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Fullerton PD's Other Dirty-Cop Case

Will a jury signal to cops it's wrong to harass citizens videotaping their actions?

Markus Schulz - Sutra - October 30, 2012

Markus Schulz Sutra October 30, 2012 In an attempt to redeem myself after an interviews-gone-wrong fiasco at winter music conference, I decided to finally check out the unicorn slayer Markus Schulz at Sutra in Costa Mesa last night. Seven months ago, I had the opportunity to do an on-camera interv ... More >>

Something Horrible Are Bad at Minigolf, Good at Scaring People

[Locals Only] Fooling around with this horror -rock band reminds us they're no joke

More American Than Jay Chen?

Ignoring racist emails is all in a day's work for the Democratic congressional candidate

Jay Chen, LA-OC Congressional Candidate, Gets Racist "Gook" Email From Disbarred Lawyer

Most people don't respond to mass emails from political campaigns. But Sam Liu, campaign manager for candidate Jay Chen, sent the Weekly a message he received on Oct. 13 in response to a bulk email asking voters to support Chen's race for the 39th congressional district against i ... More >>

Five Things an EDM Diva Learned at Burning Man

See Also: The Fantastic People of Burning Man FYF Fest 2012: A Complex Punk Portrait of the SoCal Music Scene Insomniac Donates $115,000 From EDC Sales Burning Man is an annual event and temporary community based on radical self-expression and self-reliance in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. Havin ... More >>

Vans Warped Tour Goes Green(er), Partners With Online Carpooling Company

Last week we mentioned that the Irvine City Council brought up some collective beef over the Vans Warped Tour's Irvine stop at the Great Park on Thursday--and all the troublesome, traffic-making punks that will come with it. Well, even though the fest will certainly foil any dog walking, kite flying ... More >>

10 Great Chicken Dishes in Orange County (and Long Beach)

There are lot of chicken dishes out there and I have only ten slots on this list. So I picked out my faves using my own unscientific criteria of what constitutes a chicken dish, ruling out others because chicken wasn't the star. What remains are dishes where I felt America's favorite poultry got top ... More >>

In '4:44 Last Day On Earth,' New York Is Really Over

But first, weather on the 1s in Abel Ferrara's apocalyptic film

The Naked and Famous, The Observatory, March 19, 2012

​The Naked and Famous March 19, 2012 The Observatory You know you're in for a treat when the headlining band blows an amp before they even hit the stage. There was a minor technical difficulty once the house lights dimmed and we were stuck in the darkness for a little bit, but the crowd didn ... More >>

Sushi at Venetian Gentlemen's Club

​When a friend requested assistance with a project, I offered to meet close to their Anaheim home. As luck would have it, someone suggested a sushi place near by that I would find interesting. Last seen rolling on the radar in downtown Fullerton, "Sushi Dave" resurfaced about a year ago inside the ... More >>

Where's The Band? At The Yost Theater Last Night

​Where's the Band? Tour Yost Theater, Santa Ana Feb. 7, 2012 Whatever happened to the golden days of emo when the singers on stage were just as weepy and insecure as our high school selves? Stalwarts, such as those who played the second installment of the Where's The Band? tour, apparently are dr ... More >>

They Might Be Giants at UCLA Royce Hall Last Saturday Night

Matt Smith / SF WeeklyThey Might Be Giants live at the Filmore in November​ They Might Be Giants Royce Hall, Los Angeles Jan. 28, 2012 It's a special kind of when-did-I-get-so-old moment when a band you grew up with celebrates its 30th anniversary. In all fairness, They Might Be Giants as we've k ... More >>

'Man On a Ledge' Takes a Dive

The latest class-envy rip-off thriller falls flat

Three Seventy Common Has a Common Denominator

The former Sorrento Grill brings affordability to Laguna Beach with its Sunday meals

Pixies at the Music Box Last Saturday Night

​The PixiesThe Music BoxNovember 20, 2011See the slideshow of more images here. It was a rough start for the Pixies on Saturday. They opened with "Bone Machine." Kind of. At the first break--"Your bone's got a little machine"--the band stopped abruptly. Someone(s?) had missed their cue.  Fran ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

Midan Al Tahrir Rocks the Khaleeji

[Hole In the Wall] Maybe the Reg will get around to reviewing this Little Arabia gem in 10 years or so

Seven Bizarre Steve Jobs Memorial Items on eBay

​And the ambulance chasers are off: Just hours after the death of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs was announced, eBay is already filled with dozens of "memorial items."Your always expected T-shirts and stickers are there, sure, but what about a domain name going for $14K? Or an iDead decal for your bo ... More >>

ACLU Demands Data on Mobile-Phone Surveillance From Five Orange County Police Agencies

​Big Brother is not only watching you, he can answer in the affirmative, "Can you hear me now?" The American Civil Liberties Union would like to know how much he's listenening, and by "he," I mean "your local cop shop."The Communist Par . . . er, ACLU of California announced today that demands wer ... More >>

Beachwood BBQ Will Open Second Restaurant July 5th

Beachwood BBQ's Facebook page​They day after you've bungled your own Fourth of July BBQ, there will be hope for redemption: Beachwood BBQ has announced that their second restaurant will be open for business in downtown Long Beach, Tuesday, July 5th. But this, as we've reported before, is not just ... More >>

Paul Frank Pancake Mix Delicious (And Yes: It has Some Bananas)

​I'm weeks late on my post about the Natural Products Expo that happened at the Anaheim Convention Center, but I did want to mention the following since I had it for breakfast: pancake mix endorsed by OC's own Paul Frank.The fashion maven announced his foray into the world of breakfast last year, ... More >>

Ten Signs You're an Aging Gamer

​Yesterday was my birthday. That means another year in my life has come and gone, and I'm another year closer to the inevitable grave.Although my life has taken many twists and turns within the span of a single year, one thing remains constant--I still play A LOT of video games.Since I'm a few yea ... More >>

Are Headliners Kings of Leon Going to Cancel Their Appearance at Coachella?

​The countdown has begun: 72 more days until Coachella. But, as CNN reported yesterday, drummer Nathan Followhill of Kings of Leon tore the bicep on his right arm. The group were forced to cancel a handful of March dates in Australia and South Africa. As you probably know, Kings of Leon are a head ... More >>

Like Crazy at Sundance: 36 Hours I Will Never Forget

​I don't know where to begin. From a chatty 3 a.m. sardine car ride with indie-film gurus Greg Araki and Richard Linklater to nearly missing the premiere of Like Crazy (the film I co-wrote) to selling our film for distribution to Paramount the night of its world premiere, it has possibly been the ... More >>

A Year of Navel Gazing: The Virtual Orange County

Looking back at 2010 on our news blog, one Top 10 List at a time

Five Venison Recipes For When Santa Pisses You Off

Flickr user peterjbaer​I wanted a Voltron. A real Voltron with the die-cast pieces of the five individual colored Lions that made up Voltron. You could snap them together and then go around defending the galaxy. I wrote to Santa Claus and asked for it; I even forbore from torturing my little siste ... More >>

Free Dessert With Dinner at Morton's the Steakhouse TONIGHT!!!

​I rarely go to Morton's the Steakhouse--not because I detest its food but because its outside my pay scale. But apparently Orange County likes the Morton's in Anaheim and SanTana so much that the pricey chain will give you a free dessert TONIGHT if you buy dinner. Some caveats, of course, but of ... More >>

[NSFW] Boob Wars on Video: Breast Milk From 30 Women (Ariel Pink) VS. Scary CGI Orgy (Klaxons)

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyAriel Pink at the Detroit Bar in August​Ariel Pink and the Klaxons both play psychedelic art rock music that hipsters love; but today's launch of their respective videos garnered a mish mash of unexpected reactions. In fairness, the boobage that Ariel Pink is fighting with ... More >>

You Can Go Home Again

Mother and child reunion in Lena Dunham's 'Tiny Furniture'

Ten Most Ridiculously Expensive Tron Products

DisneyQuorra Couture Platform Sandal designed by Jerome C. Rousseau retailing for $795​Yesterday, the Hollywood Reporter revealed that Disney was launching a high-end accessory and shoe line inspired by Tron: Legacy. While every ultra-hyped Disney movie release goes hand-in-hand with an ... More >>

AIFF Dishes Out Its First Awards--Mostly to Folks Without Films Entered in Competition

​"Mr. Sorvino?"Pause a beat which, coupled with the tone of the curt answer, indicates the veteran character actor does not always have positive encounters with strangers in restrooms."Yes," Paul Sorvino quickly blurts out, his eyes fixed on the automatic faucet and soap dispenser he is heading to ... More >>

#14. Strawberry Croissant at Cream Pan

Edwin Goei​ You'll have noticed we're changing who writes this feature on a day by day basis: this is how you know we're getting close to the end of our countdown. Make sure to pick up a copy of our Best of OC 2010 when it hits the newsstands October 14!

3hree Things: My Favorite Lakers Playoff Moments

​I am a diehard Lakers fan. As a kid, I used to write out scorecards on graph paper, play out the Lakers schedule for that season in games on a Nerf hoop in my bedroom, and keep stats. The best birthday I can remember was schlepping up to the Great Western Forum to watch the Lakers take on Adr ... More >>

Free Ticket Tuesdays: Psychedelic Furs, Pinback, The Growlers and the Submarines

Andrew YoussefThe Psychedelic Furs at the House of Blues Anaheim last year​It's that time of the week again, where we give away tickets to awesome shows. And look what we have here! Five pairs of tickets to the Psychedelic Furs/She Wants Revenge show at the Grove of Anaheim, and a pair of tickets ... More >>

Gettin' Made: Hip to Get Square

Three cheers to past Gettin' Made featured artist Stephanie Han Windham for posting a link to the new Square card reader on her Facebook page. This little gadget and the accompanying credit card processing app could very well revolutionize the way indie crafters operate at shows. (At the very l ... More >>

People of the Park Focuses On the "Fashionably Challenged" of Disneyland

People of the Park​The Internet: Serious business.It's given way to all sorts of weird shit: Citizen journalism, three wolf moon shirts, keyboard playing cats, Perez Hilton. But since it also enables users to hide behind their computer monitors in anonymity, a whole new wave of blogs has started u ... More >>

The 88 Play All Day and All of the Night

Well-respected men about town open for and back Ray Davies, collectively pinch selves

The Five Most Badass Japanese Game Designers

American video game developers have it all: Multi-million dollar development budgets and the world's largest video game market are at their disposal to make some of modern day's best video games. However, they all lack one crucial thing--the rock star charisma of Japanese video game designers. When ... More >>

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 de ... More >>

The Growlers Kick Off West Coast Tour with Vampire Weekend

Taylor Herron​The Growlers are gettin' busy on the road in November. In the month that saw the launch of their glamorous debut on NBC LA, Costa Mesa's psychedelic surf-rockers embark on a new tour up the West Coast to support their latest LP Are You In or Out (Everloving Records). The t ... More >>

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.&n ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 or ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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 experie ... More >>

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 ... More >>

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:

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