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Blogs
March 27, 2012
3hree Things: On Meshuggah's New Album, Koloss
Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native. If I were to have made a Most Anticipated Albums of 2012, Meshuggah's Koloss would have ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2012
Make Michael Jackson's Sweet Potato Pie, Liberace's Sticky Buns With The Dead Celebrity Cookbook
You can tell a lot about a person by what they cooked for themselves and their families, so for Hollywood buffs, this cookbook is a gem. The irreverently-named Dead Celebrity Cookbook is a collection of 145 recipes from actors, musicians and other famous figures who've passed. Did you know Kathar ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2012
The Beatles' 1 album Is Available As Ringtones...Why Now?
File this under "if everybody else is doing it, we may as well be doing it as well." After years of resistance, the Beatles have finally given into the temptation (or have adapted to the times) and have allowed the songs of their #1 album to be sold as ring tones. Though this would have been in n ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2012
McDonald's Giving Out Books Instead Of Toys in UK Happy Meals
Amazon.comRonald McDonald: champion for literacy? Well at least in the UK, he is. From now until February 7th, the fast-food giant long-criticized for being purveyors of unhealthiness and ruiner of children's nutrition is promoting one good habit even as it continues to peddle a bad one: It's giv ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2011
Anthony Bourdain's Comic Book Now On Pre-Order! Yes, I Said Comic Book.
Amazon.comAnthony Bourdain. Chef. Author. Travel show host. Novelist. And now a comic book creator?! The man who seems to say everything and do everything (His new show The Layover premiered a month ago) has written a graphic novel about "a renegade and ruthless sushi chef, known to decapitate pa ... More >>
Blogs
December 19, 2011
Holiday Gift Guide: Six ~~Great~~ Food-Related Gifts From The 99-Cent-Only Store
Edwin GoeiYou don't know how hard it is for me to keep a straight face as I write this, because, c'mon, I'm sure you're also chortling at the very idea of buying your loved ones (or even your not-so-loved-ones) gifts from the 99-Cent-Only Store.I could justify such a list as you're about to read ... More >>
Culture
December 8, 2011
Soy Nail Polish Remover Allows You to Say 'Adiós' to Acetone
[Trendzilla] Kaia House, Priti NYC and Karma Organics offer options
Blogs
September 2, 2011
WeedMaps Unveils New Amazon-Friendly Android App
General Cannabis, the Newport Beach company that owns WeedMaps, is celebrating the official launch of a new marijuana-club locating phone application. While WeedMaps has already released I-Tunes and Google Android apps, this latest version is specially designed to work for Amazon-platform Android ... More >>
Blogs
August 2, 2011
Debt Ceiling, Schmebt Ceiling: Let's Eliminate Money
While the debt-ceiling crisis was averted today, even President Barack Obama indicated that much more work needs to be done in a Washington, D.C., that's split between those who do not want to tax the super rich and those who do not want to cut services to the very poor.Perhaps everyone is focuse ... More >>
Culture
April 21, 2011
Summer of Hair
[Trendzilla] Dry shampoo, texturing creams and all the other items you'll need to make your mane marvelous!
News
April 7, 2011
Lazy-Deputy Cases Keep Stalling
[Moxley Confidential] Two mistrials save a sheriff's deputy from charges she falsified official reports
Blogs
April 4, 2011
Amazon.com Buries Another OC Bookstore
Autopsy result? Death by KindleInside the Borders bookstore at The District in Tustin on Sunday afternoon, the excited middle-aged customer pointed at what he wanted to buy.But it wasn't a best-seller or a magazine or DVDs.The man told a store clerk he wanted to purchase two rows of massive ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2011
Oliver Stone Bases Film on Laguna Beach Crime Thriller
HayekIt seems Hollywood can't get enough of Laguna Beach, our county's best seaside town.Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone is building a cast for a crime thriller film based Don Winslow's Savages novel about two Laguna Beach marijuana growers who piss off a Mexican drug cartel. According t ... More >>
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March 8, 2011
Local Record Review: Her Voice Remains
Her Voice RemainsFifty FathomsOCR RecordsWhen Her Voice Remains appear this Sunday opening for Peter Murphy at the Galaxy Concert Theatre, on the one hand it'll be an expected enough spot for a SoCal night out: local band with a taste for darker clothing and musical moods appearing on a bill feat ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2011
Local Record Review: Her Voice Remains
Her Voice RemainsFifty FathomsOCR RecordsWhen Her Voice Remains appear this Sunday opening for Peter Murphy at the Galaxy Concert Theatre, on the one hand it'll be an expected enough spot for a SoCal night out: local band with a taste for darker clothing and musical moods appearing on a bill feat ... More >>
Culture
February 10, 2011
Konad Nailed It!
[Trendzilla] It's the latest nail-art trend
Blogs
January 27, 2011
Local Record Review: Roosterhead's 'Yo (What's Up?)' From Huntington Beach
Beat Blvd. is Heard Mentality's weekly review of local releases. If you're an OC musician or band with something new to offer--vinyl single, full-length album, CD, cassette--we want to hear from you! Send copies, along with any photos and PR material, to Beat Blvd., c/o OC Weekly, 2975 Red Hill Ave. ... More >>
Blogs
September 13, 2010
Gettin' Made: Photo Albums and Stickers and a Giveaway, Oh My!
It's always fun to see new crafty supplies that are out there and share them with you, and it's even more fun to give them away. This week, thanks to the folks at the Xyron company we'll be taking a look at some fabulous new photo albums they've got available, along with a charitable take on on ... More >>
Culture
August 26, 2010
BB Cream: Your Makeup Kit In One Tube
[Trendzilla] The Asian skincare sensation that's sweeping the nation
Blogs
August 11, 2010
Did You Hear About The $625 Cookbook?
$625 is the retail price of this book, a 2,200-page tome on how to cook as if you were a mad scientist, written by the former chief technology officer of Microsoft, Nathan Myhrvold, who you may have guessed is as geeky as any man alive. He holds more than 18 U.S. patents. This cooking thing? ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2010
Muse Gets Lead Single On The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Soundtrack
www.myspace.com/museMuse's song, "Neutron Star Collision (Love is Forever)" is the lead single off The Twilight Saga: Eclipse's original motion picture soundtrack, due in stores June 8. The movie will be in theaters nationwide on June 30.
Blogs
May 4, 2010
Housewarming Gifts to Avoid: Electric Chip and Dip Set
So you're at a lovely summer barbecue and you spy a plate of scrumptious chips and hot dip. Not wanting to be that person--the one who dives into the untouched sections of chips when there are a few left in the section that's already been started--you reach in to get the last couple of chips, your f ... More >>
Blogs
January 6, 2010
Giant Tuna Sells For Record Price in Japan Auction; But How Does It Compare to Other Expensive Foods?
Getty ImagesThere were some big headlines about the sale of a giant bluefin tuna at the Tsukiji fish market in Japan yesterday. The 513 pound fish was sold to the highest bidder for $177,000. A princely sum indeed, no doubt fetching the price as stocks of the fish in the wild are thoug ... More >>
Blogs
November 25, 2009
Because You're Ugly: BlackFriday.info--All Black Friday, All the Time!
If you're like us and your serious case of misanthropy is keeping you from lining up outside Target at 4 a.m. for the last Zhu Zhu Pet in the country, then you're in luck.BlackFriday.info is your one stop place for all Black Friday sale links and print ads... on one, convenient website. There ... More >>
Blogs
October 16, 2009
Prepare For The Untold Disasters In South County's Future
The St. Regis adopts policy banning bailed-out banker parties: Are you ready for this South County disaster?Do your best to imagine the following:The year is 2010. I Love Bagels has run out of shmear. Golden Spoon only offers gummy bears as topping. Lauren Conrad L.A. Candy has fallen off of the ... More >>
Blogs
January 16, 2009
Five Ways To Survive the Current Economic Crisis
BY COLE HADDONThese are tough economic times, what with the depression that's being driven by the housing crash, and skyrocketing unemployment. It's damn near impossible in such a climate to enjoy or even splurge on our hobbies and passions. Who can afford those New Kids on the Block tickets or iPod ... More >>
Blogs
January 8, 2009
The Sad Literary State of the Californios
As part of my research into the disputed story of Juan Flores, I bought a copy of Cosas de California, reminisces by one Antonio Coronel (pictured, in the Joe Louis-at-Caesar's-Palace-phase of his life) where he touches briefly on Orange County's original dirty Mexican. I thought it was going to be ... More >>
Columns
November 27, 2008
[¡Ask a Mexican!] 'Is There a Turnstile at the Border Tallying Up Illegals?'
As part of my research into the disputed story of Juan Flores, I bought a copy of Cosas de California, reminisces by one Antonio Coronel (pictured, in the Joe Louis-at-Caesar's-Palace-phase of his life) where he touches briefly on Orange County's original dirty Mexican. I thought it was going to be ... More >>
Blogs
June 25, 2008
Orange County: A Personal History (Reconquista Canto XXVII)
As part of my research into the disputed story of Juan Flores, I bought a copy of Cosas de California, reminisces by one Antonio Coronel (pictured, in the Joe Louis-at-Caesar's-Palace-phase of his life) where he touches briefly on Orange County's original dirty Mexican. I thought it was going to be ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2008
Peep the Trailer for Beck's 'Modern Guilt'
The video trailer for Beck's Modern Guilt (out July 8 on DGC) is up now on Amazon.com's site. The clip's stylized B&W starkness pays homage to Warhol and Truffault, while the peppy, urgent retro-surf pop shimmying recalls B-52's, with unexpected tangents into analog-electronic tomfoolery and clipp ... More >>
Blogs
June 20, 2008
Vinyl Considered Groovy—Again
An employee at a Fred Meyer store in Portland, Oregon mistakenly ordered vinyl LPs of R.E.M.'s latest album, Accelerate, instead of the CD-DVD version, and a funny thing happened: 20 of the vinyl copies sold the first day they were put on the shelves. Now this retailer is going to stock the format t ... More >>
Blogs
May 2, 2008
Chuck Devore Book Selling Super, Super-Cheap!
A couple of nights ago, I had a reading in San Diego so decided to visit the maniacal genius known as Dr. William Nericcio, head of the English department at San Diego State and keeper of the insane Tex(t)-Mex blog. Before knocking back drinks with him at some Mean Streets-esque bar, I headed to SDS ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2008
Smashing Pumpkins Sue Virgin, World Sheds Most Insincere Crocodile Tears Ever
Here's a case where one only hopes both parties lose. Whom do you root for: the whiniest, most annoyingly precious recording artiste extant or a huge record label (now owned by the cuddly Capitol Music Group) that is flailing for its existence in a dismal economic climate? Gosh, I'm torn, even if Vi ... More >>
Columns
January 24, 2008
¡Ask a Mexican!®
Three-question special
Music
July 5, 2007
MP3 the Easy Way
Indie music retail gains momentum online
Blogs
May 2, 2007
Gustavo Pulls Up to Haruki Murakami, Stuart Woods
Ponder this: Just behind world-famous authors Haruki Murakami and Stuart Woods and ahead of nonfiction giants Greg Palast and John Stossel is OC Weekly's own Gustavo Arellano. Yesterday, Scribner published Gustavo's Ask a Mexican, and a mere day later, Amazon.com is ranking the book No. 81 in natio ... More >>
Blogs
May 1, 2007
Congrats to Gustavo
At 8 p.m. tonight--after only a single day in release, Gustavo Arellano's Ask A Mexican reached #165 in nationwide book sales on Amazon.com. What will the number fall to after Gustavo--who appeared on CNN with Paula Zahn this afternoon--ends his national TV, radio and bookstore tour? Could it reac ... More >>
Film
March 29, 2007
Bigger, Dirtier and Uncut
Trailer Park Boys: The Movie is funnier than whats playing in local cineplexes
Blogs
March 27, 2007
Let the Mexican-Reviewing Begin
Your favorite wab invades bookstores nationwide on May 1 with the hardcover version of ¡Ask a Mexican! (pre-order your copy on Amazon now). What can you expect? Here's Publisher's Weekly take on it: In Arellano's popular Orange County Weekly column "¡Ask a Mexican!" now widely syndicate ... More >>
Food
February 9, 2006
This Week in Grape Juicethe Good Kind
Love is Blind
Features
February 9, 2006
Performance Anxiety
Whats great sex when everybodys having great sex?
Film
September 15, 2005
Video Killed the Video Star
DVD spotlights that music-channel rarity: the music video
Columns
August 18, 2005
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
DVD spotlights that music-channel rarity: the music video
Film
June 2, 2005
Ego Tripped
Bad blood nearly derailed End of the Century: the Story of the Ramones
Culture
December 19, 2002
Coffee Table Books for the Hip
Bad blood nearly derailed End of the Century: the Story of the Ramones
Culture
November 7, 2002
The Speed of Life
Dave Eggers returnsfinallywith another heartbreaking work
Culture
July 19, 2001
By Any Means Necessary
Finding new, free music without Napster
Features
June 1, 2000
Summer-Rama!
39 of the best things about the next 104 days
News
July 15, 1999
Embracing Amazon
Why one indie bookseller loves the online giant
News
January 21, 1999
It's a Buy.com Market!
Eyes are on Aliso Viejo company
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