Artsweek

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...

January 31, 2002

Cornelius | Point | Matador

By Patrick Wright

Cornelius, AKA Keigo Oyamada has been hailed a Phil Spector for the post-rave era, and appropriately so.

January 31, 2002

Princess Superstar | Princess Superstar Is … | Rapster Records

By Lee Shaker

Princess Superstar's tracks are hot; she knows how nice it is to get laid while getting paid.

January 31, 2002

Hefner | Dead Media | Too Pure Records

By Ted Knowles

While the band does share a keen interest in sex, that's about where the comparison ends.

January 24, 2002

Bodies Don’t Lie

By Erin James

The Santa Barbara Dance Alliance is unique in its mission to support local up-and-coming choreographers.

January 24, 2002

Not Just a Passing Fad

By Mr. Bell

Emerging during the mid-'90s, Styles of Beyond tested the waters with their first single, "Killer Instinct," in 1997. Their full-length response, "2000 Fold," dropped a year later and was an underground success.