Year: 2006

Bodacious Little Redhead
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Bodacious Little Redhead

Bonnie Raitt, with Keb’ Mo’. At the Santa Barbara Bowl, Sunday, September 10

Although unquestionably a powerful performer in her own right, Bonnie Raitt’s path to musical stardom is largely built on collaborations with bluesmen of the highest order. Those experiences both validated her early on and provided the experience to grow into one of the most endearing faces in modern blues. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that, as she expands her own catalogue into such meaningful gems as the recent Souls Alive release, Raitt continues working with the baddest bluesmen around.

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Making Sense of Jake’s Death

About 40 parents, four Santa Barbara city councilmembers, one county supervisor, one supervisorial candidate, two police officers, and two high-ranking traffic engineers gathered Tuesday night at La Colina Junior High School to discuss the violent death of Jake Boysel, the 12-year-old fatally injured while bicycling to school last week by a motorist driving an SUV.

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Letter Boxed

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

It seems fair to lump together the films Super Size Me and This Film Is Not Yet Rated into a fairly new subgenre of documentary. Both take on dubious behemoth American institutions-McDonald’s and the MPAA-using guerilla tactics and inserting the filmmaker into the very machinery whose dysfunction they seek to unveil. The underlying messages in both films question the authority of their targets and their pernicious influence on America, whether it is the tragic dietary legacy of fast food or the censoring nature of MPAA ratings, which always give good grades to violence, but thumbs down to sex.

By Brett Leigh Dicks

Intentional Heartache

Dwight Yoakam. At the Chumash Casino, Friday, September 8

Elegantly adorned in a pressed suit and lurking coyly under a ten-gallon hat, Dwight Yoakam momentarily paused as he immersed himself within the musical accord. A mixture of acoustic and electric guitar rattled and growled from the stage while keyboards swirled and drums pounded relentlessly.

By Indy Staff

YOUTH MURAL UNVEILING

The 13th annual Summer Youth Mural will be unveiled on the rear exterior wall of the S.B. Museum
of Art this Saturday, September 16,

Fall Arts Rock
Arts & Entertainment By Indy Staff

Fall Arts Rock

The more things change, the more they stay the same. And the more the leaves change, the more the Santa Barbara music scene offers a healthy cross-section of live acts for music fans. Indeed, as we slip into the colder months, we have both classic sounds-Lou Reed, Gladys Knight, Paul Simon-and newer fare such as Abijah, TV on the Radio, and Xiu Xiu, to help us make the transition.

Velvet Voices and Razor Strings
By Indy Staff

Velvet Voices and Razor Strings

When it comes to blues, it just don’t get any dirtier than the brand they lay down in Chicago, the hometown of Lil’ Ed and the Blues Imperials. The short but larger-than-life Lil’ Ed comes to town this weekend….

Master of the Tabla
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Master of the Tabla

Planet Drum’s Zakir Hussain Waxes Poetic

Zakir Hussain is the world’s most renowned player and composer on the tabla, the traditional drum of India. He has led a distinguished career on several continents, and is particularly well-known for collaborating with such Western bigwigs as the Beatles. He is a cofounder-with Grateful Dead veteran Mickey Hart-of Planet Drum, a quartet of percussionists that plays world music and won the first-ever Grammy for that genre in 1992.

Do Be Absurd, Darling
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Do Be Absurd, Darling

Alas, Poor Fred and A Slight Accident. Written by James Saunders and directed
by Ed Giron. At Center Stage Theater, Friday, September 8.

These two short plays were written by the little-known British absurdist James Saunders. Saunders began his career writing for the radio, and his stage plays retain the emphasis on contentious conversation so characteristic of classic radio comedy.

Pick It Up
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Pick It Up

Pigeon John And the Summertime Pool Party

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