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that tight with the group. Basically, he was a valu­ able employee, but he’s THE DAILY NEXUS’ 1997 not Jabba’s kid brother as the scene sort of paints I b e s t I "UCSB READERSHIP POLL him as. ^w O F UCSB 1997 ^ Mike: About Boba Fett ^ READERSHIP P O LL* ^ being added ... H ’ e T i i M A C a p Marc: Yeah. Boba Fett staring into the camera for a full five seconds was Y o u r R o cf 1 cheese with a capital “C.” luur D v d i i Artsweek: So, Davia ^ DAILY NEXUST what did you think? You’ve got to let us know! Hosted by your host, Davia: Well, I’ve always loved Star Wars. It was Rules: 1. NO PHOTOCOPIED BALLOTS. 2. Ballots must be dropped off at the Dally Nexus Jason Sattler just great to see it on the Ad Office, underneath Storke Tower, by Wednesday, February 19, at 5pm. 3. The "Best Of’ Issue big screen; that was the will be published on Friday, February 28. 4 . ONE Ballot per person. 5. Ballots must be filled out with reasonable completeness. Ballots with less than half of the blanks filled will be recycled with Prepare to qualify. reason I went alacrity. 6. NOTE: The Nexus' 'Best of UCSB' is intended to be a good-natured contest among Everyone and their mother can claim Artsweek: So what did you think ab­ business groups and others in the community. In other words, this is not a cutthroat competition that they have some expertise concerning out Leia’s makeup? I hate to sound like whose results are somehow of deep and lasting significance. Please do not take it as such. the Star Wars trilogy. If you haven’t seen Joan Rivers here (1 imitate Joan Rivers’ 7. Decisions of Ballot referees are final. the trilogy a few times, odds are you’ve voice), but I think that was the most a 1. Best 3 a .m . Activity - found better things to do than me and the dated thing in the movie. rest of the idiots who watch Seinfeld and Davia: Why are you asking me about b 2. Best Asian Food order light at a fast food joint. the makeup? (She pauses.) But I did no­ b 3. Best Atmosphere in I.V. But if you want to be on my Star Wars tice that she looked more made-up than panel, you have to have actually been one she seemed in the past. But, the screen is b 4. Best Bar of the first in line at the Arlington Theater so much laiger than the television screen we are used to seeing her on. I did think b 5. Best BBQ Joint last weekend to catch the “Special Edi­ tion” version of this epic film. that it is cool to look and see that even 20 b 6. Best Beach £ : The five I found who produced ticket years ago a woman could be powerful. I Q." IO Ü stubs from no later than Sunday night like that and I think she’s a good role b 7. Best Bike Shop were: Mike Ball, Nexus news editor and, model. b 8. Best Bookstore ' CO ■ unbeknownst to either of us, my twin I love the way she can kick those guys’ brother; Marc Valles, opinion editor and asses. b 9. Best Breakfast Place sophomoric wonder; Davia Gray, fea­ Chris: She does kick ass. t H b tures editor and the appointed antagonist A rtsw eek: So Chris. General b 10. Best Brush-off Lines > v * in this interview; Chris Koch, AP wire thoughts? (0 " b 11. Best Burger editor and that one guy who actually Chris: I thought from a Star Wars fan’s 3 J knows how to use the office Macintosh, point of view, as someone who owns the b 12. Best Burrito j Q ■ commonly refered to as “The Mac”; and movies and seen them repeatedly, the CD ■ me. special effects were great. The enhance­ b 13. Best Car Repair Shop LJL \ Just assume that before I say anything ments like the Jabba thing were done ab­ b 14. Best Cheap Beer CO ■ in this dialogue I clear my throat or drool. out as well as they could have been done. ( J ■ That will make it more ninny. Especially with the circumstances that b 15. Best Class to Sleep Through (/> ■ Artsweek: Just for purposes of clarifi­ Jabba was formerly a human and Lucas CD ■ B 16. Best Class to Wake Up For c ■ cation, does anyone in this room claim decided to change it. - o ■ allegiance to die Dark Side of the Force? Otherwise, I think concerning Jabba’s b 17. Best Club CD I Chris: Well, you go faster on the Dark apparent weakness in the first film, you ^ ; Side. You go farther in life. have to remember that it’s supposed to be b 18. Best Coffeehouse Artsweek: Are things really easier on a few years between Star Wars and The j Q ■ 19. Best Graffiti

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29. Best Pizza o " the Dark Side? Empire Strikes Back. During that time, 30. Best Place to Get Free Food < ■ Chris: Yoda says so. it’s possible that the pressure on Han to 31. Best Place to Have Sex on Campus Without Getting Caught CO 2 Artsweek: Let’s Just go around the pay off his debts was growing greater as 3 _ room and get your reaction to the re­ X ■ Jabba got more powerfal. 32. Best Place to People-Watch CD ■ vamped version of Star Wars now in Artsweek: How about the addition of ¿L. ■ theaters. 33. Best Place to See a Concert Tom Cruise as Maverick into the Death CD a Mike: It’s just great to see it back on the Star scene, did that add anything for you 34. Best Place to Shop s z Z big screen — excellent movie, no real guys? complaints. 35. Best Place to Sleep Outdoors O Z Chris: I thought it was a little overdone 4-» ■ Artsweek: Did it feel like you were and sad to see them play off the success of 36. Best Place to Watch the Sunset t watching a new movie at all? Jerry Maguire. = ■ Mike: It didn’t really seem that diffe­ T30- Mike: Of course the risk is that the mo­ 37. Best Professor c ■ rent because the one real addition, the vie will now be banned in Germany (due Jabba the Hut scene, really didn’t change 38. Best Radio Station to that country’s problem with Scientol­ . a ■ things veiy much. It didn’t take anything ogy, a movement Cruise aligns himself 39. Best Restaurant (When Parents Pay for It) ■o Z away or add anything. The really im­ with). c _ proved part was die Death Star dc^fight Artsweek: OK. Here’s what I’m say­ 40. Best Sandwich Shop CO ■ 4-» ! sequence... ing: Ben Kenobi does not get killed. He Artsweek: Let’s not give away what 41. Best Surf Shop 3 " uses Voder’s anger to transcend. Right? cD ■ happens with the Death Star, dll right? Marc: No. Ben Kenobi is dead. 42. Best Surf Spot Mike: Even if I’m not sure what hap­ Chris: He’s now part of the Force. i r - pens, it’s still way better in the new Artsweek: OK, whatever. So why does 43. Best Time to Go Grocery Shopping version. his body disappear? I just want to bring 44. Best Vegetarian Food Marc: I have to disagree with what up one more thing and that’s how the Mike said. new version plays up the relationship 45. Best Video Shop (Artsweek begins going “oooooh between Han and Chewie more as man oooooh” and looking around trying to 46. Best View and dog. stir up tension.) Davia: They are friends. They love each 47. Best Way to Break Up Marc: The added Jabba scenes create other. some pretty serious subplot problems for Artsweek: Do you think there were 48. Best Way to Get Tar Off Feet the later movies. any “treats” involved with Chewie Artsweek: Problems such as... 49. Best Ways to Avoid Studying learning how to fly the Millennium Marc: Jabba comes off as a complete Falcon? 50. Best Women’s Bathroom wuss and so Han in the second movie Mike: Well, understand what the rela­ wouldn’t have such a great sense of tionship is here. Han used to be in the Im­ urgency to leave Hoth. This is going to perial Academy and didn’t like the way Nam e: C h e c k O n e - leave people wondering — what in the they were treating Chewie. hell happened to Jabba during the second Marc: Chewbacca was a.slave. Address: □ S t u d e n t movie to make him such a bad-ass? Chris: The Empire officially has no □ S t a f f Artsweek: / see what you are saying, problem with slavery. yet 1 thought the purpose of this new □ F a c u lt y Artsweek: So here we have Han Solo scene is to present Jabba as a sort of as a sort of Huckleberry Finn type " L I O t h e r Godfather-type figure and place Han in character. ' this mafia that turns on him because of Phone #: Mike: Here we have Lucas not caring money. what type of story or myth-he took ideas -»-.MarcuLdidiLthink -of Han as. being. -from.---- '*------.------.------Daily Nexus Thursday, February 6,1997 3 A

O n fi>e Record Some Stull Our Writers Tkink You Should Buy, Well Almost Space / Spiders / Universal Kudos to the Liverpudlian-based outfit Space for not wanting to sound like ev- erything else on the radio. (Though I’ve read that they’re , they’d reject the title.) Their debut stateside single, “Fe­ male of the Species,” is a quirky mix of rock, lounge and hip-hop, as well as one % cheek ®ut. of the most successful attempts to many A documentary of the scene guitars and samples since the fcl® Raisins’ “Books: Check ’em Out!” was re­ ■ leased to an unsuspecting public in 1992; Anyway, like its single, the band’s full- Luscious Jackson / Fever In Fever Out/ length is a lot of fun, thanks to the scrappy Matador/Capitol

Luscious Jackson kicks ass in its latest work of melodic mastery, Fever In Fever Out. Displaying a fresh style and more re­ fined talents, this all-girl group has come a long way since its Natural Ingredients debut release. Just when you thought it couldn’t get any cooler. You can’t help but bob your head and move your hips to this album’s sexy- smooth grooves and funky rhythms. En­ chanting vocals and heartfelt lyrics have the same overpowering effect on your foursome’s wit and willingness to experi­ Rare Live Performances by: lips. You’ll be singing along with every ment with concepts and sounds. “Alter­ , , Nirvana, , , The song. native” rock is inherently silly — these Luscious gives you songs to match any guys differ from other contemporary , Seaweed, , , The Gits, Flop, and more! mood. Whether on a long drive, dressing bands because they know it. Bravo! up for your night out, or just doing some —Eric Steuer soul-searching alone at home, Fever In Fever Out provides the perfect mood for Jamiroquai/ Traveling Without Moving every environment. You’ll be listening to / Columbia this album over and over again. These tunes won’t grow old. Do you and your Reviewers have often tried to package music collection a big favor: Buy this Jamiroquai into some sort of stale genre, album. —Aphasia Select but they usually foil, as the band’s style is very unique. At times it has been called "Brit-,” but this is a throwaway de­ scription, and does not go very far into ex­ plaining the complexity of the music that makes up a Jamiroquai album. o StorkoPlata L - Traveling Without Moving does in­ deed contain elements of funk, but also present is soul, and even some am­ Wednesday February IS bient and Latin rhythms. What makes this outfit’s music so inter­ esting and entertaining is the variety of textures explored within the album. On songs like “Use the Force” and “High Times,” hard-edged funk is blended with smooth, soulful passages. Slow, mellow BE THEREAT IS MOON FOR Frogpond / Count To Ten / TriStar tracks such as “Everyday” sit alongside Music upbeat funk-filled workouts like “Alright.” FREE ENTERTAINMENT Musicians with little talent and a singer As usual, there are a couple of didgeri- FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE that can’t carry a tune — if that’s what doo instrumentals, “Didgital Vibrations” you’re looking for, Count To Tenby Frog- and “Didgerama.” I used to wonder why pond is just what you want. Jamiroquai insisted on including these on This group of four women, produced their albums, but after listening to the CD vriiSTit? ■‘dcmstiC .YìÉ HTI by Everclear’s A.P. Alexakis, shows little during a mellow drinking session it all be­ originality. Many of the songs on their al­ came clear. I’m still not sure why the band bum blend together in one muddled mesh felt it necessary to attempt on tiV T H È H i # of halfhearted rhythm and off-key, an­ “Drifting Along,” the weakest track on noying droning. the album, but for the most part Jamiro­ Presented by ASPB, UCen Dining Services and Coca Cola The only semi-decent song is track 12, quai sticks with what they know best and the so-called “Pretty Song.” Here the mu­ manages to make this a valuable release. sicians seem to have achieved some type All in all, Traveling Without Moving is GREAT MUSICAL PERFORMANCES of harmony with an arpeggiated chord probably not as solid an album as their riff. Now if someone would just tell the last full-length attempt, but the album still AND FABULOUS FOOD & DRINK SPECIALS singer to shut up the song might even be has two really excellent singles, “Virtual considered, well, tolerable. Insanity” and “Cosmic Girl.” WEDNESDAYS 4:30-6:30PM Shoddy musical talent, a tone-deaf sin­ Traveling Without Moving deserves ger, lack of creativity, and a complete all the success on this side of the Atlantic Everclear rip-off create the perfect blend as it has already enjoyed in Europe. Buy a of dismal aural garbage. You should defi­ copy and impress your friends. V ' +• nitely throw this one into the frog pond. —Brian Langston —William Banks FEB 12 - «0FÏCE FEB 19 - win mcKEnnn FEB 26 -

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— spending approxi­ mately 16 times tiie total production costs. “They’re gonna put up M mjÜ billboards, they’re doing TV ads, so they’re making a very big investment in the movie.... They’re going to try to tune into the teen audience, like the Romeo fa tapie? and Juliet audience,” Freeman said. “It makes me excited that my movie’s going to be seen, ft’s gonna Go Maire a Film get a release, not like Bat­ man and Robin, but bigger than two screens.” Although it seems like a Arlsweek's Nielr Roberfson interviews Sundance perfect time for Freeman Fifns Festival awards win ss er assai former Nexus to enjoy his newfound rec­ columnist assai oclifor Morgan J. F r e e m a n ognition, he is hard at work on a new project, hen every award was distributed and the spot­ also to be independently produced, called Desert Blue. lights dimmed at January’s Sundance Film Fes­ “We are going to L.A. in about two weeks to screen W tival in Park City, Utah, one film received an Hurricane for more people and attempt to set up [Desert unprecedented number of top honors in the dramatic di­ Blue] and get the funding in place by March, and we plan vision —the audience ballot award, the cinematography to shoot this summer,” he said. “By the time Hurricane award and the best director award. comes out, Desert Blue will be in the can, we’ll be editing The picture is called Hurricane, and the director, wri­ it.... I want to set up the next film before this even comes ter and co-producer is Morgan J. Freeman, a former Arfs- ouf so the results of Hurricane don’t dictate what we do zweefe editor who left UCSB in 1992 to finish his critical next. film theory studies at Sorbonne University in Paris. Gra­ “When a door opens in this business,.you gotta jump duating the following year, he went to New York with a through it real quick, because it just slams on the wall B.A. in film studies and a dream to make great movies. and shoots right back shuf” he said. Less than five years later, he is on the fast track to rede­ With the success of his first feature film, Freeman has be made by a producer, it’s not. It’s that simple,” he said. fining the standard of quality cinema, with a deep com­ already felt the pressure to fall into the Hollywood scene, “You have to be in control on a creative level. ... You mitment toward maintaining independence in today’s but plans to stay in New York for as long as possible. Ac­ can’t do that if there’s five producers above you whip­ industry of studio conglomerates. cording to Freeman, completing a quality project de­ ping you. That’s why it’s important for me to attempt to Based in New York City, where Freeman attained his pends a lot more on the individual’s motivation rather stay in control and keep making independent movies.” master’s in film at NYU, Hurricane chronicles the tu­ than studio approval. For aspiring filmmakers, Freeman advises to remain multuous events of a teenager’s life in the inner city, “A lot of times you sit around and wait and waif espe­ true to your individual goal of creating the project and to plagued by a society that breeds criminals and undera­ cially if you end up in LA. and see how it works. It seems diligently work toward if remembering the elements of a chievement. Along with his girlfriend and gang of city so impossible to make a movie because ... it’s all about great movie. youths, the lead character Marcus (played by Brendan “The script is the coin of the realm. If you can write a Sexton III) struggles to determine his identity and values great script with believable characters, who experience when he finds out he’s been living a lie. some kind of human emotion that captivates people, you “He’s a little kid who’s attempting to do good in a city will be able to make that movie,” he said. “The one tiling that is somehow able to constantly set up another obsta­ that I carried away from UCSB is that you can just do if cle, each one a little bit bigger,” Freeman said. “It’s a tale don’t wait for anybody to say you need this or you need of basically, morality. The hurricane of the title is an that or here’s the green light. You can make a movie oh a emotional hurricane that devastates particularly Marcus low budget and it doesn’t cost that much to go make a movie, if you have people that really want to do it and are "When a door opens in this business, "for independent filmmaking you gotta jump through it real quick, everybody says it's about financing, because it just slams on the wall and and that is not true. It's not about who funded it, it's about who decided shoots right hack shut." how to spend it and how it was "Morgan Freeman spent." - Morgan Freeman but also a group of his friends living in the city. “Events are put into motion that really kind of beat the passionate. That’s what got Hurricane made.” fuck out of these lads, kinda like a regular hurricane One experience that gave Freeman inspiration to cre­ comes through a town, levels all the houses. You stand ate was his career with the Daily Nexus. In particular, outside and say, ‘Why has this happened to us? We’re something about writing his weekly column What’s not bad people.’ It’s the same thing with these kids,” he Wrong With You People? Go to The Zone empowered said. “At the end, the audience asks, ‘Why did this hap­ his ambitions. pen to them?’” “It’s fun just to make something up and make it into The movie was completed in less than a year, with the rat race in the studios, the rat race at the agencies,” he something, and The Zone, for me, was just a way to ... feel Freeman finishing the script’s first draft Jan. 29, 1996, said. “New York has people that are freelance workers like you’re doing something and making something hap­ and taking home the three Sundance accolades less than that go project to projeef that are trying to invest in the pen, you thrive off thaf” he said. two weeks ago. Freeman credits the quick production future of a community, that will live on someone’s couch And though Freeman believes that the dedication he time to the dedication and sacrifice of his cast and crew. for the summer to get involved in a project.” and his crew put in is what made Hurricane a success, he - “In New York I was able to hook up with ... a lot of Though he hopes that his next film will have greater fi­ attributes a bit of the honors to luck. veiy interesting, devoted, passionate filmmakers. New nancial backing than Hurricane, Freeman would rather “The whole experience for me is kinda like winning York has a thriving independent community,” he said. continue producing movies from a grassroots approach the lotteiy, you just go, ‘Hello? Excuse me?’ But it’s what “Independent film is about the people that made the mo­ rather than lose creative licence to the studio system. you dream for,” he said. “Everybody [at Sundance], of all vie. ... At Sundance, we came out there en masse, the cast “One thing I’m intent on doing is raising a little bit of a 18 films [competing], these are all very talented filmmak­ and crew, because this movie came from us, here we are, bigger budget, we want to do a movie for somewhere be­ ers and we’ve all put the same amount of energy and this is all it is, there’s nothing else, there’s no distributor, tween $3 million and $5 million, and keep the control,” ourselves into these films.” there’s no studio behind if it’s us, these 15 people that he said. “For independent filmmaking everybody says But with or without recognition, Freeman recom­ live in New York.” it’s about financing, and that is not true. It’s not about mends starting filmmakers to follow their dreams to the After winning the Sundance honors, Hurricane was who funded it, it’s about who decided how to spend it finish. rapidly picked up by major studio MGM/UA for distri­ and how it was spent “If the passion’s there, it’s what you really want to do, bution, and will be on the big screen in theaters nation­ “As long as the controlling decisions are made by the there’s nothing really that can stop you except yourself. wide in late September. In the meantime, the studio will director of the movie, it’s an independent film. If creative Never look back... just go,” he said. “Call it a Nike com­ launch an $8 million advertising campaign for the movie decisions are made by anyone else, and by contract can mercial, whatever, just fuckin’ do it.”

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Chair Charles Wolfe. The Students’ Film Co-op frequently screens films on “We’ve had a 15 percent increase this year alone and a campus and each spring they organize Reel Loud, a 6 percent increase in each« : films of the past year. This year,” he said. annual event features This past July the UC three- to five-minute silent system granted the film films accompanied by live studies program depart­ bands. This year the Film mental status, making Co-op is attempting to Santa Barbara the first UC make Reel Loud a bigger campus to offer film stu­ event than in years past, dies as an undergraduate said senior film studies study. major Craig Batzofin. Although the main “This year we’re trying emphases of the depart­ to do more with Reel ment are film history, film Loud. This is a great op­ theory and film analysis, portunity for aspiring film­ there are several courses makers to have a three- to offered dealing with film five-minute film exhi­ production. bited,” he said. “We’re trying to get as many people as These courses include screen-writirig, 16 mm film- possible to see these films and We encourage people to making, computer graphics and animation. This wide ar­ keep the films around five minutes long so that we can ray of courses is a valuable resource, said senior film stu­ screen as many films as possible.” dies major Cynthia Hilber. If you have any questions or would like more informa­ “The theoretical and historical background gives you Up until that point, Moses had looked tion about the Film Studies D ept, their offices are lo­ forward to a relaxing day of sailing. more to draw off of, to see what other people have done,” cated on the first floor of Ellison Hall. she said. “But at the same time the program gives you the —Patrick Reardon LET’S PARTY! Were you too young to catch Chinatown? Are you just dying to see Swin­ gers? Or have you always wanted to see Bladerun- ner on the big screen? Well, the Santa Barbara Film Society may be the best solution to your mo­ vie blues. Initiated this quarter, the SB Film Society is de­ voted to big-screen show­ ings of classic film revivals, independent and foreign ROCK RT B #tW flicks, and just damn good movies at reasonable THURSDAY NIGHTS prices, according to Ex- ____ 9:30 pm - Midnight ecutive Director Mike Harleman. vies were created to be seen on the big screen, not a “We screen... things you can’t get at your local theater 12-inch TV set — they need an audience.” or video store,” he said. The expense of running a movie is about $600 per film, $ 5 9 $ 0 • ^PE* The price of admission is $5, and members can get and to offset the costs the group hopes to increase their ¿SiSSt8*»* BESTPMJY o*g;T half-off their tickets by paying $5 a quarter for member­ membership base of 400 students to about 1,500 next ship, Harleman said. quarter. They hope the additional members will give The society really scratches member Josh Ulrich’s itch them the money needed to get more films on the screen JOIN US & KTYD’S FIELDS for good movies by showing a range of genres. and attract noted directors and actors to come speak at “I love film, I love watching films. It’s great, I like all the screenings, Harleman said. AS HE ROCKS THE LANES types of films — I watch everything from Errol Flynn to “It’s really taken off” he said. “We’re tripling the num­ Gone with the W ind” he said. “It gives me the ability to ber of films showing next quarter; we’re also looking into see things on a big screen that I might otherwise not be special sneak previews and getting directors and local able to.” actors to come to the film screenings.” Harleman laments that the movie scene in Santa Bar­ So far, Harleman is very pleased with the way the club bara is very limited. The stagnant dearth of films is one of is turning out. the main reasons he was prompted to become one of the “It’s one of the greatest things I’ve ever done. No one club’s founders. had ever bothered to do it and there has to be places “We searched around for a film club, but there wasn’t where films can be shown in order for people to be able ORCHID BOWL __ one around, so we decided to start one,” he said. to see them. What would be the point of making movies if 5925 Calle Real, Goleta “There’s a lot of great films that have been made, and mo­ nobody could watch them,” he said. —Davia Gray Hwy. 101 at Fairview • 967-0128 6A Thursday, February 6,1997 Daily Nexus fafafafafafafafafa'k'k + fa + fafa fa I got a glow-in-the-dark ★ limited edition Spice Girls ★ ★ “Girl Power” ring at the ★ i S t - i W V ★ club and I saw a lounge act ★ from Brooklyn with male ★ go-go dancers in purple ★ g r e e n 1 s★ Ml hot pants. 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It , boosted, candy-coated pop single “Wannabe,” for the star and publicist did their best to conceal from the f a would be iun to get to know somebody from a foreign country, for ex- 15th time that hour. paparazzi. j l ample. Travel tonight should be fun, but there may be a few surprises. After informing him of his grave categorical error—as This is what the Spice Girls were bringing back, a re­ . Taurus (April 20-May 20) - Today is a 5 - Go along with an older person’s . if the Spice Girls could ever be considered Brit-pop — I turn to the squeaky-clean image of the ’80s, like Cindi f a plans. It means a lotto him or her and it doesn’t make much difference to n t Lauper with a Samantha Fox twist. j l you. Only complain if it starts to cost you too much money. Your friends pressed play on the compact, economical stereo pro­ ^ would be concerned if you behaved any differently. , vided for my musical enj'oyment (and to torture the rest If you wanna be my lover you gotta get with my f a Gemini (May 21-June 21) -Today is a 1 0 -This is a marvelous day to " of the staff) by the office hierarchy. friends, ... If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give, j L travel Take along an interesting companion or two or three. Make your f a Yo, I tell you what I want, what I really really want . destination something special, like the nearest museum of science and . So tell me what you want, you really really want... Taking is too easy, but that’s the way it is. n industry. Ifyou have anytime left, sign up fora class on the Internet A I wanna, huh, I wanna, huh, / wanna, huh, I wanna, “They can’t sing,” stated Virgil as I walked into the of­ ■ ^ Cancer (June 22-July 22) • Today is a 4 - Your main focus should be f a huh, I wanna really really really wanna zigazig ha. fice on Monday. . financial. Get all the paperwork in order and mail it in. Take the time to do . “Ahhhh,” Marcus screamed and ran into hiding under No, of course not, that would make them credible and f a it right, too. You certainly don't want to have to do it all over. Meanwhile, r ( the cloak of his Smurfs’ Gargamel framed photo. then you’d have no excuse to dis them as talentless sin­ f a don’t take a thoughdess remark to heart. The jerk probably meant no harm, f a I figured it would be polite to give Marcus a rest since it gers with a strong fashion sense, 1 thought. That after­ i Leo Only 23-Aug. 22) - Today is a 6 - You’re outgunned. You'd better i was obvious he had not reached nirvana with the flava of noon I decided the proof would have to lie in the music, X go along peaceably. Your mate is the one who has you hogtied, so this ^ that Spice Girls single, so I switched to personal stereo and consequently I brought Virgil and my friend from f a might not be too bad. You may have to listen to long-winded explana- f a Liverpool, Wally, down to Los Angeles with me for a free t tions of something you care nothing about, but you’ll live through it. . and bebopped along giddily to the quintessential pop masterpiece in my head and went off to class. Spice Girls show at the Bulletin Board Live club. * Virgo (Aug.’23-Sept. 22) - Today is a 4 - You're very intelligent, but you * So here’s a story from A to Z, you wanna get with me f a may find some kinds of equipment baffling Once you leam the basic f a If you want my future forget my past . rules you’ll do fine. That’s your assignment for today. Ifyou can just read , If you wanna get with me better make it fast You gotta listen carefully, X through the manual, the battle’s won. Now don’t go wasting my precious time We got Em in the place who likes it in your face, f a Libra (S ept. 23-Oct. 23) - Today is a 9 - This is a fabulous day for you, f a Get your act together we could be just fine We got G like MC who likes it on an . romantically. You could get lots of nice offers. Some are interesting and » Since he didn’t get it, on my way back to work, I de­ Easy V doesn’t come for free, she’s a real lady X some present a challenge. Go for one who does both and you’ll never be ^ cided I’d do him a favor and explain to Marcus why And as for me, ha you’ll see f a bored. If you're already married, find something new to leam together, f a “Wannabe” is one of the top-three pop gems of the ’90s Slam your body down and wind it all around ★ Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) - Today is a 5 • Working with the right per- a alongside Shampoo’s (who are the closest thing to being After waiting over an hour listening to bad music son, you might finally solve one of your most challenging domestic puzzles. " the pink Power Rangers of f a Actually, part of the puzzle may be simply finding that right person and f a . getting him o r her to fix what’s broken. Provide food as an incentive. * Brit-pop) “Trouble,” and "" Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) - Today is a 9 - You could amaze even ^ one more song that I can’t f a yourself today. You’ll have a lot more patience about learning compli- f a think of right now, but i cated material. If there’s anything you want to know, chase it down. You » probably will 10 minutes X might also uncover a secret concerning a m em ber of your family. Keep ^ after this is printed. f a that private. f a It’s like the Spice Girls ★ Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) - Today is a 6 - If you’ve been thinking i are part of that great pop about investing in a computer, satellite dish, cellular phone or any of the ™ hierarchy where lyrical f a zillions of magical gadgets out there, do it now. You’ve thought about it f a and musical obesity is far , long enough. Besides, the prices have come down a lot a , more important than that * Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) -Today is a 1 0 -You are the king or queen ^ starving artist tradition f a ofali you survey. You know all, see all, and you’re trying to figure out how f a , to get it all on a chip the size of a gnat’s knee. Smaller, maybe. Race on * that has become all the f a ahead and discover mote brilliant ideas. We’re all waiting, ^ rage since took its f a Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)-Today is a6-Youneedtoconsultwithan f a smelly, mud-caked, held- together-by-duct-tape ★ expert in private today. Explain your problem. You may discover it’s not a as horrible as you thought There may even be a way to keep it from " shoe and stomped all over ■fa bothering you again. Don’t keep it hidden inside any longer. Let it go. " fa some girl with a really great haircut with blonde fa T oday’s B irthday (Feb. 6). You are stupendous thiA year. Use your ★ power wisely. Figure out what you want now. Buy something you need in highlights and shoes with fa March. Devote meat of April to romance and education. Get married in fa feathers on the toe. The fa May or June. You’re too busy in July. Review plans in August. Pay debts in fa kind of shoes you could September and take a vacation in October. Make a career decision in No­ only wear once before hav­ fa vember and share secrets with a friend in December. Wrap it up in Janu­ fa ing to get the feathers fa ary by keeping one last promise. fa replaced. fa . If you wanna be my fa lover, you gotta get with fa made to order fa my friends, fa fa Make it last forever, salads friendship never ends fa fa “What does that line re­ fa fa ally mean — ‘If you wanna homemade soups be my lover you gotta get fa fa with my friends,’?” said Kieran, the office typist, in a pumped out by plump DJs in three-piece tan suits, the fa untraditional fa whiny drawl, like he was trying to provoke me as I lights finally went dim. fa fa walked in the office fresh from dinner at CPK. Peeking around the comer I spotted Geri, the redhead sandwiches fa “I heard that someone in England wrote it and misin­ and my favorite Spice Girl, partially for her “Girl Power” fa terpreted hip-hop slang. That is soooooo bad,” replied motto and partially ’cos she’s j‘ust really, really cool. fa fa Aaron, who is the office expert on all that sounds re­ Then they all ran out holding hands and giggling. Vir­ fa fa motely hip-hop. gil and Wally went mad, shouting out the names of their I.V., 961-1700 They went on like this for 10 minutes about the mean­ favorite Spice Girls, Emma (the blonde) and Victoria fa fa ing of that lyric that is so painfully obvious to me, as I (the pouty one) respectively. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ muffled my hysterical laughs under my sweater sleeve. Each girl was wearing her signature color o’ the mo­ In the old-school pop tradition “Wannabe” stems ment, like they do in that cheerleader-peppy video, al­ from, I decided I would tell Marcus it’s not the lyrical most proving Marcus’ Power Rangers’ statement, but not weightiness of the song that is most important. In fact, quite. They said something like “How you doin’?” and fluff is the key element here— as long as it’s paired along­ “Girl Power” before jumping into the first and most fan­ side a really great sing-along chorus in the style of that tastic lip synch I’d ever seen live. end number in the Grease musical. As they jumped around the stage to “Say You’ll Be Valentine’s Day is What do you think about that now you know how I There,” the one who wears her hair too tight did back feel, t flips, making the guys and girls in the crowd go mad NEXT FRIDAY!! Say you can handle my love are you for real, while two old guys in gray Nordstrom suits, probably Get Your I won’t be hasty, I’ll give you a try from the record company, watched the reaction from the If you really bug me then I’ll say goodbye. side. Daily Nexus That night I still hadn’t spoken to Marcus about what The Spice Girls hit full force four minutes later when Valentines made that Spice Girls song so great. To get some more they performed (sort of) their hit “Wannabe.” I felt like 1 ammo, my friend Catie and I drove to some club in Holly­ was part of Beatlemania 1997. People were screaming, Now! wood that was hosting a Spice Girls record release party. fawning and fainting all over the place and it wasn’t just Under We started to notice this wasn’t the usual club that the short girls who got crushed in the pileup. Storke played hideously bad dance tunes like that Montel Jor­ From the foot of the stage people grabbed at Emma’s Tower dan song, where it’s a big singles-fest with people in acid- sparkly blue platforms and Mel B’s shiny green bell bot­ R m 1 0 4 1 washed j'eans far too tight for their rear ends. In fact, the toms. There were some skanky guys from England who torpedoed into the crowd just in time to catch a wink off M -F 8 -5 club first displayed its difference with an abundant re­ pertoire of really good ’80s music like Laura Branagan’s one of the girls. Don’t have your friends be the only ones on “Gloria” and that theme from Flashdance. As 1 dragged drooling Virgil and Wally away from the campus who receive no Valentines! They’re Catie and I also noticed one other thing:. For some rea­ club after those perfect 10 minutes that seemed to make inexpensive, and you create it yourself... son the line for the guys restroom stretched for miles, time stop, I realized that the proof I needed to convince while Catie and I didn’t even have to wait to go in ours. Marcus of how perfect this pop is lied in the Spice Girls’ what more could we offer? Yo I tell you what I want what I really really want... performance of “Wannabe,” and he had missed it. He’s Published on Friday, Feb. 14 — the real I wanna, huh, l wanna, huh, / wanna, huh, I wanna never gonna get it, never gonna get it ; J JQay. „ „ ...... ______huh, / wanna really- • • • Slam your body down and zigazig ha. really really wanna zigazig ha. Ifyou wanna be my lover. 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S.B. Film Society Picture rur presents • by SINGIN’ JP I C f II f 0 Photographers IN THE For the next month, the Santa Barbara They Bug siastic about the series. Museum of Art will host an ongoing film “[We are] delighted to work together to RAIN exhibit entitled Moving Pictures: Films bring any programs relating to any of the Critters Buggin to play Goleta by Photographers in celebration of visual arts that we feel are important that SUNDAY - 8PM photography’s 150th anniversaiy and the serve to fulfill our education mission,” If you threw all your favorite music in a blender, CAMPBELL HALL 100th birthday of the motion picture. she said. stuffed it in tight, then turned it on, Critters Buggin’s Moving Pictures: Films by Photogra­ The series is a lead-in to the museum’s sound would be all the stuff that got slung out and hit phers is a series of rare films dating from major summer exhibition A Persistent the walls. Or so claims the' band’s bassist, Brad the 1890s to the present. The program is Presence: A History of W omen Houser. sponsored by the American Federation of Photographers. Might he. FREE Arts and Tom Smith, assistant director of Upcoming shows at the museum that But, I think there’s something more going on. the Media Arts Program of the AFA. are part of this series include: Visions of More, you know, like the pattern it made. Didn’t your “This exhibition will provide audi­ America on Feb. 9, Photojournalism on blown-up musical smoothie actually spell something POOL ences an opportunity to discover some of Feb. 16, Definitions and Experiments on on that wall before you wiped it off? No, wait — N00N-1PM, the differences and similarities between Feb. 23, and Portraits on March 2. maybe that’s just the paint melting. OOOOHH! 6-7PM photography and the cinema through an Squishy! MON.-THURS. But make no mistake about it — these guys are ta­ examination of the work made by artists Admission is free and all shows begin Excluding Holidays working in both mediums with equal fa­ promptly at 2:30 p.m. in the Mary Craig lented — talented enough to have, between them, cility,” he said. auditorium in the Santa Barbara Museum played with an impressive (ahem) “host” of well- We are a non-smoking Shelley Ruston, Santa Barbara Mu­ of Art. For more information call known groups such as Pearl Jam, the Saturday Night establishment seum’s director of Special Programs, 963-4364. Live Band and Edie Brickell and the New agreed, noting that the museum is enthu­ —Tami Mnoian Bohemians. Ü 1 The Ceremony, in FAMILY BILLIARD CENTER French 1128 Chapala St. • 9660915 Catch the latest hy Claude Chabrol

m o Director Claude Chabrol has been Bonnaire. called the French Alfred Hitchcock, but Unfortunately, a dizzying succession what fila ? La Cérémonmie gives the impression of character-building scenes in the mo­ that several distinct film styles have vie causes the film to drag. Is there a SOME DAY, LAD been neatly spliced together. Murder mystery after all? What exactly is the THIS WILL ALL mystery, psychological thriller, warm plot? The viewer tires of having to ask BE YOURS" family film — it is never clear which di­ such questions. "WHAT THE rection the director is heading. However, in the movie’s final brutal On Critters’ latest effort, Host, the band has man­ CURTAINS? Isabelle Huppert as the extremely in­ moments the action and suspense pick aged to come off sounding funkier than they did on lind out at council troverted Sophie Bonhomme heads up up speed with brilliant effect. One is re­ 1994’s Guest. Host explores a groove that’ll get into • i i m . i i i a cast of veteran actors such as Jacque­ minded more of Quentin Tarantino (mi­ your ears no matter how long it’s been since you’ve London line Bisset and Jean-Pierre Cassel, who nus the humor) than of Hitchcock. And had ’em cleaned out. You’ll realize withoutHoubtthat New York play a wealthy couple who hire Sophie the powerful end credits alone are there are still new sounds out there worth listening to Paiis to keep house at their rural oceanside worth every bit of the slow pace and am­ since Jaco left us. Athens estate. Unhappy, paranoid and secretly biguity of this horrifying but thought- Critters Buggin know something most of us don’t, s i a i i a a « illiterate, Sophie is befriended by Fares arene each way based oron fyT purchase.! provoking film. and they tell it to us through instrumentation. It’s ILS. andd foreign departuree tarées and foes Jeanne, the eccentric local postmistress, music your sweet Momma would’ve warned you ab­ are nott included.___ Prices aand awribbSity playech with relish by Sandrine —Emma Bland out, if she’d ever dreamed it could exist. At the same are subject to change. time, it’s music you should brush your teeth to. Council Travel - Critters will be consuming their curried tofu and 903 Embarcadero Del Norte beer, almond butter and honey, donning their bando­ Isla Vista Jusff L i k e B e i n g liers and fake furry costumes to become superhumans Te l: 805-562-80801 live at the Mercuiy Lounge in Old Town Goleta, right across the street from Alex’s Cantina and The Natural real life flick: Cafe, on Feb. 8th. T h e r e —J.E. Anderson Dennis Dragon and Ian Slewarl Provide Three Good Reasons to Spend More Time Listening to Local Music

The philosophy is simple. A good band kicks ass live. Sounding good in the stu­ dio or on a CD is nice, but it’s the live set that reveals who the ffue musicians are. This belief fuels everything that Dennis Dragon and Ian Stewart do. And they do a lot. Currently, they are working to put Santa Barbara on the map musically, by recording, producing and releasing a three-CD set entitled Live Bands from the Santa Barbara Area Vols. I, II and III. Available at The Wherehouse, the CDs (which are sold separately) feature a variety of bands from the Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura areas, all recorded live at local bars and clubs. Not everyone realizes how much Den­ nis and Ian contribute to the local music scene. Former musicians themselves (Dennis was in the local band the Surf Punks), the pair are a fixture at local shows, filming videos for their self- Room’s new location at 430 C South Fair- produced cable TV show, Locals Only, view (near the Goleta Airport) today at 8. and making audio recordings for use on p.m. and should be a great place to pack future releases from their record label, Re­ the dance floor. set Records. Meanwhile, keep your eyes out for Re­ Currentiy, seven bands from the three- set releases from bands like Rice and disc set have signed on to release albums Beans, The Upbeat, Johnny Malibu, rel­ with Reset, including reggae-ish band ish, Nonfiction, and Truth About Sea­ Papa Nata, whose CD came out two food. If you’re not sure what the bands weeks ago to a good review in the Los sound like, they can all be found on the Angeles Times and a sold-out CD-release Live Bands ... compilation. Dennis and party at Nicholby’s in Ventura. Another Ian are keepin’ it real; the least you can do Papa Nata party will be held at The Living is listen. —Lara Zwarun

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