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Ben Westhoff

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2007

    Holy crap, we're on Perez Hilton!

    No, really. It all started with Ben Westhoff's hysterical SATIRE piece on Zac Efron and Lil Wayne. Yes, satire. Y'all think this sort of collaboration would happen in real life?! With lyrics like these: Efron sings the chorus—“Everybody all for one, a real summer has just begun! Let’s rock ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2007

    “The Efron Scandal” Gets Internet's Panties in a Bunch

    Wayne and Zac: brothers from other mothers, fo' sheezy. Have you read Ben Westhoff's “The Efron Scandal” feature yet in this week's OC Weekly? Dozens of thousands of 'net surfers have (enough—30,000 and counting—to crash our site, temporarily). Among those readers are those who work for ver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2007

    More "Efron Scandal” Fallout

    "Yo, Wayne, I need a dope rhyme for 'fellatio.' Help a brotha out." The satirical story about prolific Southern rapper Lil Wayne collaborating with High School Musical star Zac Efron has inspired one sensitive soul to pen this heartfelt piece of fanfiction on his blog. All that's left now is for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2007

    The Worst Things in Music This Year

    Freelancer Ben Westhoff (you may recognize the name from "The Efron Scandal") posted this provocative list on our sister paper Pitch Weekly's blog. We reprint it here because this is a time of giving (said the atheist). By BEN WESTHOFF 1. Worst Album: Arcade Fire, Neon Bible This cerebral garbag ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2008

    InDELible: An Interview with Del the Funky Homosapien

    Del, in his more bizarre days. [We didn’t have space in the paper to run this feature by Ben Westhoff, but we think it’s worth posting on Heard Mentality in advance of West Coast underground-rap luminary Del’s appearance Wed. Feb. 20 at the Vault 350.] Richmond, California emcee Del The Fu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2008

    Famous Musicians' Presidential Picks

    When musicians wax political, the results are usually laughable and rarely illuminating. With this in mind, we link to OC Weekly freelancer Ben Westhoff's blog, where he's posted the presidential preferences (or noncommittal blather) of several rock and rap figures he's recently interviewed. Their r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2008

    Worst Press Release Ever?

    OC Weekly freelancer Ben Westhoff has a blog post detailing what could possibly be the worst press release ever—and it's for Lil Wayne's Tha Carter III, only one of the most anticipated albums of 2008. Check out Ben's dissection of the press release's awfulness and then look for his review of Tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    Akon Added to Jingle Ball

    As if the KIIS-FM Jingle Ball could get any more awesome, this morning Senegalese-American rapper Akon, he of "Don't Matter" and simulated sex with a 15-year-old and pulling a dude on stage and throwing him off fame, has been added to the bill. I notice you noticing him.Akon just released a new albu ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 27, 2007

    Letters

    A year to remember

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    November 27, 2008

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    A year to remember

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    January 1, 2009

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    A year to remember

  • Columns

    April 3, 2008

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    A year to remember

  • Columns

    January 3, 2008

    Letters

    'Save the music, y'all'

  • Columns

    December 20, 2007

    Letters

    'All credibility has just gone down the drain'

  • Columns

    November 22, 2007

    Letters

    “Why can’t polygamists be more like Mike Carona? He only has one wife (and a mistress and a couple of girlfriends)”

  • Music

    November 8, 2007

    Hova-rated

    Jay-Z’s American Gangster Proves He Ain’t All That—and Never Was

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2009

    Incoming: AC/DC, Beyoncé Coming to Honda Center (Separately)

    Attention, single ladies (and others): Beyoncé, will soon be touring behind her third mega-popular solo record, this one with the much-mocked title I Am...Sasha Fierce (Ben Westhoff reviewed it for us here when it came out last fall, check out the hilarious comments he attracted: "BBBBB I LOVE U GI ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2009

    TONIGHT: Jason Lytle at Art Theatre of Long Beach

    There is a ton of stuff happening around our towns tonight, not the least of which is former Grandaddy lead singer Jason Lytle at the Art Theatre in Long Beach.Sounds like a promising show, just for the venue alone. I was at Greater California's album release concert there a couple of months ago, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    Incoming: Deerhunter, DJ AM, More at Detroit Bar

    Bary KlippMicrocastle, the third studio album from Atlanta "ambient punk" band Deerhunter, came out last fall to nearly unanimous critical praise (including a 9.2 from Pitchfork and high marks from our own Ben Westhoff in this very blog). If you enjoyed the article, why not take the logical next ste ... More >>

  • Music

    August 20, 2009

    [Sound Guy] Tweeting Up and Geeking Out

    Bary KlippMicrocastle, the third studio album from Atlanta "ambient punk" band Deerhunter, came out last fall to nearly unanimous critical praise (including a 9.2 from Pitchfork and high marks from our own Ben Westhoff in this very blog). If you enjoyed the article, why not take the logical next ste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2009

    TONIGHT: Deerhunter at Detroit Bar, the Dead Weather at the Glass House

    ​There's something about every August 27, 2009, that makes it a big night for shows. The warm weather? The fact that it's Street Scene eve? Pent-up Ted Kennedy/Dominick Dunne mourning? Who knows.

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Is a Sober Lil Wayne a Good Thing?

    ​Little Wayne emerged from Rikers Island late last year. Now, owing to the terms of his probation, he must lay off drugs and liquor for three years or return to prison. And, by all accounts, he's kept kosher. 

 And yet something doesn't quite sit right. For the man who once composed a lo ... More >>

  • Columns

    September 1, 2011

    Letters From OC Weekly Readers

    ​Little Wayne emerged from Rikers Island late last year. Now, owing to the terms of his probation, he must lay off drugs and liquor for three years or return to prison. And, by all accounts, he's kept kosher. 

 And yet something doesn't quite sit right. For the man who once composed a lo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    "Nigga in Paris": Jay-Z and Kanye Set a New Record, Which We Pretty Much Predicted

    Sayre Berman​When we heard Jay-Z and Kanye West were playing the song "Niggas in Paris" multiple times during their Watch The Throne tour, we scratched out some highly scientific tabulations and calculated they would perform it 13 times in L.A. Here's how it all began. On the tour's first ni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Five Things to Expect at Kreayshawn's Observatory Show

    ​5. Mixed Reviews (Mostly Bad)Despite the MTV nomination, the million-dollar record deal and the 17 million page views on YouTube of Kreayshawn's hit, "Gucci Gucci," we have yet to read a review of the 21-year-old white rapper's show that's all praises. Most of the time they're like these les ... More >>

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