Subject: Apple iPhone

• Orange County Market Place

  January 1, 2009

• Friday's Headlines

  Immigration reform bill tanks: Local politicians applauded the death of a bill that would have legalized millions of immigrants, reports the Daily Pilot. Newport OIS: Newport Beach police fatally shot a man suspected of driving drunk after a three-mile chase this morning. iPhone madness: The Register's in-house gadget nut has been in line outside an Irvine Apple store overnight. The iPhone goes on sale at 6 p.m. Friday. Today in court: Arraignment is set for Guillermo Rodriguez Sr. and his son,

  June 29, 2007

• Monday's Headlines

  Vanishing priest mystery solved, sadly: Last month, we noted that an OC priest and his companion disappeared in Portland. Today, the Times reports that their bodies were found. Simpsons movie mania: Is this over-the-top, or insanely cool? 7-Eleven's turned 11 stores into Kwik-E-Marts (the fictional Simpsons convenience store), going so far as to rename their Slurpees "Squishees." There's supposedly one in Los Angeles, but that's as close to home as it gets. Milking it for all it's worth: The R

  July 2, 2007

• The iPhone: Shaken and Stirred

  July 18, 2007

• Comic-Con 2007: Warner Bros. Odds & Ends

  Nicole Kidman had a pre-taped greeting to promote The Invasion, Joel Silver's latest remake of the Body-Snatcher story in which the aliens are microbes this time. The interview was full of jump-cuts -- had the feel of something that was creatively edited after the fact. Nic had nothing interesting to say, just praised nearly every crew member by name. The movie is not impressive looking -- could it be the first Body-Snatchers movie to suck? One Missed Call is a big-budget remake of a Takashi Mi

  July 27, 2007

• Sunday's Headlines & Surprises: iPhone Thumb Surgery?

  Picking themselves up with your bootstraps: The lobbyists at the Orange County Tourism Council believe they are entitled yet again to a public handout. And, once again, they're going to get it without even a minute of public debate. The board of supervisors placed on its Tuesday consent calender a $150,000 corporate welfare payment to the large businesses--the Irvine Co., Disneyland, Marriott, Wyndham etc--which already prosper handsomely on OC tourism. Good for them. But why should local taxpa

  August 12, 2007

• Thursday's Headlines

  iPhone or iFlop? Apple slashes $200 off the $599 8-Gig iPhone price tag. Christmas in September for some, and bah humbug for those who waited in line overnight...either way, investors are worried. Still...more...Martin: School trustee Harald Martin has resigned, but the anti-Martin camp still wants its signature-collecting to count for something (a special election to fill his seat, as we noted the other day). Yesterday, an Orange County Superior Court judge said the sigs would be counted, but

  September 6, 2007

• Because You're Ugly: GIANT Earbud Speakers!

  Now, I'm not one that typically falls for the latest gadgets—MacBook Air? Cool, but I'd probably break it. And I'm probably going to need a CD-ROM drive. iPhone? I'd probably break that, too... not to mention I'd rather stick with my much cheaper T-Mobile plan. I am, however, a sucker for cute things. Cute things like these ridiculous GIANT EARBUD SPEAKERS from FredFlare.com, home of ridiculously cute things. I'm sure they don't sound as good as your schmancy $800 Bose sound system, but the

  April 8, 2008

• Newport Beach & Orange County Restaurant Week Coming Soon

  Things to put down on your day planner, your iPhone calendar, Blackberry, or whatever: January 18-22 is going to be the Third Annual Newport Beach Restaurant Week.  This is the time when a selected roster of restaurants will be offering a three-course prix fixe for $15 or $20 for lunch, and $20 or $35 for dinner.  Though I've never been, I had an amazing lunch once at Lucques in L.A. during a similar event a few years ago.  A three-course meal for what's usually the price of an en

  January 6, 2009

• Kogi Korean Taco Truck Was At Angel Stadium This Saturday

  So late Saturday night I read an e-mail Gustavo sent me earlier in the day.  He said, "Did you see that Kogi is at Anaheim Stadium TODAY???" Damn it. Wouldn't you know it: The same day that I forgot to charge my iPhone is the same day that the Kogi Korean Taco Truck finally touched down in Orange County!!The lesson here is: always keep your communication devices topped off, lest the Kogi truck come your way. Kogi may be the most plugged-in, Web 2.0, Twitter-enabled food phenom

  March 16, 2009

• This Week In Food

  We may have been slightly distracted by Obama's visit to the OC this week, but that didn't stop us from blogging with gusto... Indeed, I tried to guess where the President might eat during his Southland trip (I'm still none the wiser).I also blew the lid off popcorn prices, which have risen an evil 666% since 1929. Okay, that's 80 years, but movie tickets have gone up a relatively paltry 66% over the same period.Edwin was devastated to find out too late--thanks to his iPhone running out of juice

  March 20, 2009

• Get your FREE Coachella App for your iPhone [Correction]

  Correction: Before you read further, the video and description of the Coachella iPhone App below is NOT THE FREE ONE. This program is not affiliated with the festival. The FREE App, written by Dave Bullock has a few specific differences:1) The official Coachella App is FREE, the program below costs money :(2) The FREE app allows you to download photos to www.coachella.com before and after the festival3) The free app has a friend finder that allows you to see your friends locations on a map aroun

  April 8, 2009

• Albert's Favorite Things: OC Weekly's Music Editor Discusses How He Wasted His Life This Year

  December 18, 2008

• ‘Lothar Schmitz: Survival Strategies’ at Cal State Long Beach

  February 28, 2008

• Back to the Future

  'The Imaginary 20th Century' takes us forward into the past

  February 7, 2008

• The Arts and Other Highfalutin' Stuff

  Actors, troubadours, campfire singers, cowboy poets & purty pictures (Please don’t  shoot the piano player!)
  

  September 20, 2007

• It Was Free Cuz I Stole It

  WEB EXCLUSIVE!: The Year In Unfair Shares

  December 28, 2006

• Live from Coachella: Actual Music! We Are Scientists!

  OMG. The inside of Coachella actually exists. After a Homeric oddyssey getting in here, we're watching We Are Scientists on the main stage. Quite a change from the last time I saw them, which was 2006, in front of a few dozen peeps at the Brickhouse in Phoenix, AZ (now closed, I think). They sound good--doing more well-known tracks like "It's a Hit" and "Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt" as well as stuff from their 2008 record. They're fun dudes, natch, but it's LOUD. Like, super, distort-y loud. I

  April 17, 2009

• Live(ish) from Coachella: Paul McCartney Plays Nearly his Entire 50-year Catalogue

  Hey, so sorry for not being very update-y last night: my iPhone's Internet apparently decided that we were no longer on speaking terms, and I didn't have any time to make it over to the LUXURIOUS PRESS TENT! because I was too busy seeing shows, man. So allow me to make up for lost time here.Paul McCartney closed down last night, of course. Oh boy did he. He played for two and a half hours (maybe closer to 2:40?), which I think is actually pretty typical for his recent solo shows, but an eternity

  April 18, 2009

• (One Day Ago) Live from Coachella: Day Two Pictures!

  Thank goodness for Beth Stirnaman. If not for her, our Coachella coverage would consist of my blah blahing and iPhone pictures of stages from the crowd, many yards away. Thankfully, she's got a bundle of great images from day two here, so you can put a face to my inspid ramblings. Remember me raving about  TV on the Radio doing songs like "Wolf Like Me"? Well, there's a bunch of TV on the Radio pictures, including this one here of fetching frontman Tunde Adebimpe. She also got Calexico, Fle

  April 19, 2009

• (Definitely Not) Live From Coachella: Good times, but no new finds

  Well, here we are again. Monday....ew. But for those of you who came along for the ride at Coachella 2009, the memories are probably still cycling around in your brain somewhere. Otherwise, you'd probably be getting some work done instead of trolling the internet looking for the next Albert Ching blog post. Sorry, but can we give this man a raise, honestly? Not only did he give you 3 days-worth of blurry iPhone pictures and up-to the-second coverage of the whole sha-bang, but he also Twittered y

  April 20, 2009

• Adventures in Chasing Kogi

  Edwin Goei Saturday, April 25, 2009 -- A day in which I attempt to hunt down the Kogi Korean BBQ taco truck.  Here's how it went down: 12:12 p.m. I get an e-mail tip that Kogi's going to be in Buena Park tonight, at the same location they ended up in last Wednesday night. I am eating carne asada nachos at Alerto's in Westminster when I receive the message. 12:27 p.m. I lick my fingers of nacho salsa and post the news via iPhone on this blog. 10:21 p.m. I see tweet that there'

  April 27, 2009

• Kogi Invades OC Tonight (Fullerton) And The Rest of The Week (Anaheim & Orange)!

  Let's cut to the chase shall we? Here's the SCHED-OOLEY! Tuesday (TONIGHT!) 7PM-10PM@2 J's Cocktail Lounge - 120 W Houston Ave in Fullerton Thursday 9:30PM-1AM@Juke Joint - 735 N Anaheim Blvd in Anaheim Saturday 10:30PM-1AM@District Lounge - 223 W Chapman Ave in City of Orange(Posted via iPhone on my lunch break so, sorry no pics or links)

  May 5, 2009

• Rad Show Last Night at Detroit Bar--Where Was Everyone Else?

  LA-area bands The Parson Red Heads, The Fling, The Monolators and Crash Kings (OK, the Fling are from Long Beach) played an excellent show last night at Detroit Bar. For only 5 bucks! The only problem is that pretty much no one was there to see it.

  May 6, 2009

• [Trendzilla] Don't Touch That Dial!

  May 7, 2009

• Weekend Wrap-Up: Frank Black, Vintage Jeans and Zombies

  Friday's Grand Duchy show at Detroit Bar was a real treat. For some reason, I kind of forgot that the show was that day, and hadn't made the proper arrangements to attend, and was essentially turned away at the door when I got there. That was a bummer, for sure. I was able to check out Venus Infers across the street at eVocal, though, so that was a nice consolation prize. (They sounded really good, per usual, though the attendance was poor--perhaps because so many people were at Detroit).

  May 11, 2009

• Obama Opens Up Government Data; You Figure Out What It Means To OC

  The tech press today is chatting about Data.gov, the newly launched website from the federal government. It makes available raw data collected by government agencies as diverse as the National Weather Service to the FBI. I spent the last half-hour trying to find pull some OC-related nugget of knowledge from the website's catalog, but it's not as easy as you'd think. When Uncle Sam says data, he means data: Many of the downloadable documents spit out raw numbers generated from enormous statistica

  May 21, 2009

• Saturday Night: Wilco at the Fox Theater Pomona

  This Weekend: Wilco at the beautiful Fox Theater Pomona. Better Than: Sneaking downloads of all those leaks of their forthcoming self-titled album.  Saturday night was a Wilco first for me--no, it definitely wasn't my first time catching them live, but it was the first time I've ever seen frontman Jeff Tweedy even somewhat happy.  Tweedy replaced his usual endearing snark with smiles and requests to sing along with him, even jumping onto the floor and playing the guitar amongst fl

  June 22, 2009

• Last Night: My Mother Makes Her Detroit Bar Debut

  iPhone battery was dead, so no blurry far away photos this time. Sadface.There's no doubt that I'm at Detroit Bar a lot, and that I've seen the acts that played there last night--Yellow Red Sparks (pictured), Stacy Clark and the New Limb--plenty of times. So how could I possibly keep such an experience fresh? Why, by bringing my mother along, of course.

  June 23, 2009

• VIDEO: The New Limb Covering 'Wild World' on KUCI

  Costa Mesa's the New Limb, Huntington Beach's Honeypie and some d-bag named Albert stopped by KUCI's Press Pass Music show this afternoon. You can download an mp3 of the entire show, including Honeypie's cover of "I've Just Seen a Face," here; and check out this video of the New Limb covering "Wild World" by Cat Stevens (check out keyboard player Lauren Salamone on the melodica. fancy!). It's my first time using the iPhone's long-awaited video recording feature. It's pretty much exactly as aweso

  July 2, 2009

• Follow the Michael Jackson Memorial Service on Twitter!

  Hmm, I just paired the words "memorial service" with the word "Twitter" and an exclamation point. I guess I'm going to hell.Anyway, if watching the televised coverage of this morning's Michael Jackson memorial service at the Staples Center isn't enough for you (and why would it be? never enough dead MJ news!), your pals at Heard Mentality (that's us!) have it covered through a couple of different angles. Matt Fletcher, keyboard player for OC/LA band Satisfaction will be there, manning his trusty

  July 7, 2009

• Live and Let Die

  July 23, 2009

• Free Crap That Came In The Mail: 'The Black Box'

  Before you die, you hear the Black Box.​Oh jeez. Is this "Free Crap That Came In The Mail" or am I starring in my own version of The Ring?

  August 3, 2009

• Revolving Door of Malaysian Cuisine: Belacan Grill To Replace Defunct Tropika

  ​As excited as we were to discover last night that there's a new Malaysian restaurant in town (Tustin, to be precise), we soon realized that it's on the very same site as Tropika, also Malaysian, which closed in June. The new joint, Belacan Grill, is the second venture of the people who own the original in Redondo Beach. The Tustin location (17460 17th Street, right next to Zov's) is due to open on September 1, although owner Jimmy Niwa concedes that it may end up being a day or so later than

  August 11, 2009

• Friday Night: The Dandy Warhols at the Glass House

  Yeah, we weren't able to send a photog to this one. iPhone photos!Friday Night: The Dandy Warhols, The Meek at the Glass House in Pomona; June 5, 2009.Better than: Checking out the second night of all-ages dance night Club Matinee going on simultaneously at the nearby Fox Theater in Pomona, although anyone with a Glass House wristband got in for free.Number of on-stage bathroom breaks: Only one. More on that later.Friday was a good night to be in Pomona if you're a Dandy Warhols fan. They played

  June 10, 2009

• Fun with The New Limb and Stacy Clark Last Night at Detroit Bar

  Last night was the second installment of the Monday night residency with The New Limb and Stacy Clark over at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa. Here are some notable things that happened:

  June 9, 2009

• Reg Reporter Heads To New York Times. Sort Of.

  twenty_questions / Flickr / Creative CommonsAlright! Orange County journalist can move up in the newspaper world! Check it out: Veteran Register reporter Greg Hardesty is in the pages of the New York Times.I mean, ok, he's not writing for the Gray Lady. He's just a source in one of those horrible trend stories that make us embarrassed about the NYT being our nation's paper of record. The trend? Texting, duh. Kids these days! They text a lot!Still, some parents are starting to take measures. Greg

  May 28, 2009

• Street Scene Favorites This Weekend....Any Thoughts?

  ​It's not much, but consider this meager post the first preemptive stitch to our coverage of the Street Scene '09 festival happening in Sand Diego this weekend, Aug. 28-29. Before you say anything, we know that San Diego is not in Orange County. Though it could be argued that some cities at the ass end of the OC seem just a far away in the middle of rush hour traffic. But geographical questions aside, our music editor Albert Ching will be giving you some up close iPhone coverage of the whole s

  August 27, 2009

• Christian TV

  September 24, 2009

• More Views of the Inaugural Long Beach Comic Con

  Convention floor. Rorschach started to turn around like I was trying to take a picture of him. I was not. Poor guy.​We hit the first-ever Long Beach Comic Con at the Long Beach Convention Center this past weekend, and it was a busier-than-expected, promising start, full of roller derby gals, dudes in costumes, pro wrestling and even some comic books. Keith May took some fab pics that are here, but if you'd like to see some iPhone pictures from a completely untrained photographer (me), well, re

  October 5, 2009

• Twitter to Be Used to Contact Michael Jackson, Other Dead Folks

  "I see dead celebrities."​Twitter has many uses: spreading important information and breaking news. Seeing super-awesome iPhone pictures from concerts that we're attending. Letting us know when Ashley Tisdale is getting her hair done. But now the limits of Twitter's power will truly be tested, as a UK costume shop will be using it on October 30 to raise the dead (cue ominous music!).

  October 14, 2009

• Last Night: Brian Eno at Cal State Long Beach

  Andrew YoussefLast Night: Brian Eno at the Richard and Karen Carpenter Performing Arts Center at California State University, Long Beach; September 20, 2009. Better Than: A majority of my lectures in grad school. Download: "Trope," Brian Eno's new app for the iPhone, and visit Eno's installation of "77 Million Paintings" at the University Art Museum in CSULB, on exhibit through December 13. Copernicus, screwdrivers, haircuts, drugs and sex. Brian Eno covered all of those topics during his onl

  September 21, 2009

• All-Encompassing Comic-Con Photo Post! Part One!

  ​I spent most of my time at Comic-Con International in San Diego holed up in extremely specific comic book-centric panels that only the most dedicated geeks could possibly care about, and sometimes not even then. (I know you guys are all so psyched that Power Girl is going to be team leader in the new JSA All Stars comic! Er, right?) So I was nowhere near the mess of humanity that was the giant lines that was Thursday's Twilight panel, for instance. (Phew!) But I still saw plenty of fun stuff;

  July 27, 2009

• Haunted House Review: Sinister Pointe in Brea

  The spookiness begins!​Location: Sinister Pointe; 453 S. Associated Road, Brea. (In the Brea Plaza Center, also home to a relatively rare strip mall Borders. An attraction year-round!)Low Down: Two "terrifying" mazes: the "interactive" Fear and Silent Hill, based on the popular series of video games (and, to surely a much lesser extent, the not-at-all-popular 2006 Sean Bean-starred movie). Don't be misled by the term "maze," though (theirs, not ours); both are pretty traditional, linear haunte

  October 20, 2009

• iPhone App Shows Recovery Money Spent Before Your Eyes

  ​If we were the iPhone app-acquiring sort -- actually, just if we had a coveted iPhone 3G -- we'd snap up this thingy from public-disclosure advocacy org Sunlight Labs. It's one of baced on Layar's "augmented reality" doohickeys, whereby you point your phone a certain direction and see, on the display, everything your eyes see -- but marked up with extra data. It's like Pop-Up Video for real life. It also works with the Android operating system.The extra data in this case? The places where gov

  October 27, 2009

• JK, Here's a Better iPhone App, Just for Illegals!

  ​Sorry, Orange County nativists. We just linked to a totally nerdy lame iPhone app that shows stimulus money. Zzz. I know. How bout this: an app for illegal immigrants trying to cross the border?It's called iCoyote, and it'll help you locate water, a good city from which to steal jobs and an American wife with whom to have your anchor baby.Ok, it's a parody put together by LawFirms.com. But it's only a matter of time before the Register's Yvette Cabrera sponsors a live-chat about whether it's

  October 27, 2009

• Road Sores: Thrice Checks In

  Welcome to Road Sores, Heard Mentality's newest feature, where bands on tour will guest blog about life on the road, photos, videos, what that smell is coming from the corner of the van, what they're listening to, or whatever the hell it is they feel like talking about that day. This week: Thrice.  Sterling Andrews​Hometown heroes Thrice are currently in the midst of a tour with Brand New, which will be immediately followed by a headline tour with the Dear Hunter and Polar Bear in mid-Nov

  November 6, 2009

• Road Sores: Thrice

  Welcome to Road Sores, Heard Mentality's newest feature, where bands on tour will guest blog about life on the road, photos, videos, what that smell is coming from the corner of the van, what they're listening to, or whatever the hell it is they feel like talking about that day. Thrice's Ed Breckenridge checks in again for the third time with more iPhone photos from tour life. Check out Ed's previous entries here. Ed Breckenridge"Solid gold bicycle."

  November 12, 2009

• Road Sores: A Bump in the Road for Thrice

  Welcome to Road Sores, Heard Mentality's latest feature, where bands on tour will guest blog about life on the road, photos, videos, what that smell is coming from the corner of the van, what they're listening to, or whatever the hell it is they feel like talking about that day. Ed Breckenridge from the Orange-based Thrice just sent in a few more photos from his iPhone, even addressing why lead guitarist Teppei Teranishi had to drop out of tour for a while. Ed Breckenridge"Normal preshow hangout

  November 19, 2009

• Drivers Ridicule Toll Road Photo Contest

  Photo by Steve OngAliso Viejo resident Steve Ong's winning shot.​An amateur photo contest aimed at promoting Orange County's quasi-private toll roads gave new meaning to drive-by shooting.Folks who left comments on the Transportation Corridor Agencies--or The Toll Roads--Facebook page had other definitions: stupid, dangerous and "a boondoggle." Drivers of the Lexus lanes made a stunning observation as soon as the contest was announced a couple months ago: operating a camera while operating a v

  November 20, 2009