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  • Blogs

    November 14, 2006

    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 g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2007

    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 Tal ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 23, 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 Metall ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 7, 2001

    Angelonis Sweepstakes

    Neat! But is it art?

  • Columns

    March 14, 2002

    The Moral of the Story

    Its a tough road to ho

  • Culture

    June 13, 2002

    Happiness Is a Pretty Gun

    Preach, Charlie Krafft!

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2008

    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 pa ... More >>

  • Film

    April 24, 2008

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

    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 pa ... More >>

  • Film

    February 7, 2008

    Adventures in Gangsterland

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

  • Film

    December 27, 2007

    Missed Opportunities

    Kick yourself for not seeing these 10 movies

  • Columns

    November 1, 2007

    !Ask a Mexican!(r)

    Special Dia de los Muertos edicion

  • Columns

    December 18, 2003

    Im Not Your French Connection

    Special Dia de los Muertos edicion

  • Film

    December 26, 2002

    The Butcher and His Boy

    Scorseses Gangs of New York

  • Film

    January 18, 2007
  • Music

    March 9, 2006

    Hello Django Kitty!

    Djangofest Laguna lures a younger audience

  • Film

    April 14, 2005

    Get Your Geek On

    NBFF presents movies youll be ashamed to love

  • Unknown

    November 11, 2004

    So Now What?

    No one said freedom was easy

  • Music

    February 20, 2003

    Revolucion Grrrl Style Now!

    Dominatrix make you hurt real bad

  • Food

    September 19, 2002

    Good Sho

    Japanese cuisine cut five ways

  • Columns

    March 21, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Japanese cuisine cut five ways

  • Columns

    June 28, 2001

    Wake Me When the Drug Wars Over

    Judge Gray pitches a sort-of legalization

  • Features

    February 15, 2001

    Oh, Bondage Up Yours

    The other feel-good story of the year

  • Features

    September 14, 2000

    We Are Five!

    A Brief History of the Orange County (Calif.) Weekly Tribune and Times-Dispatch

  • Columns

    January 20, 2000

    Letters

    A Brief History of the Orange County (Calif.) Weekly Tribune and Times-Dispatch

  • News

    August 19, 1999

    An Incomplete History of Gay & Lesbian OC

    A Brief History of the Orange County (Calif.) Weekly Tribune and Times-Dispatch

  • Columns

    August 27, 1998

    Letters

    A Brief History of the Orange County (Calif.) Weekly Tribune and Times-Dispatch

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2009

    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 ... More >>

  • Columns

    July 16, 2009

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    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 ... More >>

  • Music

    July 23, 2009

    Long Beach's Crystal Antlers Deal With Disaster

    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 ... More >>

  • Music

    September 17, 2009

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

    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 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 8, 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 th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 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 flav ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Hugh Hewitt Blames Obama for Detroit Near-Disaster, but Whither Dubya?

    Hewitt: Is he truly stupid, or just acts like it to make cash? Shockingly, it's the latter, according to sources...​Unsurprisingly, the Right is blaming President Barack Obama for the Christmas Day terrorist attack of an airliner flying from Amsterdam to Detroit. Our local yakmouth Hugh Hewitt was ... More >>

  • News

    January 7, 2010

    Today, Medical Marijuana. Tomorrow, Legalize It!

    Hewitt: Is he truly stupid, or just acts like it to make cash? Shockingly, it's the latter, according to sources...​Unsurprisingly, the Right is blaming President Barack Obama for the Christmas Day terrorist attack of an airliner flying from Amsterdam to Detroit. Our local yakmouth Hugh Hewitt was ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    In-gin-ious!

    nostromoo @ flickr.com CC BY-NC 2.0​The first time I had gin was at my local bar in the town in rural Iowa where I used to live. A friend ordered gin and tonic in a place called the Checkered Flag, a place that sold Budweiser for 70 cents a glass and Grain Belt "Primo", the world's most insipid be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Video: Willie Nelson Duet with Snoop in (Where Else?) Amsterdam

    ​Surely fans are excited to see Willie Nelson--country music's champion of the cheebah-- perform tonight with some special guests at the Grove of Anaheim. We're not making any predictions, but there's a pretty good chance Snoop Dogg could make a cameo. Don't laugh, it's happened before.

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2010

    Documentary That Rethinks Our Car Culture Caps Long Beach Bicycle Film Festival

    ​Sunday's Long Beach Bicycle Film Festival serves two purposes, helping to close out the three-day Long Beach Bicycle Festival that begins today and reviving the Long Beach International Film Festival, whose return is TBD.Actually, there is a third and fourth purpose: showcasing local documentary ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Meet the Director of the Best Hasdic Jew Pill Pusher Movie Out There

    UPDATE: See details about the "Holy Rollers" article that likely spurred the Holy Rollers movie--and the article's zero degrees of separation from OC Weekly--after the jump . . . Yosef (Justin Bartha, left) eases Sam (Jesse Eisenberg) into drug trafficking in Holy Rollers.​Director Kevin Asch, who ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 10, 2010
  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Local Natives at the Henry Fonda Over the Weekend

    Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Check out our Local Natives/Union Line slideshow here! Local Natives Henry Fonda September 17, 2010 There is one think Local Natives have in commone with American Apparel--you hate what their generic names and what they stand for, but you consume them and love both b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    High Times Miss 2011 Hails From Newport Beach

    ​Yesterday, on April 20, stoners across America were toking up at exactly 4:20 pm--4/20 and 420 is stoner code for smoking out, in case you didn't already know what your kids are talking, or texting about, as the case may be, with their friends. In honor of this important occasion, High Times maga ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 27, 2011

    Avalon Bar Hosts Anti-Sobriety Protest Tonight

    Let's toast to anti-sobriety!​It's about time someone stood up to the powers that be and demanded change. And I'm not talking about that sort of change that gets thrown on campaign posters only to be forgotten once elections are finished. I'm talking real change, the sort that requires protests to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Three Innovative Young Companies at Anaheim Kush Expo

    Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyClick here to see more photos from Kush Expo .​Green goodness was plentiful at the second annual Kush Expo at the Anahiem Convention Center this past weekend--the second within just eight months. Though no weed was sold on the premises, there were ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Why We Hope Anthony Bourdain's Second Travel Channel Show Will Be Better Than No Reservations

    ​The guy who has the job every foodie wants, Anthony Bourdain, will get a second show called The Layover. A Travel Channel press release announced that the premiere of the new, 10-episode long series will be November 21.

  • Music

    September 8, 2011

    Rebecca Black, the Gift That Keeps on Giving

    [Mental Notes] Plus, Young the Giant deal with fame

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    Meditation Flash Mob Comes To Long Beach

    MedMob Facebook page​​Is it just us or are flash mobs getting lazy? They've gone from full-fledged, song-and-dance spectaculars like this: 

  • Culture

    November 10, 2011

    Mykea Lets You Brighten Your BILLY

    [Trendzilla] No more drab IKEA bookcases for you with these vinyl prints!

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2011

    Odd Future's Frank Ocean Performs at the El Rey Theatre Tonight

    OFWGKTA's Frank Ocean​Whether you know it or not, tonight's a big night for L.A. music lovers. Especially those who fell for the soulful musical stylings of Frank Ocean's Nostalgia Ultra mixtape and the abundance of leaked tracks that comprises his discography. Tonight, the resident crooner of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2011

    [UPDATED With Cops Raid Cannabis Cup!:] OC's Legendary Brotherhood of Eternal Love To Be Celebrated at High Times Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam

    ​UPDATED POST, NOV. 23 12:05 P.M.: Update by Marisa GerberIn an unprecedented move, cops raided the Cannabis Cup today and made several arrests. About 150 uniformed police raided the High Times' cannabis-themed competition held south of Amsterdam and arrested everyone who had more than five g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2011

    Christina Pazsitzky Talks Sausages, Pooping, and How Gross It Is to Call Your Lover "Daddy"

    ​Christina Pazsitzky is pure comedy: honesty and a lot of outspokenness. She's been on Chelsea Lately, has a hysterical podcast along with her husband Tom Segura, headlines comedy clubs nationwide, has a new comedy CD, and is on the upcoming Showtime special filmed in Amsterdam, Red Light C ... More >>

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