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May 31, 2007
BBC Jazz Band! Go Now!
So here it is on a Friday night, around 9 p.m. and I'm trying to break into the OC Weekly building. Which is locked. I had left something on my desk that I decided could not wait until Monday, but between all the construction going on and the fact that it's waaay after hours, there's no way I was ge ... More >>
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June 23, 2006
Can you hear me... Arrgghhh!
Cell phones, as you know, can kill you. While there is still some controversy over whether your cell phone is capable of killing you slowly (e.g. brain tumors), there's no doubt about the cell phone's ability to facilitate a quick death (e.g. the idiot behind the wheel of a car whose phone conversio ... More >>
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August 3, 2006
More Reasons to Read Michelle Malkin
The commies that read this rag probably don't know that conservatives sparked the blogosphere revolution (mostly OC-based blabbermouth Hugh Hewitt), but it's true, Huffington Post notwithstanding. And few blogs are more widely read that the hysterical fits of cutey-pie/bitch Michelle Malkin, the gal ... More >>
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October 23, 2007
Pigs* Bust OiNK
The BBC reports that British and Dutch police today have shut down the popular and flagrantly illegal music-downloading site OiNK and arrested its overlord, a 24-year-old man from Middlesbrough, England. That sound you hear is the celebratory high-5ing of major-label employees worldwide and Metall ... More >>
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January 4, 2008
To Do Tonight: 01/04
RAY BUSH AND THE BBC JAZZ BAND 8 p.m. These old chaps seriously know their jazz. Bonus: Boddingtons on tap. The Olde Ship British Pub, 1120 W. 17th St., Santa Ana, (714) 550-6700 SWING DANCE LESSONS 7:45 p.m. Unleash your inner swinger with a one hour dance lesson. The Neighborhood Cup, 1 Journey, ... More >>
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January 15, 2008
To Do Tonight - 01/15
SURF CITY NIGHTS, 5pm Bring friends and family and take an evening stroll on Main Street. Have a taste of HB's restaurants, sidewalk sales, farmer’s market, children’s activities and live entertainment. Main Street, Huntington Beach ANAHEIM DUCKS, 7pm Versus Dallas. Honda Center, 2695 E. Katell ... More >>
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August 29, 2008
To Do This Weekend 8/29 - 9/1
The Night Shift, Friday 11 p.m. Work it. Paradise 1800 E. Broadway Long Beach, CA 562-590-877 Ray Bush & the BBC Jazz Band, Friday 8 p.m. Jazz things up. THE OLDE SHIP PUB & RESTAURANT 1120 W. 17th St. Santa Ana, CA 714-550-6700 Team Tough Titties Breast Cancer Fundrasier, Saturday 9 p.m. Cocktail ... More >>
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November 16, 2000
The Insider
Brave Dinesh DSouza comes to country club, worries about diversity
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December 19, 2008
The Top 10 Reissues of 2008
It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes ... More >>
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December 4, 2008
[Aural Reports] DJ/Student Mono/Poly Violates No Anti-Trust Laws With His Beats
It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes ... More >>
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December 11, 2008
[CD Review] Nebula, 'Peel Sessions' (Sweet Nothing Records)
It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes ... More >>
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March 31, 2009
The Long, Slow Death of CDs Continues, But There Are Bargains to Be Had!
Compact discs have lasted nearly three decades--first on the market in October 1982!--but their farewell tour is hitting another stop, as Borders is dropping their stock of CDs (and DVDs).
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April 14, 2009
Power of Laser Beam Attacks on Aircraft Illustrated
It's not just here in Southern California where aircraft pilots are increasingly finding themselves temporarily blinded at nighttime by cheap, store-bought laser pointers--particularly ones with a more devastating green beam.If you're dismissive of the potency of the laser on aircraft cockpits, chec ... More >>
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August 14, 2008
Raptor Attention
Walking with Dinosaurs: The Live Experience
Music
May 15, 2008
Huntington Beach Punk Heroes the Vandals Rock Iraq, Afghanistan, Anaheim
Walking with Dinosaurs: The Live Experience
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March 13, 2008
[DVDish] Three the Hard Way: Reviews of 'No Country for Old Men,' More
Walking with Dinosaurs: The Live Experience
Film
December 27, 2007
DVDish
Pause & Rewind: The best DVDs of '07 made old movies feel new again.
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November 22, 2007
Friday - 11/23
Antarctica at Pitzer College, Kathy Griffin at OCPAC, Ray Bush & the BBC Jazz Band at the Olde Ship
Culture
October 11, 2007
DVDish
WEB EXCLUSIVE! You’ll Laugh Dying
Film
April 16, 2009
Political Thriller 'State of Play' Is Adrenalin for a Dying Industry: Ours
WEB EXCLUSIVE! You’ll Laugh Dying
Film
March 15, 2007
Dark Continentals
Hollywoods Africa fetish continues with Beyond the Gates
Culture
July 27, 2006
Time Travel and T-rex
Life on Mars
Music
May 18, 2006
Our Musical Neighbors to the North
Bedouin Soundclash
Culture
March 16, 2006
It's About Time for a Time Lord
Doctor Who
Film
January 26, 2006
Why He Fights
Tracing the history of the military industrial complex
Film
April 28, 2005
Galaxy Quest
Disney waters down sci-fi classic, turning radical wit into not-so-deep space
Culture
March 3, 2005
Is That a Charcoal Stick In Your Pocket?
Or are you just happy to see the Koos life-drawing workshop?
Columns
May 15, 2003
From OC to Shining Sea
90210 now outfoxed by Newports 92660
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April 3, 2003
Daddy Warbucks
90210 now outfoxed by Newports 92660
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July 11, 2002
No Escape
90210 now outfoxed by Newports 92660
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April 27, 2009
"Risotter" and Other Roadkill Recipes
In the interests of doing my bit to save the planet by recycling, I had to share this pure bit of British bonkersness with you.It's a clip from a BBC show called "I've Never Seen Star Wars", in which comedian Marcus Brigstocke invites well-known guests to try new experiences, which they then grade.I ... More >>
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April 29, 2009
Hey CSULB Students, Don't Bother With the Surgi Masks, They're Useless!
After essentially quarantining a CSULB student who has received a "probable positive test" (um, is it or isn't it?) for piggy flu, health officials on the Long Beach campus handed out surgical face masks to students on campus who have "been paranoid," according to a Press Telegram report. Only probl ... More >>
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August 10, 2009
"In the Loop": "Dr. Strangelove" for a New Generation
Malcolm Tucker (Peter Capaldi) and Lt. Gen. George Miller (James Gandolfini) go toe-to-toe.G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra was the big winner at the weekend box office, but a much different war movie barely registered a blip. The savage political comedy from Britain In the Loop, which is in limited r ... More >>
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December 8, 2009
Today in Music News: Lady Gaga Meets Queen, Blink-182 Doc, Beatles Biopic, Rivers Cuomo OK
Lady Gaga rocking a fabulously funky red outfit--with matching eye patches--bows, shakes hands with Queen Elizabeth II!The pride of Poway, blink-182, to receive the unauthorized doc treatment about the band's early years, which should include some OC footage, right? BBC to air latest Beatles biopi ... More >>
Music
March 25, 2010
Local Natives Get Texas-Sized Buzz at SXSW
[Mental Notes] The music press falls all over itself in praise of the LA-by-way-of-OC band
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May 27, 2010
Arcade Fire's Back: New Songs Album Release Date
Our favorite tortured Canadians are back, finally. Yesterday, BBC's Radio 1 leaked two new songs from Arcade Fire. The band just released a double A-side 12″ single, and the BBC played both songs --"The Suburbs" and "Month of May"--twice on air. They do not disappoint, and I'm looking forward t ... More >>
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June 21, 2010
Heinz Spotted Dick
Edwin GoeiName: Heinz Spotted Dick Origin: England Found at: Fresh & Easy, Fountain Valley Cost: $3.99 Ingredients: Wheat, Sugar, Wheat Flour, Raisins, Partially Hydrogenated Canola and Palm Oils, Nonfat Dry Milk, Partially Inverted Sugar Cane Syrup, Leaveners (Sodium Diphosphates, S ... More >>
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July 12, 2010
Alexis Bellino of Real Housewives Offered Tips to Keep Her Kids From Drowning
We told you here how The Real Housewives of Orange County reality spouse Alexis Bellino and her husband nearly lost their twin baby girls to the Balboa Bay Club pool Fourth of July weekend.The Bellinos and their kids grace the July cover of OC Parenting Magazine, and one hard-hitting question thr ... More >>
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August 26, 2010
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September 28, 2010
Trent Reznor Developing Sci-Fi Epic With HBO and BBC
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyAccording to the LA Times, Trent Reznor is working with HBO and BBC Worldwide Productions to develop "Year Zero," a sci-fi epic that NIN fans know well through Reznor's music and an Alternate Reality Game (ARG). He told the Times: "We are in [the development phase of] pre ... More >>
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September 30, 2010
Five Episode Arcs for Trent Reznor's Upcoming Sci-Fi Show
As reported earlier, Trent Reznor is adapting the Nine Inch Nails concept album Year Zero as a science fiction television show for HBO and BBC.Released in 2007, Year Zero was created by Trent and Co. as a rallying cry against both the Bush administration and the overall fucked-up state of the wor ... More >>
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January 31, 2011
Five Choices for OC/LA Album-Listening Party
John Gilhooley/ OC WeeklyThe AdolescentsOver the weekend, we heard about a group of people in London who get together every month and listen to an entire album, uninterrupted, according to BBC. There is no talking or texting, not even when the record is turned over. Why would anyone do this? you ... More >>
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February 8, 2011
¡Ask a Mexican! Responds to Top Gear Anti-Mexican Jokes!
If I wasn't so enamored of covering Orange County--from the restaurants to the pedophile priests, skinheads, and Don Papi Pulido--I could easily live life as a professional Mexican, caring about nothing but what affects wabs. As it stands, I can only address national Mexi issues with my ¡Ask a M ... More >>
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February 9, 2011
World's Oldest Drinkable Beer to Return From the Dead
Photo by Das UbergeekA selection of beers from Cistmontane--if the Big One ever hits, and we all go to kingdom come, will the next race of humanoids reconstitute their exquisite brews?You know, you gotta love humanity and its pleasure/curiosity impulse. When British archeologists found pornograph ... More >>
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April 11, 2011
4th Annual OC Punk Rock Picnic at Hidden Valley Park Saturday Night
Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyTSOLClick here to see the slideshow!4th Annual OC Punk Rock PicnicApril 9, 2011Hidden Valley ParkFor the modern day punk-rock enthusiast, there is something quite affirming about attending an all-day punk rock festival. Perhaps its that sense of acceptance finally, t ... More >>
Film
April 21, 2011
'African Cats' Shows That Lions are People, Too
Kings of the jungle get the 'March of the Penguins' treatment in this Disney flick
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July 14, 2011
'Pastafarian' Man Wins Right To Wear Colander On Head in Driver's License Photo
Supernatural Waste WatchersNiko Alm in his religious headgear, a pasta strainer. He calls it a "religious head covering." It looks oddly like a pasta strainer. After a three-year effort, Austrian man Niko Alm has finally earned the right to wear the symbolic Ikea kitchen tool on his he ... More >>
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September 21, 2011
Radiohead Will Tour in 2012
Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyThom Yorke has confirmed on BBC 1 that Radiohead will be touring in 2012. Speaking to BBC Radio 1's Giles Peterson, Yorke said: "The idea is to go out and play next year on and off during the year." The band announced two shows in New York yesterday, and have only played ... More >>
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November 30, 2011
Music From Saharan Cellphones, Remix by Matthewdavid
In 2010, after returning from extensive travel in Mali and Mauritania, Chris Kirkley from Sahel Sounds presented Music from Saharan Cellphones, a collection of underground music from the Saharan region which was circulated almost exclusively from cellphone to cellphone via bluetooth bumps. He ... More >>
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December 14, 2011
The US Army Can Make a Sandwich Stay Edible For Three Years
The science of food preservation isn't the most appetizing topic, but in this case, it's pretty neat. We recently heard of a sandwich that can stay fresh and tasty for up to three years. Sure, it sounds gross, but this isn't the 137-day-old Happy Meal we're talking about. BBC reports that it ... More >>
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