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January 21, 2008
Five Songs for MLK
From my web ed. brother in Minneapolis, Jeff Shaw: On the Dreamer's day, we offer up five divergent songs about Martin Luther King and the holiday that bears his name. They are upbeat and somber, they are angry and hopeful, they are old and new. 5. Ray Charles, "Abraham, Martin and John" First re ... More >>
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May 25, 2000
Feel the Gastro-Ambient Love!
From my web ed. brother in Minneapolis, Jeff Shaw: On the Dreamer's day, we offer up five divergent songs about Martin Luther King and the holiday that bears his name. They are upbeat and somber, they are angry and hopeful, they are old and new. 5. Ray Charles, "Abraham, Martin and John" First re ... More >>
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December 12, 2008
This Week in the OC Weekly
In "War & Water" Matt Coker interviews Hasan Nouri, the developer who pitched plans to stabilize Aliso Creek and his native Afghanistan, but no one listened. News has Matt Coker explaining why rising radio star Leyla Fatima is a patron saint for parents of drug addicts in "Lady Fatima."And R. S ... More >>
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December 11, 2008
[CD Review] Common, 'Universal Mind Control' (Geffen)
In "War & Water" Matt Coker interviews Hasan Nouri, the developer who pitched plans to stabilize Aliso Creek and his native Afghanistan, but no one listened. News has Matt Coker explaining why rising radio star Leyla Fatima is a patron saint for parents of drug addicts in "Lady Fatima."And R. S ... More >>
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March 26, 2009
[Sound Guy] Matt 'Brawdcast' Castillo Taste-Tests His Way to His Hip-Hop Dreams
In "War & Water" Matt Coker interviews Hasan Nouri, the developer who pitched plans to stabilize Aliso Creek and his native Afghanistan, but no one listened. News has Matt Coker explaining why rising radio star Leyla Fatima is a patron saint for parents of drug addicts in "Lady Fatima."And R. S ... More >>
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March 11, 2009
Posthumous J Dilla record out in June
A 25-track disc comprised of beats made by the late J Dilla is "dropping" (that's hip-hop for "being released") June 2 on Nature Sounds. Dilla was a much-heralded producer who gained fame in the late '80s with the group Slum Village. Many credit him for helping to place Detroit on the hip-hop map, b ... More >>
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January 22, 2009
Blake Miller of Moving Units Lives the Best of Both (Indie and Electronic) Worlds
A 25-track disc comprised of beats made by the late J Dilla is "dropping" (that's hip-hop for "being released") June 2 on Nature Sounds. Dilla was a much-heralded producer who gained fame in the late '80s with the group Slum Village. Many credit him for helping to place Detroit on the hip-hop map, b ... More >>
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September 11, 2008
Four Eyes
N.E.R.D.
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January 10, 2008
Real People
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January 31, 2008
Hit Tingles
Crinkle your nose to Colbie Caillat's bubbly folk-pop
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September 6, 2007
The Conservative Pundit's Nightmare
Shock! Rapper Common links public and private issues with thoughtfulness!
Music
August 23, 2007
Detroit Bass Baller
Ghetto-Tech Guru DJ Starski’s Hard-Cop Life
Music
March 29, 2007
Soul Survivors
Todays hip-hop owes a huge debt to De La Souland the tab keeps growing
Music
February 8, 2007
Ah Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
FEB. 8-FEB. 15
Features
December 28, 2006
Indie Vs. Major: Who's Got the Flavor
Urban music in 2006 was typified by what it wasnt as much as what it was
Music
September 7, 2006
A Touch of Jazz
Bobbi Humphrey struck by lightning
Music
March 30, 2006
Get Out!
Deep Wet Tongue Kiss
March 30 - April 6
Film
March 2, 2006
Party Over Here!
Dave Chappelle raises the roof
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December 22, 2005
This Week in Scandalous Hoes
Mike Jones
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December 22, 2005
Get Out!
The Most Wonderful
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June 2, 2005
This Week In Nightlife
JUNE 2 THRU JUNE 9:
MEET A NEED
Culture
October 2, 2003
Pale Blues
Scorsese series lacks mojo
Columns
May 29, 2003
Give Blood, Replenish with Merlot
How to live during the summer of our discontent
Music
May 15, 2003
Organic Culture
Cal State Fullertons Sol of Hip-Hop
Music
April 26, 2001
To Da Break of Dawn
The Audiotistic rave goes (almost) all night
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July 20, 2000
Fest-O-Mania Wrap-Up
The Audiotistic rave goes (almost) all night
Blogs
December 31, 2009
New Year's Eve Party Playlist
Looking for some tunes to blast at the bash you're hosting tonight? Or maybe to crank up in the car on your way to a slamming soiree? Here's my New Year's Eve Party Playlist, featuring the best from the past year and stone cold classics. Enjoy. Flickr user Sada 1988Click song title for YouTube clip ... More >>
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April 5, 2010
What You Missed: MS Benefit, Common, the Cool Kids, Kevin & Bean's KROQ April Foolishness
Christopher VictorioStacy Clark enjoys some Stereofix. On Saturday night, Turkey and Friends helped put together an awesome lineup of talented bands to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Local faves like Stacy Clark, Stereofix, Beta Wolf, the Relative Strangers, We Are the Pilots ... More >>
Film
May 13, 2010
'Just Wright' Is Just Wrong
Here's hoping another movie might one day find better use for the easygoing vibe between Queen Latifah and Common
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March 10, 2010
Tanya Petrovna of Native Foods, Part II
Tanya Petrovna is the chef and owner of Native Foods. Her ever-expanding vegan eatery started out in Palm Springs in 1994, but we in OC know her best from her restaurant at The Camp, which is housed inside a yurt. She has two other restaurants in OC, not all of them in yurts, but serving the ... More >>
Columns
April 14, 2011
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
Tanya Petrovna is the chef and owner of Native Foods. Her ever-expanding vegan eatery started out in Palm Springs in 1994, but we in OC know her best from her restaurant at The Camp, which is housed inside a yurt. She has two other restaurants in OC, not all of them in yurts, but serving the ... More >>
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May 10, 2011
Common Catches Heat From Conservatives Over White House Invitation
facebook.com/thinkcommonRapper Common suddenly finds himself in the midst of controversy after accepting an invitation to be part of the White House's "Poetry Night" this week. The Chi-town MC, who will join Jill Scott, Billy Collins, Elizabeth Alexander and others as guests of President Barack O ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Common: More Worthy of the White House Invite Than Sarah Palin
As everyone knows by now, rapper Common has been the target of various right wingers, including Tucker Carlson's The Daily Caller, Fox Nation, and, of course, Sarah Palin after accepting an invitation to be part of the White House's "Poetry Night" this week. As we talked about earlier this ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
Kanye West Announces New Album on Twitter
Laila Derakhshanian/OC Weekly Who needs a publicist when you've got 140 characters to spare and 4,675,077 follwers on Twitter? Definitely not Kanye West, who tweeted that his next album is coming out in the spring of 2012. Aaaand it will probably be a compilation from his label Good Music, since ... More >>

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