BlizzCon 2008, October 10, 10:00 a.m.
Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment has enjoyed great success with its World of Warcraft series, dominating the online, multiplayer, role-playing game industry and thoroughly permeating pop culture. This weekend, Blizzard is hosting its annual BlizzCon at the Anaheim Convention Center.
Anaheim Convention Center
800 W. Katella Ave.
Anaheim, CA
(714) 765-8950
Bat Boy: The Musical, 8 p.m. nightly unitl November 2
Bat Boy: The Musical is an adult-themed tale of
Last Night: Liskfest at Oak Canyon Ranch in Irvine on October 11,2008
Better Than: seeing a festival in the middle of summer.
Download: "Oi, To The World!" by the Vandals from their Myspace page
Hope, change, and unity were used as themes in hardcore music long before the current political candidates incorporated these ideas into their campaigns. A sense of community united the Liskfest as it was snatched from the jaws of cancellation by some last minutes investors. It was a picture per
While other venues are taking it relatively easy during the holiday season, the Glass House has bravely continued to announce shizows, including
Snoop Dogg, Warren G and The Twins on Dec. 26 (Boxing Day!)--tickets on sale noon Thursday, Dec. 4 for $50. Also on the docket: Of Montreal on Feb. 19 ($25, on sale today at noon) and Bleeding Through, Acacia Strain, As Blood Runs Black and Impending Doom on Feb. 14 ($15, on sale now). Sounds like the perfect Valentine's Day show!
I'll have some more thoughts on the more, uh, interesting choices made by the academy (which I am not a part of, despite what their Web site says) a little later, but for now here's the full list of nominees, unedited from the OC Music Awards press release.
​Wasilla may now forever be inextricably linked with Sarah Palin jokes, but the small Alaska town has more going for it than just the ability to see Russia from there. Post-hardcore troupe Portugal. The Man are also from there, and though we don't know what newspapers they read, either, they're pretty neat. Their latest album, The Satanic Satanist, just came out last week, and they're doing the tour thing in support of it. Said tour is coming our way (or our way-ish) on September 26 at the Gla
