Conan O'Brien

The Gibson Amphitheatre To Close Its Doors

The storied L.A. venue announced today that it will officially close in September following a special grand finale concert honoring its history. The full press release is available below...

Guitar Geek Festival To Take Place This Weekend In Anaheim

While many of musicians, studio types, instrument and accessory vendors from across the globe descend upon Anaheim for NAMM, there's another music expo that's taking place as well. Deke Dickerson is presenting his 10th annual Guitar Geek Festival in Anaheim this weekend, which will be the last time ... More >>

Reggie Watts' Humor Might Hurt Your Head

When it comes to the humor this beatboxing madman, it's best to not overthink it

Free Ticket Tuesday Wednesday: Trampled By Turtles at the Observatory

For as much rollicking folk music as we seem to have in this here county, OC music fans definitely aren't opposed to checking out some imported banjo twanging. Especially when you add some fiery fretwork, sweet facial hair and flannel to the mix. So yeah, in that respect you could say Duluth, Minnes ... More >>

JD McPherson Gets Drunk on Roots Rock 2.0 (And Nothing Else)

We're not sure if JD McPherson is as strait-laced as he says he is. Sure, he may have cropped, slicked-back hair, a crisp denim jacket and choirboy looks, but it's hard to imagine the gravelly soul erupting in his voice is the product of anything but hard drinking and wild living. After all, why els ... More >>

Sullivan & Son Comedy Tour

Irvine Improv

JD McPherson Signifies Roots Rock 2.0

The Oklahoma singer/songwriter likes his rockabilly with a dash of Wu-Tang

Vans Custom Culture Help You Pimp Your Vans

[Trendzilla] The Cypress-based company creates a fundraiser for high school arts programs

Jake Shimabukuro

Coach House

Five Comics to Watch Out For in 2012

​Everyone thinks they're a comic, but in truth, there are a very few that have what it takes to get up there, kill a crowd, and stand beside the greats. Comics come and go, but if they are lucky, they can attain staying power and become legendary. Kind of like Daniel Tosh. (Speaking of, we heard T ... More >>

Morrissey at the Fox Theater in Pomona Last Night

Andrew Youssef​MorrisseyNovember 28, 2011Fox Theater in PomonaClick here to see more photos.Morrissey loves Pomona. Pomona worships Morrissey. The atmosphere was electric inside the Fox Theater as Morrissey closed out his swing of Southern California dates. From the moment Morrissey and his band a ... More >>

[UPDATE: Ticket Info!] "Secret" Morrissey Show Wednesday at the Music Box

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​UPDATE, NOV. 21, 1:10 P.M.: We just received a press release confirming the show. Get more details on how to get tickets at the bottom of the post.  ORIGINAL POST, NOV. 20, 2011, 1:21 A.M.: While checking out the Pixies tonight in LA, we heard whisperings of an unanno ... More >>

Rebecca Black's and Patrice Wilson Now in a Documentary About Internet Memes

​Here's the fascinating thing about Rebecca Black's "Friday," written and produced by Patrice Wilson for Ark Music Factory. When it was released as a single last March, no one knew that all the haterade would give the song--and Anaheim native Rebecca--legs. Way beyond its 167 million views on YouT ... More >>

'Cars 2' and Others Are Summer's Season Openers

[SUMMER GUIDE] Superheroes, sequels and TWO Conans!

Grab Bag o' Goodies

Nine great posts from our Stick a Fork In It blog you might've missed

No, Really: Jimmy Pardo is Never Not Funny

​Comedian Jimmy Pardo's Never Not Funny podcast is already a huge hit; on November 26, Friday, they'll be having their annual Pardcast-a-thon with all proceeds going to Smile Train. For 12 hours (beginning at 6 p.m.) the Pardcast-a-thon will have 24 comedians donating their time and their funnies, ... More >>

Listen to Conan O'Brien's New Single for 24 Hours Only

​Pitchfork posted the improvised, spoken-word single from Conan O'Brien called "And They Call Me Mad" today, where the comedian does a Vincent Price impression  as Frankenstein. The track comes out on 7" vinyl via Jack White's Third Man imprint tomorrow, as we reported last week.Listen to it ... More >>

Jack White Releases Conan O'Brien Album and Single!

​How'd we miss this?Last week the Hollywood Reporter said that Conan O'Brien is releasing two albums prior to  launching his new TBS talk show. They actually got it wrong, says our sister pub LA Weekly--Jack White's label, Third Man Records, will actually be "releasing a Conan O'Brien album a ... More >>

Who's Next At The Most Cursed Restaurant Location In Tustin?

Edwin Goei​Here we go again. The shack in front of Tustin's Sushi Wasabi at Newport Avenue and Walnut Street, which used to house a DIY Korean BBQ called Hebaragi, has changed hands yet again. At this point, I have no other conclusion than to say that this location is cursed.

Crunky

Edwin Goei​Name: Crunky Ball Chocolate Origin: Korea Found at: H-Mart, Irvine Cost: $3.49 Ingredients: Sugar, Whole Milk Powder, Cocoa Mass, Cocoa Butter, Corn, Vegetable Fat, Lactose, Whey Permeate Pwder, Emulsifer (Soy bean), Arabic Gum, Salt, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Artificial Flavor (V ... More >>

Team Coco Alert! Conan O'Brien Stage Show Lands in LA

​Conan O'Brien's live comedy/music review, which is aptly titled "Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television," lands April 24-25 at Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal City Walk, poignantly close to where the tall drink of redhead taped The Tonight Show before NBC fucked him over.

Tweets From the Park!

Flickr user katutaide​Time for Tweets From the Park, where we gather the funniest, weirdest, grossest and most interesting tweets from Disneyland Resort for your reading pleasure. Follow us on Twitter @OCWeekly!IamAlbeezy: @CeeDana I went to Disneyland on a Tuesday too in the Summer, shit crowded ... More >>

Neil Young to Perform "Fuckin' Up" on Conan O'Brien's "Tonight Show" Finale? He Should!

​This evening Conan O'Brien fans will have one last chance to catch the funny man with the towering hairdo host the Tonight Show. Sure, O'Brien will likely resurface somewhere--the safe bet is Fox--shortly, and with a 45 million exit deal, he won't exactly be standing in the unemployment line in ... More >>

Q&A: Adam Carolla Says He'll Take Conan O'Brien's 'Raw Deal'

Adam Carolla has made a career of riffing on everything from pressing social issues to campus blow job etiquette with just the right mix of street smarts, snark and locker room charm. A generation of young men (and probably even some women) learned about sex, partying and having a blast pissing peop ... More >>

Comic: Leno's "Tonight Show" Rise Mirrors Nixon's Political Rise

​By the time you read this, the ink may already be dry on a $30 million to $40 million settlement that would allow Conan O'Brien to leave NBC so Jay Leno can reclaim The Tonight Show.Meanwhile, one of the many comedians backing CoCo has compared Leno's late-night TV ascension to the political maki ... More >>

Gettin' Made: Team Conan

When something big hits the news, it's always interesting to see how that translates on Etsy. Take the big Jay Leno / Conan O'Brien controversy on NBC right now. It seems that the Etsy community leans more in favor of Conan (and rightfully so!) - do a search for Jay Leno and ... More >>

2/1 Odds Set Conan Splits "Tonight Show" by June

​An Irish bookmaker is offering short odds of 2/1 that Conan O'Brien quits as The Tonight Show host before June 2010.

Five Other Shows NBC Fucked Up On

So now that Conan O'Brien has decided he will not do the Tonight Show if it means following Jay Leno, we're sort of, kind of, well, livid, that NBC is seriously jeopardizing our nightly dosage of Conan. After almost a week of speculation, it's clear that the network--which has  history of not-s ... More >>

2009 Postseason Throwdown: 26 Reasons to Hate Boston, Bostonians and Other Massholes

Those rubes in Boston probably find this pretty.​UPDATED WITH CORRECTIONS . . . Before Angel fans can truly hate the Boston Red Sox--actually, if 1986 playoffs didn't do it, nothing will--they must first hate the team's fans, the residents of the town surrounding Fe ... More >>

Conan O'Brien at Barbershop Harmony Society International Convention in Anaheim

Conan O'Brien has been doing his show on the west coast since June, but it took him until last night to make it to Orange County. Well, technically speaking, this segment was filmed at the Barbershop Harmony Society International Convention at the Hilton Anaheim and Honda Center, which took place Ju ... More >>

On-Sale Saturday: All Time Low, Paramore, More

​All Time Low are currently experiencing an all time high (I'm sorry, really) amount of exposure through their new album, Nothing Personal--which defied expectations by debuting #4 on Billboard and got them an appearance on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Ride the wave of their success on Nov ... More >>

The Alley Cats: Friday Night's Barbershop Quartet

​In another edition of what this writer's going to call "Free Things to Do This Weekend" (it's unofficial!), So-Cal's own barbershop quartet, The Alley Cats, comes home Friday night with a free concert at Chapman University.  Formed in 1987 at Fullerton College, the group is considered as "Am ... More >>

Free Crap That Came In The Mail: Lullaby Renditions of Aerosmith

​A lot of times "Free Crap That Came In The Mail" is just taking shots at easy targets. Why not? It's, you know, easy. But this installment is actually something sort of cool, that I probably would have otherwise ignored if not for the fact that it (you guessed it) came in the mail.

Dishney: Disney Profits Drop 26%, Conan O'Brien Laughs

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien - Disney CutbacksA few weeks ago, the Walt Disney Company reported a 26 percent drop in profits, thanks to a decline at its many theme parks and media networks like ABC and ESPN.  Conan O'Brien, meanwhile, offered his own suggestions on how Disneyland should ... More >>

Shatner Reading Palin vs. Huell Howser Tripping

Earlier today, Weekly food blogger Lesley McCave forwarded a video from The Tonight Show Starring Conan O'Brien featuring William Shatner reading from Sarah Palin's goodbye, Alaska speech:Its reign as the Greatest Video Ever only lasted a few minutes, however. That's because a scroll through LA Time ... More >>

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Is Sotomayor the Right Shade of Brown for the Mexican?

Last Night: Airborne Toxic Event, Fratellis @ HOB, Anaheim

Last Night: The Airborne Toxic Event and The Fratellis at the House of Blues Anaheim September 15, 2008. Better Than: crying over all the money you lost in the stock market. Download: The Airborne Toxic Event live at KCRW The three pronged attack of Electric Touch, The Airborne Toxic Event and Th ... More >>

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The Year in Horror Bonus Quotes - Eli Roth

Sometimes you get way more good quotes than you can use in a story, and such was the case with my year in horror piece in today's issue. Here in cyberspace, we have a lot more room, so enjoy these bonus interviews. ELI ROTH, director of HOSTEL PART II On the need for familiarity With HALLOWEEN and ... More >>

Special Feedback !ask a Mexican!(r) Edition!

FEEDBACK: Rock en espanol and the Perils of Assimilation

The Black Keys Release Free Live EP

My chief complaint about the Black Keys is that they don't release something new every single day of the week, or go on month-long tours of my immediate neighborhood. Thankfully, the Keys released a complimentary four-song live EP earlier this week via their Myspace page, free of charge. A small ... More >>

More Cowbell!

Watching yesterdays broody leading men fall down the stairs

Live Previews

Not The Tom Green Show

Tom Green puts away childish things

Confessions of a Designated Driver

Jazz Is Not a Dirty Word

John Pizzarelli: People not stupid

Never Heard of Him? Perfect!

Ben Kweller happy to be a retread at 21

Hey, Mom, Im a Rock Star

On tour with a wildly famous Orange County band