Just Like Heaven
“You didn’t come to hear me talk,” Cure frontman Robert Smith said an hour into their driving set, in a roundabout apology for not chatting or introducing tunes.
Month: June 2008
And Then There Were Two
The most important Santa Barbara County election in a long time turned into the least attended election in a long time, as a record low number of people cast ballots in the race for 3rd District county supervisor on Tuesday.
Drag Show Peeps
In a benefit for the Pacific Pride Foundation, Santa Barbara’s finest drag queens strutted and sashayed across the SOhO stage, singing, dancing, and schmoozing the crowd.
What’s Up, Doc?
Experiencing a new generation of psychedelia put a bit of the “blundering down the rabbit hole”-feel into what would have been another quiet Santa Barbara Sunday.
Press Secretary McClellan’s Latest Report
GOOD READ: The hottest book in town is Scott McClellan’s expose of the George W. Bush White House. I had a hard time finding a copy this week but managed to snag one at Chaucer’s.
Enlarging the Change
By including panel discussions of foreign and environmental policy issues, Mountainfilm in Telluride leads the wave of film festivals that are turning into multi-dimensional national town meetings.
The Truth Behind Tonic
Situated where you’re bound to pass at least once on your average night downtown, 634 State Street has been a nightlife hotspot throughout its many evolutions. But since opening at the address three years ago, Tonic-with a huge dance floor and mix of resident and far-flung deejays bumping hip-hop, electronic, and rock jams-has established itself as the weekend place to be for the college kids, out-of-towners, and anyone looking to shake their rump amid a crowd of sweaty revelers.
Where to Party
Club Listings
So I Think I Can Dance
Boston Legal, gone. Desperate Housewives, done. American Idol, counted, crooned, concluded. With all my guilty pleasures zapped from the small screen, and facing a summer devoid of beloved brainless diversion, I watched So You Think You Can Dance the other night.
I Alone Tempt You
With a name like theirs, you’d better be able to bring it when you take the stage. Fortunately for Live, that is no problem-they consistently give phenomenal live performances.
