Allen Ginsberg

'Portrait of Jason': The First Reality Star

Shirley Clarke reveals the dawn of the fame whore

Sundance 2013: Sex with James Franco, Sultry Scarlett Johansson and Daniel Radcliffe's Jew-Fro

Life in the Nuclear Family: On No-Nukes Nuns, Alison Bechdel, and San Onofre

Philip Larkin's famous and bitter poem, "This Be the Verse," about what Mom and Dad do to you has "faults" and a "coastal shelf" which suits me fine for some easy book talk this week by way of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, that toxic and dilapidated Three Stooges movie with the endearingly ... More >>

Harold Chapman Asks: Will the Beat Go on?

OMC Gallery's Parisian bohemian retrospective of the legendary photographer evokes a yearning for yesteryear

Voodoo Fix: 'Voodoo Describes What We Do as a Band'

​Voodoo Fix, made up of Abe Rivers, Scott P, Captain Willy, Demario Dunn and Doc Russell, mixes blues, folk, and funk in their debut, Not For Nothing. There's a record release party in Irvine's Anthill Pub (4200 Campus Dr.) today; check out how it was made and a pretty cool video after the jump.

Magoski Arts Colony Is Cooler Than Tarantino

The newly formed Fullerton gallery already impresses with multiple exhibits, even a bookstore

Orange Sunshine

In his new book, the Weekly's Nick Schou tells the tale of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, OC's notorious 'Hippie Mafia'

Sundance Report: Sitting on a Bus With Colin Hanks

"Orange County" star​From a Friday morning plane ride to Salt Lake City with Todd Lowe to a Saturday afternoon bus ride through Park City with Colin Hanks. Since it's a confirmed fact everything happens in threes, one wonders what the next mode of transportation/young star combo will b ... More >>

Sundance Picks Up "Spooner" Director Drake Doremus' Film "Douchebag"

Photo by Matt Coker Drake Doremus at the 2009 Newport Beach Film Festival party for filmmakers.​Drake Doremus, the former Santa Ana resident whose comedy Spooner scooped up several awards on the festival circuit, just learned his newest film will make its world premiere at Sundance.Douchebag--whic ... More >>

SCOWL Part 2: More Layoffs at the Register!

The Orange County Register is apparently running a story tomorrow saying that 25 people are being laid off from the paper in just the latest downsizing by Freedom Communications and its corporate investor overlord, Blackstone. One person who's leaving is Susan Jacobs, an editor who took a buy-out ... More >>

A SCOWL in the Night: Anonymous Poet Bemoans the Self-Inflicted Demise of the OC Register

This week, an anonymous source sent the Weekly a poem called "Scowl," which appears to be a riff on Allen Ginsberg's famous and similarly-titled manifesto of 1950s beatnik angst, "Howl." The poem also appears to be written by someone intimately familiar with the inner workings of the Orange County R ... More >>

But What About the Hip-hop, Tom?

Saul Williams

Crash Course

Asteroid #4 speed toward your stereo

'Never Be Daunted'

Hes not a stalker, just a smart guy from a small university who makes it a habit to befriend the worlds greatest artists

'Indians Scattered On Dawn's Highway Bleeding'

Naw, just a bunch of white kids watching the Doors

Magical History Tour

Lennon rock doc is both poignant and topical

Hometown Legend

Coming of age and stayin alive on the mean streets of Astoria, Queens

Ending War 101

UCI profs book could be the real roadmap to peace

Mild Thing

Exene Cervenka lightens up on anarchy and embraces punk pacifism

Fall of the Legend

George Herms comes to Costa Mesa, tries to make rent

Love in the Time of Kinky

Photo Chick, Primeval Basses, and the Most Buzzed-About Latin Alternative Band in America

The Saviors of Mexico, the Scourge of Latin Alternative

Kronos Quartet is the greatest thing that ever happened to Mexican music, Juanes just sucks

Reality Check

Shop Local, Burn Global

How to become your own big-ass music label

Fair Deal

Will the OC Fair finally stop blowing corn-dog chunks?

We Want You Seed!

Uncle Jims summer activity guide

People Have the Power

Patti Smith, 53-year-old mother of two, is still ready for revolution

When He Was Just a Little Rolling Stone

Early Dylan documents the creation of modern rock

When He Was Just a Little Rolling Stone

Early Dylan documents the creation of modern rock

Outlaw Poetry?

How to keep poetrys wild frontier wild

Guilty Pleasures

801-900

The Importance of Loving Ernest

An evening with the Hemingways

A Dissenter Emerges