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Elvis Costello

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    On the Line: David Man of Palm Terrace and Lounge, Part Two

    While not a luxe lonchera, Palm Terrace now has a catering truck, ready to serve parties of five to 500 wherever they can park it (most recently at the OC Fairgrounds). His mom's infamous cooking makes another appearance in this segment as well, but so does Yoda. It'll make more sense once you perus ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 8, 2011

    New Fidelity

    Alex's Bar

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2011

    [UPDATE with Free Lucinda Williams Concert Deets at the Great Park]: Five Songs That Will Make You a Fan

    Jon Gitchoff/Riverfront Times​UPDATE: Aug. 8, 2011, 12:00 p.m. : So when we talked about Lucinda Williams headlining the Great Park Flights & Sounds Summer Festival on Saturday, we didn't know it was a free event. But the country music star will take the Great Park stage at 8:15 p.m. on August ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Songs About Girls From A(lison) to Z(ebulon), Part 1

    ​Music geeks, rejoice! Here's the ultimate list for you--a song with a girl's name in the title for each letter of the alphabet. We dug up everything from custy Beach Boys songs to deep cuts by the Smashing Pumpkins (who, by the way, have an inordinate amount of songs titled with girls' names, odd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    TGIF: Agent Orange, Yo La Tengo, T-Pain and Gang of Four

    Brian KasnyikAgents have diplomatic immunity?​Friday kicks off the weekend with Agent Orange ripping into things at Friar Tuck's Bar and Grille in Pomona. It may seem odd to have a now-veteran act be our Locals Only focus this week, but Mike Palm has always been about the area he grew up and start ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    American Hi-Fi's Front Man Stacy Jones: 'I Just Turned 40, and I Have Not Had a Real Job'

    ​"American Hi-Fi has become kind of an inside joke for the four of us," says front man Stacy Jones by phone from his downtown Los Angeles home. "It's become kind of this boy's club where we drink beer and we watch sports and we play rock music."  Not an entirely bad gig: over the span of thei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2010

    President Obama, Paul McCartney, Jack White, Seinfeld, etc. Come Together And Sing "Hey Jude"

    [Via Pitchfork] ​While you were eating dinner, doing laundry or watching TV last night, President Obama was apparently singing "Hey Jude" at the White House with a bunch of other famous people. The grand sing-along happened after he p ... More >>

  • Music

    May 6, 2010

    Sublime With Rome With Tour Dates

    [Mental Notes] Also: Re-liking the Like, running with Letterman, and much love for Avi Buffalo

  • Music

    March 4, 2010

    The Like: Don't Hate

    [Mental Notes] Also, Sublime With Rome to Roam, Thom Yorke Makes Peace

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2010

    Farmer Dave Scher

    The Prospector

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2010

    Playlist: Coping with OC Commute that 'Impacts Country's Worst'

    My coworker over at our Navel Gazing blog recently posted "OC Impacts Some of Country's Worst Commutes." The shit gets real thick and nasty on the Hollywood Freeway in Los Angeles, where speeds average 14 mph during the most congested times. But sitting in the CA-55 on my way home from Costa Mesa t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2010

    Today in Music News: The Who, Michael Jackson, Lenny Kravitz, Elvis Costello, Neko Case, Stephen King, John Mellencamp, Lil Wayne

    Pederast prevention group wants the Who out of Super Bowl. We just think they're guilty of CSI overexposure. Speaking of pederasts, more on outed MJ track (what? too early?):  "As you know and have heard, part of the song leaked--not by me, because mine has been locked up in a vault since we recor ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 1, 2010

    Happy New Year! Here's the Hangover Playlist

    Head's on fire. Stomach turns. Bruises in the oddest places. Who's that stranger snoring on my sofa? Happy New Year's! The day when we all try to put together the pieces from the previous night's debauchery. Here are some songs to help you nurse that world-class hangover.Flickr user Sebastian-DarioC ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 1, 2010

    Happy New Year! Here's the Hangover Playlist

    Head's on fire. Stomach turns. Bruises in the oddest places. Who's that stranger snoring on my sofa? Happy New Year's! The day when we all try to put together the pieces from the previous night's debauchery. Here are some songs to help you nurse that world-class hangover.Flickr user Sebastian-DarioC ... More >>

  • 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 >>

  • Music

    June 4, 2009

    [CD Review] Elvis Costello, 'Secret, Profane & Sugarcane' (Hear Music)

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    Album Review: Elvis Costello, 'Secret, Profane & Sugarcane'

    This album review runs in OC Weekly this week--summer guide issue!--but why wait until then? The record's out now! Yeah!Elvis CostelloSecret, Profane & Sugarcane(Hear Music)In this phase of his career, Elvis Costello seems determined to convince people he can do just about anything--jazz (2003's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2009

    Before It Gets Old: '30 Rock' Benefit Song

    So many guest stars! It's sad to see another season of the totally outrageously hilariously awesome 30 Rock end, especially given today's totally outrageously completely lame news that it once again won't start until midseason next year. Blerg indeed. But savor the good times with this video, from l ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 7, 2009

    Mingus Big Band

    So many guest stars! It's sad to see another season of the totally outrageously hilariously awesome 30 Rock end, especially given today's totally outrageously completely lame news that it once again won't start until midseason next year. Blerg indeed. But savor the good times with this video, from l ... More >>

  • Music

    March 12, 2009

    [Locals Only] Steel Yourself

    So many guest stars! It's sad to see another season of the totally outrageously hilariously awesome 30 Rock end, especially given today's totally outrageously completely lame news that it once again won't start until midseason next year. Blerg indeed. But savor the good times with this video, from l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2009

    Only in Portland

    So last night I finally made it to this place called Casa Diablo. It's a strip club with an all-vegan menu and the dancers are not allowed to wear animal products. As a single vegan male alone in a city with nothing to do (and no restaurants open at 10 p.m.), I had to go. I get in and notice a heavi ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2008

    Not the Beer?

    What Made Milwaukee Famous

  • Music

    June 7, 2007

    Sweet Sounds From Above

    Hymns

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2007

    In Brief: The Official Will Swaim Playlist

    I'm sure by now that most of you who read this are aware our editor-in-chief, Will Swaim, has resigned. What you may not be aware of, however, is our boss's penchant for singing—constantly. Seriously. Dude sings more than Rebecca Schoenkopf does. Which is A LOT. Anyway. In memorium, I'm posti ... More >>

  • Music

    November 2, 2006

    Choke You Out

    Nightlife and more: Nov. 2 - Nov. 9

  • Features

    May 19, 2005

    5 Other Summer Music Festivals To See Before You Die ...

    ... or that might kill you

  • Features

    March 24, 2005

    Give Him Some Water so He Wont Die

    South By Southwest by OC Weekly

  • Music

    March 10, 2005

    Low Ball Ass Chatter

    Texas is the reason

  • Music

    February 10, 2005

    More Live Previews

    Texas is the reason

  • Music

    March 18, 2004

    Greatest Hits

    The rock & roll hall of pain

  • Music

    March 4, 2004

    This Is Pop

    And Eugene Edwards is your brain on pop

  • Music

    September 25, 2003

    Just Like Rainforests in a Glass

    And Eugene Edwards is your brain on pop

  • Music

    August 28, 2003

    The Testors

    And Eugene Edwards is your brain on pop

  • Features

    June 26, 2003

    Chase Frank's Top 5

    Chase Frank Productions, Quiverfish

  • Columns

    April 3, 2003

    Diary of a Mad County

    Chase Frank Productions, Quiverfish

  • Music

    February 27, 2003

    SK8ER BOI

    Chase Frank Productions, Quiverfish

  • Music

    December 19, 2002

    Damaged Art Freak-O-Rama!

    Chase Frank Productions, Quiverfish

  • Music

    September 5, 2002

    Chase Frank

    Singer and guitar player in Quiverfish, Producer of Curve and Songwriter's Supper Club, DJ Trytophan.

  • Columns

    August 8, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Singer and guitar player in Quiverfish, Producer of Curve and Songwriter's Supper Club, DJ Trytophan.

  • Culture

    July 25, 2002

    Dance, Elvis, Dance

    Costello composes a ballet with the Aterballettos A Midsummer Nights Dream

  • Columns

    June 27, 2002

    Rock Your Way to Homeland Security!

    Let Jim show you how

  • Music

    August 9, 2001

    Freebird!

    Superdrag travel back

  • Music

    April 26, 2001

    Albino Brown

    Social commentator, Radio Host/Producer (SP Radio One, The Ska Parade), Filmmaker, Breakdancer, Street Poet, Music Historian

  • Music

    March 22, 2001

    There He Goes Again

    Marshall Crenshaw is my favorite waste of time

  • Music

    January 18, 2001

    Not Merely Bad, But Also Dangerous!

    Marshall Crenshaw is my favorite waste of time

  • Music

    October 12, 2000

    No Vacancy

    The sublime poetry of the motels Martha Davis

  • Music

    April 20, 2000

    It Crawled From the Mail Bin

    Beating back the local-band CD pile

  • Music

    February 3, 2000

    Play ''Lost Souls''!

    How to heckle the unheckleable Dirty Dozen Brass Band

  • Columns

    December 9, 1999

    Letters

    How to heckle the unheckleable Dirty Dozen Brass Band

  • Features

    November 25, 1999

    The All-time top 20 pissed list

    How to heckle the unheckleable Dirty Dozen Brass Band

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