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holiday gift ideas

In case you're not a fan of what Greg Stacy or Chris Ziegler had to say about gift-giving this week, then here's a quick note to let you know about some nifty holiday gifts for those loved ones of yours. First up? Couch guitar straps. New Fidelity man Dan Perkins designs the straps, and currently ... More >>

SXSW: OC Weekly Cover Boys dios Tear it Up

Just returned from the dios set (see Chris Ziegler's 2004 cover story here) at the Chuggin' Monkey (located a few blocks from Mooseknuckle's and Uncle Flirty's Loft...seriously). Despite undergoing some lineup changes over the past few years, the band continues to amaze me with how ferociously they ... More >>

Last Night: The Vandelles, LSD and the Search for God, Stevenson Branch Davidians at the Prospector

The Vandelles, LSD and the Search for God, Stevenson Ranch Davidians January 12, 2008 The Prospector Better Than: Staring at your shoes while listening to Jesus and Mary Chain’s Darklands. Download: “Swell to Heaven” by the Vandelles. The most striking thing about Stevenson Ranch Davidian ... More >>

New Music

The Vandelles, LSD and the Search for God, Stevenson Ranch Davidians January 12, 2008 The Prospector Better Than: Staring at your shoes while listening to Jesus and Mary Chain’s Darklands. Download: “Swell to Heaven” by the Vandelles. The most striking thing about Stevenson Ranch Davidian ... More >>

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The Vandelles, LSD and the Search for God, Stevenson Ranch Davidians January 12, 2008 The Prospector Better Than: Staring at your shoes while listening to Jesus and Mary Chain’s Darklands. Download: “Swell to Heaven” by the Vandelles. The most striking thing about Stevenson Ranch Davidian ... More >>

Tonight: Last Chance for Free Brookline at Detroit Bar

All October, Orange County's Brookline - hailing from Huntington Beach and Costa Mesa - have generously played free shows at Detroit Bar every Monday. Being that today is the last Monday in October, that for sure makes tonight your last chance to see them there for freesies. The band has had some ... More >>

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All October, Orange County's Brookline - hailing from Huntington Beach and Costa Mesa - have generously played free shows at Detroit Bar every Monday. Being that today is the last Monday in October, that for sure makes tonight your last chance to see them there for freesies. The band has had some ... More >>

Punk Porn

All October, Orange County's Brookline - hailing from Huntington Beach and Costa Mesa - have generously played free shows at Detroit Bar every Monday. Being that today is the last Monday in October, that for sure makes tonight your last chance to see them there for freesies. The band has had some ... More >>

This Week in the OC Weekly

In our annual music issue, "Feedback": Vickie Chang educates us about OC musician Pat Visel and his music that no one has heard.Chris Ziegler interviews Greyboy about how he looks to make a name for himself with a new Best-of compilationNed Ragget talks to KUCI DJ Sam Farzin about 'College Rock'Ryan ... More >>

This Week in the OC Weekly

In "Good Medicine" Daffodil J. Altan interviews Mary Jo Frawley of Doctors Without Borders, who may live in Sunset Beach, but her head and hart are in Sri Lanka, Somalia, Mexico, Angola . . . News has Daffodil J. Altan explaining how Santa Ana Unified School District offers a lesson in upgrading and ... More >>

LA Record presents: DJ Nobody; Heru Avenger; Charlie Rose

In "Good Medicine" Daffodil J. Altan interviews Mary Jo Frawley of Doctors Without Borders, who may live in Sunset Beach, but her head and hart are in Sri Lanka, Somalia, Mexico, Angola . . . News has Daffodil J. Altan explaining how Santa Ana Unified School District offers a lesson in upgrading and ... More >>

Unknown

A steaming pile of maudlin tripe.

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In the first place, I am a pimply-faced septuagenarian male, aging ungracefully, with an unquenchable thirst for comic books about hell on earth.

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'Bosomy? Not only is that irrelevant, it sails dangerously close to the ingrained misogyny of tabloid coveragesomething I would have thought your paper would want to avoid.'

See You, Suckers!

This time, she means it

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'Will Swaim and his paper have been one giant pain in the ass to a county that was in desperate need of one. Godspeed, my friend.'

Live Review

Back to School Night: The World Record, Ann Lynn, Slings, Sendaero

Our Annual Salute to Drinking

Back to School Night: The World Record, Ann Lynn, Slings, Sendaero

The Year in Letters

You know who else had lots of supporters? Ted Bundy

The Bloodhound Gang

With Electric Eel Shock Beat Me

Stories That Made a Difference

And some we regret

Ill Fold Your Teath Back for You'

And some we regret

The Asian Persuasion

Great Asian restaurants, and the Asians (and Chuck Devore) who love them

SPECIAL BECK HANSON EDITION

Great Asian restaurants, and the Asians (and Chuck Devore) who love them

Eight Days

Great Asian restaurants, and the Asians (and Chuck Devore) who love them

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Great Asian restaurants, and the Asians (and Chuck Devore) who love them

Of Ass and Men

Great Asian restaurants, and the Asians (and Chuck Devore) who love them

Love Letters 2004

Great Asian restaurants, and the Asians (and Chuck Devore) who love them

Feedback

Are You Too Late for the Trend?
28 Local Greats

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Diary of a Mad County

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Give the Cowboys Some Acid

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The Seventh Annual OC Weekly Theater Awards!

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Pere Ubu Learns to Knife Fight

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Hate-Filled Letters

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LE SHOKLA to NY

(live six-inchyes, six-inchvinyl single)

The Molly Bolts

(live six-inchyes, six-inchvinyl single)

Hootenanny Hoedown

(live six-inchyes, six-inchvinyl single)

New Music

(live six-inchyes, six-inchvinyl single)

CD Reviews

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TONIGHT: Gestapo Khazi, Wounded Lion, Frustrations, and Tijuana Panthers at The Prospector

​As much as all of us music writers would like to believe it, we know that sometimes readers don't always get to the bottom of every article. And even if you manage to make it all the way through the story, sometimes the awesomeness of what you just read prohibits you from going further down and l ... More >>

Kid Congo Powers Also Playing Anaheim Date

​Chris Ziegler told you all about Kid Congo Powers (center) in last week's Weekly; what with his past in the Cramps and the Bad Seeds and his new album Dracula Boots with his band the Pink Monkey Birds and their experience recording in Kansas and their show tomorrow at Alex's Bar in Long Beach and ... More >>

You Should Watch: Big Whup At The Prospector Tonight

Charles Mallison​ Who: Big Whup, performing at the Prospector tonight (with Red Sweater and California Condors, plus DJ sets by our writer and LA Record editor Chris Ziegler, Lithuanian Prince and Hits and Mrs.). Why: Because Big Whup fuses folk-irony with Japanese-pop influences and is unabash ... More >>

The 100 Club: Chris Ziegler of LA Record Talks

​Interviewing Chris Ziegler, the editor-in-chief and co-founder of dark horse music mag, LA Record, is way more complicated than your run of the mill conversation with a person-of-note. Intellectually speaking, the 32-year-old music enthusiast, DJ, and former OC Weekly music editor is sort of like ... More >>

Download A Free Art Mix for Tonight's LBMA After Dark

www.myspace.com/sweatergirlsThe Sweater Girls will perform live at LBMA tonight​LA Record's Chris Ziegler is deejaying the Long Beach Museum of Art's After Dark series tonight, and he made an art mix that you can download here. There are some gems in there--Mission of Burma's "Max Ernst," about th ... More >>

Issue 100 for 'L.A. Record' is Out; Celebrate With Free Download

​L.A. Record has much to celebrate this weekend, which is why head honcho and OC Weekly contributor Chris Ziegler gifts you with not just a mix tape to celebrate the 100th issue of L.A. Record (check it here or download it here), but also a closing party in downtown LA tomorrow. In the m ... More >>

Looking Back at the White Stripes

​Jack and Meg White, the duo collectively known as the White Stripes are no more. They have disbanded, but the memory of their talent and musicianship will always be celebrated. Vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Jack White and drummer Meg White formed their band in 1997 in Detroit, and released their ... More >>