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Summer Movie Guide

June 26, 2002 by

First, a word of advice - raise the armrests. Moveable armrests are a boon for anyone with an s/o and even a nanoliter of hormones. Even if you're alone, raise the armrests; knowing what you're missin...
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Summer Record Releases

June 26, 2002 by

Artsweek entered into a psilocybin trance wherein all the secrets of the record labels were revealed unto us. Never ones to deprive the goody-two-shoes of titillating news from the future, we hereby g...
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Year of the Rat

May 29, 2002 by

We've all got to start somewhere. For Callous, an MC with the Humboldt-come-Isla Vista hip hop ensemble Dirty Rats, everything started on the floor. "I remember when I was first in the living room in ...
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You’ve heard the best, now hear the rest …

May 29, 2002 by

Not only was their demo inside, but also a letter to us written on binder paper, a broken No. 2 pencil, an E.T. figurine, a folded zine and a pack of Dentyne Ice with one piece already taken out .
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From Back Story to Center Stage

May 29, 2002 by

We'd all be lucky if this review had half the wit of Tom Stoppard.
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Insomnia: No Rest for the Crooked

May 29, 2002 by

In his latest thriller, director Christopher Nolan ("Memento") explores what happens when an intelligent person is forced to do important things while totally exhausted.
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N.E.R.D. | In Search Of | Virgin

May 29, 2002 by

N.E.R.D is a baby of the Neptunes production team, designed to excite all you honkies with quick riffs and rhymes about drugs and sex.
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Count Bass-D | Dwight Spitz | Day By Day Entertainment

May 29, 2002 by

Any album that begins with the Windows 98 start-up theme has to be either dope or stuck in the past.
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Arlo | Stab the Unstoppable Hero | Sub Pop

May 29, 2002 by

Arlo's second release blows out the garage doors with unbelievable force and drips with harmonies and powerpop riffs that seem to be created from some sort of divine intervention.
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Hip Hop Top 10

May 29, 2002 by

Courtesy of Quinn Chaloeicheep at KCSB 91.9 FM 1) Forrest Fires Collective | s/t | Weapon Shaped Records 2) Fat Jon the Ample Soul Physician | Wave Motion | Mush 3) J-Live | All of the Above | Coup d&...
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Extravaganza?

May 23, 2002 by

This year's Extravaganza was about as off as a carton of two-week-old milk that you really want to use for your morning bowl of Lucky Charms but you know is just plain stanky and sour.
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‘A Talky Piece of Puke’

May 23, 2002 by

I read a blurb somewhere that said, "David Mamet is one of the most distinctive voices in modern American drama." He is - well, perhaps one of the loudest voices.
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Minority Retort

May 23, 2002 by

Today's Digital Video Festival at 7 p.m. in I.V. Theater will showcase 13 shorts brought to you by the Digital Video Association of UCSB.
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About A Boy: Haircut, One Unit of Time

May 23, 2002 by

The only way to truly maximize paltry pleasure in one's life, while avoiding any productive or meaningful endeavor, is to carefully structure one's daily activities.
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The Breeders | Title TK | Elektra

May 23, 2002 by

A nine-year sabbatical might induce a brighter outlook on life or a regained sense of humanity, but Kim Deal has soaked this record in broad, unrefined cynicism.
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