Subject: Anaheim

• TONIGHT: Erykah Badu at the Grove of Anaheim

  The Grove of Anaheim will surprise you sometimes. They'll go a couple weeks without too many shows of note, then they'll come at you with a bunch of stuff all at once, and you're like "hey! Grove of Anaheim! alright!" This is one of those weeks: tomorrow, Taking Back Sunday. Friday, B-Real of Cypress Hill and Bizzy Bone of Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Tonight? Neo-soul progenitor Erykah Badu, pictured. Badu has won over fans, critics and whoever the people are that give away Grammy awards for more than

  June 2, 2009

• TONIGHT: Tricky at the House of Blues

  Hey, remember the '90s? Sure you do: eight years of peace, Dow at 10,000, icky sex acts in the White House. Also, a British man named Tricky caught the attention of the musical literati with his far-out fusion of hip hop, electronica, trip-hop, rock, coriander, Alice episodes and whatever else he might be feeling on that given day. He's still at it--having released Knowle West Boy, his first new disc in five years, last fall--and is playing the House of Blues in Anaheim tonight. Tickets are $25.

  March 24, 2009

• On-Sale Saturday: Lucinda Williams, Gogol Bordello, More

  Alt-country icon Lucinda Williams at the House of Blues in Anaheim is just one of the shows going on sale tomorrow. Exciting!

  March 27, 2009

• Slideshows: Elton John and Billy Joel at the Honda Center, Aushua @ Detroit Bar

  Two decidedly different shows went down last night in our county, and we were at 'em both. Sir Elton John and Billy Joel went "Face 2 Face" at the Honda Center in Anaheim, and Beth Stirnaman was there to photographically receive the runoff of their ivory-tickling glory. (That sounded sort of gross. I apologize.) Also, Andrew Youssef shot the last night of Aushua's Monday night Detroit Bar residency; he also grabbed some pics of opening acts Local Native and Living Suns. Those are here! And it's

  March 31, 2009

• Club Pick: Free Night at Heat Ultra Lounge, Apr. 2

  I am a cheap bastard. And I know you can one too, especially when the prospect of getting something for free is dangled in your face. Maybe that's why, for one night only, the folks at Heat are indulging your thrifty ways with a free admission free-for-all tomorrow. Even those of you who can't stand this place have to turn your head and recognize that deal. From the time Heat sprayed it's first vodka cranberry wayyyy back in 2008, it has been home to some of the biggest names in house, trance, j

  April 1, 2009

• "Taste of Anaheim" To Be Held May 14th at GardenWalk

  Ruth Chris Steakhouse, California Pizza Kitchen, Bubba Gumps, McCormick & Schmick's, Rain Forest Café, Naples Restaurant, Catal Restaurant, Tortilla Jo's, Roy's Hawaiian Fusion Cuisine, Alcatraz Brewing Company.These are the names of some of the restaurants that will be participating in this year's Taste of Anaheim on May 14th 5:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. at Anaheim GardenWalk, the 14th time the event's been held. Yes, most are chains, but not all.  One of the more surprising entrants, Ten Ten

  April 13, 2009

• Rad Local Shows for Those Staying in Town This Weekend

  Don't feel like sweating your balls off? Or dropping 269 bizones to get the opportunity to sweat your balls off? Weird, but you've still got options around OC if you're not heading out to Coachella.

  April 16, 2009

• More Slideshows? We Can't Be Stopped! (The Ringers, Matt Costa)

  Just yesterday, we showed you some pretty pictures from the Faint and Ladytron at the Grove of Anaheim and Protest the Hero at Chain Reaction. For some folks, that would be enough. But we are not men. We are Devo OC Weekly. So here are a couple more slideshows for your viewing pleasure--Huntington Beach's Matt Costa doing his thing over at the House of Blues Anaheim Saturday night, photographed by John Gilhooley (that's here!) and raucous LA wildmen the Ringers on the final night of their Monday

  April 28, 2009

• Keane

  The Grove of Anaheim

  May 7, 2009

• In Defense of Klanaheim

  The Los Angeles Times story published this Monday telling the world Anaheim is now majority-Latino has drawn nothing but derision from the Latino Anaheimers I know (read this musical takedown by Weekly contributor and KPFK-FM 90.7 Subversive Historian Gabriel San Roman). "Oh no, they didn't put in a picture of lucha libre!" another pal cracked, referring to the Mexican wrestling matches that have been occurring every Sunday at the Anaheim Indoor Marketplace for so long that the second piece I ev

  May 15, 2009

• To Do Tonight - 5/20

  Cocktails for a Cause, 6 p.m.A networking fundraiser benefiting The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Complimentary drinks will be provided.Sandbox Bar and Grill, 8052 Adams Ave.,Huntington Beach, CA Hybrids: New Research into the Integration Program, a lecture, 7:30 p.m.UFO Researcher Dr. David Jacobs, one of the foremost abduction researchers in the world (that's right. Alien abductions), will discussing his latest work in a talk entitled "Hybrids: New Research into the Integration Prog

  May 20, 2009

• Slideshows: Chris Cornell, Black Lips, DJ Roam

  Another busy weekend has come and gone at OC Weeklyville, and we've got pictures from shows this past Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Friday, our old friend Leslie Agan was at the Crosby in downtown Santa Ana, taking some pics of DJ Roam. Chris Cornell's recent solo efforts have received a bit of a mixed reaction, but that didn't stop Chris Victorio from shooting some images of the former Soundgarden/Audioslave lead singer (pictured) on Saturday at the House of Blues in Anaheim. Sunday? Why, Andrew

  May 4, 2009

• The Messenger; Greenery; Angora; Memoricide

  May 21, 2009

• Murderballesque Activities At Abilities Expo In Anaheim

  Is it just me, or does this commercial make the Anaheim Abilites Expo look kind of cool?I mean, a dude in a wheelchair flips off a half pipe!The event starts today at 11:30 a.m. and runs through Sunday. It's intended for anyone in the "disabled community," including caregivers, vendors and people with disabilities. But... it's free, and there's a "wheelchair lacrosse" demonstration. Sounds a little bit like the totally crazy sport of wheelchair rugby that starred in 2005's acclaimed Murderball d

  May 29, 2009

• Affordable Housing Advocates Face Anaheim City Council

  The Anaheim City Council, led by Mayor Curt Pringle, loves to crow about the luxury housing that has and (someday) will continue to pop up within and around the Platinum Triangle, the fabled area near Angel Stadium, Honda Center and the Grove of Anaheim that the city envisions blending "leading-edge business, high-salary employment, world champion entertainment and exciting residential neighborhoods, creating a unique opportunity in the heart of Orange County."Swell.But there are some townfolk w

  June 9, 2009

• Tomorrow: the Heathens at the Juke Joint

  Thursday night is Club Denim at the Juke Joint in Anaheim. The weekly shindig throws in a pinch of rock, a splash of punk and a handful of booze for a fairly debacherous night. And what's more debacherous than motorcycles and power chords? Nuthin'. So when the Heathens (a band I played bass in many moons ago) hit the stage, fathers everywhere will be keeping a tight grip over their daughters. Or something like that. I'm not that good at rock 'n' roll hyperbole. DJs Rowdy and Ren will be spinning

  June 10, 2009

• Follow the Bouncing High-Speed Trains

  Rendering of new Anaheim transportation hub, awaiting whatever comes its way.Harry Reid (D-Nevada), who had earlier seemed to be the biggest supporter in the U.S. Senate for a magnetic-levitation (Maglev) train from Las Vegas to Anaheim, is now pooh-poohing such a system, favoring instead a high-speed, diesel-electric line from Sin City to Victorville.Besides the "yuck" factor--I mean, come on: have you been to Victorville?--what's most interesting about Reid choosing the proposed $5 million bil

  June 11, 2009

• On Minority Prep Athletes Messing with their Racist High School Counterparts

  OC Weekly contributor and my occasional KPFK-FM 90.7 producer Gabriel San Roman wrote a great recollection on his personal blog about his days as a varsity basketball player for Savanna High School in Anaheim during the late 1990s. The ostensible reason for the post was a response to arrogant lefties who decry sports as the opiate of the masses; San Roman pointed out that playing prep hoops proved crucial to his political formation."There was never a separation nor was there a sense that basketb

  June 17, 2009

• Anaheim PD Says It Has "Clean-Cut/Clean-Freak Bandit"

  For Navel Gazing's inaugural Crime Time collection of weekly police calls (don't miss the thrilling follow-up and more in weeks to come), we gave prominent placement to the photo you see here. It's a man robbing a Chase Bank branch in Fullerton on June 4 and, according to Johnny Law, the "Clean-cut Bandit" responsible for multiple heists around the county.Given his nickname because of his clean-shaven appearance, the robber's last job was around 2 p.m. June 6 at the Bank of America at 401 N. Har

  June 18, 2009

• Circle Jerks to play rescheduled show at HOB

  By now, 2008 just seems like a distant memory doesn't it? Sure you may be saddled with the same debt, the same crappy economy (though I believe it's been taking pride in getting progressively worse lately), but so much else has changed. Maybe it's the feeling of a semi-fresh new year that inspired the Hermosa-based punk legends of Circle Jerks come back to take care of some unfinished business at the House of Blues. The last show they were scheduled to play at the Anaheim HOB on Aug. 15, 2008 go

  June 19, 2009

• On-Sale Saturday: Um, Not a Lot, Really.

  Yeah.We've got the Creed show at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine Ryan Ritchie told you about earlier in the week, and Sunny Day Real Estate at the House of Blues in Anaheim on Oct. 10, which the always-helpful RR also told you about earlier in the week. Children of Bodom at the Glass House, too.Anything new? Well, there's the Jakes headling a local show--the New Limb are also on the bill--at the House of Blues in Anaheim on July 24. $10, that goes on sale tomorrow at 10 a.m. Also long-ru

  June 26, 2009

• Just Another Orange County Murder: John Doe in Anaheim

  View Larger Map Police responding to a call of a man down in an alley near South Olive Street and East Valencia Avenue in Anaheim around 9 p.m. Friday found a 20-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his chest. The unidentified man was taken to UCI Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 9:55 p.m.About the same time all this was going on, police received reports about men pointing a gun from a white Cadillac Escalade nearby. Police stopped a car fitting that description in the 800 block

  June 29, 2009

• Slideshows: Tour Des Artistes! Strung Out! Billy Ray Cyrus! (Really.)

  "We all know art is hard." That's what Cursive said, at least. They didn't play Saturday at the Tour Des Artistes in Long Beach, but a lot of other folks did. You might have read Nate Jackson's recap earlier today (and if not, why not, huh?), and if you would like to see some lovely, lovely pics to go along with that, check out Keith May's slideshow here. Also over the weekend? Andrew Youssef checked out Strung Out Sunday at the House of Blues Anaheim, and those pictures can be found right here.

  June 15, 2009

• Just Another Orange County Murder: Oscar Hernandez-Alarcon [UPDATED]

  View Larger Map UPDATED WITH VICTIM'S IDENTITY, NEW DETAILS ...A man searching a construction site in the 900 block of East South Street in Anaheim around 4:15 a.m. July 4 for materials to recycle instead found the body of an unidentified a man who'd who it was initially believed had been shot in the chest. Homicide detectives believe the corpse had been there just a few hours when the recycler stumbled upon it.NEW:Authorities have now identified the victim as Oscar Hernandez-Alarcon, 46, who wo

  July 13, 2009

• Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

  July 9, 2009

• Anaheim Comic-Con to Debut in April 2010

  Wizard Entertainment, the publisher of magazines Wizard (comic books/geeky pop culture) and ToyFare (action figures) announced today the latest addition to their slate of comic book conventions: Anaheim Comic-Con, set for April 16-18, 2010 at the Anaheim Convention Center. (Yes, they named a comic book magazine "Wizard." Reading it in public is always an adventure.)

  July 16, 2009

• Two Reasons to Be at House of Blues Tonight (Even If You Don't Like Jet)

  Don't get me wrong, it's not that I have any specific gripes against the Melbourne-based rockers of Jet, except for maybe this photo. Any band that has managed to brave the music business in the heart of the download era for more than one album deserves a little credit. Plus, you know they're all famous and stuff so they're obviously doing something right for most of you. They just aren't my cup of tea.But even if you side with me, there's no reason you should skip out on their show tonight at H

  July 17, 2009

• Crime Time: Small Fries, Bad Tenants and the Church Lady

  It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls--small fry edition . . . MONDAY, JULY 20Artist's rendering of Bank of America robber. He may belong to that notorious street gang, the Lollipop Kids.​Watch Those Kids at the Playground A 3-year-old boy was at the playground in Ponderosa Park in the 2100 block of South Haster Street, Anaheim, with his 11-year-old sister and 12-year-old cousin, their moms keeping an eye on them. As the littlest one slid down the slide around 10:30 a.m., a m

  July 28, 2009

• Outgoing: The Pharcyde at the Grove of Anaheim

  ​Remember how the Pharcyde were going to play the Grove of Anaheim on September 11? Sounded pretty cool, right? Yeah, well, that's not going to happen. Nederlander announced yesterday that the show has been canceled, with refunds available at the point of purchase.But hey! As we often say here, as the concert gods taketh away, they also giveth. The Grove of Anaheim is also hosting weekly local shows on a newly built outdoor stage. The series is called "Locally Grown," and starts August 13, run

  July 29, 2009

• Reel Big Fish, English Beat

  July 30, 2009

• On Sale Saturday: Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony

  ​Ah snap. All five original members of Cleveland's favorite rapping singers Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony are playing Sept. 19 at the Grove of Anaheim. Bone Thugs has been a three piece for a looong time because Flesh-n-Bone went to prison for nearly a decade for assault with a deadly weapon and parole violation while Bizzy Bone left the group for being too much of a thug and not enough of a bone (or something like that. Honestly, I don't really know. I just made that up so please don't sue me). Ticket

  July 31, 2009

• Incoming: Jim Gaffigan, Too $hort, Jonny Lang at the Grove of Anaheim

  ​Jim Gaffigan is pretty much the funniest stand-up around right now. You very well might have heard his now-legendary Hot Pocket (did I eat it or rub it on my face?) and bacon routines, or perhaps you've seen him in the fairly amusing TBS sitcom My Boys. He's coming to the Grove of Anaheim on November 27 and 28, with $50 tickets on sale this Friday, August 7, at noon.More stuff coming to the Grove after the jump.

  August 5, 2009

• More Federal Brownfields Cleanup Funds Coming Anaheim's Way, Too

  Betsy Ross Park in AnaheimYesterday's release from the Environmental Protection Agency on California projects receiving Recovery Acts funds to clean up contaminated "brownfields" did not mention it, but Anaheim's Betsy Ross Park is also getting in on the action, the Orange County Register reports today.   A $450,000 EPA grant will help the city nearly double the size of the park at 1280 W. Santa Ana St. from 5.5 to 9 acres. The same park project received a $200,000 gra

  August 6, 2009

• In Praise of the Slater Slums

  Candy Ass Hanson: So stupid he can't even beat up a Mexican​I had dinner last night with my best friend, a guy I've known since seventh grade, when he moved to Anaheim from Huntington Beach. Specifically, the Oak View neighborhood, universally known in HB as the Slater Slums due to its high Latino population and many apartments. I asked if he had heard about the idiotic racists who dared go into the neighborhood with the specific intent of assaulting a Mexican."No," he said with a laugh. "What

  August 6, 2009

• Ozzy Osbourne to Close BlizzCon '09

  Apparently Ozzy Osbourne really liked doing this World of Warcraft commercial. He's going to be closing out this year's massively sold out BlizzCon '09, with a concert in Anaheim on August 22.

  August 11, 2009

• Just Another Orange County Murder: Renato Gaitan [UPDATED]

  View Larger Map UPDATED WITH ARRESTS IN CASE.Suspected gang members were hanging out near an apartment complex in the 2100 block of West Alameda Avenue in Anaheim some time before 11 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 16, when a shot rang out. Police arrived to find Renato Gaitan, 29, of Anaheim, lying near the complex's carports, suffering from a gunshot wound. He was later pronounced dead at UCI Medical Center. Police arrested two men and a male teen at their Anaheim homes in connection with wha

  August 27, 2009

• Finally, a Reason to Visit Anaheim's GardenWalk

  Guerrero with her mural​ I cringe every time I drive past Anaheim's GardenWalk and its fortress of chains. This isn't my Anaheim of immigrant shops mixing with longtime businesses in cheap strip malls, nor does it have the Googie charm of the original hotels and stores that sprung around Disneyland with free-market glee  before Anaheim officials passed some type of code or other that makes every damn property in the so-called Resort area have the same Mission-esque marquee outside...wher

  August 18, 2009

• On-Sale Saturday: Better Than Ezra, G. Love & Special Sauce, More

  Some people might hear that Better Than Ezra are coming (Sept. 27 at the House of Blues, Anaheim), and say, "who cares? They haven't had a hit since the mid-'90s." Well, actually, lots of people care. Like "*~* CoUrTnEy *~*" on the band's MySpace, who commented on the above picture with, "You guys are amazing!!! I've been a fan for 10 years now!!! I even sing a little "Good" kareoke when the mood is right!! LOL It's nice to see a band where all of it's members are HOT" See, she cares.Plenty more

  July 17, 2009

• To Do Tonight - 4/22

  Screening: True Romance, 7 p.m. For only $7 you can witness Quentin Tarantino's 1993 action/romance, starring Christian Bale as an Elvis-obsessed Kung-Fu-movie enthusiast, Patricia Arquette as a hooker with a heart of gold, Gary Oldman as a murderous pimp and Brad Pitt as a couch potato. Plus Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Christopher Walken and Samuel L. Jackson. Regency South Coast Village, 1561 W. Sunflower Ave., Santa Ana, CA; (714) 557-5701Un Cabaret et des Chapeaux, 12 p.m. Singer/actor/recor

  April 22, 2009

• Get Your Roasted Hatch Chiles While They're (Somewhat) Hot!

  Hopefully, gentle readers, ustedes need no introduction to the glory of the Hatch chile; if you do, read this. Salivating yet? Save it, and drive to La Habra this weekend--specifically, Albertson's, where they will be selling 30-pound sacks for $28.99 and roasting them for gratis from eight in the morn until two in the afternoon--or, they run out (and they will). Address is 1800 W. Whittier Blvd., and the phone number (562) 697-6442.However, if you don't want to take Beach all the way up to the

  August 21, 2009

• On-Sale Saturday: The Bravery, Gogol Bordello, More

  ​The Bravery proved a lot of people wrong when "Believe" hit big in 2007--honestly, who didn't think that they would be one-hit wonders after "An Honest Mistake," merely riding the nouveau-new wave...wave? It looks like they'll be around for a bit, with a third album in the works, and a tour--one that stops at the House of Blues in Anaheim on November 1. Tickets are on sale this Saturday, August 22, at 10 a.m.; prices range from $15.03 for a four-pack to $50.More shows with tickets going on sa

  August 21, 2009

• On-Sale Saturday: All Time Low, Paramore, More

  ​All Time Low are currently experiencing an all time high (I'm sorry, really) amount of exposure through their new album, Nothing Personal--which defied expectations by debuting #4 on Billboard and got them an appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Ride the wave of their success on November 8 at the House of Blues in Anaheim, where they'll be playing alongside We the Kings, Hey Monday and the Friday Night Boys. Tickets are on sale 10 a.m. Saturday, August 29 (tomorrow!) for $22.50-

  August 28, 2009

• Thee Makeout Party! Release New...Cassette

  ​Anaheim's Thee Makeout Party! are clearly pretty fun and pretty wacky: they have a song about the Disneyland Jungle Cruise, for instance. (The fact that they produce exceptional pop-rock shouldn't be ignored, either, check out our review of Play Pretend.) So it's not surprising that their latest release, Seven New Songs, isn't being released online or as a CD: it's only available as a cassette, and only at their shows. Once the run of 250 tapes is up, that's it.

  September 15, 2009

• On-Sale Saturday: The Vandals, Third Eye Blind, More

  Orange County music might not have many annual traditions, but this is one: every holiday season, OC punk legends the Vandals play their "Christmas Formal" at the House of Blues in Anaheim; playing wacky Christmas tunes (including modern classic "Christmas Time for My Penis") from their 1996 record Oi to the World!. This year it takes place Saturday, December 19, and tickets are on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m. for $16.50-$18.Couple more shows going on sale tomorrow worth nothing--including a on

  October 2, 2009

• On-Sale Saturday: Kem, 'Comedians of Chelsea Lately,' More

  ​Neo-soul singer Kem hasn't had an album since 2005's colorfully named Album II. Is a little thing like that going to stop him from coming to the Grove of Anaheim on November 21? Of course not. Why, in fact, tickets are going on sale at noon this Saturday, October 10 (tomorrow, if you will), for $50-$60. More shows going on sale tomorrow after the jump.

  October 9, 2009

• Rumble and Rock

  October 15, 2009

• This Week in Shopping Center Concerts: '1st Annual Anaheim MusicFest' at GardenWalk

  ​Last month, our Navel Gazing news blog proclaimed a series of Anaheim Historical Society-commissioned murals to be "Finally, a Reason to Visit Anaheim's GardenWalk." Looks like there could be another this Saturday.

  September 14, 2009

• On-Sale Saturday: Virtually Nothing! But New Shows From Peaches, Glassjaw

  ​Yeah. Due to the three-day weekend and all that, there are pretty much no shows going on sale tomorrow. There's the "BET's 106 & Park Tour" with Trey Songz and Mario at the House of Blues in Anaheim (on sale 10 a.m. tomorrow, $35-$37.50). And that's...it. There are a couple more new shows worth mentioning, even if they don't go on sale tomorrow (that's OK, right?). Avant garde, once-beareded, electro artist Peaches (pictured) will be at the Glass House in Pomona on October 26. That's on s

  September 4, 2009

• 2010 OC Music Awards Update

  ​The 2010 OC Music Awards don't take place until March 6 at the Grove of Anaheim, but that doesn't mean there isn't news. Announced recently was the venue information for the Showcase Series, which determines two out of the 23 trophies/plaques/gift certificates/whatever the hell prize is for Best Live Band and Best Live Acoustic. Showcases begin January 5 at Detroit Bar and include seven free shows across the county. Want to know more about these freebies. Then keep reading.

  November 3, 2009

• Ghostland Observatory

  November 19, 2009