Subject: Amsterdam

• You Better Not Pout

  Local blogger El Serracho (or The Serrach) finds himself in the Netherlands at the moment, where he reports that it's Christmas season. El is a Global Internet Manager of Production (or GIMP), a job that has sent him to the Netherlands at least 15 times. Those wacky Dutch are so high they give out gifts at the Feast of Saint Nicholas on December 6, see. Right now it's high Yuletide over there--Christmas Day is more of a quiet family holiday sans gift-giving. Our man in Amsterdam (or near it any

  November 14, 2006

• LAFF 2007: Buscemi and Amenities

  Dutch director Theo van Gogh is so identified with political martyrdom -- having been murdered by a radical Islamist -- that it comes as a bit of a surprise to sit down to a screening of INTERVIEW, the American remake of his movie of the same name, and discover that it's a comedy...sort of. Like Talk to Me, it uses humor to get you hooked, and gets a bit more serious later on. But no War on Terror metaphors...sorry, rabid bloggers. It's directed by, and stars, Steve Buscemi, who, unlike some ot

  June 22, 2007

• Pigs* Bust OiNK

  The BBC reports that British and Dutch police today have shut down the popular and flagrantly illegal music-downloading site OiNK and arrested its overlord, a 24-year-old man from Middlesbrough, England. That sound you hear is the celebratory high-5ing of major-label employees worldwide and Metallica. OiNK's ringleader, who works for a multi-national corporation, “is being questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and infringement of copyright law,” the article states. OiNK's Amst

  October 23, 2007

• Angelonis Sweepstakes

  June 7, 2001

• The Moral of the Story

  March 14, 2002

• Happiness Is a Pretty Gun

  June 13, 2002

• UCI Scientist Helps Add More Culprits to the Global Warming List

  Anyone worth Al Gore's salt knows that cars, factories and farting cows contribute to global warming, but an international study that includes the research of a UC Irvine scientist has found drought and deforestation can also help fuel the pesky phenomenon and should be included in future climate pacts. ScienceDaily.com reports today:The study, analyzing six years of climate and fire observations from satellites, shows that in dry years, the practice of using fire to clear forests and remove org

  December 9, 2008

• First Crop of SXSW Acts Announced, OC/LB Bands Conspicuously Absent

  A certain music festival and conference held annually in the sleepy hamburg of Austin, Texas announced their initial slate of performers this year, and there's not an Orange County or Long Beach band among them. We had several acts in last fall's CMJ Music Marathon, so this is kind of a bummer. Keep in mind, though, that they only announced a little under 140 bands (I counted!) today, and there are plenty more to come--South by Southwest usually hosts about 10 times that.As usual, it looks to be

  January 8, 2009

• 'Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay' Is a Forced Act Two

  April 24, 2008

• Adventures in Gangsterland

  In Bruges, Martin McDonagh's sightseeing hit-men flick, isn't much of a trip

  February 7, 2008

• Missed Opportunities

  Kick yourself for not seeing these 10 movies

  December 27, 2007

• !Ask a Mexican!(r)

  November 1, 2007

• Im Not Your French Connection

  December 18, 2003

• The Butcher and His Boy

  December 26, 2002

• Beating Off

  December 14, 2000

• Holy Crap, Did He Just Do That?!

  OnDVD: The Protector

  January 18, 2007

• Hello Django Kitty!

  Djangofest Laguna lures a younger audience

  March 9, 2006

• Get Your Geek On

  April 14, 2005

• Presto Django!

  February 24, 2005

• The Flirty Dozen

  December 9, 2004

• So Now What?

  November 11, 2004

• First-Time OC Filmmakers Enter the Newport Beach Film Festival

  April 8, 2004

• Revolucion Grrrl Style Now!

  February 20, 2003

• Good Sho

  September 19, 2002

• Peace, Funk and O.J., Too!

  June 27, 2002

• Diary of a Mad County

  March 21, 2002

• Wake Me When the Drug Wars Over

  June 28, 2001

• Oh, Bondage Up Yours

  February 15, 2001

• We Are Five!

  September 14, 2000

• Horror, Hiding and the Holocaust

  June 22, 2000

• Bigger Than the Beatles

  March 30, 2000

• Letters

  January 20, 2000

• An Incomplete History of Gay & Lesbian OC

  August 19, 1999

• Tales of Touring Terror!

  July 29, 1999

• Letters

  August 27, 1998

• Live from Coachella: Is There a Band Cooler than the Yeah Yeah Yeahs? Honestly?

  Yeah Yeah Yeahs. So great. Right now they're doing "Maps." You know, from that video game Rock Band! That picture is from them doing "Cheated Hearts." They were just on Saturday Night Live eight days ago (with host Zac Efron! OMG!) and here they are at Coachella. Pretty cool. I raved about their new album just a few weeks ago in the Weekly, and they did plenty of tracks from that: "Dull Life." "Zero." "Skeletons." And of course, Karen O is wearing a fetching glittery gold outfit. At least it loo

  April 19, 2009

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  July 16, 2009

• [Sound Guy] Jessica Dobson's Connections Run Deep. Plus News From Local Natives and Jeffree Star

  September 17, 2009

• Dance Music Pick of the Week: Joris Voorn at Code

  Krijin van Noordwijk​Once every few years a game-changing album will accelerate the evolution of electronic dance music. The Prodigy added punk rock aggression to the scene in 1992 (Experience), the Chemical Brothers became the Beatles of club-land in 1995 (Exit Planet Dust) and Moby introduced the world to the tuneful, down-tempo side of e-music in 1999 (Play). In the '00s, much of the progression happened behind the scenes and in studios where technology forged new ways of layering, mixing a

  October 8, 2009

• Dance Pick Of The Week: Doc Martin At Focus

  It's a little strange to sense all the buzz surrounding Europe's new dark wave of dance floor sounds, which combine tribal drums with deep, chugging bass and a simmering sense of bacchanalia. The likes of Loco Dice, Sven Vath, Dubfire and Radio Slave have been churning out this latest club-land flavor, which lies somewhere between minimal techno and dubby house music. But it's been done before.Fabric LondonThe doctor is in the house.​ Rewind to the mid-1990s and behold one Southern Califo

  November 12, 2009