DNA Cup In Play
Former Devereux School night supervisor Darren Boyer Thomas-charged with raping and impregnating an autistic Devereux resident-returned to Judge Brian Hill’s court last week to talk about a Starbucks coffee cup.
Month: February 2006
Up from the Underground
Yes, it’s well and good that the world at large has come to know the name Philip Seymour Hoffman, whose knock-out performance in Capote is rightfully racking up trophies in the awards season (a Golden Globe and Los Angeles Film Critics Award so far, and an Oscar nomination with good odds for winning).
Take The Long Way Home
Some 500 friends, relatives, coworkers, and well-wishers turned out to Santa Barbara Cemetery Tuesday morning to bid farewell and lament the loss of Maleka Brinley-Higgins Pineda, one of six Goleta postal workers shot and killed last Monday by her former coworker, Jennifer Sanmarco.
New York, New Worlds
For lifer jazz fans, any time is the right time to visit N.Y.C., the once and always jazz Mecca, no matter what hopeful “out of town” cities claim.
The Power of Electric
Celebrating the Man Who Built the First Synthesizers
Brad Says Relax
The Brad Mehldau Trio. At the Lobero Theatre, Friday, January 20.
Old Schooling
Tower of Power and Average White Band. At the Chumash Casino, Thursday, January 19.
A Question of Design
Dom Camardella and Santa Barbara Sound Design
Musical careers are full of turning points, some of which hold greater relevance than others. What if John and Paul had not met at a Liverpool church fete? What if Jeff Buckley had not gone swimming in the Mississippi River on that fateful May evening? And what if Halogen actually listened to me when I managed them back in Australia? Who is Halogen, you ask? My point exactly.
The Last Frontier
A Wilderness Worth Saving, photographs by Jeff Jones. At the Corridan Gallery, through February
Lanny and Alec Sherwin’s Turn Up the Music
When songwriter Lanny Sherwin had enough of the same-old lullabies, he decided to write his own personal songs to his son, Alec, now 8 years old. That brilliant idea turned into three albums and Sherwin’s own record company, Sandman Records. It’s not just new lyrics that Sherwin invented, but a new take on children’s music.
