Subject: Amanda Parsons

• Thursday's Headlines. No Surprises: Last of the Rat Pack

  Last of the Rat Pack: Newport Beach resident Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of the Rat Pack, dies at 89. Coverage: Times, Register. Anti-Semitic UCI probe still on: Yesterday, the Daily Pilot reported that the Hillel Foundation of Orange County called off its investigation of racist activity at UC Irvine. Today, the DP's Joseph Serna reports that the task force the organization assigned to do the job was not consulted about dropping the probe. Task force chairman Jesse Rosenblum says he

  October 18, 2007

• Friday's Headlines. No Surprises: Carona resign? Please, no!

  Should Sheriff Carona Resign? Some 84 percent of the Reg's readers who responded to an online poll say yes. (9:08 a.m. By the way, they seem kind of confused over there. The poll reads 84 percent, but the accompanying article says 83 percent. The pro-Carona vote's at 16 percent, so let's stick with 84.) The Times doesn't have a poll but says that pressure is mounting. And R.Scott Moxley? Lose a guaranteed scandal maker? "Absolutely not. . .as an investigative journalist, I’d mourn the loss of

  November 2, 2007

• Friday's Headlines. No Surprises.

  Stained: The deeper the LA Times reads into Sheriff Mike Carona's indictment, the more ugliness they find. Today's tidbit: the sheriff and his wife allegedly received $25,000 from a paintball firm for getting primo placement at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa. Note that Mrs. Carona is president of the fair board. As of Thursday: The Santiago Fire is fully contained after two and a half weeks of hell. Copycat move or coincidence? On Tuesday, in a blog entry titled "Churros, anyone?

  November 9, 2007

• What you missed over the weekend: Part II

  Freelancer Shawn Smith was at Disneyland Friday night when she noticed that the Social Distortion show slated for the evening had been pulled. We bit our nails wondering if this was the latest in Disney censorship at the venue, which Clubs editor Erin DeWitt blogged in September. But it wasn't so, thank goodness. Shawn reports that the boys simply had the flu. Get well soon, guys. Staffer LYT drove to the L.A. River Center Friday to bid Los Angeles Times editorial page assistant editor Matt Wel

  December 17, 2007

• BUC BUC BUC: Weekend chickenshit

  So my weekly "Didja do anything cool I can throw into that Monday morning post?" note to the OCW staff was meet with *crickets* and Zzzzs. Everyone's in holiday hibernation mode and your regular "What You Missed" programming will resume next week. What I hope you didn't miss was this blog entry from last Friday, in which R. Scott Moxley challenged Sheriff Mike Carona to a duel. OK, not quite, but Mox did indicate that His Indictedness was chickenshit for not playing a couple of tapes that will

  December 31, 2007

• Cheap Date

  UPDATE: Photos are up. By Amanda Parsons and Erin DeWitt When the press release for a Newport Beach bachelor auction came across our desks, we were all over that shit. And when we heard there was going to be an open bar? The deal got even sweeter. You would think that a room full of eligible men, free flowing alcohol and some B-list reality TV stars would make for a fun evening. It didn’t.

  January 25, 2008

• What you missed over the weekend: Part VII

  Remember R. Scott Moxley's challenge to a certain former sheriff? The one in which he dared Michael S. Carona to play the contents of secret tapes containing conversations between himself and former assistant sheriff Don Haidl? The same tapes Carona said would prove his innocence?! Well, Mox threw down the gauntlet over a month ago, and, unsurprisingly, the Carona camp didn't take it up. Instead, over the weekend, the news broke that Carona's attorneys filed a motion to throw said tapes out. Hm

  January 28, 2008

• What you missed over the weekend: Part IX

  The Gothla Festival hit Fullerton from Friday to Sunday, and we were there in full force. Christopher Victorio took some beautiful pictures of the ladies gyrating in all sorts of intricate outfits at Saturday night's Gothic Gala. (Check those out here.) Luke Thompson and Derek Olson were also in attendance and will be posting some video on Navel Gazing later today. Clubs photographer Fever Dragon spent Friday evening on board The Rocket Boat in Alamitos Harbor for a punk lineup that included th

  February 11, 2008

• Because You're Ugly: Sponsored by Botox

  Sure, LA Fashion Week has nothing to do with Orange County, but one show did have an open bar, so OCW's Erin DeWitt and Amanda Parsons headed up to the City of Angeles for some cocktails and criticism. Plus, Kara Sahn from Project Runway (season one) was there representing Botox (Amanda needs that), so as avid fans of the show we were there in no time. The GenArt event was held at the Park Plaza hotel; a sprawling decadent venue with two separate rooms featuring designer showcases, an outside

  March 10, 2008

• Last Night: American Opera Susannah @ OCPAC

  Last night I went to OCPAC's showing of Susannah not quite knowing what I was to expect from an American opera by Carlisle Floyd. I was, however, certain of one thing: my deep, unwavering passion for opera in another language. There's something about stories set to foreign songs that is mysterious and indecipherable. It sends me reeling into a magical world where I forget what time it is. I actually despise having to get up to use the ladies’ room at intermission, lest I lose that magical feel

  May 15, 2008

• OC Weekly Local Music Compilation 2008

  Whew! We made it. OC Weekly is proud to present the best of Orange County. Download one or download 'em all! (we recommend them all, of course)

  November 26, 2008

• A Bad Week at the Weekly

  Ordinarily, I keep pretty quiet about personnel matters at the Weekly. But the economic times we're living in are anything but ordinary. They're extraordinarily shitty, in fact. Which means that, all across the country, in all sorts of businesses (but especially the news business) extraordinarily shitty things are happening to good people.

  January 2, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  September 25, 2008

• Navel Gazing Newest 'Real Housewives' Recruitment Tool

  Because the kids love us, the comments under Navel Gazing posts is often bombarded with spam, and a Navel Gazing troll has to go in and delete the offending advertisements so they do not offend your delicate sensibilities. It was believed one such piece of spam had attached itself to Amanda Parsons' insightful take on The Real Housewives of Orange County finale. At first glance, the comment appeared to be a robotic casting call for the show.  However, an email address was attached, and Lind

  March 27, 2009

• [Coachella 2009] Everything New Is Old Again--and Vice Versa

  April 9, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  January 8, 2009

• The Best Posts of 2008, Direct From the Weekly's Parallel Universe

  January 1, 2009

• [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Back to the Future,' 'Scarface,' More

  July 24, 2008

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  July 10, 2008

• [Summer Guide] The Simple Pleasures of an OC Summer

  June 12, 2008

• Hotter Than the Temperature at Coachella? Black Lips, Animal Collective, Duffy and 43 More

  April 17, 2008

• Thursday - 12/6

  John R. Wooden Classic Golf Tournament at Oak Creek Golf Club, Ocean Adventure Cruises at Dana Wharf

  November 29, 2007

• Monday - 12/3

  Open Mic Night at the Gypsy Den, Huntington Beach Impeachment Action meeting

  November 29, 2007

• Friday - 11/16

  The Rocky Horror Show at the Maverick Theater, Orange County Peace & Justice protest in Costa Mesa, “Shag: The World, the Flesh & the Devil” at Pure Color

  November 22, 2007

• Sunday - 11/18

  Enjambre at JC Fandango, Food Not Bombs Santa Ana, The BFG at SCR

  November 15, 2007

• About OC Weekly

  March 29, 2007

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  May 21, 2009

• There Goes the Neighborhood: Cat Set Ablaze in Tustin

  Weekly editorial assistant Amanda Parsons receives all kinds of phone calls during the day. On the other end of the receiver--generally--are your garden-variety nutbars, droolers and shim shamsters. But the call she received Wednesday afternoon was different. Angela Jolitz was distraught. She's lived in Tustin for 15 years and never saw anything like what was burned into her head around 10 p.m. Tuesday. "Burned" is the key word: someone had set a cat on fire."My best friend came home from a movi

  June 18, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  June 18, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  June 11, 2009

• Four Days of No Doubt Shows in Irvine Starting...Now. Almost.

  ​Yeah, No Doubt is obviously one of the biggest bands from Orange County of all time. (Some might say "the;" feel free to debate that point as much as you'd like!) As such, it's appropriate that their return to Orange County--after a five-year layoff, save a quickie reunion during the encore of one of Gwen Stefani's solo shows in 2007--is appropriately big.Tonight begins four shows at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine (the same site as their 2007 jam), and we'll have a goodly amount of c

  July 31, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  August 13, 2009

• Slideshow: Saturday's No Doubt, Paramore, the Sounds Concert at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

  Andrew Youssef​It's No Doubt Central around here. Amanda Parsons threw up the setlist from Friday's show, and here are Andrew Youssef's pictures Gwen, Tony, Tom and Adrian-filled from Saturday's way beyond sold-out gig (he couldn't even stay past three songs, poor guy). Coming up: John Gilhooley's doubtlessly dazzling shots from Sunday night at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, and a review of Tuesday night's final Irvine show, with supporting act Katy Perry stepping in for Paramore. (The Sounds

  August 3, 2009

• Support Amanda's wiener dog!

  If you're bored stupid tomorrow afternoon, or think you'd get a kick out of mini-hotdog dogs running in circles, check out the dachshund race at Old World Village in HB. Weekly editorial assistant Amanda Parsons' pet pooch, Winnie, will be contending. (She'll be the tiny dachshund with the OC Weekly sticker on its back). Details: 2 p.m. $1 admission, kids free. Location: Old World Village Restaurant, Huntington Beach, California 92647.

  July 7, 2007