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The play, written by Naomi Wallace and directed by UCSB graduate student Kate Yust Al-Shamma, revolves around five characters plagued by the pains of waiting for change to occur in their lives. Each c...
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Too whimsical to be trip hop, too lively to be shoegazer, Baxter Dury's debut album Len Parrot's Memorial Lift is a gentle lo-fi album that could be used medicinally to relieve anxiety. At once psyche...
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There have been so many tribute albums dedicated to the Ramones that it has become tricky to keep track of them all. Though they are now credited as punk pioneers, the musical homage thus far amounts ...
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1) Hot Cross | A New Set of Lungs | Level Plane 2) Orwell | Following Days | Hidden Agenda 3) Hive and Keaton | Plague | Renegade Hardware
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Talking to Mel Stuart is like chancing upon the grandpa you always wished you had. That is, if your grandpa had directed one of the most imaginative and highly whacked out films ever made, "Willy Wonk...
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How to lose a guy in 10 days. Hmmm...more like how to be a raving lunatic, but - granted you look like Kate Hudson and put tampons in your man's closet - totally get away with it. Does she lose the gu...
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Valentine's Day. What a miraculous consumerist debacle of a holiday, eh? Beyond the swooning Barry White-fest that Friday will likely bring about, this weekend marks an important statement of peace be...
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Gangsta rap drives by... err, I mean, rides again! If you've been longing for the sound of cocking and shooting gats being used as percussion in songs, then grab a four-tay and pick up 50 Cent's debut...
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There's the kind of music that instantly draws one in. Immediately, you're an uberfan who plays the album on repeat until a roommate threatens to annihilate your sound system. Then there's music that ...
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1) The Sea And Cake | One Bedroom | Thrill Jockey2) Hot Cross | A New Set of Lungs | Level Plane3) Boards of Canada | Twoism | Warp
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Pepper is signed to Volcom Entertainment and consists of Bret Bollinger on bass and vocals, KaleoWassman on guitar and vocals, and Yesod Williams on drums. Their "Kona-dub-rock," as it's been coined, ...
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What noise does a bunny rabbit make as it flies through a running jet engine? What about a beaver wearing construction boots stomping out the flaming carcass of formerly cute she-skunk?
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Where have all the average films gone, a long time passing? Where have all the B movies gone, a long time ago? They've gone to the shelves of the local video store, every one, there to be rented one n...
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Warp Records may have taken a gamble by releasing a soundtrack to a movie most people won't see, but "Morvern Callar" will be known for this very soundtrack alone. The film is not at all about broken ...
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Johnny Marr was in The Smiths, or, more accurately, that well-dressed band from the '80s fronted by Morrissey. Although never in the limelight after The Smiths dissolved, Marr has played an active rol...
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A werewolf who definitely howled mid make-out
A performative male dressed as Tyler Durden
The mime that somehow made it hot and cool
The ghost of your situationship (no, it’s actually them)
Frat vampire, and your neck will be bleeding
The angel that has definitely never gone out
The literal devil
A prisoner with fake tattoos that you can pretend are real for the night
A sexy cowboy that definitely used the ride line at least four times
A Patrick Bateman who relates a little too much
The witch who asked for your zodiac sign first
A nurse who will leave you needing CPR
