Subject: American Idol

• David Archuleta

  March 12, 2009

• Plain White T's; Vedera; Danger Radio

  March 26, 2009

• Foothill-South: "The Wrong Direction To Take"

  Don't worry about the Transportation Corridor Agencies getting their lawsuits moved to federal court. Federal regulations may be less stringent than any state restrictions, but it's not all bad news. Today the State Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 met to discuss, among other matters, a staff resolution suggesting they oppose the Foothill-South toll road. After hearing arguments from both sides, Chairman Pedro Nava (D-Santa Barbara) made himself my all time American Idol. "It just seems to be

  May 3, 2006

• Public Enemy American Idol No. 1

  Over at her Deadline Hollywood Daily column, Nikki Finke charts all the controversies swirling around American Idol contestant Tom Lowe. Her piece begins: American Idol 6 would be nothing without its controversy. The latest: 28-year-old ex-British boy-band'er Tom Lowe is the target of not just one but four controversies, which is a rarity even for that Fox show. Allegations include that Lowe is too successful, or too well-connected, to compete fairly on the show. Then there's the fact this runn

  February 13, 2007

• American Idolatry

  The battle between lame and lamer is over. After months of weeding out kids with a sprinkling of talent, American Idol's sixth season came down to annoying Justin Timberlake-wannabe Blake Lewis and not-quite-powerhouse Jordin Sparks. Tonight, 17-year-old Sparks took the title. But you probably already knew that. Even if you weren't one of the millions of suckers tuned in, it's hard to elude a story folks at the Times and Register deem worthy of primo web-headline space. Makes you wonder wha

  May 23, 2007

• Last Night: Poison the Well and The Locust at the Glass House

  Review by Waleed Rashidi Poison The Well, The Locust (and a bunch of openers that we missed) at The Glass House, Pomona Wednesday, January 23, 2008 Better than: Being on the receiving end of a razor-wire enema (credit: Rich Kane, "Now We're Deef," OC Weekly, 8/31/2000) Download: The Locust's "We Have Reached An Official Verdict: Nobody Gives A Shit." Blame it on the moderate rain, the fact that it was hump day or the national airing of some brand-new "American Idol" audition footage, but at

  January 24, 2008

• Cal State Fullerton student: American Gladiator?

  Car keys, check. Protein bar, check. Sleeveless workout shirt, check. Reebok Classics laced up tight, check. Short-shorts, neon green...double check. There comes a time in every man’s life when he must answer the call to greatness. For my friend Garret and I, that call rang loud and clear with only five words: American Gladiators open call tryouts. We knew the road would be tough, long and full of medical waivers that would pretty much sign our lives away, but we didn’t care. This was a gol

  February 18, 2008

• REG-O-METER© -- WEEK ENDING MAY 17

  THURSDAY, MAY 15 ●Unusually slow week in Reggieville. The best action is online—nothing like a gay marriage legalization to send the Reggie’s Nutjob Nation a-spewin’. But there’s plenty of gold in today’s print ish, starting with the front-page list of the rag’s “must-read” stories, one of them being “Duel of the Davids.” That would be a tease of the Page 2 brief penned by poor, poor Peter Larsen on who made the final round of American Idol. A “must-read” story? Really

  May 17, 2008

• Tickets for KIIS 102.7 FM Jingle Ball Going Fast

  As far as these things go, the lineup for this year's "KIIS 102.7 FM Jingle Ball," Dec. 6 at the Honda Center in Anaheim, is fairly impressive. And by "these things," of course I mean a concert where pre-fab, manufactured teeny bopper acts perform 15 minute sets in the name of promoting a radio station owned by a scary multinational corporation (in this instance, Clear Channel). But still. Solid. So it shouldn't be too much of a surprise that tickets, which just went on sale this past Saturday,

  November 10, 2008

• Oh boy! 'American Idol' Returns Tonight!

  American Idol, a show a small number of you may have a passing familiarity with, returns tonight (8 p.m., Fox) with a sure-to-be-scintillating two hour eighth season premiere. Of course, the first few weeks are always just auditions, so if you're one of those people who only like to watch bad folks fail spectacularly (like say, this guy), then this is definitely the time to tune in.The first round of televised auditions are from Phoenix (home of season six winner Jordin Sparks; check out a total

  January 13, 2009

• 'American Idol' 'Bikini Girl' From Not Too Far From Here

  The star of tonight's American Idol eighth (I know, only eight?) season premiere of American Idol is surely Katrina Darrell, already known the world over as "Bikini Girl." That clever nickname is derived from the fact that she wore a bikini to the audition, which seems to be the only reason she made it through despite a subpar version of Mariah Carey's "Vision of Love."Anyway, even though the auditions shown were shot in Phoenix, she's actually from Chino Hills (according to no less a source tha

  January 13, 2009

• Opeth, The Kills, Coming to the Glass House

  Couple of new shows added to the Glass House's schedule, both on sale tomorrow at noon (Friday, for the time displaced).

  February 5, 2009

• Two OC Locals in 'American Idol' Top 36

  American Idol finalized their top 36 last night, and Orange County is responsible for two of them--that's 5.555(and so on) percent! Not too shabby.Irvine's Mishavonna Henson (left) and San Clemente's Kai Kalama both made it through into the live episodes, which start this Tuesday with the first crop of 12 semifinalists performing. We'll be tracking their progress here, of course. Go team OC! Yay for opportunties to make still-funny Ryan Seacrest jokes!

  February 12, 2009

• 'American Idol' Update: No News is Good News

  Our two Orange County "American Idol" hopefuls, Mishavonna Henson (left) and Kai Kalama, are still alive after last night's show--mainly, because neither were in this week's first group of 12 to perform live. So there you go. Probably a good thing, too; not too many folks last night impressed, with the judges being especially harsh on San Bernadino County's Stevie Wright (not to be confused with comedian Steven Wright), who sang Taylor Swift's "You Belong with Me" before getting savaged by all f

  February 18, 2009

• 'Idol' Update: Well, That Was Quick

  Yep. Both of the Orange County folks in the top 36--Mishavonna Henson and Kai Kalama--were eliminated last night during the American Idol results show. Not really surprising, given the thoroughly lukewarm responses to their performances last night, but still, a bit of a letdown, no? They do have a chance to return via the exciting new "wildcard" round on March 5 ("wildcard, bitches!" to echo Charlie from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), so we'll see how all that goes. I knew Train was a bad i

  February 27, 2009

• KIIS-FM's Jingle Ball 2008

  December 4, 2008

• NBC's Last Comic Standing Live Tour at The Grove

  October 2, 2008

• Fancy Footwork

  September 25, 2008

• Do Tell

  August 7, 2008

• Rock and Roll Bar

  April 17, 2008

• [Aural Reports] Sweet Seoul Music

  Korean immigrant Bella oughta be starring in her own High School Musical

  February 7, 2008

• Just Like Us!

  Anyone can be an American Idolbut a star? Not so much

  August 24, 2006

• [CD Review] Ace Enders, 'When I Hit the Ground' (Drive-Thru/Vagrant)

  April 16, 2009

• Manic Panic

  July 6, 2006

• A Royal Flush

  OnDVD: Marie Antoinette
  

  February 15, 2007

• They Watch

  Joint Venture shows us our world, seen from without

  January 18, 2007

• Prostate Orgasm

  GET OUT! Nightlife and more: Dec. 7 - Dec. 14

  December 7, 2006

• Melts in Your Mouth, Not in Your Hand

  June 15, 2006

• Trendzilla

  June 8, 2006

• Tube Boobs

  April 20, 2006

• Ordinary Girl

  September 1, 2005

• Idle Worship

  February 12, 2004

• Pop Off the Tops

  January 15, 2004

• The People Love Loud

  September 11, 2003

• Smirk at This!

  July 31, 2003

• From OC to Shining Sea

  May 15, 2003

• What Happened to the Tops of Your Pants?

  April 17, 2003

• American A-Holes

  November 21, 2002

• Swine Flu? Painted Face? 'Hair' Remake? You Decide!

  Some emails to Clockwork crossed wires in our email-making machine. As a result, it's unclear whether the accompanying photo goes with an emergency notification to Orange County parents on skin symptoms experienced by children infected with the swine-flu virus or the press release about the happy-happy joy-joy time face-painted kids had at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Laguna Beach-TLC Branch's fourth annual Birthday Pancake Breakfast.Then again, there was also a third promotion, from the tourin

  May 1, 2009

• Taylor Hicks is Signing at the Wal-Mart in Orange. Apparently.

  As music editor, I'm trained to be on the lookout for HOT SCOOPS wherever they may be. Like a couple days ago when I was at the Wal-Mart at the Village at Orange, and made this enticing discovery: that American Idol season five winner Taylor Hicks will be signing CDs at that store this Thursday, May 7, at 4 p.m. So, there you go. If you have nothing going on during a work day at 4 in the afternoon, and have been hoping to get a CD signed by Taylor Hicks, and can make it to the Wal-Mart in Orange

  May 5, 2009

• New Releases: The Mars Volta, Dinosaur Jr. and (gasp) Ginuwine!

  Wow, what a great day to spend your disposable income (even if its not so disposable). After a quick scan of all the new albums that drop today, I have to say that this is probably one of the biggest days for summer releases that you're likely to see. I counted about 20 new sonic gems that include just about every genre (from Deer Tick to Cheap Trick, Dream Theater to Regina Spektor). And with all the incessant touring, promotion and general awesomeness that comes with concert season, some of th

  June 23, 2009

• Karaoke Madness

  January 29, 2009

• Slideshow: Kelly Clarkson at the Pacific Amphitheater

   Ah, yes, the only American Idol winner that ever mattered--not to mention the only one we don't hate--Kelly Clarkson visited the Pacific Amphitheater in Costa Mesa last night. It was beautiful, it was crowded, there was plenty of kettle corn and beer strewn about... and photographer Chris Victorio was there, naturally. Click here to see more photos from the night. 

  July 24, 2009

• To Do Tonight - 6/1

  Engage/NEA Writers Event, 2 p.m.You think you have what it takes to be a writer? Too bad you're so old. Luckily age is just a number to the folks at Engage, a nationally recognized nonprofit leader in the field of creativity and aging. They're hosting a National Endowment for the Arts today where writers and artists will offer presentations to low-income seniors living in affordable senior apartment communities in Fountain Valley and Buena Park. Founders Village Senior Center, 17967 Bushard Str

  June 1, 2009

• Heavy Symbolism Steamrollers Comedy in "Casi Divas"

  Yesenia (Daniela Schmidt, left) and Francisca (Maya Zapata) get down.Suppose someone made a comedy based on American Idol (I know, been there, done that with American Dreamz; just work with me, people). Now let's say the parts spoofing Idol were clever, at times hilarious. But then the filmmaker moved beyond the evils of fame to take on even heavier social ills. Suddenly your bouncy little comedy about the road to fame has been steamrollered. That's precisely the problem w

  August 21, 2009

• American Idol News

  ​What? I'm writing about "American Idol?" Someone please come to my apartment and make sure I'm not hallucinating. So anyway...Ellen DeGeneres has been picked as Paula Abdul's replacement for the upcoming season. Do I care? No. Should you? No. But I figured you might want to know.Apparently, the Intranets are split on whether or not this is a wise choice. But who cares about bloggers (they're all terrible people if you ask me), what does Eric the Midget think? PS Hey Paula, you really done fuc

  September 10, 2009

• Taste of Newport

  September 17, 2009

• Taste Of Newport, featuring David Cook

  September 17, 2009

• On-Sale Saturday: Morrissey, Dokken, More

  ​OK, we can stop complaining about the Morrissey show at the Fox Theater in Pomona on December 7 not going on sale yet.

  October 16, 2009

• Taste of Newport Begins Today

  ​A reminder that among other events going on this week, (ahem, OC Restaurant Week), the 21st Annual Taste of Newport is happening today, tomorrow, and Sunday in Fashion Island.

  September 18, 2009