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Ravenous Rapper

Action Bronson is about to take a huge bite outta the hip-hop game. And he's got the munchies.

Sean Price - The Constellation Room - March 14, 2013

Sean PriceThe Constellation RoomMarch 14, 2013Hip-hop needs its animated characters, and we're not speaking about cartoon cameos. The genre started out as a mean-mugging form of music that promoted a street stalker's mentality, so it's necessary to have those who can push aside some of the genre's t ... More >>

The Best Concerts to See in OC This Weekend

Friday, March 8 Death Hymn Number 9 Unit B Studio Once, there was a band called the Gories, and there was a guy called Hasil Adkins, as well as a dude named Tav Falco, and they played like maniacs. If they weren't sweating blood, it was only because someone else bled on them first. That's what Deat ... More >>

Reggie Watts' Humor Might Hurt Your Head

When it comes to the humor this beatboxing madman, it's best to not overthink it

Final Episode of No Reservations Airs Tonight (Sob!), Wrapping Up In Brooklyn

Eight years. One hundred forty episodes. Sixty countries. More than 716,000 miles. Countless toasts, laughs, expletives and soul-hitting meals. Tonight, it comes to an end. The final episode of No Reservations airs at 9 p.m. on the Travel Channel. Host Anthony Bourdain completes his epic voyage ... More >>

Rubblebucket Embrace Their Growing Pains, Play Santa Ana Tonight

Introspective, horn-filled electro-funk tribe Rubblebucket are going through changes. Mostly of the growing pain variety. One year ago, if you'd told the eight-piece Brooklyn band that they'd be on millions of televisions across the country bouncing around in a performance on the Jimmy Kimmel show, ... More >>

TV on the Radio - Huntington Beach Pier - 8/3/12

See Also:*Best Coast - Huntington Beach Pier - 8/1/12 *Best of HARD Summer, Day 1 - Los Angeles State Historic Park - 8/3/12*The Jacuzzi Boys - The Queen Mary - 8/1/12When we first heard that the Brooklyn-based art rockers TV on the Radio were slated to perform at the U.S. Open of Surfing, there was ... More >>

Irvine Investment Operator Penalized For Scam Claiming 1,000 Percent Returns

Omar Ali Rizvi graduated from law school in San Francisco and earned a Masters of Laws degree in securities and financial regulations at Georgetown University Law School in the nation's capital, but its obvious that the Irvine man never learned to obey the law.In the last decade, Rizvi has been conv ... More >>

'Shut Up and Play the Hits': This Has Happened

James Murphy and a new concert doc reflect on the end of LCD Soundsystem

Fashawn's Divine Inspiration

Raised in a city full of churches, the Fresno rapper's gritty rhymes inspire true belief

We Remember Donna Summer, Dead at 63

Donna Summer, the disco legend whose songs helped define a decade, died today at her Englewood, Fla. home after a long battle with cancer. She was 63. The singer known for her hits "The Last Dance," "She Works Hard For Her Money" and Number One pop singles with "Hot Stuff," "Bad Girls, and" "MacArt ... More >>

Floral Park Cafe, New Bistro, to Open in Downtown Santa Ana

Photo by Ben Dayhoe​SO...remember how I wrote about the above space in downtown SanTana, and that the rumor was it was going to be a bistro of sorts? The cat is out of the bag--sort of. The name of the restaurant will be Floral Park Cafe, and all that they'll say right now is that it'll be a "new ... More >>

White People Problems In 'Carnage'

Visit the parental rage of brownstone Brooklyn

Five More Awesome Features of Xbox's 'Kinect: Disneyland Adventures'

​A few months ago, I wrote this post about ten awesome things about Xbox's "Kinect: Disneyland Adventures" after I got to play a quick preview of the game at the D23 Expo.Last week, I finally got the chance to play the full version of the game, so now I present you with five more awesome things ab ... More >>

Five Great Indie Rock Albums for Autumn

Courtesy Atlantic Records​If there's anything hipsters like to do in autumn, it's to walk around breathing in their own melancholy, feigning solitude while trying to suss out meaning from their iPod earbuds while kicking around dead leaves. In their self-conscious sorrow, wearing earthy-toned card ... More >>

The Grilled Cheesus Toasts the Face of Jesus on Your Sandwich

​Jesus lives! In sandwich form, at least.  We just got word of the Grilled Cheesus, an electronic sandwich press that toasts the face of Christ onto bread. It's a kitchen device sent from heaven via young Brooklyn couple Rob Corso and Meg Sheehan, who are trying to raise $25,000 on Kickstarte ... More >>

Mick Fleetwood on His Early Years and the Grateful Dead: 'The Whole Audience Was on Acid'

​Fleetwood Mac founder Mick Fleetwood appears in a new interview today as part of the Off The Record music conversation series. Shot in Mick's adopted hometown of Maui, the video features Fleetwood making small talk and jamming with Brooklyn singer Nicole Atkins.

Aasif Mandvi, Daily Show Correspondent, Coming to Anaheim to Scoop up CAIR Award

​The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) of Greater Los Angeles, which is based in Anaheim, will bestow its 2011 Courage in Media Award to Indian-British actor and comedian Aasif Hakim Mandviwal.He's better known as Aasif Mandvi, the hilarious correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stew ... More >>

Mountains Help Kick Off Another Year of Acrobatics Everyday at UC Irvine

Mountains, hi!​Okay, so to be fair, this isn't quite the first show that the fine souls at Acrobatics Everyday have put on this academic year: They hosted a free-to-all-new-freshmen gig last Thursday headlined by French Quarter. But with tomorrow's appearance by Mountains at UC Irvine, along with ... More >>

On the Line: Andrew Gruel of Slapfish, Part One

Photo by Meranda Carter​Fact: Andrew and Jethro decided on Tax Day to create Slapfish. Also a fact: Their food is truly sustainable and fresh, since they double as wholesale importers (triple if you factor in their future "Test Kitchen" endeavor). Did we reel you in yet? Follow our interview with ... More >>

[UPDATED at Finish Line:] Charity Runner Who Began Cross-County Trip in Surf City Ends in NYC

​UPDATE, AUG. 9, 12:08 P.M.: Despite that rock-throwing incident in Pennsylvania last week, Brit T. Mark Allison reached Coney Island just after 2 a.m. this morning to complete a 3,100-mile charity run that began May 1 in Huntington Beach.He only missed his goal by two hours of reaching the fabled ... More >>

A Slice of New York Pizza to Open Second Location

ProfessorSalt.comA Slice of NY Pizza's Seal Beach location​Huntington Harbour residents will soon have a new neighbor: Seal Beach's A Slice of New York Pizza will open its second location, next to Trader Joe's in the Huntington Harbour Mall. According to employee Eric Hodgin, the expected opening ... More >>

Cerebral Ballzy Are Barfing Their Way to the Top

How can you not love a group with a song called 'Puke Song'?

On The Line: Oge Dalken of Chapter One: The Modern Local, Part Two

​Part Two of On The Line provides even more insight on Chapter One's resident culinary artist, Chef Oge. He not only analogizes how a career in food is like loving a gorgeous woman, but provides a spoiler on their upcoming Happy Hour....but you don't have to take my word for it. If you missed yest ... More >>

Forever 21 Is Foreverywhere

[Trendzilla] The fast-fashion giant is coming to a mall near you

Grab Bag o' Goodies

Nine great posts from our Stick a Fork In It blog you might've missed

How Do You Know?

Is what you think is real really real?

Eat Here, Not There: Cheesecake

Flickr user stacylynn​Quick, think of a place in OC to get cheesecake, but don't tell me what it is yet. I'm psychic, and I can probably guess.Does it end in "actory"? I bet it does for most of you. So successful is the branding of the Cheesecake Factory that many people would be hard-pressed to n ... More >>

Mark Sanchez, QB of Jet, USC and Mission Viejo High Fame, Tweets He Did Not Rob Bank

​Of all the quarterbacks with Orange County roots on NFL rosters right now, the pride of Mission Viejo High School Mark Sanchez leads the pack, guiding his New York Jets to a league best record of 5-1. (Santa Margarita's Carson Palmer is next with the 2-3 Cincinnati Bengals, whose backup QB is his ... More >>

The Jingle of Sleigh Bells

For two industry vets, the future of music is right now

The National's Anthems

You can call the band's music dad rock, just don't call it uncool

Breaking Into the Boys Club: The New Crop of Female Comics Creators (Part 2)

Oni Press/Terry Dodson​The portrayal of fictional female characters took it on the chin this week. And that chin happened to belong to The Facebook Movie Social Network.Anyone who had ever hidden a friend's Farmville update dog-piled on the movie's negative depiction of women, claiming the filmmak ... More >>

Asylum Denied

Only a fraction of Mexicans get U.S. asylum.

Ronnie's Kids

Today, 'amnesty' is a dirty word. So what happened to the immigrants given a fresh start by Reagan in 1986?

An Immigrant's Heart

To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big heart. But not this big

Matt Costa Announces New Album, Mobile Chateau, and Fall Tour

​It's been over two years since the release of Matt Costa's second studio album, Unfamiliar Faces, with its infectious lead single "Mr. Pitiful." But now the Huntington Beach resident has finally announced plans for his third full-length, titled Mobile Chateau, due out September 21... along with p ... More >>

Over the Weekend: LCD Soundsystem at the Fox Theater

Andrew Youssef / OC WeeklyLCD Soundsystem's James Murphy at Coachella 2010.​The Hype: James Murphy's the king of Brooklyn, the father of this past decade's dance-punk movement ("movement?") and a pretty genial guy. LCD Soundsystem's latest, This Is Happening, is his slickest and most long-burning ... More >>

[UPDATED:] Meet the Director of the Best Hasdic Jew Pill Pusher Movie Out There

UPDATE: See details about the "Holy Rollers" article that likely spurred the Holy Rollers movie--and the article's zero degrees of separation from OC Weekly--after the jump . . . Yosef (Justin Bartha, left) eases Sam (Jesse Eisenberg) into drug trafficking in Holy Rollers.​Director Kevin Asch, who ... More >>

Last Night: Reflection Eternal at the Grove of Anaheim

Nate Jackson​The Hype: Any time revered MC/producer duo Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek get together (which is usually most of the time), you better believe there's an audience of knowledge-hungry hip hop heads waiting to devour every last track they put out. It had been a decade s ... More >>

That's No Cookie!: Star Wars-Themed Baked Goods

Flickr user SweetSugarBelle​You like baking, you like Star Wars. You love Star Wars-themed cookies. While the Star Wars love/fandom/wankery extends its paws into all aspects of life--bedsheets, video games,  walking around campus listening to a self-made audio tape of Return of the Jedi on yo ... More >>

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

Love and Angst In 'Remember Me'

Robert Pattinson vehicle begins like a vigilante movie but is DMV dull

Talib Kweli

Commonwealth Lounge

Iceland's múm Are at the Cutting Edge of Cool

[CD Review] Helado Negro, 'Awe One' (Asthmatic Kitty)

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Muy Caliente Summer Edition

This Hole-in-the-Wall Life

Breaking Into the Upper Crust: New York's Upper Crust Pizza

Grub Guide

This week in small restaurants

Better Than Health Insurance

Staying alive with Blue Nile Cafe