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October 30, 2014

Artsweek’s Favorite Villains of All Time

By Artsweek Editor

There’s the spidery quirks of Cruella de Vil, the mad eyebrow game of Shan Yu, the utter insanity of Fred Figglehorn and the insidious charm of Richard III. Where there’s a hero, there’s always a villain. Here are ...

October 30, 2014

Halloween With Snakefist: Local Band to Play Whiskey Richards

By Ryan Mandell

  The California golden hour was just beginning to cool off as I arrived at Snakefist’s studio. Mike Johansson, the bass player of the up-and-coming hard rock band, greeted me in front of an archetypal Santa Barba...

October 30, 2014

Not Your Mother’s “Monster Mash”: A Party Playlist

By Elena Bernick

  Here’s a relevant question: how many times have you heard “Monster Mash”? Probably enough times to know it has lost its magic. This classic does not conjure up feelings of horror or fright, but rather eye-ro...

October 30, 2014

Netflix Horror Films: The Horrifically Bad

By Mackenzie Hart

Picture your upcoming Halloween night. What do you envision yourself doing? Are you dressing up in that “sultry spirit” costume (who knew being a ghost could be so revealing?) and lurking amongst your drunken peers i...

October 30, 2014

Not for the Faint of Heart: 24 Hour Movie Scarathon

By Jon Choi

In honor of Halloween tomorrow, I have compiled a list of the creepiest horror movies around for you to indulge in for the next 24 hours. From the freaky clowns of “It” to the demons of “Silent Hill,” peruse this...

October 29, 2014

New Noise 2014: SOhO Crowd Goes Wild for Dawes

By Audrey Bachelder

Precisely halfway through the set, baby-faced frontman Taylor Goldsmith gave a flirtatious wink to a middle-aged woman standing two feet away from him. The woman turned to her two friends and buckled her knees like a tee...

October 29, 2014

Cherub Headlines New Noise: Drugs, Sex and Indie Pop

By Audrey Bachelder

“Doses and Mimosas” first infiltrated the speakers of Isla Vista in 2012. It was easily one of the biggest anthems of the year, along with the overplayed “Feel So Close” and horridly catchy “Call Me Maybe.” F...

October 28, 2014

Tour Bus Interview With G-Eazy Before Sold-Out Hub Performance

By Alexandra DeSanto

As I walked up the narrow steps of the white tour bus that was stationed behind the Hub, my eyes glazed at the lavishness of the interior of the vehicle. In front of me was a lengthy figure sitting on crocodile-leather s...

October 28, 2014

Looking Back at American Idiot, 10 Years Later: 6 Facts about the Classic Rock Opera

By Arasch Blurfrushan

It’s been ten years since we first saw that white disembodied hand clutching the heart-shaped hand grenade tightly, almost as if it was for dear life. I used to wonder whether the owner of that fist ever pulled the pin...

October 28, 2014

Scorsese’s “Mean Streets”: Screenwriter Comes to Pollock

By Erika Lee

INSIDE PERSPECTIVES: SCORSESE is part of a film series curated by UCSB faculty that focuses on the work of a specific director every quarter. This quarter centers on the early works of director Martin Scorsese. Affection...

October 27, 2014

Academy Award Winning Actress Diane Ladd Reminds UCSB to Fight For the Arts

By Jessica Gresham

On Thursday, Oct. 23 UCSB’s Pollock Theater was filled with film connoisseurs anxiously waiting to see award-winning actress Diane Ladd on the big screen and in person. The room was overwhelmed with applause as we watc...

October 27, 2014

Hello World! Concert Rocks the Park!

By Brianna Guzman

Anisq’Oyo’ Park in Isla Vista is the picture perfect location for outdoor events. Used for the yearly Shakespeare in the Park productions, the amphitheater setup makes for perfect viewing no matter where you decide t...

October 27, 2014

‘(500) Days of Summer’ Writer Discusses Heartbreak and Growth

By Alexandra Nicholson

“You can’t make someone love you, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t love out there in the world for you,” professed screenwriter Scott Neustadter on Saturday, Oct. 12 at UCSB. Pollock Theater’s Script to Scre...

October 27, 2014

Ukulele Wiz Jake Shimabukuro Plays UCSB’s Campbell Hall

By Devon McNaughton

Jake Shimabukuro holds many accolades, the least of which is being one of the first videos to go viral on YouTube. His rendition of George Harrison’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps,” entitled “Ukulele Weeps,” ga...

October 27, 2014

A Mid-Autumn Midsummer

By Sammy Gerraty

The course of true love never did run smooth, but the course of Naked Shakes’ fall production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” certainly did. Naked Shakes, in the words of Director Irwin Appel, is “about the acto...

October 27, 2014

Kay Ulanday Barrett Inspires with Spoken Word: “You Do Not Have To Be Fixed”

By Janel Mendoza

Thursday, Oct. 23 kicked off spoken word poetry at UCSB. A big shout-out goes to the MCC for hosting Kay Ulanday Barrett’s third spoken word performance on the Love & Ruckus Tour: A Night of Trans & Disabled Pe...