It's embarrassing enough to the rest of us staffers that Gustavo Arellano's name appears on every other page. But now it's increasingly engulfing the LA "By God" Times, too.
In his pop news column in Sunday's Calendar section, Chris Lee had an item titled "Offspring's Dexter Holland dips into salsa," which we'd link you to were it not one of those Times pay-to-play dealies. (Give 'em a break; times is bad at Tribune Inc.) You'll recall, of course, Gustavo extolled the praises of that rot
The L.A. Times did a good piece today on Dexter Holland's Gringo Bandito hot sauce, which is, by the way, produced in O.C. The article stated that the sauce is a success after its introduction in 2006, with 300 gallons of the stuff being bottled per month.
But we shan't forget that at least some part of that is due to our own Gustavo Arellano, who gave his stamp of approval about when it debuted.
One of my favorite columns after Savage Love is The Straight Dope, a decades-old column presided over by Cecil Adams in Chicago. Short description: Adams answers ANY question about ANYTHING. Recently, he branched off and began a separate column focusing solely on the Windy City. The latest installment deals with the lack of Chicago's homegrown Italian beef sandwiches on menus across the United States, at least as compared to other regional sandwiches with national followings like French dip sand
If hit songs and record sales are any indication (and uh...they are) the Offspring may very well be the most successful Orange County band of all time. Latest album Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace spawned "You're Gonna Go Far, Kid," one of their biggest hits ever (11 weeks at #1 on the Billboard modern rock chart!) and Smash has sold 16 million units worldwide at this point. And as the "Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?" video showed, Dexter Holland has grown out his hair some. So that's something.The b
(Placeholder image to soon be replaced by live photo by Robert Fayette!)BY DAVID J. NICOLASFriday Night: The Offspring, Alkaline Trio at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine; June 5, 2009.Say what you will about the Offspring. Yes, their heavy punk-pop distortion seems to be a better fit in a different decade. Being :pretty fly for a white guy" is an anomaly in itself. But don't tell that to the nearly 16,000 fist-pumping fans at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Friday night in Irvine.Families
