Subject: Derek Olson

• Free crap that came in the mail

  You think these are cupcakes. But in fact, they are "Beasley Poppers," and Paris Hilton likes them. In the interests of objectivity, since they were sent to me for some reason -- most likely because of my stunning resemblance to Paris Hilton -- I recuse myself from reviewing them, and instead defer to some of my fellow staffers. Gustavo Arellano [making a shrugging gesture]: "Mm-ph." Derek Olson: "It's diabetilicious." Janine Kahn: "Things taste better when they're free." Vickie Chang:

  May 30, 2007

• What the Times left out of the Great Park story

  July 13, 2007

• What you missed over the weekend: Part IX

  The Gothla Festival hit Fullerton from Friday to Sunday, and we were there in full force. Christopher Victorio took some beautiful pictures of the ladies gyrating in all sorts of intricate outfits at Saturday night's Gothic Gala. (Check those out here.) Luke Thompson and Derek Olson were also in attendance and will be posting some video on Navel Gazing later today. Clubs photographer Fever Dragon spent Friday evening on board The Rocket Boat in Alamitos Harbor for a punk lineup that included th

  February 11, 2008

• What you missed over the weekend: Part XII

  Jewlicious Festival 4.0, the largest youth festival celebrating contemporary Jewish culture and identity, was held in Long Beach over the Feb. 29 - March 2 weekend at the Barbara and Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center. Reza Allah-Bakhshi dropped by on Saturday and caught internationally acclaimed rapper Y-Love, human beatbox Yuri Lane and Moshav. Check out his photos here. Also in attendance was our Derek Olson, who shot some video that will grace Heard Mentality later today. Luke Thompson drov

  March 3, 2008

• What You Missed Over The Weekend Part XVIII

  This weekend began on Thursday thanks to Rockstar Energy's Taste of Chaos tour coming to Long Beach arena. Weekly staffers and freelancers headed out and experienced the shenanigans reporting back later, hung over and rocked out. Music Editor Dave Segal spent Friday taking in Crystal Castles at Detroit Bar and tapping his foot furiously to the skinny-jeaned electro beats. Sadly, it was too hot and packed in there to bust out any non-existent repertoire of dance moves (view photos here). Meanwhi

  April 14, 2008

• OC Weekly kicks major ass in SoCal press club award nominations (Updated)

  I knew we'd build on last year...and we have. Congratulations to all this year's nominees: Journalist of the Year, PRINT (Under 100,000 circulation) REPORTER, COLUMNIST OR EDITOR: Scott Moxley, OC Weekly News Feature, DAILY/WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS Under 100,000 circulation: Nick Schou, OC Weekly, “Just a Random Female.” Columnist, DAILY/WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS Under 100,000 circulation: Gustavo Arellano, OC Weekly, "Ask A Mexican" Signed Commentary, DAILY/WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS Under 100,000 circulatio

  May 20, 2008

• What You Missed Over The Weekend Part XXII

  Memorial Day Edition Long weekends aren't just for relaxing. OC Weekly staffer Luke Y. Thompson kept himself busy by going to the Scottish festival at the OC fair, where he found some of his very distant relatives from the Clan Graham. He also attended a cookout with a bunch of other (relatively) young movie critics, among them Todd Gilchrist, Brent Simon, Dave White, and Alonso Duralde. But all of this action didn't stop him from writing his weekly Fast Food Review, this week features the many

  May 27, 2008

• Babies, Porn Stars and Mixed-Martial Artists

  New York Post Page 6 columnist Richard Johnson reports today that retired porn star Jenna Jameson is having “Huntington Beach Bad Boy” Tito Ortiz's love child. Well, at least we think it's Tito's. Pity the fool who is the father if it is not. By the by, our image of Ortiz was shot by former Weekly staffer Luke Y. Thompson, who covered the North American Mixed Martial Arts Association Expo back in December on this very site. It's unclear whether the amazing LYT will be invited into the la

  August 6, 2008

• All Gaza, All the Time for One Muslim Student Union Watcher

  ***UPDATED*** As former Weekly reporter Derek Olson mentions in this piece, recent UC Irvine graduate Reut R. Cohen keeps tabs on the campus' controversial Muslim Student Union on her blog. But, understandably, it's been all Gaza, all the time in recent days. Cohen (left) provides video "inside a Hamas meeting" and of Benjamin Netanyaho delivering a Gaza statement in English. She also provides links to the latest news reports out of Israel.  It's the same story over at Litt

  December 30, 2008

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  June 26, 2008

• [Summer Guide] The Simple Pleasures of an OC Summer

  June 12, 2008

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  May 22, 2008

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  May 15, 2008

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  May 8, 2008

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  April 10, 2008

• Letters From OC Weekly Readers

  April 3, 2008

• Super Blogalicious

  Seen and Heard on Super Tuesday

  February 7, 2008

• Letters

  'Don't be such a dick!'

  February 7, 2008

• Letters

  'Sometimes, when I am stressed, I go and stand on the shoulder of a toll road and smell the fumes—I mean, fresh air'

  January 24, 2008

• Has It Been a Year Already?

  2007: A year to remember

  December 27, 2007

• Letters

  'All credibility has just gone down the drain'

  December 20, 2007

• Letters

  “Why can’t polygamists be more like Mike Carona? He only has one wife (and a mistress and a couple of girlfriends)”
  
  

  November 22, 2007

• Letters

  "What do you mean, no better than a McNugget?"

  November 15, 2007

• Letters

  "There is a huge difference between the FBI and the media."

  November 1, 2007

• Letters

  "Don't be hating on Latinas because you can't get like them, all pretty and beautiful"

  September 13, 2007

• Letters

  I hate Mexicans

  September 6, 2007

• Letters

  WHEN IS THIS PAPER GONNA PUSH ASIDE SOME HOOKER ADS AND MAYBE INCLUDE SOME INFORMATIVE INFORMATION?

  August 30, 2007

• Letters

  "At least now we know that the 'new' weekly is picking up a bunch of non-gay, non-liberal readers"

  August 23, 2007

• Letters

  Allow me to write a similar column to !Ask a Mexican! called Ask an American, and lets see which column people like more

  July 5, 2007

• Letters

  'Take you, your family and all the shit-smelling pho houses back to SE Aisia'

  June 28, 2007

• Letters

  'I hold an ASS'

  June 14, 2007

• About OC Weekly

  March 29, 2007

• The FBI, the Islamic Center of Irvine and Craig Monteilh: Who Was Conning Whom?

  April 30, 2009