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So You Think You Can Dance?

The debate about noise, crowds, and drunkards’ pollution of the 500 block of State Street entered a new chapter this week as the Santa Barbara City Council unanimously denied two separate appeals of a recent decision by the city’s Fire and Police Commission to give a dance permit to the James Joyce bar

Surf Legend Gerry Lopez to Speak at UCSB

You wouldn’t expect a lifelong surf addict, let alone one of the most famous and influential surfers of modern times, to blissfully call inland Oregon home, but that’s exactly what Gerry Lopez has been doing for the past 15 years.

The Beautiful Girls

It has often been written-admittedly more than once in the pages of this very paper-that Australia’s The Beautiful Girls are a band with a saltwater-infused sound, much like Santa Babylon’s beloved part-time resident Jack Johnson.

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