From an internet cafe somewhere along the north coast of Panama, where the effectivness of email “depends on the weather,” Liz Clark updates us on her wild ride since returning to the Swell late this summer and setting off on her final months in the northern hemisphere.
When the Wall Street Journal names UCSB one of the country’s eight up-and-coming schools, our columnist can’t help but feel a little pride in her university.
Welcome to “Girl Surfs World,” Independent.com’s new online column following the adventures of Liz Clark, the 26-year-old UCSB graduate currently sailing and surfing all around the world.
Goleta election in the balance; behind Blogabarbara; the Oprah and the fury; partying with Sneddon; NP and the big screen; journo film fest; who gives a turkey?; Pirates spotted in Guadalupe; Fiesta poster boy; in praise of Cottage; decent docent; Thanksgiving on TV
Does your child seem to ignore you, constantly lose things, and have trouble sitting still, completing homework, or following through on chores? Is he or she temperamental, fidgety, or socially immature? The Gevirtz School’s Roxanna Rahban tells us how to know if our children have ADHD, and if they do, what to do about it.
Suicide Girls is a cultural phenomenon. It’s Playboy meets MySpace.com, as brought to you by Tim Burton. It’s a Web site. It’s erotica. Some say it’s punk-goth-softcore porn. It’s the cute girl at the punk show posing naked for pictures, and it’s the girl’s boyfriend, the band’s lead singer, and the geeky guy in the corner who never gets any play, all paying four dollars a month to look at those pictures. It’s interviews with Pixies frontman Frank Black and articles about abortion rights. It’s discussions about Macintosh computers, animal rights, and the benefits of getting really, really drunk. It’s an endless diversion. It’s objectification internalized. It’s the bold new face of feminism’s third wave. It’s the same old misogyny with Manic Panic hair color and a septum piercing. It’s a brilliant marketing vessel that taps into the geek, deviant, and misfit in all of us. It’s just a business. It’s a life-changing revolution. It’s a cry for help. It’s a career.
We missed the live show by this Swedish songwriter at Rocks on November 11, but we like the dancepop on this EP release.
The YouTube premiere of Spencer the Gardener’s new music video for “The Gobble Song,” the first Thanksgiving tune of all time! See it here first!
The Pixies’ frontman delivers one of his best shows ever at the House of Blues, and Independent.com is there to record the action.
Today’s online article in the American Journalism Review is by far the most comprehensive, objective, and touching take on the meltdown at the Santa Barbara News-Press.
