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You are Here: Orange County in the House at the LA Times Festival of Books

I especially like the title of a 12:30 panel at next weekend's two-day  annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books for its helpful reminder and either existential celebration or complaint. "You are Here:  Perspectives on Life in Southern California," featuring Times columnists suggests tha ... More >>

The Reverend Slappy White Presents OC Weekly's Annual Holiday-Theater Preview

Holiday treats from South Coast Repertory, STAGEStheatre, the Maverick Theater and more!

OC's Scariest People 2012!

Child molesters, Shaheen Sadeghi, serial killers, Dana Rohrabacher and so many more!

Ayn Rand Institute Bigwigs Piss on Libertarianism, Libertarians Fight Back!

Funny but true: recently on Facebook, a "friend" tried to insult me by calling me a libertarian and a Randian--a follower of bad novelist Ayn Rand. While I don't mind being labeled with the former since it's somewhat true, I laughed at the latter. We trash Rand and her followers--the creepiest culti ... More >>

Top Five Classic "South Park" Musical Guests

For 16 seasons now, "South Park" has been delighting viewers with its signature brand of absurdity, skewing any and everything in pop culture along the way. There's been quite a few music superstars immortalized on "South Park," some whose appearances were made without them even being consulted. Wit ... More >>

'The Master': From the Window to the Wall

You aren't expecting what Paul Thomas Anderson is giving

[UPDATED with time] Scientology Maybe, Just Maybe Will Debut Orange County Ideal Org on Saturday

[UPDATED, June 1, 1:45 p.m.] Just confirmed with the Santa Ana Police Department that the event is from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.[ORIGINAL POST June 1, 12:16 p.m.] So we have confirmation (again) that Scientology will (again) open its Orange County Ideal Org at the former Santa Ana Performing Arts ... More >>

Newsong's Santa Ana Strategy: Save the Poor, Support the Arts, Fight the Gays and Drunks

My first interaction with Newsong Church--which has all of the Artists Village in SanTana freaked out because they just bought the Santora Building--came years ago, in a building they currently own on 511 E. Santa Ana Boulevard. Back then, it was known as PrimeUrban, and the main tenant was SolArt G ... More >>

Artists Rally Against Sale of Santora Arts Building To Newsong Church

The artists that work, and basically live, inside the Santora Arts Building in downtown Santa Ana believe their historic structure is a place for expression without barriers. It is not a place, they say, for a church. Sitting under the painted-glass ceiling panels of the 84-year-old buildi ... More >>

Bruce Gleason Wants Your God to Noexist

Forget Christianity, Judaism, Islam and the rest. It's all about us, says Orange County's most famous atheist

Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, and all the indie Hollywood directors you love/hate

Here are 10 films you won't want to miss in 2012

Tony Ortega, 'Village Voice' Editor and OC Boy, Attracts Protesters to His Cal State Fullerton Speech Tonight

​Yesterday, I was lucky enough to sneak into the class of Cal State Fullerton professor (and longtime Orange County Register reporter) Jeff Brody and steal his guest speaker, Village Voice editor Tony Ortega. He's in town for a week to speak at the school's various communications departments, alum ... More >>

Ayn Rand Institute Fellow: Ayn Rand Bigger, Better than Jesus

​About a decade ago, while a student at Chapman University, I organized a debate on the legacy of Columbus and set out to find the craziest people on the Left and Right to argue. On the Left was the fanatical Mexica Movement, who think everything European is inherently evil, and on the right was O ... More >>

Nickelodeon Child Stars: Where Are They Now?

​ Whatever happened to all the Nickelodeon stars of our childhood? Oh No They Didn't has answers: They track down Michael C. "Mike" Maronna (Big Pete on The Adventures of Pete n Pete), Michael Bower (Eddie "Donkeylips" Gelfen on Salute Your Shorts) and Jason Zimbler (Ferguson W. Darling on Clariss ... More >>

5 Churches That Should Buy Crystal Cathedral

Would you buy a church from these guys?​Drowning in debt, Robert Schuller's Crystal Cathedral is reportedly being put up for sale. The American Independent surmises the mega-church's dire financial straits demonstrate conservatism is on the wane behind the Orange Curtain. But rather than wallow in ... More >>

Vince Neil's Domestic Battery Treatment Plan

​ Motley Crue singer Vince Neil was arrested for domestic violence in Las Vegas on Friday after allegedly poking his ex-girlfriend in the arm during an argument. Neil, 50, has vowed to fight the charges in court, which means we will all be treated to hilarious footage of the glam rocker testify ... More >>

Louis Vuitton Has No LV for Parody

[Trendzilla] The fashion icon continues to ridiculously pursue legal action against artist Nadia Plesner

'Next' to Nothing

Paul Haggis shows no improvement in this prison-break yarn

David Di Sabatino Is Drawn to Charismatic Christians. But Nothing Prepared Him for Larry Norman

BiblicalThought.com A'Deletin'

*Updated, with new information on the bottom... For the past couple of days, it's been quite the battle royale at Navel Gazing regarding Robert Morey, pastor of Faith Community Church in Irvine, and a guy whose flock is the most aggressively arrogant bunch of religious folks since the Scientologist ... More >>

The (Busted) Reg-O-Meter©—Week Ending March 29

[Reg-O-Meter staff memo: With yet another entry this week of the name “Gordon Dillow,” the Reg-O-Meter, after being in operation a mere three weeks, incurred a major, possibly fatal technological malfunction—goddamn Radio Shack parts. Until repairs can be made, the Reg-O-Meter has been shut ... More >>

Lousy Movie

WEB EXCLUSIVE! Spartan laughs to be had in this lackluster parody

Friday - 11/23

Antarctica at Pitzer College, Kathy Griffin at OCPAC, Ray Bush & the BBC Jazz Band at the Olde Ship

in the Mouth of a Desert

Where the Henry Clay People exude orange-ness

Odds and Ends

Well, it was quite a weekend in Washington D.C. In a previous post, Alex did a fine job of spelling out the facts in the case of ex-Rep. Mark Foley (R-Predator). The only thing that can be added is that Foley has now headed down a familiar path-- as Josh Marshall puts it: "Ahhh, once again, the l ... More >>

Orange County developers snared in hot lesbo love in!

Don't know if you caught this buried in the LA "By God" Times' Jan. 12 front-pager on Governor Big Lippy sending his chief-of-staff out to court his big-money Republican donors: their first get together will be this coming Wednesday, Jan. 18, at the Irvine Co.'s "Fantasy" Island Hotel (formerly the ... More >>

Monster Mash

Five hits from Hell

Diary of a Mad County

'When I Read the Article, I Wanted to Kill Myself.'

What The Devil Told Joe Parker

Nobody paid much attention to the terrifying voices Joe Parker heard until he slashed his way through an Irvine supermarket.

Material Hurl

21 reasons Madonna blows

Diary of a Mad County

Wank Bush Out of Office!

Grant Morrison tells you how

Creepshow Superstars

Door-to-door new wave with I Am Spoonbender

Piss Off, England!

OC Music Awards founder Martin Brown thinks were cooler, anyway

Brilliantly Insane

A Little Application of Our Much-Touted Know-How is fruity and cuckoo and wonderful

Without a Prayer

Left Behind is a flat wedge of Jesus cheese

Letters

Orange Countys Least Powerful People The First-Ever Weaklies!

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Millennium Plan Madness

Localer Than Ever!

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