How fitting that our persistently Freudian culture should produce its own theatrical genre, the “transference drama.” The story is always the same: An intergenerational odd couple, thrown together by chance, falls into a non-sexual love that recalls for each of them their families of origin.
We arrived in Santa Barbara, with two cats and all our earthly belongings, on October 20, 1984. The more significant of our cats was Duncan, a wise and confident Tonkinese, coffee-colored with dark points, who lived another 10 years to the ripe age of 18.
It’s easy to miss amazing things around here, even when you’re looking right at them. Here’s one way to know when to pay attention: whenever you are standing in the Von Romberg Gallery at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, a chapel-like space that regularly contains quiet but remarkable shows.
Fanciful, lopsided, charming, and lovable, Patrick Johnston’s teapots have little in common with their sensible, symmetrical counterparts. His functional vessels are more than just hot beverage dispensers-each pot is also a storybook character in one of the artist’s whimsical tales. “For me, teapots are representative of communication,” said Johnston.
There are few taboos in rock ‘n’ roll. It is, of course, a movement based on the power to do and say whatever the fuck you want, yet there are some tender topics out there. I touched on one inadvertently during my interview with one of the members of the wildly popular, melancholic alternative rock band Death Cab for Cutie.
Every quarter, the UCSB Middle East Ensemble, a group that is comprised of a mix of university students, faculty, community members, and renowned guest artists performs an epic-length concert. The program for this fall quarter concert on Saturday, December 2, like many before, is filled with a dizzying list of music and dance revelations.
There’s a Grinch running around the streets of Santa Barbara this holiday season, and the tops of Christmas trees seem to be what he or she is craving. That’s not good for tree seller Anthony Del Bello, who’s not out about $14,000.
Ornette Coleman drops his epic tune “Turnaround” on his new album Sound Grammar, and the columnist is reminded of the jazzman’s legendary status. Also, Clarence Barlow comes to town, and we’re impressed.
J’Amy gets th inside scoop on Montecito’s newest game in town: this week’s Ty Warner vs. Montecito Association Grand Slam match, where both sides have lobbed strong, hostile volleys against each other. Oh, and something about a Christmas tree.
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