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Dennis Lluy

  • News

    October 27, 2011

    OC's Scariest People 2011

    Celebrating the Day of the Dead with some of the county's worst offenders

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2011

    Unwritten Law at the Yost on Saturday Night

    ​Unwritten LawAug. 6, 2011Yost TheaterSaturday night marked the much ballyhooed reopening of Santa Ana's newest entertainment hot spot, The Yost, and featured San Diego band Unwritten Law as the headliner for its maiden re-voyage. If you're not familiar with the controversies surrounding the  ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2011

    Some Impolite Questions to Ask at the Yost Theater's Grand "Re-Opening" Tonight

    ​Tonight, if all goes according to plan (although it just might not), the Yost Theater will hold a big concert that its promoters have advertised for months as the venue's grand re-opening. Our music editor, Lilledeshan Bose, penned a great cover story last week on the controversy surrounding the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Thrice's Eddie Breckenridge on Playing at the Yost Theater

    ​While Thrice is gearing up for the release of their seventh studio release, Major/Minor, their  bassist Eddie Breckenridge sent me a few thoughts on the Yost Theater while I was reporting story on its opening; the Irvine prog-rockers are performing at Yost on August 13 to give a hometown aud ... More >>

  • Music

    July 28, 2011

    The Yost Theater Is Ready for Its Closeup

    The renovated, revamped venue is ready for its grand reopening. So why aren't all of its downtown Santa Ana neighbors celebrating?

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    Yost Theater Whitewashes Its Own History When Not Telling Outright Lies

    The Yost in its prime​In the next couple of months, you're going to hear and read all about the grand reopening of the Yost Theater in downtown Santa Ana, that old structure most famous in the Orange County story for serving as the focal point for Latino life for decades--but not anymore! You'll h ... More >>

  • Music

    October 8, 2009

    [BEST OF OC] El Promotor (the Promoter): Dennis Lluy

    The Yost in its prime​In the next couple of months, you're going to hear and read all about the grand reopening of the Yost Theater in downtown Santa Ana, that old structure most famous in the Orange County story for serving as the focal point for Latino life for decades--but not anymore! You'll h ... More >>

  • Music

    October 1, 2009

    The Burger Records Guys Are Opening a Store Full of Vinyl and Cassettes. In This Economy?

    The Yost in its prime​In the next couple of months, you're going to hear and read all about the grand reopening of the Yost Theater in downtown Santa Ana, that old structure most famous in the Orange County story for serving as the focal point for Latino life for decades--but not anymore! You'll h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2009

    Showgazing: Sharing Time at Yost and Detroit

    ​Last night was a busy one for Orange County bands--Make Moon, the Growlers, the New Limb, Janu and the Whalesharks at the Yost Theater; the Union Line and Yellow Red Sparks at Detroit Bar; and the final night of Handsome G's residency at the Gypsy Lounge. We made it to the first two.

  • Music

    May 21, 2009

    [Sound Guy] Yost Theater Operators Are Choosy When It Comes to Booking Their Venue

    ​Last night was a busy one for Orange County bands--Make Moon, the Growlers, the New Limb, Janu and the Whalesharks at the Yost Theater; the Union Line and Yellow Red Sparks at Detroit Bar; and the final night of Handsome G's residency at the Gypsy Lounge. We made it to the first two.

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2009

    Last Night: The Bird and the Bee, Melanoid, Stacy Clark at the Yost Theatre

    Last Night: The Bird and the Bee, Melanoid, Stacy Clark at the Yost Theatre, Santa Ana, Feb. 26, 2009.Better than: Breaking into the Yost during its dormant period and attempting to put on your own show. Folks, that's illegal, and also pretty weird.Best fashion choice: The bow on Bird and the Bee si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 26, 2009

    TONIGHT: The Yost Returns with the Bird and the Bee and Melanoid

    We've written a lot about the resurrection of the historic Yost Theatre in downtown Santa Ana--now operated by Dennis Lluy and booked by Ashley Eckenweiler. It started with November's SoundDowntown, and continues tonight with a show from LA's delightful The Bird and the Bee. I last saw them in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    More Shows Announced for the Yost Theater

    We told you a bit ago about some shows coming to Santa Ana's recently-dormant Yost Theater courtesy of Dennis Lluy and Koo's, and now a couple more gigs--hinting at the diversity of programming planned for the venue--have been added to the schedule.On March 7, the "Zero Film Festival" will take plac ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 30, 2009

    Koo's Now Booking Shows at Santa Ana's Yost Theater

    Chris Ziegler reported for us back in October about Koo's returning to Santa Ana and taking over programming at the long-dormant Yost Theater, and now shows are beginning to pop up on the venue's schedule. It's a move that generated some degree of grousing--particularly around November's SoundDownto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2008

    This Week in the OC Weekly

    In "The Reformer" Matt Coker educates us about longtime OC GOP legislator Ross Johnson finding a new life as a campaign-finance watchdog in Sacramento. R. Scott Moxley explains the reason behind Mike Carona's smile in "The Crooked Sheriff Chuckled". And Matt Coker dictates departing OC Register c ... More >>

  • Music

    November 13, 2008

    Dennis Lluy of Koo's Cafe Brings a Bunch of Bands to Santa Ana With the SoundDowntown Festival

    In "The Reformer" Matt Coker educates us about longtime OC GOP legislator Ross Johnson finding a new life as a campaign-finance watchdog in Sacramento. R. Scott Moxley explains the reason behind Mike Carona's smile in "The Crooked Sheriff Chuckled". And Matt Coker dictates departing OC Register c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2008

    After Five Years, Dennis Lluy Returns Koo’s To Santa Ana

    By Chris Ziegler After five years in downtown Long Beach, storied all-ages venue Koo’s is officially returning to Santa Ana and a new home at the historic Yost Theater, where a no-longer non-profit Koo’s, Inc., will begin programming in January. “We’re done in Long Beach,” says Koo’s ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 18, 2007

    Letters

    'Vicki [sic] Chang has got to be one of your worst writers with the worst taste. I abhor her Trendzilla column. It has the most contrived style blurbberings [sic] Ive ever read.'

  • Music

    November 2, 2006

    You Don't Hear Me Tho

    WEB EXCLUSIVE! Koos still quietfor now

  • Features

    October 19, 2006

    The Playground

    No. 3: Santa Ana is absolutely, positively, OCs best downtownnow, keep it that way!

  • Music

    July 20, 2006

    You Call That Music?

    Sound Downtown

  • Music

    March 16, 2006

    Running On Empty

    A freaking astronaut helmet!

  • Culture

    February 23, 2006

    This Week in a Whiskey? Don't Mind If I Do!

    'The Clearing'

  • Music

    May 12, 2005

    Koos Cant Lose

    LB art center wins live-entertainment permit

  • Music

    March 17, 2005

    Noise Annoys

    Koos Kagily Kancels Kurrent Koncerts

  • Culture

    March 3, 2005

    Is That a Charcoal Stick In Your Pocket?

    Or are you just happy to see the Koos life-drawing workshop?

  • Music

    February 17, 2005

    Hell in a Shoebox

    Tentation's haughty, wealthy asshats and Anna Nicole look-alikes

  • News

    January 29, 2004

    The Modern Dance

    Koos in Trouble 2: Electric Boogaloo

  • Features

    January 1, 2004

    Koos Coup

    Another Year With Nothing To DoAgain?

  • Features

    November 20, 2003

    How to Start Your Own Club

    Another Year With Nothing To DoAgain?

  • Unknown

    April 17, 2003

    Welcome Back, Koo's!

    Another Year With Nothing To DoAgain?

  • Unknown

    February 7, 2002

    Koo's is dead. Long live Koo's!

    Another Year With Nothing To DoAgain?

  • Music

    February 7, 2002

    Building the Perfect All-Ages Venue

    A step-by-step primer

  • News

    January 17, 2002

    Hiatus a Week at a Time

    Santa Ana KOs Koos Art Cafefor the moment

  • Culture

    July 8, 1999

    Insider Art

    Are OC artists hip enough to show at Cal State Fullertons Grand Central?

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