One thing’s for certain: Santa Barbara is a perfect town for premiering blockbuster movies. We’ve got the bright lights, the fancy main drag, the cinematic history, the star-studded populace, and the nightlife to make trips up here from Hollywood well worth the drive. What’s not certain is why it’s taken so long for that notion to become a reality.
A short, rather dark video of Karl Denson on Thursday night.
The following is an email sent out yesterday by Josh Eymann, owner and operator of The Hard to Find Showspace in Goleta, which will be closing after the November 8 Xiu Xiu show. It’s a bluntly honest, at times painful, and thoroughly moving swan song for one of the only all-ages venues on the South Coast. Read on.
Word hit the streets today that November 8 will be the last hoorah for The Hard to Find Showspace, out in Goleta. (And with the billed act being San Jose/Seattle’s Xiu Xiu, it’ll be quite a send-off.)
As one of the only all-ages venues currently existing on the South Coast, it will be sorely missed. Owner Josh Eymann provided a thoughtful note as to why in his sayonara email, and we are trying to get his permission right now to post it here.
This Saturday and Sunday, September 2 and 3, there’s a big bash going down this weekend on a ranch outside Carpinteria, with proceeds going to Planned Parenthood. It’s free–save for whatever pocket change you can give to the cause–but attendance is limited to the first 500 who show up. To be part of the White Trash Weekend, click here.
In the hit ‘n’ miss game that is live rap, Oakland’s innovators Digital Underground happily delivered an entertaining concert on Sunday night with their trademark fun-loving, positive, nontraditional hip-hop.
See who exactly Todd Snider is referring to in this music video for his new song “You Got Away with It (A Tale of Two Fraternity Brothers).”
Your eyes are not deceiving you.
Another topical song, this one about Travis Armstrong.
Sushi Teri, bachelor party, Elements, Artiste, SLO
