At 10:00 this morning, UC Santa Barbara’s Dept of Chicano and Chicana Studies held a Press Conference regarding the decision by the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s Office to prosecute 14-year old Ricardo Juárez as an adult. Juárez was arrested for the murder of Luis Angel Linares during an incident on State Street that city police and city officials have described as a “gang fight”.
Click below to listen to the press conference in its entirety, as well as additional comments from Prof. Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval.
Dept of Chicano and Chicana Studies Press Conference [21:50m]:
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Comments from Professor Ralph Armbruster-Sandoval [3:35m]:
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Ian Svenonius (Nation of Ulysses, Make-Up, Weird War) recently had a book on culture and radical politics, The Psychic Soviet, published by Drag City. In celebration of its second printing, Svenonius is touring the West Coast with a multi-media presentation that explores some of The Psychic Soviet’s subtler themes. His area presentation will be at Buffalo Records, 105 South Oak St., #100 (corner of Oak & Santa Clara Streets) in Ventura, starting at 6pm. (All Ages)
In the evening, under the DJ guise of Name Names, Svenonius will spin classics old and new: funk, pop, electro, soul, hip-hop, punk, etc. He will be joined in this endeavor by Selector Dub Narcotic (a.k.a. Calvin Johnson: former Beat Happening, Dub Narcotic Sound System, & K Records founder), at The Mercury Lounge, 5871 Hollister Ave., Goleta, starting at 9pm. (21+ only)
Both events are sponsored by KCSB 91.9 FM.
Santa Barbara Lectures series: Tune in to 91.9 FM on Tuesday, March 13, 8-9 a.m.
Chuck D is the leader and co-founder of the rap group Public Enemy and one of the freshest voices on politics and culture in our time. Chuck D appeared at the Isla Vista Theater in February 2007. The event was sponsored by UCSB’s MultiCultural Center, and was part of the Race Matters Series, which is partially funded by the Fund for Santa Barbara.
KCSB hosts indie rock/pop-folk duo Agent Ribbons, from Sacramento, California, Watercolor Paintings, & Clitorectomy & the Mutilators (both from Santa Barbara) on Monday, March 5th, 2007, 7-10pm, @ the Biko Co-op Showspace, 6612 Sueño Rd., Isla Vista.
Free, but donations will be accepted for the touring band at the door.
Agent Ribbons is also scheduled to perform live on “The Freak Power Ticket” on KCSB-FM 91.9, Monday morning, March 5th, from 9-10am PST.
