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March 14, 2007
South By Southwest, Part 1
Well, it's 8:35 Austin time and I've finally got my room, internet access, and festival badge. Haven't had a chance to see any actual music yet, but I've certainly seen plenty of jaded industry types, giddy young music writers, and desperate publicists. I'm headed out into the evening to actually fi ... More >>
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September 18, 2007
"Death" takes to DVD
One (or two, depending on how you look at it) of the highlights of the past Newport Beach Film Festival was the Death Note movies, the latest in a powerhouse franchise from Japan that began with comics, then spawned an anime series and many toys, and finally these live-action adaptations. Death Note ... More >>
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January 22, 2008
Coachella lineup announced
Via Coachella.com: FRIDAY, APRIL 25: Jack Johnson, The Verve, Raconteurs, The Breeders, Fatboy Slim, Tegan and Sara, Madness, The Swell Season, The National, Animal Collective, Slightly Stoopid, Mum, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Stars, Battles, Aesop Rock, Midnight Juggernauts, Does it Offend yo ... More >>
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March 6, 2008
A Thousand Knives At Detroit 3/5
Review by Jeff Phifer A Thousand Knives is the band that you haven't heard yet, but you will. The group’s very first show in LA resulted in an offer to play a party at the prestigious South By Southwest festival this coming week. A Thousand Knives brings a new sound that captures what's happeni ... More >>
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March 14, 2008
Crystal Antlers and Banana Hammocks
The problem with blogging SXSW is that every second spent blogging is a second spent not seeing something that you might want to blog about. Having arrived late Wednesday night, while the festival was already in partial swing, and trying (unsuccessfully) to catch up on some lost travel sleep Thurs ... More >>
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March 17, 2008
What you missed over the weekend: Part XIV
Dave Segal and Tom Child spent the weekend in Austin for the South By Southwest Festival, which they live-blogged out of Heard Mentality. Browse the SXSW blog for their coverage here, and do scroll down and flip through some slide shows while you're there. Chelsea Ide wraps up the SXSW weekend quite ... More >>
Music
March 29, 2001
Welcome to Schmoozeville
Relishs 29-hour drive as a career metaphor
Culture
August 29, 2002
This Is Nowhere
Stages True West
Blogs
October 26, 2008
Crystal Antlers Score EW Mention
Long Beach's Crystal Antlers, who this year already netted an 8.5 on Pitchfork for their self-released EP (which was subsequently sntached up by Touch and Go) and just last night played the Bowery Ballroom in NYC as part of the CMJ Music Marathon, saw their good buzz streak continue with a mention i ... More >>
Music
March 12, 2009
OC/LBC Bands Head to South By Southwest
Long Beach's Crystal Antlers, who this year already netted an 8.5 on Pitchfork for their self-released EP (which was subsequently sntached up by Touch and Go) and just last night played the Bowery Ballroom in NYC as part of the CMJ Music Marathon, saw their good buzz streak continue with a mention i ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2009
A pocket-full of SXSW videos
Okay, so another SXSW festival has come and gone. You weren't there, we weren't there...boo-hoo. But it's time's like these where we bow and thank the Lord for You-Tube. I'm not sure whether it was boredom or sheer curiosity that led me to reexamine a previous post I made about OC and LB bands headi ... More >>
Music
March 26, 2009
[Locals Only] Audacious and Precocious
Okay, so another SXSW festival has come and gone. You weren't there, we weren't there...boo-hoo. But it's time's like these where we bow and thank the Lord for You-Tube. I'm not sure whether it was boredom or sheer curiosity that led me to reexamine a previous post I made about OC and LB bands headi ... More >>
Food
October 9, 2008
[This Hole-in-the-Wall Life] The Yellow Cup of Texas at Dickey's Barbecue Pit
Okay, so another SXSW festival has come and gone. You weren't there, we weren't there...boo-hoo. But it's time's like these where we bow and thank the Lord for You-Tube. I'm not sure whether it was boredom or sheer curiosity that led me to reexamine a previous post I made about OC and LB bands headi ... More >>
Music
March 29, 2001
Kill the Ziggens!
Shitkickers live OCs purveyors of musical standup comedy
Music
August 19, 1999
Locals Only
The Mosleys/Blue Streak/The Alan Broadbent Trio/Jeffries Fan Club/Snack Cake
Beautiful Downtown Fullerton
Friday, Aug. 6
Music
June 7, 2007
Sweet Sounds From Above
Hymns
Music
June 7, 2007
Are Your Ears Burning Yet?
Surveying the (potential) sound-good hits of the summer
Film
May 17, 2007
Brothers Grim
Wendell Baker is a dysfunctional Wilson family affair
Features
April 3, 2003
The Thermals
Heartwarming, heartbreaking
Music
April 12, 2007
Spurfection
Lonesome Spurs
Film
March 15, 2007
The Awful Truth in Austin, Texas
The case against Michael Moore and for B-list celebs at SXSW
Music
March 15, 2007
Screw the Industry Weasels
Think small (bands) and youll have a good time at SXSW
Music
October 5, 2006
Shameless Plug
LA Weekly Detour Music Festival
Culture
May 25, 2006
The Call of the West
A solid rendition of Sam Shepards funniest great play
Music
March 23, 2006
Through the Viewfinder
My SXSW photo album
Columns
December 22, 2005
Commie Girl
Of Fullerton bars and gaygaygay holiday spectaculars
Columns
September 23, 2004
Eight Days
Of Fullerton bars and gaygaygay holiday spectaculars
News
March 25, 2004
Burning Bush
The presidents conservative critics
Features
April 3, 2003
Dance Disaster Movement
We are from nowhere
Features
April 3, 2003
Buchanan
Its all a big crapshoot
Music
April 4, 2002
Screamadelic and Copasetic
Its all a big crapshoot
Columns
December 27, 2001
Whos the Star Here?
Hey, isnt that James Hall???
Music
January 4, 2001
Rewind
Great gigs of '00
Music
October 21, 1999
Vacation, Baby
Great gigs of '00
Music
May 13, 1999
Fast Train Comin'
Havolina Rail Co. are so stupefyingly good you'd swear they were from Austin!
Calendar
November 19, 2009
Ghostland Observatory
House of Blues
Music
November 19, 2009
Ghostland Observatory Fuses the Best of Man and Machine
House of Blues
Blogs
December 10, 2009
Today in Music News: No Doubt, Sonic Youth, Jay Reatard, Lady Gaga, Adam Lambert
OC's most awesome music export, No Doubt, continues battling with Activision over the group's (mis)use in the game Band Hero.Sonic Youth, which performs at the Fox Theatre in Pomona Jan. 8, plan to record new album in 2010.Garage-punk badass Jay Reatard attacked by fans in Austin--fights back with ... More >>
News
January 14, 2010
Uneasy Riding on the Night Owl Buses
OC's most awesome music export, No Doubt, continues battling with Activision over the group's (mis)use in the game Band Hero.Sonic Youth, which performs at the Fox Theatre in Pomona Jan. 8, plan to record new album in 2010.Garage-punk badass Jay Reatard attacked by fans in Austin--fights back with ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2010
Soon-To-Be-Stuck in Your Head: Cowabunga Babes, "Hot Babez"
It's often said that the best way to come up with a song is to write about what you know. So it makes sense that Cowabunga Babes (pictured) were able to carve the astoundingly catchy song "Hot Babez" out of the marble slab of their collective imagination. Watch the video and let th ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2011
The Five Most Underrated Bands of Orange County
Myspace.comFor a long time, a major topic of discussion between music journalists and musicians alike has been: how does Orange County measure up to the other metropolitan creative hot spots around the country like Austin, Portland, Los Angeles and New York. Is the OC a musical universe unto itse ... More >>
Calendar
January 6, 2011
Megafauna
The Prospector
Blogs
April 22, 2011
Eat Street Visiting Orange County Food Trucks Next Week
Photo by Das UbergeekDos Chinos about to get even more national exposure!Facebook is abuzz about Cooking Channel's Eat Street heading to the OC. Per Edwin's article last week, Eat Street is a new show from the Cooking Channel documenting the food truck craze. Destinations covered so far include e ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2011
Drag Queens Turning Lip Syncing Into An Art Form (Happy Pride Month, Everyone!)
www.manilaluzon.comDrag queen Manila LuzonLip syncing has always been, in the minds of common folk, one of those faux pas we only see when a member of the Real Housewives collective tries their hand at so-called "singing." (Believe it or not, those microphones in hand are as dead as a clueless po ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2011
"Whole Foods Parking Lot" Video: Miracle of Filmmaking!
Everyone's posting this, so we should as well--along with our own Whole Foods Nazi experience!
Blogs
June 30, 2011
Filmmakers Wanted At Taco Asylum
tacoasylum.comCosta Mesa's taco asylum welcomes independent filmmakers looking for a space to screen their projects. With productions costs being what they are, you're going to turn down a free screening room with a big HD screen? And one that serves great beers and food to watch by? There is a c ... More >>
Blogs
October 4, 2011
Wine Company Trying to Trademark Term "Taco Truck"
Today is something called National Taco Day, which is a total bullshit holiday made up in 2000 by Chuy's in Austin.They started it as a marketing ploy and actually filed a trademark application for it, but let their rights to the term slip out, meaning hundreds of lazy bloggers and reporters can ... More >>
Blogs
January 23, 2012
Orange County: The Most Hipster Place in America?
Livery Design GruppePop open that can of PBR. Orange County has been ranked as the No. 1 hipster place in America, surpassing San Francisco, Portland, New York and Austin. (Go ahead and lift your jaw off the floor--we'll wait.) Hipsterness, of course, isn't easy to quanti ... More >>
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