Artsweek

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.

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