Mike McHugh- Coyotes & Bourbon
Featuring such guest instrumentalists as Rami Jaffe, ALO, Corey Linberg, Paull E. Rubin, Nicky Shane, and Jess Goldman, this Santa Barbara-produced album of “acoustic groove” fits perfectly between our sandy shores and craggy peaks. This debut makes us way too excited for what else might be coming from McHugh’s Buzzrd God Publishing label.
Walking through the smoky patio of Velvet Jones into the glowing red club already packed with bodies, I realized that Saturday night’s Strung Out crowd was ready to rock. Anticipation for the band built as the minutes turned to hours, and in typical Velvet style, the band didn’t take the stage until just before the wee hours of Sunday morning. But it was well worth the wait.
‘I’m sorry. I might have fallen asleep.’
Santa Barbara, like many another community, has heard more than the usual share of music from New Orleans since the disaster-natural and societal-of Hurricane Katrina.
The Italian Greek Market, famous for sandwiches, skinny shelves of imported food, and the beer honor system, closed its doors on Saturday, April 14. Born more than 35 years ago on the corner of State and Ortega, the market was owned by the Morosin family, Johnny and his mother, Sofia, and Giovanni Comin.
Number of calories in the typical restaurant gyro. (They also typically include an entire day’s worth of sodium.)
• The Fourth Annual Kid’s Kitchen Brunch takes place Sunday, April 29, at St. Barbara’s Greek Orthodox Church from 12:30-3 p.m. The brunchwhich will raise money for the Community Kitchen, a meal provider for low-income familieswill feature food from local chefs. Single tickets $60, family $150. Call 964-8049.
You walked to the Earth Day Festival and swapped your incandescent light bulbs for compact fluorescents. You’re carpooling to work and biking to your errands with renewed zeal. You’ve sworn to reduce your carbon footprint and learn how to implement sustainable energy resources into your daily life.
The team behind 2004’s cult sensation, Shaun of the Dead, have certainly come a long way in a short time, and the follow-up to that highly enjoyable zombie film parody is Hot Fuzz.
How often does one hear a bishop question whether the collective act of worshipping a supernatural all-controlling God has harmed the cause of humanity in modern times?
