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Babylon

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2007

    Hail Jesus: The Weekly and Pastor Wiley Drake Save America, One Day at a Time!

    Dearest brethren and sisters of the Internet, God's children all: Let us all join our hands in prayer and thank the Lord for both the Orange County Weekly and Wiley Drake, the Buena Park-based, homeless-person-feeding, gay-bashing, Southern Baptist Pastor. Why blesseth we the Weekly and Pastor Dra ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2008

    Live Review: Ragga Muffins Festival on 02/16

    Review by Marco Villalobos. Photos by Christopher Victorio. The 27th Annual Ragga Muffins Festival Long Beach Convention Center February 16 2008 Better Than: A six-pack of Red Stripe. Download: Capleton and Beenie man videos. Let us take a moment to bow our heads in respect to the wonders of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 6, 2009

    Stooges Guitarist Ron Asheton, R.I.P.

    By RYAN RITCHIEI don't make a habit of waxing poetic about people I've never met, and I sure as hell won't pretend to know anything about Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton that doesn't involve his music. But I was still shocked when I popped on my computer this morning to discover the 60-year-old was fo ... More >>

  • Music

    August 28, 2008

    [CD Review] The Bug, 'London Zoo' (Ninja Tune)

    By RYAN RITCHIEI don't make a habit of waxing poetic about people I've never met, and I sure as hell won't pretend to know anything about Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton that doesn't involve his music. But I was still shocked when I popped on my computer this morning to discover the 60-year-old was fo ... More >>

  • Film

    November 8, 2007

    You Gotta Have FAIF

    Two film fests hit Downtown Disney last week—but where were you?

  • Columns

    October 11, 2007

    Letters

    OC Weekly is a stupid tabloid for journalists/writers who could never make it to a real newspaper!

  • Culture

    September 6, 2007

    Arty Party Animals

    Hanging with OCMA’s Art Since the 1960s

  • Columns

    August 30, 2007

    !Ask a Mexican!(r)

    'Rude to sing along? Never'

  • Columns

    May 30, 2002

    Letters

    'Rude to sing along? Never'

  • Culture

    July 19, 2007

    The Big Con

    Out of the basement and into the spotlight, Comic-Con 2007 is the place to be

  • Culture

    May 3, 2007

    The Play's the Thing

    Six reasons to love the Pacific Playwrights Festival

  • News

    March 1, 2007

    Godsmack

    Orange County authors try to bring unity to people of different religious faiths. For this they will face the wrath of believers. Again.

  • Film

    June 8, 2006

    Beast of Burden

    Remake brings back memories of growing up to The Omen

  • Features

    October 20, 2005

    Aliso Viejo

    Remake brings back memories of growing up to The Omen

  • Music

    August 19, 2004

    Live Previews

    Remake brings back memories of growing up to The Omen

  • Columns

    March 11, 2004

    Lets Go Do Some Crimes

    Schroeder and Hutch

  • Columns

    March 4, 2004

    The Times They Are A-Changin . . . Back!

    The GOP gets funky, by which of course we mean they smell

  • News

    April 10, 2003

    As the World Burns

    Alexander Cockburn eviscerates Operation Iraqi Fiefdomand Christopher Hitchens, the barstool bombardier

  • Food

    March 13, 2003

    For the 52nd State

    A quartet of classic American dishes

  • Features

    March 6, 2003

    War College

    67 things you might want to know before the bombs drop

  • Music

    November 7, 2002

    Not Fade Away

    Rolling Stones rock hard as a monkeys boner

  • Music

    October 3, 2002

    Aint Love Grand?

    Arthur Lee is Free and says youll get your moneys worth

  • News

    July 8, 1999

    Pomp & Circumstances

    Five graduations! Hot students! Good vs. evil! Dave Brubeck vs. Eleanor Roosevelt! All this and a pack of Trojans!

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2009

    Puff Puff Passing at Coachella

    I've been to one Coachella and that was in 2003. Although the motive behind the hellacious trek from Long Beach to Indio was to see the first Stooges gig in nearly three decades, I ended up witnessing something way cooler than a shirtless Iggy. Elephants. You heard me. I saw a train of circus elepha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 17, 2009

    Leaving Babylon

    I'm bailing for Vegas today and that got me thinking about the idea of leaving. Then I remembered a strange cover version of the Bad Brains song "Leaving Babylon" a week ago. I was in the gardening department at Big Lots (does Big Lots have "departments?") when I heard an acoustic guitar strumming s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Weekend Forecast for Newport Beach: Very, Very, Very Conservative

    Andrew Breitbart: From Fox News to Newport Beach​What would you do if you found out conservatives Andrew Breitbart, Jim Lacy, Tom Fuentes, Bruce Herschesohn, Sir Eldon Griffiths, Governor Tim Pawlenty, Meg Whitman, Chuck DeVore, Jeff Miller, Ralph Reed, Da ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2009

    Playlist: Songs about Southern California

    ​The sun finally reappeared today and I decided to play tourist. I've been promising my family pictures of where I live for the past two weeks. I'm from Florida. My parents have never been to California. Only one of my three younger siblings has visited the state. So, I got on my bicycle and clic ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 4, 2010

    Howard Korder's 'Garden' Variety

    SCR's production of his 'In a Garden' explores the 'messy underpinnings of creating something wonderful'

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Exclusive: Toots and the Maytals Interview

    ​If you're sorely missing classic reggae in your life, it might be wise to plan a trip to Hermosa Beach to see Toots and the Maytals perform at Saint Rocke on Saturday, May 15. Read Drew Tewksbury's interview with the legend after the jump.

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Jane Birkin at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex Last Saturday Nigh

    Chris MolinaJane Birkin​Jane Birkin Luckman Fine Arts Dec. 3, 2011The original sixties wild child Jane Birkin graced Los Angeles last Saturday night for the first time in almost a decade. Aside from being the quintessential image of 1960's French mod style, Birkin is most famous for her love affai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2012

    The OCeeker: Mars Hill Church Orange County and the Sex-Crazed Preacher

    ​Editor's note: Ladies and germs, you might've noticed a new byline invading our asylum, that of Josh Dulaney--an Orange County boy who spent the past couple of years at the San Bernardino Sun harassing group sex-obsessed cops, horny priests, and white supremacists wanting to run for Mexi-dominate ... More >>

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