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November 15, 2006
Congrats To KUCI And Cold War Kids...
..for honorable nominations in this year's Plug Awards. Wha Plug? Indie backpatters sez: PLUG is different from all of the institutional accolades for the music industry – the American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, Radio Music Awards, GRAMMY Awards, Teen Choice Awards, MTV Music Award ... More >>
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September 12, 2006
Bad Medicine
Fullerton is certainly full of something these days. Last month the Fullerton Planning Commission approved a resolution to ban medical marijuana dispensaries in their city. In fact, all the resolution woul accomplish is a violation of California law; that and a major buzz-kill to Jay's Paradise, the ... More >>
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February 5, 2008
First shocker of the night!
ABC calls Utah for Romney! Which is like calling Berkeley for Kucinich...
Music
February 17, 2000
Not Da Ramones
The Groovie Ghoulies G-rated horror rock
Columns
January 18, 2001
Bucky Ball
The Groovie Ghoulies G-rated horror rock
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November 19, 2008
Wildfires Just a Sneak Preview?
Ted Soqui shot this in Yorba Linda the weekend past. See his amazing slideshow here. Now that the fires have been contained, heroes have been identified, firefighting techniques have been blasted, causes have been zeroed in on, and our Last Action Hero Governor has likened the disaster to one of th ... More >>
Culture
January 3, 2008
Whazzup With the Talking Turnip
And other questions from the real world of comics
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February 16, 2009
Torture Memo Author Finds Friends and Foes at Chapman U
Perhaps some of you have a conservative uncle who says stupid things. You know, like the U.S. is not in debt to China, or that Barack Obama is a socialist or that George W. Bush won his presidential elections. Mine recently repeated the Bill O'Reilly/Rush Limbaugh/Attila the Hun yarn about all the s ... More >>
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June 14, 2007
Bringing Back the Adorb
The Queers
Music
September 28, 2006
This Is the Voice
The Gossip could follow a botched cockfight
Food
October 13, 2005
Avanti Cafe
The Gossip could follow a botched cockfight
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February 12, 2004
Keg Stand!
The Spurgeon, a haven for meeting supernice people
Music
April 3, 2003
Fleshies for Fantasy
The Spurgeon, a haven for meeting supernice people
Features
July 4, 2002
A Very PhilDickian Existence
Minority Report author Philip K. Dick found Orange Countys truth stranger than science fiction
Columns
June 13, 2002
Letters
Minority Report author Philip K. Dick found Orange Countys truth stranger than science fiction
Music
November 22, 2001
What Is It About the Gay Heroin Addicts?
Monique Powell on boys, bands and bananas in the bathtub
Music
April 26, 2001
Still Desperate
Monique Powell on boys, bands and bananas in the bathtub
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January 25, 2001
Bring on the End Times
Is clonejesus.com for real?
Music
April 6, 2000
Spew-O-Rific
Dance Hall Crashers get pissed
Food
March 30, 2000
Wavy Vegetarian Gravy
Rutabegorz is still groovy
Features
January 6, 2000
PRESS RELEASES
Shit People Sent Us, 1999
Features
July 29, 1999
Clams
And other realities of life on the road
Columns
October 15, 1998
Sexual Heaving
Old flames, penis sheaths and Apaches lifting my dress
Food
July 30, 2009
Andrei's Braises Consciousness About Sustainable Dining
Old flames, penis sheaths and Apaches lifting my dress
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November 25, 2009
Life on the Veg: Au Lac Vegetarian Restaurant in Fountain Valley
Humanese, if you please. It's unfortunate, but after a few years spent living up in Berkeley I can safely say that, here in SoCal, most restaurateurs treat veganism as more of a novelty than a lifestyle. From the premium pricing of upscale establishments such as Costa Mesa's 118 Degrees to being ... More >>
Film
January 7, 2010
Cult Novel 'Youth In Revolt' Must Continue Its Search for a Worthy Adaptation
Humanese, if you please. It's unfortunate, but after a few years spent living up in Berkeley I can safely say that, here in SoCal, most restaurateurs treat veganism as more of a novelty than a lifestyle. From the premium pricing of upscale establishments such as Costa Mesa's 118 Degrees to being ... More >>
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March 26, 2010
This Weekend: Many Good Bands at Detroit Bar... Plus Carson Daly People
Timothy NorrisThe Morning Benders reinterpreting The HangoverIf you're not at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa for at least one of the next three nights then, well, we just don't know what.A bold claim, but here's the evidence...
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March 29, 2010
The Morning Benders at Detroit Bar, March 27
Beth StirnamanChris Chu, singer of the Morning Benders.Click here for the slideshow!The Hype: In the past four years, Berkeley indie-pop quartet the Morning Benders have dropped two self-released EPs (Loose Change and Boarded Door), released one full-length album (2008's Talking Through Tin Cans) ... More >>
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April 26, 2010
Alice Waters Speaks At the LA Times Festival of Books
Doyenne of the locavore movement, defender of the schoolyard organic garden and quintessential Berkeleyite Alice Waters spoke at the L.A. Times Festival of Books yesterday morning. A crowd of nearly a thousand gathered to watch her present, completely extemporaneously, a series of demonstrations on ... More >>
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April 29, 2010
Berkeley Dog To Open In Mission Viejo This Weekend With Free Frankfurters
Berkeley Dog on FacebookThe Chowhounds have been discussing a new hot dog joint called Berkeley Dog which officially opens this Saturday, May 1st, in Mission Viejo. The new eatery, though not officially affliated with a popular Berkeley sausage house chain called Top Dog, has aligned itself ... More >>
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July 1, 2010
High-Speed Rail Plan Slammed by Berkeley; Curt Pringle in Senator's Cross Hairs
California's planned high-speed rail system has been the target of varied criticism, including from Orange County state assemblywoman Diane Harkey who wants to kill the thing outright. Now, a study from UC Berekely--funded by the high-speed rail authority--says the entire project is based on ride ... More >>
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July 7, 2010
[UPDATED:] Long Beach Weighs Marijuana Tax
UPDATE: The council voted 8-1 to hold a hearing next month on whether to put a medical-marijuana tax on the November city ballot.The Long Beach City Council considered a proposal Tuesday night to put a ballot measure before local voters that would tax marijuana.However, Americans for Safe Access ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
Green Day
Verison Wireless Amphitheatre
Food
September 16, 2010
Rick's Atomic Cafe: Office-Park Oasis
[Hole In the Wall] Cooked-to-order bliss under the roar of the John Wayne jets
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September 20, 2010
Douchebag Coming Home to Santa Ana
The trailer is out and the opening dates are set for the theatrical run of Douchebag, former Santa Ana resident Drake Doremus' dramedy about two brothers embarking on a spontaneous road trip despite hating one another.As he did at Sundance and the Newport Beach Film Festival, Doremus will take au ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
Battle: New School Gourmet Sausages
ProfessorSalt.comBerkeley Dog's bratwurst with chili and cheeseGourmet hot doggeries have opened in the Southland in recent years despite a shabby economy, because gussied-up sausage sandwiches give good value for your dining-out dollar. Faced with newish restaurants as varied as Wurstküche, S ... More >>
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April 4, 2011
Berkeley Dog to Open Third Sausage Kitchen Across From UCI
Berkeley Dog on FacebookAs you read here about this time last year, Berkeley Dog was putting the finishing touches of its first store in Mission Viejo. Now, the wiener stand--which is supplied and endorsed by Top Dog in Berkeley, itself a local legend the way Pink's is here (but perhaps with less ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
Local Cassette Review: 'Last Exit in Berkeley' by Roman Candles
Beat Blvd. is Heard Mentality's weekly review of local releases. If you're an OC musician or band with something new to offer--vinyl single, full-length album, CD, cassette--we want to hear from you! Send copies, along with any photos and PR material, to Beat Blvd., c/o OC Weekly, 2975 Red Hill ... More >>
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May 6, 2011
Berkeley Dog To Soft Open Across From UC Irvine This Saturday. Grand Opening May 12.
Berkeley DogBerkeley Dog's third and newest outlet soft opens tomorrow at the University Center, across from UC Irvine. Finally, the hot dog stand that emulates (and is supplied by) Top Dog in Berkeley fulfills its purpose: to feed a collegiate body in need of sausage sandwich sustenance. It's ot ... More >>
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July 28, 2011
No. 56: Bacon Hash Dog at Berkeley Dog
ProfessorSalt.comBacon. Hashbrown. Dog.Some things sell themselves: sex and bacon, to name two. The most savvy marketers know you just need to whisper those words, or show a well-shot photo, and the mere mention will hook into your brain like a stainless steel gaff-hook. The less you talk a ... More >>
Food
March 30, 2000
Wavy Vegetarian Gravy
Rutabegorz is still groovy
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September 13, 2011
No. 23: ABC Burger at Peter's Gourmade Grill
When Peter's Gourmade Grill opened last year, they staked a sign into the lawn across the off-ramp of the 55 freeway. The sign steered you toward a gas station, which just happens to host a terrific, if oddball, take-out restaurant.The first thing I ever tried in the early days of the restaurant, ... More >>
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September 14, 2011
Low Pay for Airline Pilots "Threatens" the Country
A couple months ago, I almost blogged something that claimed regional airline pilots earn an average of $14,000 a year. Believing that to be a typo--pilots are rolling in it, right?--I moved on to something more important, like Octomom boxing an East Coast skank.However, the nonprofit investigati ... More >>
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September 15, 2011
No. 21: Mac and Cheese at Ecco
ProfessorSalt.comFontina, gorgonzola and pancetta mac and cheeseYou'd think a mac and cheese would be simple to pull off for a restaurant kitchen, but you'd be wrong. Never mind the technical difficulties of making a cheese sauce creamy-smooth, balancing the flavor profiles and so on, we're ... More >>
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September 16, 2011
No. 20: Chicken Pie at La Palma Chicken Pie Shop
ProfessorSalt.comChicken pie dinner at La Palma Chicken Pie ShopThis 100 Favorites Dishes feature is all about comfort foods for this writer. Granted, I include tacos de tripas and fish pho in that category, but it also embraces American classics like chicken pie. In Orange County, old-scho ... More >>
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October 28, 2011
All Female Hip-Hop Group earthStonez Offer 'Audio Therapy' for Free
In need of some Audio Therapy? The earthStonez will see you now. The Los Angeles and Las Vegas-based underground collective of female hip-hop musicians, have finally released their anticipated full-length album. The multiracial group, which once rolled six deep but has since reconfigured to f ... More >>
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November 9, 2011
Cooking: Chez Panisse--But What's a Panisse?
Dave LiebermanPanisses and some dandelion--yes, dandelion--empanadas I made the other day.You've all heard of Chez Panisse, Alice Waters' breakout restaurant in Berkeley. You can't have avoided mention of it--and it is, to be fair, an outstanding restaurant. But if you aren't French, specifically ... More >>
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November 23, 2011
[UPDATED with UCI Chief "Appalled":] UC Protesters Get Help From Above to Stop Campus Cops' Baton Jabs and Pepper Spraying
UPDATE, NOV. 23, 10:24 A.M.: UC Irvine Chancellor Michael Drake has issued a statement where he says that he is "appalled" by the police response to peaceful demonstrators on other campuses as witnessed in recent YouTube videos. The brutal actions violate UC policies, procedures and the sense of ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
Narcisco Romanes Blando: Ugly Police Mugshot Poser Accused of Touching Patients Sexually
Prosecutors of today's ugly mug poser, Narcisco Romanes Blando, put it best: "There was no medical reason or necessity for the defendant to touch the victim's vagina." Not unless the physician's assistant at Saddleback Memorial Medical Center in Mission Viejo was practicing an alternative medici ... More >>
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