us.

May 15, 2002

Aural Orgy in Spring

By Daniel Okamura

Butt-sniffing season is definitely in. So, what better way to celebrate butt-sniffing season than with a free show? Enter Extravaganza.

May 15, 2002

Alienating Ant Farm

By David Downs

Call him the "Ambassador of Anomie," maybe even the "Duke of Desolation." Just please stop calling him, "that guy who painted 'Nighthawks.'"

May 15, 2002

Unfaithful: ‘Just Passion and Action’

By Collin Mitchell

Adrian Lyne's "Unfaithful" makes no excuses for guilt-ridden infidelity or passionate crimes.

May 15, 2002

Weezer | Maladroit | Geffen Records

By Angela Potter

So what the hell does "Maladroit" mean, anyway? In short, everything this CD is not: awkward, clumsy and bumbling.

May 15, 2002

Marianne Faithfull | Kissin Time | Advance Music

By Cara Jennison

You may recognize Marianne Faithfull as God. Her "This Wheel's on Fire" became the anthem for the live-fast-and-should-be-dead-by-now lifestyle of Patsy and Edina.

May 15, 2002

Primeridian | I’ll Meet You in Greenwich | Promihjay 8 Inc.

By Mr. Bell

I'm playin' this shit at my wedding. In fact, if the beats were human I would probably marry them. And let's say I did tie the knot - the rhymes would be my best man.

May 15, 2002