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Brooklyn (New York City)

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2013

    Orange County Zine Library and Reading Room Exhibit Opening this Saturday!

    Orange County may not have as big a zine culture as, say, Brooklyn or Los Angeles, but we're trailing close behind with hidden zinester gems in our own neighborhood (Santanero, Zineworks, etc.) and a DIY culture like nobody's business. So for you kiddies into alternative print, it behooves you to at ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2013

    Long Beach Lunch: Grounds Bakery and Cafe

    As old of a city as Long Beach is, it still turns into a typical suburban zone of long, safe streets beyond Pacific Coast Highway and east of Redondo Avenue, lined with boxy houses reminiscent of Lakewood or Huntington Beach or any other nearby neighborhood built out in the decades of post-war boom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2013

    Cooking Gravy with Al Capone: Q A With Deirdre Marie Capone, Al's Niece

    "Your word is your bond. And family is everything." Deirdre Marie Capone was the last person born with the Capone surname. Her family was so misunderstood, the more research Deirdre did, the more she discovered how sullied her family name was. Yes, Al Capone had money. But he shared it. Her father ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2013

    Review: Greetings from Tim Buckley at the Newport Beach Film Festival

    It's pretty risky when Hollywood decides to tell a story about musicians, and instead of doing a straight-up documentary, they attempt to recreate the whole scenario. Sometimes the result is amazing, ala Almost Famous, and sometimes not so much (see: The Buddy Holly Story and The Doors). Greetings F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2013

    The Worst of Coachella: Weekend Two

    Here's everything that bothered us about Coachella's second weekend. Hey, at least there was no dust storm! Native American Headdresses These have still not gone away. In fact, one particularly irritating woman (not pictured) wore a towering feather mohawk weave, a sartorial statement that combined ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 7, 2013

    Matt & Kim

    The Observatory

  • Blogs

    March 4, 2013

    The Five Best Concerts in OC This Week

    Monday, March 4MusInk Battle of the BandsHouse of Blues Anaheim Though it may not share the same level of hipster-deigned prestige as Coachella, Musink Festival represents a high-water mark for up-and-coming bands. This year's festival, which celebrates all things tattoo, will feature an impressive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2013

    Irvine Called 6th Worst Place to Drive in U.S.

    Irvine is reportedly the sixth worst place in the country to drive through.That's based on CNN Money rankings that may hold a clue as to how Irvine can afford to be one of America's safest cities.

  • Calendar

    February 7, 2013

    St. Lucia

    Constellation Room

  • Music

    December 13, 2012

    C4mula Puts a Volatile Past Behind Him

    [Locals Only] The rapper is tired of cheating death, chooses to put his explosive talent to positive use

  • Blogs

    December 6, 2012

    I'm A White R&B Singer From Red Hook, Brooklyn: Should I Even Bother?

    By: Jessica Hopper[Editor's Note: Are you a musician? Is your group having issues? Ask Fan Landers! Critic Jessica Hopper has played in and managed bands, toured internationally, booked shows, produced records, worked as a publicist, and is the author of The Girls' Guide to Rocking, a how-to for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 12, 2012

    Raised in a City full of Churches, Fashawn's Gritty Rhymes Inspire True Belief

    Using the world "destiny" to describe Fashawn's trajectory toward a hip-hop career might be a bit much. He'd prefer to think of it as more of a calling. At 3 years old, Santiago Leyva wanted to be a preacher, having been raised in a trailer behind a church, which apparently isn't that extraordinary ... More >>

  • Culture

    September 13, 2012

    Todd Selby: Edible!

    [Trendzilla] The über-hip photographer (and OC boy!) comes out with a food book

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2012

    California Shabu Shabu Expands To Long Beach

    To me, Belmont Shore has always had the highest concentration of interesting restaurants in the sprawling metropolis of Long Beach. And these days, it also has  become a hot bed of activity, as the old is cycled out to make way for the new.  A few months ago Simmzy's moved in to the old S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 17, 2012

    Google To Launch A Food Channel on YouTube With Ex-Food Network Exec

    Google has hired a former Food Network exec to head a YouTube channel called HUNGRY this summer. Going live on July 2nd, the new offering will feature at least a dozen original programming, which will include, among others, a new series with Duff Goldman from Ace of Cakes, a show called Brother ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet to Host Craft Beer Festival April 21

    When you think of the Santa Fe Springs Swap Meet--you know, right off the 5 right when the beautiful, wide roadway of Orange County gives way to the choking, backed-up awfulness of Los Angeles County--what do you think of? Tchotchkes, un-shrink-wrapped DVDs, and tribute bands, right?

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2012

    The Best of SXSW Music: Thursday 3/15/2012

    If you're familiar with chaos theory, which in its basic form is the attempt to find patterns in the random acts of shit on Earth, then you may understand the difficulty that comes with describing a full day at SXSW. To break down the bright, scintillating chaos, Village Voice Media's roving music e ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    How T.S.O.L. Bred LA 'It' Band Fidlar

    ​Speaking of LA Weekly, their print feature this week on Fidlar, the garage punks from Highland Park, revealed that Zac Carper, Brandon Schwartzel, and Elvis and Max Kuehn have pretty solid OC ties. The Kuehn brothers' dad is T.S.O.L. keyboardist Greg Kuehn. According to the Weekly, the "young Ku ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2012

    Sham 69 to Reunite for Punk Rock Bowling

    ​Seminal streetpunk band Sham 69 is playing at Punk Rock Bowling 2012 in Vegas, reuniting their "classic" 1977-1979 lineup made up of Jimmy Pursey on vocals, Dave Parsons on guitar, Dave Tregunna on bass and Mark Cain on drums.According to Brooklyn Vegan, This lineup, also known as the Pursey/Par ... More >>

  • Columns

    February 9, 2012

    What do Mexicans Think of Ron Paul?

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] Plus, what's some good Mexican sci-fi?

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    Matt Iwanusa of Cavemen on In N Out, Cali Weed, and Being Ignored by Blue Oyster Cult

    Jim Wright​When Matt Iwanusa and Jimmy Carbonett first met at The Churchill and Center in New York City, they were only teens. Though the private school was in Manhattan, it was nothing like Gossip Girl. Their sound has been described as equal parts chamber pop, dreamscape, and horror film sco ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2011

    OC: One of The Most Expensive Places in America

    ​Now there's data to back up what our bank accounts have been telling us all along: This place ain't cheap.  The Wall Street Journal reports that the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) has released its third-quarter cost of living index, which outlines the most and least expen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Memphis in Manhattan Beach Closes

    Edwin Goei​I bet most of you reading, even those who are regulars at the two Memphises in Orange County, had no idea that there was a third Memphis, one called Memphis at the Beach in Manhattan Beach.I had the pleasure of eating there around two years ago, about when it opened. My story angle w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Mos Def to Play Ex-Con on Showtime's 'Dexter'

    ​ Speaking of Mos Def, he's joining the Showtime show Dexter (about a serial killer who only kills bad people) for its sixth season, says Billboard.

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2011

    [UPDATED: Further Refining] Announcing Another Mexican Food Genre: Bro-Mex

    Photo by Todd BarnesThe ne plus ultra of Bro-Mex​UPDATE: Many commentators are bringing up great points that deserve expansion and highlight...after the jump, of course!Original post: I'm doing a review next week on...somewhere, and I asked around Weekly world headquarters for the names of Mexican ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2011

    More 4/20 Madness: Nike Withdraws Cheech and Chong Tribute Sneakers

    ​Maybe it was because of the false rumor making its way around the internet yesterday that Japan had finally agreed to stop killing whales that we didn't believe this story at first. But apparently it's true: on April 20, aka international stoner's day, Nike was supposed to release a limited editi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

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

    ​Once shrouded in secrecy like a J.K. Rowling novel, Chapter One: the modern local has been open just over a month. SanTana's newest artist to its village is their very own Oge Dalken, chef and Detroit transplant. We start off this week's On The Line learning about his love of a certain fast food ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Lily Allen Starts Label Through Sony Music

    ​The 25-year-old actress/musician Lily Allen is launching new boutique label "In the Name Of," which will receive financial backing from Sony Music. The first signing for the label is Brooklyn electro-pop duo Cults, whose debut album will be released later this year.

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    Rock'n Fish, South Bay and LA Live-Bases Seafood Restaurant, Now in Laguna Beach

    ​Even though Laguna Beach is no longer the hippie bohemia of acid runners and the Brotherhood of Eternal Love, even though the billionaires have gentrified out the millionaires from the seaside town, Laguna dining has still relatively kept the chains at bay, especially in the non-fast-food scene. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Endless Food and Fun Opens In Huntington Beach

    I initially intended this post to be a boring one. There was just one thing to say and it was this: the 47,000-square-foot food and entertainment venue called Endless Food and Fun opened this past weekend in Huntington Beach. It boasts arcade games, a lazer-tag arena, a restaurant called Delicioso ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    New Seafood Restaurant To Open Next Week in Laguna Beach

    www.rocknfishlb.com​A few weeks ago Tommy Bahama Restaurant opened on the bottom floor of the Heisler Building in Laguna Beach. Now it's Rock'n Fish's turn to open on the top floor of the same building. The Laguna Beach sister of Rock'n Fish at LA Live and the original at Manhattan Beach will de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2010

    UCI's Open Melody Fest Has Friends in High Places

    ​When the Open Melody festival concludes this Saturday night at UC Irvine, it won't just be the attendees who will file the memories away alongside those of other festivals large and small from the past. A large number of the bands have long since played similar shows as part of a thriving unde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2010

    Five Reasons Omnivores Don't Eat In Vegan Restaurants

    Flickr user thegrocer​The Orange County Register published a review last week of Freesoulcaffe, a vegan restaurant in Tustin and posted a link on their food blog, Food Frenzy, asking if their review changed any minds about vegan food. The response was nearly universally "no," and it bears thinking ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 30, 2010

    Matt & Kim

    The Glass House

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2010

    Gabe Zambrano of Soho Taco, Part One

    Photo credit: Meg Strouse​You know you're doing it right when Gustavo approves of your tacos (and you're not El Chavito and the two-for-a-buck-plus-pineapple-juice in Huntington Beach). Gabe Zambrano is the head of the kitchen at Soho Taco, a gourmet taco cart that has been eating up Twitter, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    Mogwai Screens Burning Today at Noon, Everywhere on the Internet

    www.myspace.com/mogwai​Scottish post-rock band Mogwai is screening their concert film Burning at noon today--on practically every music site on the Web. The virtual screening will include a Q&A with Mogwai's Stuart Braithwaite (electric guitar, vocals) and the film's director Vincent Moon (of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2010

    Sunday News Notes

    ​Sunday's local news highlights include:Unsolved 1977 NY Murder Tied Again to OC-LA Serial KillerVeteran courthouse reporter Larry Welborn got nearly a full page today to tell the tragic story of popular 23-year-old Ellen Jane Hover of Manhattan. Hover was murdered 33 years ago this month aft ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Brooklyn Boys Deli Closes Down

    Dave Lieberman​The first of what promises to be many mobile-food-truck closures has come to OC. (That's not a dig on food trucks, but an application of the success average for bricks-and-mortar restaurants to the mobile culinary industry.) Brooklyn Boys Deli, which served pastrami sandwiches and N ... More >>

  • Culture

    April 15, 2010

    Coonskin Hats: Fur Real?

    [Trendzilla] The Davy Crockett look is supposedly cool? Okay, who do I punch?

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Sushi Eating Contest Next Weekend in HB

    Stock Sushi Photo From MonsterMunching.com​ There are only a few things that make my stomach turn: competitive eating is one of them. Man v. Food? Yeah, I watch it; but I switch it off before the actual eating challenge is shown. But if you aspire to be Adam Richman or that Coney Island hot d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2010

    Gwen Stefani and Guns N' Roses at Fashion Week, 'My Sharona' Singer Dead, Rage Against the Machine

    "Gwen Stefani 'All Tied Up' at L.A.M.B. Fashion Week show," reports our sister paper the Village Voice.Guns N' Roses play 17-song, 90-minute set in front of extremely lucky (and small) crowd including Sebastian Bach and Kevin Bacon at former CBGB location during Fashion Week, reports Brooklyn Vegan. ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 4, 2010

    Vivian Girls

    Detroit Bar

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Is There an App For Stopping the Baddies Following You From the Apple Store?

    Courtesy of Orange County Sheriff's DepartmentArrested were (clockwise from top right): Garzon Omar David Diaz; Louis Carlos Lopez and John Marlon Rodriguez.​The three Los Angeles men above have been arrested in connection with more than 80 burglaries and car break-ins targeting customers they'd a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Top 5 Questions for Adam Richman

    Adam Richman, the lovable foodie from the Travel Channel's Man V. Food, is coming to the House of Blues Dec. 15. If you don't know Richman, your first question probably is, "So?" But if you know all about how the Brooklyn native travels the country to enter eateries that serve ridiculous portions in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    Gettin' Made: On (Weekly) Assignment

    The Art House Co-op is a gallery based in Atlanta, Georgia that will soon be picking up and moving to Brooklyn, New York. The gallery concentrates on putting together group art shows that anyone and everyone can participate in, as well as encouraging folks to make art a part of their ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 12, 2008

    Fallon for It

    Jimmy Fallon

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2008

    Let's Go, Halos

    Angels vs. Los Angeles Dodgers

  • News

    May 4, 2006

    The Anti-Immigrant All-Stars

    Hangin with the haters at Santa Anas Day Without an Immigrant

  • Music

    April 25, 2002

    Too Loud to Ignore

    Tazumal rage against the maquina

  • News

    March 15, 2001

    Going Ballistic

    Headlines from around America

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