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Armin Van Buuren - The Palladium - May 3, 2013

Armin Van Buuren The Palladium May 3, 2013 This weekend, the super-star DJ/producer Armin Van Buuren launched his highly anticipated tour for his new album Intense at the legendary Hollywood Palladium. Armin chose Los Angeles ,believe it or not, even after his famed "A State of Trance" radio show i ... More >>

Top 20 Greatest OC Albums of All Time: #10-1

For the past 18 years, faithful readers of the OC Weekly have counted on our music section for the continuous cycle of sniffing out the local albums. It goes something like this: We search for them (yeah, we get a shit ton in the mail too), we listen to them, separate the wheat from the chaff, remin ... More >>

NYE EDM Festivals in 2012: Which One Was the Best?

Who would have thought five years ago that super star DJ's like Above & Beyond, Ferry Corsten, Andy Moor, Sebastian Ingrosso, Laidback Luke, Calvin Harris, Avicii and Nero would be headlining separate major EDM festivals right here in California on New Years Eve? Since Insomniac Events and Go Ve ... More >>

Barack Obama Wins 2012 Election: KDOC-TV Psychic Who is "Ignorant," "Knows Nothing"

The 2012 United States presidential election was called at 5:48 a.m. today (Pacific daylight savings time).Jamie the Psychic, who describes herself as "the worst person to call when it comes to politics," announced Barack Obama as the winner while she appeared on The Daily Buzz (or, as the hip kids ... More >>

Top Five Best and Worst Parts of Escape From Wonderland - NOS Events Center - October 27,2012

This weekend, Insomniac Events hosted their second annual Escape from Wonderland music festival at the Nos Events Center in San Bernadino. The Wonderland parties have become a staple brand for the promoters and are becoming just as popular as Electric Daisy Carnival (their biggest event of the year) ... More >>

Five Songs to Play Before You Go See "Here Comes the Boom!"

This weekend sees the release of the new Kevin James film Here Comes the Boom! We at the Weekly have been anticipating the movie's release for quite some time, if only because it gives us the chance to sneak the phrase "Here comes the Boom" far more often into regular conversation. Yes, "Boom" is an ... More >>

Slaine Opens Up About New La Coka Nostra Record, Friendship w/ DJ Premier and La Coka Nostra Without Everlast

Drugs and booze for years kept Boston-based rapper Slaine from shedding his reputation as a mixtape legend and taking his place among hardcore hip-hop royalty. The 34-year-old rapper admits he came late to the game, but he has redeemed the time, with a solo album hailed as one of the best true-schoo ... More >>

Roger Alan Wade: "Orange County Hillbillies Know Their Outlaw Music"

If you love you some Roger Alan Wade, there's one thing you need to know: The Tennessee troubadour loves you too.Wade--a purveyor of learned-it-the-hard-way ballads of love and woe, as well as the most hilarious odes to in-laws and fat people one can hear--is ready to heat up the Hootenanny this Sat ... More >>

'Men At Work' Star James Lesure has two loves: Karaoke and the Celtics

If you're a sportsfan watching the Lakers choke miserably in the NBA Playoffs ,then you've likely seen the commercials for the upcoming TBS show, "Men at Work," starring Danny Masterson, James Lesure, Michael Cassidy, and Adam Busch. It's been a while since a sitcom caught our attention but this co ... More >>

Five Tex-Mex Food Specialties That Should Go Nationwide--Or At Least to California

From chili to the combo plate, fajitas to tacos al carbón, the frozen margarita machine to nachos, Texas has long dominated the national conversation on Mexican food in this country. But that's now irretrievably changed, as California and our onslaught of regional Mexican, Korean tacos, Mission bur ... More >>

TyDi Talks Love Groove and Why He Wants to Come to Orange County

tyDi has taken the world by storm with his album Shooting Stars. We chatted with the 24-year-old from down under who describes himself as a "songwriter, producer, engineer, musician, radio host and all-round music freak who likes to travel the world and perform loud crazy electronic music events t ... More >>

Toni Monroe Talks Big Girl Cookies Fresh Out The Oven

​Toni Monroe may claim to be the "Biggest Bitch in the Game," but she's not what we'd classify as a bitch at all. She is a woman on a mission, and that mission is to go hard. Releasing Big Girl Cookies: First Batch on January 5, this West Coast native's mixtape features DJ Crazy Toones, Kurupt, a ... More >>

New Artists Just Added to SXSW's 2012 Lineup

Mary Bell/OC WeeklyDelta Spirit at BuskerFest in Long Beach in 2010​South By Southwest revealed a whole slew of new acts confirmed to play at official showcases during the annual music and film conference in Austin. This is the third list of musicians to be released. The venues and dates they ... More >>

Thrice Are Family Guys

After nearly two years of both tragedy and triumph on the home front, Irvine's favorite post-hardcore band work it all out with their new album, 'Major/Minor'

Poorman, Big City: Jim Trenton in New York

​In June, the Weekly told you about Poorman getting name checked by actor Tom Hanks, who was slumming on the KTLA Morning News set. Poorman returned the favor a week later via a hilarious Fourth of July YouTube video.Alas, the back-and-forth may soon end, at least here in SoCal, as Poorman (a.k.a. ... More >>

Dueling Sides on Prop 19 Trot Out Research

​As California voters weigh whether to support legalization of marijuana on the November ballot, forces for and against Prop 19 are stepping up the studies, statistics and rhetoric aimed at propping up their respective sides.

Malinda Traudt, Blind, Wheelchair-Bound Woman's Medical Marijuana Appeal Proceeds

​Now that an Orange County Superior Court judgment has been formally entered tossing out the lawsuit that claims the city of Dana Point's medical marijuana dispensary ban unconstitutionally interferes with Malinda Traudt's fundamental rights to life and safety under the California Constitution, th ... More >>

G. Love Talks About His Surfing Film, 'Grey Whale Sessions'

​On Thursday, surf documentary Grey Whale Sessions, featuring surfers Keith Malloy, Tyler Warre, Chris Christenson and Garrett "G. Love" Dutton is premiering at the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach.The film follows the quartet and documents a five-day road trip to ... More >>

Tweets From the Park!

​Welcome to Tweets From the Park!, where we round up the funniest and most irreverent tweets from Disneyland Resort for your reading please. Follow us on Twitter @OCWeekly!oliviargolden: the disneyland tram bitch told me my glasses were earthy. sabrinakay: Literally eating everything (and I me ... More >>

Manhattan Madame Kristin Davis Praises California Marijuana Initiative

ManhattanMadame.com"California is setting a precedent that hard times call for innovative solutions," says "Manhattan Madame" Kristin Davis.​"Manhattan Madame" Kristin Davis supplied high-priced escorts for ex-New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, but now that she is running for the same office, she is ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Cat Party on Saturday at Gypsy Lounge, Lake Forest

The Hype: With The Sockets, Des Roar, and Cat Party all making an appearance Saturday at the Gypsy Lounge in Lake Forest, how could you not been giddy?? Not to rub it in, but the place was seriously packed! I'm talking sardines people! Ali LermanCat PartyThe Show: Costa Mesa trio Cat Party might loo ... More >>

Banning Divorce Picks Up Steam. Seriously

​As proponents of same-sex marriage in California argue amongst themselves whether to pursue a Prop 8 nullification initiative in 2010 or 2012, a "concerned Christian and political activist" is aiming for the earlier date for his measure to ban divorce in the Golden State. John Marcotte lasr fal ... More >>

[Locals Only] LMNO Creates a Sound That's Fresh, Fierce, Flake-Free

New Detroit Bar DJ Night a Lot Like Old Detroit Bar DJ Night

​Busywork, the old no-cover weekly Wednesday dance night at Detroit Bar, has been replaced by Pistol, the new no-cover weekly Wednesday dance night at Detroit Bar. The similarities don't end there.

Elliott Almond on the Breaks of OC, Life and Journalism

Photo by Tim Harvey You might have seen Elliott Almond on his board in Newport Beach, Huntington Beach or San Onofre. Here he sits on a mini-mal at Ocean Beach, San Francisco.Today's OC Weekly Summer Guide features a Q&A with Elliott Almond, who spent several years covering surfing and ot ... More >>

Read Curt Pringle's Lips: He'll Take New Taxpayer Dollars

Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle has long been the golden boy among Orange County Republicans. He got elected to the party's Central Committee in 1986, and two years later became the GOP nominee for the Garden Grove area state Assembly seat. The party, under the leadership of then-Chairman Tom Fuentes ... More >>

Singles Going Steady

The best end-to-end albums from a single-driven year

Commie Girl

'Boomhauerboomhauerboomhauercockfights'
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A Clockwork Orange

Feedback

Are You Too Late for the Trend?
28 Local Greats

Up From the Underground

Aceyalones intellectual hip-hop

Remembering Celia Cruz

Try Everything Once

Money Marks stupid, lurid brilliance

Training Days

Screenwriter David Ayers hard, miserable, lonely path to the big paycheck

Diary of a Mad County

Diary of a mad county

Diary of a Mad County

On the Brink

W. on the verge of power, America at the edge of the abyss

You Are Surrounded by Idjits, Mostly

Our cruel but insightful wrap-up of OC Elections

Delivering the Goods

Dodge Dart takes a Fastball, reunites influential band