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April 5, 2001

Semisonic | All About Chemistry | MCA

By Collin Mitchell

This is just embarrassing. Rather, it’s unfortunate. All About Chemistry acts as a sober reminder of the effects that ego, money and time can have on a band. Semisonic, or more specifically, lead singer Dan Wilson,...

April 5, 2001

Big Bud | Late Night Blues | Good Looking

By John Syquia

No, it’s not the latest from Cypress Hill, but rather another quality album from LTJ Bukem’s Good Looking Records. Big Bud is another fine addition to the label’s catalog of unique drum ‘n’ ...

March 8, 2001

Interview: John Digweed

By Jenne Raub

If the name John Digweed doesn’t mean anything to you, go rummage around your CD collection for a while and unearth the copy of Trainspotting we all know you’re lugging around. (If you don’t have a copy...

March 8, 2001

Film Festival Reviews

By Staff

“All You Need” Kellie Martin stars as Beth Sabistan in this dull romantic comedy/family drama about a woman finding herself amid a divorce and crumbling family. One of those movies that seemingly could end at...

March 8, 2001

Straight To Video Classics: Tribute to Gary Busey

By Trey Clark

The Man, the Myth, the Legend: Gary Busey. Gary Busey is the man, the “Straight to Video Classics” king. His life on and off the camera is inspirational, a beacon of hope to all thespians lacking talent but t...

March 8, 2001

Theater Review: “Midsummer Night’s Dream”

By Lindsay Farmer Staff Writer

What happens when you combine some mixed-up lovers, a feuding lord and his lady, a chauvinist father, a host of fairies and a little magic? You get Theatre UCSB in conjunction with the SB Dance Theatre’s “A M...

March 8, 2001

Cutthroat Comittee | Turf Buccaneers | Thizz

By The Yak Staff Writer

The Crest Side Creeper is back again, this time with some help from his cutties (Fellow Cutthroats). Mac Dre, Vallejo’s most revered independent rapper, teams up with fellow Crest Siders P.S.D. and Dubee AKA Sugawo...

March 8, 2001

Arab Strap | Red Thread | Matador

By Joseph Martinez

Sunday morning music is for lying in bed and kissing the back of the neck of the one you love. Red Thread is not just Sunday morning music, it’s rainy Sunday morning music. The two blokes who make up the band are t...

March 8, 2001

Various Artists | Caf

By Patrick Wright

CafŽ Del Mar Volume Seven is an acceptable compilation of downbeat ambient techno and house with a few Latin jazz pop songs thrown in for good measure. Stitched together by the enigmatic Bruno, the album is consiste...

March 8, 2001

Jennifer Lopez | J. Lo | Epic

By Jenne Raub

For a self-described dance-pop album, J. Lo has lots to live up to. After all, the genre has been around as long as rock itself, and albums such as Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall have long since set the standard fo...

March 8, 2001

The Breakestra | The Live Mix Vol. 2 | Stones Throw

By Trey Clark

I can see the confused expressions already: “Why are you reviewing a funk band? That shit ain’t hip hop!” Chill out fool. The Breakestra is a bunch of guys who play instruments but wish they were hip ho...

March 1, 2001

Interview: Bad Astronaut

By Collin Mitchell

"There's people who just turn on the radio and see whatever the hell is on, and there's people like me who sit around for two hours looking for used records; but there's no right or wrong."

March 1, 2001

Film Review: “3000 Miles to Graceland”

By Andy Sywak

A 120-minute exercise in bad-boy cliches, generic storytelling and gratuitous violence, co-writer and director Demian Lichtenstein has made one of the most disgraceful and ugly films in recent memory.

March 1, 2001

Film Review: “Black and White in Color”

By Patrick Wright

A Mira Erdevicki documentary, it primarily takes place in the Czech Republic, where Vera Bila and her band Kale struggle to make ends meet with part-time jobs while trying to book gigs, do publicity spots and find time t...

March 1, 2001

Aceyalone | Accepted Eclectic | Project Blowed

By Trey Clark

Aceyalone exists as the greatest emcee on earth, as well as one of the most underappreciated. If you’ve ever checked for the L.A. underground, you know the stats: one-fourth of Freestyle Fellowship, head of the Pro...

March 1, 2001

The Ataris | End is Forever | Kung Fu

By Ted Andersen

I like punk rock, but any good punk ass knows there are types of the music for different moods. The Santa Barbara quartet The Ataris seems to gear their punk toward the relationship inept. The band’s latest album, ...