5 Favorite Quotes from the Crocodile Hunter
The Animal Planet’s own crocodile hunter, Steve Irwin of Australia, died of a stingray spine to the heart while snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef in early September.
Year: 2006
PREP FOR THE PEONY
In anticipation of A&L’s upcoming performance of the famed Chinese opera Peony Pavilion, Dr. Dongshin Chang, visiting lecturer at UCSB’s department of dramatic art, will deliver a lecture on the visual beauty of the Kun Opera
CULTURE VULTURE’S DELIGHT
SBMA’s successful third season of Nights prepares to go out with bang this evening, Thursday, September 21, with Bacchanal Beats, a night of pure revelry inspired by the decadence of the Greek god of wine, art, and partying.
HEALTH FOR MUSIC
Good souls at the Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit Future of Music Coalition, aware that many musicians opt to go entirely without health insurance,
Dionysian Road Trip
All 24-hour party people are welcome at the first annual Vegas Music Conference, which is headquartered at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino this weekend. Conference events, which began last night, Wednesday, September 20, will continue all weekend, straight through until early Tuesday, September 26.
Song for Baby
Santa Barbara’s Sandman Records, along with BabySteps magazine, is having its first Lullaby Writing Contest. Open to anyone, the winner will have his/her song professionally recorded to CD.
Color Me Pretty
I’m no beauty maven, but when I lived in San Francisco I liked to head downtown to Sephora every now and again and spend an hour (or two) sampling the makeup, lotions, and eau de toilette sprays that fill the store. By the time I exited, I was a colorful, greasy, stinky mess, but oh the fun I had getting that way.
My Little Pony
Hanging out at the Circle Bar B guest ranch’s horse corral, this little girl dreams
In Their Natural Habitat
Santa Barbara’s Steve Romanowsky experiences his first Burning Man as he remembers his father.
Monkeys He Will Make of Men
Del tha Funkee Homosapien Gears Up for Best Album Yet
For someone who’s been winning in the rap game since his 1991 debut, Del tha Funky Homosapien isn’t rolling in the dough and a household name like many of his contemporaries. The Oakland-raised, Richmond-residing emcee-who founded the hip-hop collective and record label Hieroglyphics that’s home to such underground stars Souls of Mischief and Casual-had a whiff of international fame in 2005 as the lyricist on the song “Clint Eastwood” by the cartoon band Gorillaz. But the rapper was so distracted by bad things in his life, from a violent girlfriend to a battle with Legionnaires’ disease, that he didn’t even know the band’s Demon Days album went platinum.