It was Oliver Wendell Holmes who opined that a new truth is better than an old celebrity-tinged news item, or at least he would have opined that had he lived in our celeb-obsessed times. So it is in that spirit these 15 Orange County brushes with famous folks in '08 are unveiled.
1) Newport Beach city officials revealed in January they were trying to acquire the statue of their adopted Favorite Son, John Wayne, that moseys in front of the Larry Flynt building in Los Angeles. Back when
How can you tell Gregg Allman is an old-timer? He doesn't have an official MySpace. (At least, not that I could find. And I spent at lesat 15 seconds on Google looking for one!) And his official Web site looks like, uh, this. Wow. Very mid-'90s Geocities. All it's missing is a animated little construction worker guy saying "Under construction!"But, hey, it's Gregg Allman. He was in the Allman Brothers Band--so what if his Web site sucks? He was married to Cher! What have you done? Created some F
Last Night: Santogold at the House of Blues Anaheim October 13, 2008
Better Than: watching Austin Powers in Goldmember
Download: Santogold's "Your Voice"
An eclectic assortment of bands offered a little bit of something for everybody as Santogold, Mates of State, Alice Smith and Low Vs. Diamond rolled into the House of Blues Anaheim for the "Goldrush" tour.
Low Vs. Diamond came out with a purpose by unveiling their anglophile leaning anthemic rock tunes. I was looking for a bottle of aspi
