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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

After the Glory

By DJ FatKid

Artsweek Goes on a Santa Barbara Record Crawl in Search of the Quality Music Retailer.

February 7, 2002

Carrot Blows His Top

By Brendan Buhler

In which your Artsweek heroes sap a 33-year-old prop comic's will to live, he tells us to go fuck ourselves and cancels his Santa Barbara performance.

February 7, 2002

Post-Grunge Progeny

By Richard Block

Nirvana's Krist Novoselic and Sublime's Bud Gaugh, teamed up with Curt Kirkwood of the Meat Puppets to play Goleta's The Living Room last Friday as the rock band Eyes Adrift.

February 7, 2002

Half-Assed Attempt

By Patrick Wright

Trying to prove that their finger is perpetually on the pulse of the young adult populous, 30-something marketing spin doctors give you yet another college flick.

February 7, 2002

The Chemical Brothers | Come With Us | Astralwerks

By Erin James

After secluding themselves in a south London studio for 18 months, the boys are back with an album that may actually merit its own hype.

February 7, 2002

Damien Jurado | I Break Chairs | Sub Pop

By David Downs

A little country, a little rock 'n' roll, I Break Chairs is a solid collection of guitar-driven northeastern angst.

February 7, 2002

Karp | Action Chemistry | Punk in My Vitamins

By DJ FatKid

This album is just a bunch of b-sides and compilation tracks and shit. But their style, you've got to hear it, they were crazy, brah!

January 31, 2002

Themes and Deviations

By DJ FatKid

The band was sprawled out across the Mercury's back patio, drummer Tim Herzog and guitarist Dave Laney also exhibiting poor posture.

January 31, 2002

Brotherhood of the Wolf: Long in the Tooth

By Erin James

Fusing multiple film genres into a dizzying cinematic concoction has become the darling of Hollywood. And now it seems the French are keen to hop aboard.

January 31, 2002

The Count of Monte Cristo: Loyal Following

By Daniel Gutierrez

"The Count of Monte Cristo" offers a solid addition to the library of Dumas remakes. Faithful to the novel, the film revisits the adventure classic,with the acting acumen of today's best up-and-comers.

January 31, 2002

Book Review: Carl Hiaasen | Basket Case

By Brendan Buhler

Basket Case is about journalism, rock 'n' roll and mortality, plus a bit of sex from the lower end of the R rating. Because it's a novel by Carl Hiaasen, it's also funny as hell.

January 31, 2002

Reverse Astrology: Our Messages to the Stars

By The Yellow Menace

George Lucas: Today is a 14.95 plus shipping and handling. You will lose a lawsuit protecting your reputation against porn spoofs of your movies. It doesn't matter, however. Given the allowance of *NSYNC into your latest...