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March 1, 2012
Merle Haggard at the City National Bank Grove of Anaheim, Feb. 29, 2012
Merle Haggard City National Bank Grove of Anaheim Feb. 29, 2012 Throughout his 74 years, Merle Haggard has seen it all. From his stint in prison as a teen to hard living to dealing with bankruptcy in the early '90s to his recent comeback, Haggard has dealt with every obstacle and seen everything ... More >>
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January 23, 2012
Taco Bell Testing Out Chipotle-Style Menu
We reported last week that Taco Bell was adding breakfast to its repretoire of chalupas and MexiMelts®; but apparently the Irvine-based company isn't settling with just eggs and cheese in an attempt to revitalize their brand. If things go according to plan, 2012 might see the most sign ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
Social Distortion at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Last Saturday Night
John Gilhooley/OC WeeklySocial DistortionOct. 22, 2011Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, IrvineMike Ness took a scan of the audience after the opening song, "California Hustle and Flow," and said, "There's a little more people here than we played for at the Fullerton Pub. I remember one fucker t ... More >>
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September 8, 2011
A Brief History of Tamales in Santa Ana
You know that book about the history of Mexican food in the United States that I mention in every other post? I released a brief, brief preview of it in the Food section of today's Los Angeles Times, specifically on the tamale wagons that ruled the streets of Southern California in the late 1890s ... More >>
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May 26, 2011
[UPDATED with New Kern County Stink:] Courts Weigh Orange County Poop
UPDATE, MAY 26, 12:42 P.M.: There's an interesting nugget about Orange County and the Carlyle Group in coverage of the ongoing court battle over human waste from Southern California spread atop farmland in Kern County.Anyone trying to put the Bush 43 years behind them may have forgotten about the ... More >>
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May 19, 2011
[UPDATED with Plea from Tousignant Family:] Arnold Schwarzenegger Love Child Scandal Rocks OC
Tammy TousignantUPDATE, MAY 19, 4:12 P.M.: The attorney for Brea's Tousignant family, which earlier this week found itself at the center of the media speculation over the identity of Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child, has issued a statement with a simple message for that same media:Leave the Tou ... More >>
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May 6, 2011
Lakers Return to Honda Center Oct. 19
The Lakers are down 2-0 to the Mavs, and if they lose tonight in Dallas all hope will be lost for a three-peat.Speaking of elimination, the Honda Center in Anaheim won't be the home of an NBA team for at least another season.Are you ready for some basketball?
Blogs
March 9, 2011
2010 Census Doesn't Care About OC White People
The Mexican earlier riffed on the 2010 U.S. Census and African Americans in Orange County. As he mentioned, the number of white people is down here, but the number of people overall is up. The number of brown people is up countywide but down in Santa Ana (which would still have enough Latinos to ... More >>
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January 14, 2011
5 Requests to Drunkenly Yell Out to John Doe at Detroit Bar Sunday Night
Autumn De Wilde/Yep Roc RecordsJohn Doe, poor little X front man, on the road . . . to Detroit Bar.I still remember the day the Knitters' LP Poor Little Critters On the Road landed on the desk holding my outstretched legs in a Southern California newsroom in the mid-1980s. "What in tarnation is ... More >>
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December 16, 2010
X's Exene Cervenka: Beyond X-Mas
Ali SmithToday's Weekly features an interview with X singer-songwriter Exene Cervenka in advance of Friday night's KROQ Presents X-Mas With X at the Anaheim House of Blues, where a 25th anniversary screening of W.T. Morgan's excellent "rockumentary" X: The Unheard Music will be followed by a l ... More >>
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November 17, 2010
UC Irvine Soccer Wuz Robbed
The UC Irvine men's soccer team finished 14-3-3, won the Big West Conference regular-season title, were ranked No. 1 in the West Regional rankings most of the season and were in the national top 10 for the final six weeks of the regular season.So, how were the Anteaters rewarded? With another ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
Five Reasons Why Orange County Should Thank Mexico Today
Today, as Orange County Register readers know too well, is the official marking of Mexico's bicentennial. SanTana will become one massive fiesta this weekend, although the elites marked their own celebration last evening at the Bowers Museum. With all the arribas in the air, what better time to d ... More >>
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July 23, 2010
The New Limb Tour Diaries: Days 1 & 2
(Alt-pop four-piece the New Limb went on tour for the first time EVER this week, so they're sending Heard Mentality missives from the road. They're going to take turns guest blogging; first up is lead singer/guitarist Joey Chavez about Santa Cruz and San Francisco--Ed.)These past two days have be ... More >>
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July 16, 2010
Benefit Bailongo! With La Santa Cecilia
anasaldana@the creativeartsclinic.comLA's La Santa Cecilia is coming down to Santa Ana today for a benefit bailongo. The six-piece's cross-generational appeal brings its mesh of various Latin American musical genres to a community dance party at Taco Adobe. They're lending the OC their talents, ... More >>
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July 13, 2010
Balls Afire! Glen and the Sunshine Gang Are Serious About This Joke Band Thing
www.myspace.com/glenandthesunshinegangFew rock groups have balls big enough to doggedly pursue the status of a joke band. That's not the case for Orange County's Glen and the Sunshine Gang; their candor regarding their faux status is like two massive glowing orbs dangling between their spandex co ... More >>
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May 6, 2010
The Dirty Heads Officially Have a No.1 Hit On The Radio
The Dirty Heads announced their summer tour dates with Sublime with Rome, but because of logical deduction, we already knew that. What we didn't know is that they now (officially) have a No. 1 hit.
Blogs
January 15, 2010
Man Who Drowned 4-Year-Old Son Over Child Support Sentenced to 25 Years to Life in Prison
A 38-year-old Fullerton father who was angry about having to pay child support was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison this morning for murdering his 4-year-old son by drowning him in a bathtub. Gideon Walter Omondi, who previously tried to burn the boy and himself to death by dousing the car ... More >>
Blogs
November 27, 2007
Long Bitch
Long Beach was voted a top city again. And no, this time its not because the city has the dirtiest water in the state, you cynical bastards. It's because Long Beach has the unhappiest women in the country! Hooray! According to Self Magazine's December issue, which hits stands today, Los Angeles-Lo ... More >>
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September 30, 2007
Sunday's Headlines & Surprises: OC Inspired Space Travel?
California's Police State: Imagine you are a suspect and the police take your entire statement out of context by secretly recording only snippets that seem to incriminate you in a crime. Can’t happen? Think again. California police officers have won the right to selectively tape you. It’s the R ... More >>
Film
May 3, 2007
New Reviews
We recommend: Americanizing Shelley, Civic Duty,
Columns
May 3, 2007
Letters
'You reduce yourselves to the blogs of housewives with a useless degree in art or literature when you write such cleverly worded nothingness. Fuck you'
Columns
February 22, 2007
Diary of a Mad County
Feb. 14-Feb. 20
Music
November 9, 2006
Dispense the Weight
WEB EXCLUSIVE! Totimoshi nice notes and everything
News
October 12, 2006
The New Crips
An ex-drug dealer and burglar leads a wheelchair posse terrorizing Southern California businesses. Would you believe he has the law on his side?
News
September 21, 2006
Segerstrom Hall: It's Nice!
But what do we know?
Music
September 7, 2006
Sprayed-On Jeans
Dwight Yoakam
Music
July 13, 2006
Lit Up
Theyve faced the decline of hair metal, the rise of rap, the transformation of the record industry, even death. Meet this summers real superheroes, Fullertons own Lit!
News
March 23, 2006
Monster's Ball
Feds, Aryan Brotherhood come to paint the OC courthouse white
Blogs
December 27, 2005
Hit Me With Your Chastening Stick, It's Nice to Be a Lunatic...
The year's not over yet, but the funniest thread EVER can be found right now at Democratic Underground. But first we gotta back up--AND BEND OVER, MAGGOT! It seems there is this Internet company run out of a couple's garage in that enlightened burg of Bakersfield, known previously as the place where ... More >>
Music
January 20, 2005
Its All Geek to Me
Dekes Guitar Geek Fest sparks the NAMM show weekend
Features
December 30, 2004
The Year In Letting Go, Go, Angels!
Los Angeles Ashes
Music
December 16, 2004
The Rhinestone Cowboy
David Allan Coe, 1939-2019
Music
July 29, 2004
Someone Else Would Dream a Song
Chapter and verse on the Flatlanders
Music
July 17, 2003
Better Than Sushi
Dwight Yoakam, from superdork to superstar
Features
June 26, 2003
The 129 Greatest OC Bands Ever: 90 - 129
Dwight Yoakam, from superdork to superstar
Culture
October 17, 2002
When Capital Becomes the Monster
Does Governor Davis really want Californians reading Steinbeck?!?
Columns
May 31, 2001
We Want You Seed!
Uncle Jims summer activity guide
Culture
May 24, 2001
Poor Mexico
The country where hope died
News
April 5, 2001
Bad Rap, Vol. II
Big J-Mos best friend says hes ready to testify for the defense
Features
March 1, 2001
Smell the Love
Is the best thing about the Moseleys their clean, close shave?
No, its waking up in their arms.
Columns
September 28, 2000
Beer! Porn!
The baby-sitter economy
Features
January 6, 2000
KNIGHTS BRIDGE
Re-creating Tudor England
Culture
November 11, 1999
The Iceworker Cometh
Andres Montoyas poems for the rest of us
Culture
July 1, 1999
An Indelicate Balance
Sam Shepards True West is the Great Southern Californian Play
Music
April 29, 1999
Peeling Korn and Eating Zombie Flesh
Sam Shepards True West is the Great Southern Californian Play
Music
April 1, 1999
The Gaff Is Back
And he's brought his Cold Hard Facts, too
Music
November 19, 1998
A Selected OC Rock History Time Line
And he's brought his Cold Hard Facts, too
Features
August 20, 1998
'You Gotta Write Your Own Blues'
Dave Alvin likes audiences without categories
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