After fielding numerous complaints against its racy “Flat Buns” commercial, Carl’s Jr.-which is owned by Carpinteria-based CKE Restaurants-has re-edited the commercial to omit a sexy, dancing teacher touting the chain’s new patty melt sandwich.
Modest Mouse is exactly where it promised fans it would be one year ago: returning to the shows it unexpectedly cancelled in 2006 and bringing along a new album. With newly recruited ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr on board, the Mouse tuned up and tightened its set into a multi-instrumentalist tirade that neglected theatrics in exchange for engaging and powerful jam sessions. And after the band’s fine display at the Bowl, it’s hard to be upset about the previous year’s cancellation.
This Sunday, September 23, the Channel City Kennel Club will host Responsible Dog Ownership Day from noon-3 p.m. at Girsh Park (behind Costco, on the grass in front of the clubhouse). At the event, Channel City Kennel Club will offer onsite microchipping for the AKC companion animal recovery program (allowing any vet or animal shelter to read the number on the microchip and contact the AKC, which will then check its records to identify the dog and his or her owners, and reunite the family);
The Southeast Asian country of Burma remains an elusive destination for many a globetrotter. The country-which is held on a tight leash by the military government, sanctioned by the West for numerous human rights violations, and known officially as Myanmar-has only been open to tourists for 15 years, and it still gets fewer than one million visitors per year. Lucky for Santa Barbara, then, that the Museum of Art is bringing Asian art expert Donald Stadtner to town to sign his new book, The Birth of a Sacred Site, and give a lecture on the spiritual highlights of this hidden land.
I write to praise not the pre-teen hunter King of Pop, but the Beer Hunter, one of the great chroniclers, lovers, and rhapsodizers of beer. Author Michael Jackson, who passed away August 30, led many to an appreciation of beer beyond bubbles, blackouts, and belches. His Pocket Guide to Beer literally opened up the world for malty, hoppy exploration to the point that from the 1991 edition to the 2001 one, the book doubled to cover 2,000 beers.
Midland School presents blues legend Otis Taylor tonight, Thursday, September 20, at 7:45 p.m. as the first show in its new amphitheater. The show is open to the public and is $10 for adults and $5 for kids. See otistaylor.com, sbblues.org, and midland-school.org for more. Here’s why you should make the trek to rural Los Olivos:
While personal style may be difficult to define, it’s easy to recognize. The recipe is elusive (one part confidence, one part taste, one part shoes :), but, in Santa Barbara, the examples are not. So for this year’s Fall Fashion issue, we went on the hunt for stylish Barbare±os and shot them in their natural habitat. We’ve also brought you a close-up look at two young designers who seem bound for success, plus all the latest happenings in Santa Barbara’s world of style and shopping in this month’s installment of StylePhile. And Peeps rounds out the coverage by checking out the fine duds worn at a worthy cause. Now go forth, and be fabulous. And remember, style is what you make of it.
If personality truly does go a long way in the business world, Hawaiian-born Kelly Morgan is definitely poised for fashion designer stardom. Exuberant, motivated, and gifted to boot, Morgan’s recent foray into design and dressmaking have started to create quite a buzz in the community. Sine the start of 2007, she’s transformed herself into a sort of one-woman publicity machine: “I made a New Year’s resolution to make all of my own clothes.
Even if they weren’t terrific, I would love my in-laws for two simple reasons: (1) they live minutes from the Stone Brewing Co. in Escondido, and (2) they love beer. Both of these facts are so stupendously true that I visited them without my wife (she was at a conference up north) so I could attend the Stone Anniversary Festival, which I hadn’t missed in five years. The event offers a chance to taste 10 beers from 40 breweries in three hours for $30.
GUT PILE BLUES: About two weeks ago, nearly 900,000 Barbie dolls were recalled by the manufacturer because lead-based paint had been used to achieve the dolls’ perfectly uniform tan pigmentation. Lead, when sucked, renders the suckee permanently stupid. It’s a known fact. And to own a Barbie is to suck a Barbie. That, too, is a known fact.
