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2011 Stories by LILLEDESHAN BOSE

• Bob Dylan Opens OC Fair

  published March 3, 2011

  So Bob Dylan is coming to Orange County this summer, kicking off the OC Fair concert series at Pacific... More >>

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  And Now, for Some Battles In Your Life (New Album, Tour, ATP Curation)

  published Mar 02, 2011

  I must admit I cried a bit when multi-instrumentalist Tyondai Braxton left Battles last year . . . but that doesn't make the announcement of their new album, Gloss Drop, and the tour fronting it any ... More >>

• Charlie Sheen's Crazy Inspires Online Hilarity

  published Mar 02, 2011

  Forget all those other Internet memes: even though Charlie Sheen's quotables have been used on everything from New Yorker cartoons to superheroes, bunnies, cats and baby sloths, it's obvious Sheen's d... More >>

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  Riley Breckenridge From Thrice Misses You, Too

  published Mar 02, 2011

  We know, we know. You're reading Heard Mentality only because you're hoping for a return of Riley's 3hree Things. Riley went on hiatus last January due to family affairs. In an interview with Alexis H... More >>

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  Wanted: Photographic Proof of Trent Reznor's Baby

  published Mar 02, 2011

  Mid-last year, the Internet was atwitter when it was announced that Trent Reznor and his wife, Mariqueen Maandig, were having a baby. Watching Reznor win an Oscar for the soundtrack of The Social Netw... More >>

• Movies and Music: Smoking Popes Do Not Choose the Willy Wonka Soundtrack as a Fave

  published Mar 01, 2011

  The Smoking Popes, set to release their concept album This Is Only a Test (about the life of a fictional high schooler) on March 15, know what it's like to tell stories through music. So is it any sur... More >>

• Movies and Music: Girl Talk Talks (Hah!) About His Favorite Soundtrack

  published Mar 01, 2011

  It makes sense that Girl Talk, famous for smooshing together seemingly incongruous songs (gangsta rap with Sinead O'Connor and Aphex Twin), would choose the House Party 2 soundtrack as his favorite.&n... More >>

• She & Him's Competition: Lukas Haas and Isabel Lucas Make Music, Too

  published Mar 01, 2011

  What's with Hollywood stars making good musicr (And no, Gwyneth, I'm not talking about you.) Former child actor Lukas Haas (who was in Witness with Harrison Ford almost 20 years ago and most recently ... More >>

• Movies and Music: Stray Cat Lee Rocker Talks About His Favorite Soundtrack

  published Mar 01, 2011

  Still on the subject of movies and rockin' soundtracks, we asked a few musicians coming through Orange County about their favorites. First up, Lee Rocker--former Stray Cat and OC resident--who is rele... More >>

• Free Ticket Tuesday: The Tribute Edition, Featuring the Spirit of Michael Jackson, Nearvana and Stone Temple Co-Pilots

  published Mar 01, 2011

  Sometimes, you just can't get the real thing. If you missed out on Stone Temple Pilots last weekend, you might want to head over to the House of Blues in Anaheim to watch a reasonable facsimile. Same... More >>

• Local Record Review: Halle Ford, 'Pretty Girl'

  published Mar 01, 2011

  Halle Ford Pretty Girl (hallefordmusic.com) Laguna Beach's reputation for being its own little enclave isn't just geographic or economic or what-have-you--it somehow seems like a holdover dream for m... More >>

• Aaand the Other Auto Tuned Remix: Kirk Douglas

  published Feb 28, 2011

  If you were Kirk Douglas, you would take forever giving an Oscar speech, too. The 94-year-old stroke survivor is not only a Hollywood classic, but he's also able to hit on Anne Hathaway!After the jum... More >>

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  New Lady Gaga Video for 'Born This Way'

  published Feb 28, 2011

  How does Lady Gaga keep topping herself visuallyr No matter what you may think of Lady Gaga's latest, "Born This Way" (at first listen, I was pretty sure I was hearing a methed-up version of Madonna's... More >>

• Announcing: the 2011 Village Voice and Frank 151 SXSW Party, With the Wu-Tang Clan, Yelawolf, Wild Flag, Fishbone and More

  published Feb 28, 2011

  If you're one of the lucky few heading to Austin in three weeks, it would behoove you to make an appearance at the 2011 Village Voice SXSW party, presented in concert with Frank 151. Who's going to ... More >>

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  Trent Reznor Won an Oscar! Now a Trending Topic on Twitter! (Here's What Everyone is Saying)

  published Feb 28, 2011

  If someone told me when I was a 15-year-old, wannabe wrist-slitter relating to Trent Reznor's pain via Nine Inch Nail's industrial rock sludge that he would one day be wearing a tux at the Academy Awa... More >>

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  RIP Suze Rotolo, Bob Dylan's Ex-Girlfriend and '60s Muse

  published Feb 28, 2011

  Speaking of Bob Dylan . . . Rolling Stone reported that Suze Rotolo, Dylan's girlfriend in the early-1960s (that's her on the cover of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan), died Feb. 24 after a long illness. S... More >>

• Photographer/Writer Amateur Chemist, a.k.a. Andrew Youssef, on Indefinite Hiatus

  published Feb 25, 2011

  Everyone here at OC Weekly and Heard Mentality is sending out good vibes and well wishes to photographer extraordinaire Andrew Youssef, a.k.a. Amateur Chemist. If you read our blog regularly, you've r... More >>

• The EMP Pop Conference Lands in LA, Jason Bentley Moderates Free Panel With Moby and TV On the Radio

  published Feb 25, 2011

  According to our Beat Blvd. columnist Ned Raggett, this is the first time Experience Music Project's Pop Conference is being held in LA. "Very handy," he notes in his blog. If you're in the area tomor... More >>

• Poly Styrene, X-ray Spex Singer, Diagnosed With Cancer

  published Feb 25, 2011

  UPDATE, 5:15 P.M., APRIL 25, 2011: Poly Styrene of X-ray Spex Rumored to Have Passed Away ORIGINAL POST, 11:02 A.M., FEBRUARY 25, 2011: UK punk icon Poly Styrene, 53, has been diagnosed with cancer. ... More >>

• Exene Recasts the Oscars, Josh Freese Named Dream Presenter

  published Feb 25, 2011

  Orange resident and music scenester Exene Cervenka (of X, Knitters, Original Sinners) had a cameo in LA Times' awards blog The Envelope yesterday, and in it, she talked about what she'd do if she ran ... More >>

• Tonight: OC Music Awards Best Live Acoustic Finals at Fullerton Museum

  published Feb 24, 2011

  Tonight, the Fullerton Museum will host acoustic artists vying for the Best Live Acoustic title at the 2011 OC Music Awards. The winner will get a four-day recording session at Red Bull Studios, a $1,... More >>

• Chris Isaak to Perform at OC Fair. You Probably Won't Need an Interpreter

  published Feb 24, 2011

  It's time to relive the '90s, when life was like a Guessr ad. Aside from the Bob Dylan concert (which, you know, is kind of a big deal), president and CEO for the OC Fair and Events Center Steve Beazl... More >>

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  Five Hip-Hop Kicks Better Than Snoop Dogg X Adidas Shoes

  published Feb 24, 2011

  You've seen them: the yellow-and-purple, Lakers-inspired kicks that Snoop Dogg designed with Adidas, released just in time for the All Star game. They're not the first shoe Mr. Dogg has designed (chec... More >>

• What's Up With Avi Buffalor School, Writing and a Different Version of '5 Little Sluts'

  published Feb 24, 2011

  rMaybe you've been missing Long Beach's teen dream of a band, Avi Buffalo. God knows they toured most of everywhere in 2010--a year whose summer was soundtracked by their self-titled debut. These day... More >>

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  Top Five Bob Dylan Songs That Will Probably Get Mutilated at the OC Fair

  published Feb 24, 2011

  rSo Bob Dylan is coming to Orange County this summer, kicking off the OC Fair concert series at Pacific Amphitheatre on its opening day, July 15. If OC Fair had booked any other great artist of ... More >>