Artsweek

May 10, 2001

Theater Review: “Fiddler on the Roof”

By Armando Alvarado

Tradition! One word - one theme - anchors "Fiddler on the Roof's" portrayal of a Jewish family living in Czarist Russia at the end of the 19th century.

May 10, 2001

Tsunami Bomb | The Invasion From Within | Tomato Head

By DJ FatKid

Brief digression: AFI sweatshirts emblazoned with the East Bay Hardcore (EBHC) logo seem omnipresent in the city of Santa Barbara, which is odd because, well, there're no bays to speak of on the South Coast.

May 10, 2001

Angie Martinez | Up Close and Personal | Elektra

By Trey Clark

Sometimes I can spot if a rap album is going to suck just by looking at the cover insert. Up Close and Personal is one of those albums.

May 10, 2001

Dreamweavers | Dreamweavers | NC Clothing

By Trey Clark

For those of you who follow music way too closely and form opinions of new acts by what label they are on, check this out: Dreamweavers' label is NC Clothing, a skate clothing designer.

May 10, 2001

Mark Lewis | Global Frequencies: Tokyo | Phatt Phunk

By Jenne Raub

Truth be told, there is usually very little to be said about the latest releases in house with the exception of an opinion and a brief description of the sound.

May 3, 2001

Coachella Review

By Nick Haggard

Heat in the high '90s, 47 bands and lots and lots of skin greeted the 30 thousand-plus revelers at last Saturday's Coachella festival.

May 3, 2001

Interview: Rocket From the Crypt

By Rebecca Pellman

Rocket From the Crypt has been touted as "the band that will save rock 'n' roll."

May 3, 2001

Column: Dreamworks Movie Screening

By Andy Sywak

Hallowed Hollywood studio Dreamworks was going to put me and a bunch of other college journalists up at the Brentwood Holiday Inn and pamper us with movie screenings, celebrity interviews, free beer, free food and the li...

May 3, 2001

Film Review: “Driven”

By Andy Sywak

Instead of trying to come up with some witty lead to the story, let me just cut to the chase: "Driven" sucks.

May 3, 2001

Art Review: From The Sun King to the Royal Twilight

By M. Garren Tinney Artsweek Art Critic

Strolling into "From the Sun King to the Royal Twilight," the new exhibit at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, is like walking through a corridor of thought and perception.

May 3, 2001

Theater Review: “To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday”

By Armando Alvarado

How does one cope with the loss of a loved one and deal with the complex family problems that occur afterward?

May 3, 2001

Theater Review: “Taking Steps”

By Julie Kraim

In the spirit of Oscar Wilde's farcical portrayals of human nature in plays such as "The Importance of Being Earnest," the Santa Barbara City College Theater group's newest production, "Taking Steps," attempts a low brow...

May 3, 2001

All Natural | Second Nature | Thrill Jockey

By Trey Clark

I don't know who Capital D and Tone B. Nimble think they are.

May 3, 2001

Burning Airlines | Identikit | De Soto

By DJ FatKid

Postmodernism is hardly unknown to independent rock. Nearly every crap conceptual Polyvinyl band can quote Baudrillard or Foucault.

May 3, 2001

Unloco | Healing | Maverick

By Alex Makeyev

Someone should let these guys know that if their lyrics are simply going to suck, they should scream and blur them together like the rest of the grungy, heavy bassline-hitting hard rockers.

May 3, 2001