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Nevermind the Fishnets

This book is a collection of photographs by Jim Jocoy, a teenager living in the Bay Area at the time, who became deeply enraptured by the burgeoning California punk rock scene.
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Phish | Round Room | Elektra

The absolute first thing I have to say about Phish's new album, Round Room, is that I really want to hear these songs live. I'm somewhat ashamed to admit that I haven't already.
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Sondre Lerche | Faces Down | Astralwerks

Who knew that Norwegian geneticists were so good? I ask this because it is obvious that 19-year-old Norwegian singer/songwriter Sondre Lerche was grown in a lab from stolen scraps of David Bowie's voc...
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Grammy Grammy Glorifying Glitz

While incorporating the tiniest inkling of what the current state of popular music is today, the 2003 Grammy nominations maintain the tradition of letting inebriated monkeys pick the potential winners...
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Hollywood Globetrotters

The Golden Globes. It sounds the title of a porn flick, starring celestial-body sized breasts and a man with an overactive bladder.
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About Schmidt | Heeeere’s…Schmidt!

"About Schmidt" essentially amounts to a road trip for the Centrum Silver age set wherein Payne replaces rowdy, horny teens with an old man whose life is empty and sad.
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Adaptation | Everything’s Coming Up Orchids

When Charlie is hired to adapt Susan Orlean's novel The Orchid Thief, he instead writes about the tribulations of adapting the novel. This is the story of a writer who does not know how to tell a stor...
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Why You Should Get Up Off Your Booty And Save The Living Room

The Living Room, located at 430 South Fairview Ave. in Goleta, is facing homelessness at the end of the month due to demolition and is looking to the community for help.
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2002 A-Dubbies

Artsweek has taken a well-deserved study break to reflect back on the best and worst of arts and entertainment in 2002.
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And the winners are…

Artsweek Hands Out Awards to Those Who Got Made and Those Who Got Played in 2002
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Angela Potter’s Top Five

Surprise Talent of the Year - Jared Leto. His band, 30 Seconds to Mars, is actually good. For proof, download "Buddha for Mary." He's not bad to look at either.
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Jessica Jardine’s Top Five

Celebrity I'm Not Ashamed to be Infatuated With - Conan O'Brien. He's given us Triumph the Insult Dog, "The String Dance," Jesus Christ sports action figurines and an all-out war with Michael Bolton.
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DJ Fatkid’s Top Five

Album of the Year, No Seriously, Listen to Me, It's a Lot Better Than You Think - N.E.R.D., In Search Of... Listen to it. It's brilliant, right? No, it's brilliant.
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Alphabet Soup

Blackalicious further embodies this branch with their 2002 release, Blazing Arrow, and Artsweek catches the group's lyricist, Gift of Gab, as he strolls down Telegraph Ave.
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Star of David Cross

In his middle age... well, baldness aside, he's still pretty much a young man. This past spring, Cross barnstormed our great nation's rock clubs, delivering his biting routine to the masses.
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