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February 28, 2002

KCSB Hip Hop Top 10

By Quinn Chaloeicheep 91.9-FM KCSB

February 21, 2002

Brushfire and Water

By David Downs

Eight years ago freshman math major Jack Johnson lived in Anacapa Hall, ate lunch at DLG and joked with his dad about being a rich statistician after college.

February 21, 2002

Crossroads: Trashy, Sassy and Britney Hit the Road

By DJ FatKid

"Crossroads" joins blockbusters "Glitter" and "On the Line" as the latest pop-star vehicle to leave American adolescents insecure and socially sedated.

February 21, 2002

Reverse Astrology

By The Yellow Menace

R. Kelly: Today is a 14. Just how old was that girl in the videotape? You will face difficulty in proving your innocence to people in the upcoming months. It might be best to lay low while the legal battle clears up and ...

February 21, 2002

Various Artists | The Thing That Ate Floyd | Lookout!

By DJ FatKid

The Bay Area has a steady tradition of re-releasing compilations documenting scenes that have passed on. The Thing That Ate Floyd is the most recent re-entry into the fray.

February 21, 2002

Zero 7 | Simple Things | Quango/Palm Records

By ADHD

These dudes sound exactly like Air, so much so, that in my mind they are Air, the old Air, the erotic Air that everyone wants to fuck to.

February 21, 2002

Various Artists | The Funky 16 Corners | Stones Throw

By Mr. Bell

Peanut Butter Wolf knows how important it is to keep the funk alive; it's his job as a skilled producer and as founder of Stones Throw Records.

February 21, 2002

Rock Top Ten

By Staff

February 14, 2002

Cyberspace Wars

By Erin James

Morninglory Music closed its Isla Vista store last week. Owner Stan Bernstein told a tale of blight he claims has spread across the nation: "There [is] no way to compete with free downloadable music and CD burners."

February 14, 2002

Breaking Into A (Small) Run

By David Downs

Eggers teased diehard fans with screen shots of pages from his new book, flashing through the blurry and small pages, commenting, "This is when I discovered adjectives. Some of my friends told me that people really like ...

February 14, 2002

I Wouldn’t Exchange My Vagina For All The Tea In China

By Marisa Lagos

UCSB's Women's Ensemble Theater Troupe (W.E.T.T.) presents the monologues Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at 7 in honor of V-Day, a worldwide movement to stop violence against women.

February 14, 2002

Collateral Damage: Terror Knows No Plot

By Richard Block

Want bin Laden on a stick? Apparently the Bush administration should just save the money going toward cumbersome military operations and buy Arnie a plane ticket.

February 14, 2002

DJ Enrie | Welcome to the Mix Show | Moonshine

By The Yellow Menace

One of my good friends tells me that she gets the female equivalent of blue balls whenever her desires are not being met – by way of her uterus contracting. After listening to this mix album, I can’t help but...

February 14, 2002

Neil Michael Hagerty | Plays That Good Old Rock and Roll | Drag City

By DJ FatKid

The guitarist, known for his involvement with abrasive blues-punk combo Pussy Galore and subsequent unabashed vein-thumping as half of Royal Trux, returns with his second solo album.

February 14, 2002

3582 | The Living Soul | Hum Drums

By Mr. Bell

>Fat Jon is "35," a versatile producer and member of the crafty 5 Deez. J-Rawls is "82," a distinguished MC and member of the up-and-coming Lone Catalysts. What the hell more could an underground hip hop head ask for?

February 7, 2002