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Pinter, Parts, and ‘Pretension’

November 8, 2002 by

That's right - this humble Artsweek writer somehow, through a series of happy accidents, found himself in the cast of an actual UCSB play, and I'm here to report the life on the other side of the four...
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‘Ghost Ship’ of Fools

November 8, 2002 by , and

Angela, Steven and Jessica all sit nestled around yet another oversized container, this time holding too-salty popcorn, in hopes that this seemingly trite "ghost story" will justify a perfectly good a...
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What the Funk?

November 8, 2002 by

Though many of you may be accustomed to thinking of Clinton as a technicolor-dreadlocked, extravagant '70s emcee who manages to incorporate the word "funk" into every sentence, the truth is slightly d...
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Nirvana | s/t | DGC

November 8, 2002 by

Dave Grohl has many talents. He plays guitar, sings and writes songs for the Foo Fighters. He drums for the Queens of the Stone Age. And once upon a time, he was in a little group called Nirvana.
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Tori Amos | Scarlet’s Walk | Epic

November 8, 2002 by

In her seventh album, Tori travels the open and more mellow road through personal, post-9/11 reflection, ranging from an outcry over America's tragic treatment of Native Americans to feeling a sense o...
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Sigur Ros | ( ) | MCA

November 8, 2002 by

Sigur Ros' new album, "( )," is like an aural injection of Xanax; It leaves you disoriented, dazed and euphoric. Continuing in the idiom created with 1997's "Von" and cemented by 1999"s "Agaetis Byrju...
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KCSB Top 10 for the Week of November 7, 2002

November 8, 2002 by

KCSB Top 10 for the Week of November 7, 2002
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Glory Be, the Funk’s on Artsweek

October 30, 2002 by

What Would Bootsy Do? And more importantly, why should you want to know? When Parliament Funkadelic comes to the Thunderdome on Sunday (tickets are $18 for students, available at the A.S. Ticket Offic...
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Movie Review | Punch-Drunk Love: 1-900-DIAL-A-PLOT

October 30, 2002 by

"Punch-Drunk Love" provides a menagerie of oddities, and fails to make any of them very interesting. Sadly enough, "Punch-Drunk Love" is based on a true story.
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Picture Perfect

October 30, 2002 by

World-renowned photojournalist Steve McCurry is no stranger to danger - he once crossed the Pakistan border disguised as a rebel, just to take pictures.
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Bjork | Bjork’s Greatest Hits | Elektra

October 30, 2002 by

The album is not meant as reminiscences on a dwindling career, nor as a psychoticbumpschool, but rather as a comprehensive slate-cleaning after Vespertine.
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The Donnas | Spend the Night | Atlantic

October 30, 2002 by

Lately I've been craving some girl punk, and good girl punk can be hard to find. The female voice isn't necessarily suited to screaming, and "singing punk" is something of an oxymoron. Thank god for t...
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The Transplants | s/t | Epitaph Rocket from the Crypt | Live from Camp X-Ray | Vagrant

October 30, 2002 by

In fact, the Transplants would do well to figure out what genre they want to be and then stick with it. The first song on the album, "Romper Stomper," has a heavier, metal sound.
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The Bootzilla Five-Point Plan

October 30, 2002 by

Point 1: The eerie similarities between "You Know You're Right" and Weekend at Bernie's. Two living guys sponging off a dead guy.
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Nice car, Porn Star

October 24, 2002 by

Porn Star is a trendy and controversial clothing line based in Santa Barbara that has its roots in the punk scene. Back in the early '90s, twin brothers Sean and Barret Murphy fronted a band of the sa...
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