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This Week In Food: Horchata Beer, Mmmhops, and the Banana Stand is Coming!

Hi, we hope your week was swell. And we want to make your weekend even better by showing you some awesome things. Sure, this is really just a recap of awesome things, but we need page views and you need condensed information so you can get to partying even sooner. Here we go... This week, Edwin wen ... More >>

NBFF: Smaller, Shorter & Uncut

The fabled film festival has learned that less is more

The Five Must-See Shows in OC This Week

Friday, March 29DSTVVBurger Records Self-proclaimed "industrial grungegaze" trio DSTVV have been garnering attention in the indie music blog circuit with only a handful of songs that permeate through your ear canals with their lo-fi vocals, fuzzy guitar and distorted synthesizer. Hailing from San ... More >>

OC Punk Community Launches a Benefit Concert to Help China White Guitarist Frank Ruffino

Frank Ruffino, the guitarist for China White, is in serious trouble. Recently released from the hospital after months in intensive care, the Huntington Beach axeman braces for a miracle. About four years ago, the 51-year-old was diagnosed with liver problems, a biproduct of years of hard drinking, ... More >>

Fare Thee Well Sweet, Sweet Bahooka

Every second and fourth Wednesday night of the month, legendary bartender/chef/restaurant insider Dave Mau hosts Dinner with Dave at Memphis at the Santora, where he treats drinkers to a free meal and live music as the evening progresses. To remind ustedes of this great night, Dave treats us ev ... More >>

Long Beach Lunch: Kabob Curry Indian and Pakistani Food

India and Pakistan might be right next to each other on a map, but it's not often you see them listed together on a sign for a Long Beach restaurant, much less a small, Himilayan-salt obsessed one tucked away in a storefront just off Pine Avenue and Third Street. Originally lured into the Kabob Curr ... More >>

Norin & Rad Put as Much Fire Into Their Beats as They Do Into Their Food

[Locals Only] The Westminster duo's diet of trance beats, hard work and Srirachi earns them a deal with EDM label Anjunabeats

Free Ticket Tuesday Wednesday: tyDi at Sutra

Though Orange County is certainly a long-time pit stop for the world's best DJs, it's apparent that the fresh-faced monarchs of the EDM world (we're talking barely allowed to legally drink, if at all) are also descending on our local scene in astonishing numbers. Though he's spent the last several y ... More >>

The Five Best Shows in OC This Week: Nov. 9-11

Friday, November 9Haymarket SquaresSlidebar The Haymarket Squares specialize in a quick clip brand of folk music. Using mandolin, piano, and whistling, they weave a folk tapestry while busting lyrics about righteous anger and the songs of Britney Spears. N ... More >>

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Coach House

Franchesca Robi Carries the Platters' Torch

Paul Robi was the booming baritone of the 50s vocal group the Platters. He stayed with the group through their chart topping heyday, performing on timeless classics like "Only You," "The Great Pretender" and "Twilight Time." He passed away in the late 1980s, performing for as long as his body would ... More >>

KCON - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - October 13, 2012

SEE OC WEEKLY'S FULL KCON SLIDESHOW HERE! From the parking lot, you could hear the screams. Inside the festival area of Verizon Amphitheater, giddy fans crowded in a massive white tent. A sea of hands holding cameras and cell phones shot up into the air. "Oh, my Gooooood!" girls squealed, ... More >>

The OCeeker: Guru Nanak Sikh Temple and the Headwear Mishap

Everybody loves a play on words, ye heathen, so let's get this outta the way real quick-like: The OCeeker transformed his glorious person into the O'Sikher on a recent Wednesday night in Buena Park, when his graceful footfall blessed the grounds of Guru Nanak Sikh Temple of USA.He committed one fuck ... More >>

The Silent Comedy

The Observatory

Van Halen - Honda Center - 6/12/12

Van Halen Honda Center 6/12/12 It only takes milliseconds to recognize Eddie Van Halen's ferocious guitar tone. Like sonic bullets from a gun, "Unchained" riddled into the audience with its runaway freight train guitar riff as the Honda Center exploded with Van Halen's triumphant stop in Anaheim f ... More >>

International Food Festival

Strata Tustin Center

For Ravi Shankar, There'll Always Be Sitars in the Sky

​Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar has been an illustrious name since the mid-'60s, largely through his association with George Harrison and the Beatles, whose music was profoundly influenced by Shankar's mastery of the Indian classical raga form; his appearance at the Monterey Pop Festival and at ... More >>

'Act of Valor' Wants You

Navy SEALs: Honor, courage, commitment

Van Halen at the Forum Last Night

​Van HalenFebruary 8, 2012The ForumSome secret shows tend to be bigger than others. I've been fortunate to catch a few in my concert going years but last nights friends and family dress rehearsal show with Van Halen is definitely top five. Things started off great when it turned out the Forum wasn ... More >>

Nilu Madadi, Irvine-Based Iranian-American Singer, Goes Viral With a Nod From Young the Giant

​ Nilu Madadi, a 23 year-old Iranian-American musician based in Irvine, has started the new year off on the right note. The singer-songwriter has been making a name for herself since a YouTube video of her Noise Coalition Live Sessions performance of "Sing for You" was uploaded earlier this month. ... More >>

A Groupon for Far East Movement's International Secret Agents Festival

​When we talked to Far East Movement about their upcoming sophomore album, their new tricked out Cadillac and ISA in Long Beach's Queen Mary, we didn't think tickets for the event were still onsale. We'd heard it sold out, but we were wrong, because today's Groupon is offering tickets to the event ... More >>

Chao Down at Kang Lac Bakery

[Hole In the Wall] This Westminster standard sells the best rice porridge in OC

Mexican Food Now Big in India!

Photo by Das UbergeekWhat is a burrito if not a chapati wrapped around tandoori chicken?​We all know that tacos are big in Sweden, that fish tacos have been big in Australia for nearly 40 years now, that Mexican restaurants are across Europe and even Japan.Now comes word from India that Mexican fo ... More >>

Brunch a Bunch Across OC!

OC's best brunches: The ethnic, the gorgeous views and the bottomless booze!

Trevor Hall Is Enlightened

[Locals Only] Living with monks (not named Thelonious) has made the singer/songwriter a wiser man

Remy's 'Raise the Debt Ceiling'--Old But Still Funny

​ If you haven't seen this yet, you must've been ignoring the whole congressional debate. Comedian Remy Munasifi's "Raise the Debt Ceilin' Rap" became a YouTube sensation because he found a way to bridge our economic/political troubles into a rap song. A sample lyric? "Renting the cash, inflating ... More >>

Young the Giant: Looking Back and Moving Forward

​Young the Giant, the band formerly known as the Jakes, and formerly residents of Newport Beach via Irvine, have had a very good year. After releasing their self-title debut to critical acclaim (even Morrissey is a fan, saying "I could break down with happiness at the new debut-CD by Young The G ... More >>

Disneyland Hotel's Trader Sam's and Tangaroa Terrace

​The new bar Trader Sam's and the casual-dining restaurant Tangaroa Terrace just opened at the Disneyland Hotel, and I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised by both.Sure, both of these Polynesian-themed hangouts would be more appropriate located in Adventureland than where they are (kiddie poo ... More >>

Bad Religion's Greg Graffin to Teach at Cornell; Has Bird Fossil Named After Him

Chad Sengstock/OC WeeklyGreg Graffin at not a lecture​Remember that one cool professor you had in college, who let you skip classes as long as you turned in awesome papers and never minded if you came to lectures hung over? Well, now that Bad Religion frontman Greg Graffin is teaching Evolution ... More >>

Free Ticket Tuesday: We're Giving Away Four Pairs of Tickets to See Infected Mushroom

​Originally formed as a duo by Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani in northern Israel, Infected Mushroom's trippy/psychedelic music has influenced electronic-music fiends and stoned groovers alike. They met in Goa, India, in 1996 through a mutual DJ friend and started making music for fun. In 1998, they ... More >>

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Fox Theater

Carl's Jr. Opens in Indonesia; Something Indonesian Opens Here

Image from Google Maps Gustavo told me recently he heard news that Carl's Jr. opened its first franchise in Indonesia this month. And then on the same day, in a sort of bizarre cosmic coincidence, I got word a new Indonesian grocery store opened in Fullerton. In a bit of food quid pro quo, OC ... More >>

Thank God it's Friday: Rumpspringa, Mississipi Man, Wavves, Abe Vigoda, the Growlers and Far East Movement Fill Out Your Weekend

Don't know what to do this weekend? Heard Mentality's got you covered.Rumpspringa​Tonight, Rumspringa appears with Mississippi Man at Alex's Bar in Long Beach. The LA-based band has been dealing with the obvious question about their name almost from the day they started (it's coming-of-age p ... More >>

James Taylor, Carole King

Honda Center

Kung Fu Hustle

Karate Kid remake too cynical to catch a fly with chopsticks

K-Pop Go the Wonder Girls

[Mental Notes] Also: The condiment artists at Burger Records, Pop Noir's quest for southern hospitality

K-Pop Viral Sensation Wonder Girls Coming to House of Blues Anaheim

​Remember back in 2007, when kids all around the world were posting videos of themselves doing the Crank Dat Soulja Boy dance?The very next year: The Wonder Girls' "Nobody" dance. The dance sensationalized by the South Korean pop girl group consisted of a few demure movements, some hand gestures, ... More >>

Chinese New Year Festival

Bowers Museum

TV Interview with Avenged Sevenfold Drummer James Sullivan

Avenged Sevenfold drummer James "The Rev" Sullivan, found dead in Huntington Beach Monday, interviewed with band mate Jonathan "Johnny Christ" Seward for the TV program Asia Uncut. Asked about Orange County being a "bastion of conservatism," Sullivan says that his "generation...was kinda rebeling ... More >>

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Reconquista for Dummies

Go Around the World In 50 States (or Cities, or Regions, or Styles, or Whatever)

Soldier On

Terra Cotta Warriors: Guardians of China’s First Emperor

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from OC'c best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

An Ode to Lychees

Translucent flesh

Grub Guide

Orange County's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

The best damn dining guide in Orange County

The Asian Persuasion

Great Asian restaurants, and the Asians (and Chuck Devore) who love them

How Delicious

Veggies, cocktails and cow tongue with DJ Wanda

Yes, Mother

Mother India insists you eat seconds