England

The Killers

Honda Center

Nationa Theatre HD: People

Irvine Barclay Theatre

The Specials

Fox Theater Pomona

Rebel Bingo

Yost Theater

Pride & Prejudice

Cerritos Center

Meet California's Luckiest IRS Tax Cheat: Dennis O. Brown

At least in two respects, Dennis O. Brown is a lucky Californian.Brown wanted to steal $492,142 from the federal treasury and has a younger brother, Edmund, who was dumb enough to file a fraudulent 2008 federal income tax return in his own name for that amount.The plot might have worked if it hadn't ... More >>

Teen Nearly Dies After Ingesting Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail Served By Wine Bar

The Guardian is reporting that a teenager celebrating her 18th birthday at a wine bar in England ingested liquid nitrogen that was poured into her cocktail to make it billow with smoke.They write:Gaby Scanlon, from Heysham, Lancashire, was with friends at Oscar's wine bar in Lancaster city centre w ... More >>

Frank Turner Wants Us to Continue to Believe In Him

The English folk-rocker of Olympics fame readies a new album that's fresh, tight and heartfelt

The Kills

The Observatory

[W/DOUBLE-DECKER BUS PICTURE!] How They Market Mexican Food in England: White Gloves and Royal Bracelets!

Every time my friends go off on trips across the globe, I always ask them to be on the lookout for Mexican food, for the obvious reasons. A friend just came back from Europe, with a stop in London, and this is a photo he just sent over, of Old El Paso's advertising campaign in England.The semiotics ... More >>

The "World's 50 Best" List Is Published, Is Usual Steaming Pile of Irrelevance

Oh, look, this year's edition of "The World's 50 Best Restaurants", sponsored by San Pellegrino and its subsidiary Acqua Panna, has come out. Cue the precious online debates and the bored yawns from the rest of the world.Ranked lists of the best anything are patent bollocks: they necessarily reflec ... More >>

Were the Conquistadors the Original Cartels?

[¡Ask a Mexican!!] And why do some Mexicans identify with them?

Edible Gold-Flaked Cheese For The Holidays

Long Clawson Dairy​What hostess gift says "Merry Christmas" better than White Stilton cheese studded with real gold leaf and flavored with Goldschläger?If such a thing existed in Dickens' day, we're sure Ebeneezer Scrooge would have bought Tiny Tim an entire wheel of this cheese that costs £60 p ... More >>

New Artists Just Added to SXSW's 2012 Lineup

Mary Bell/OC WeeklyDelta Spirit at BuskerFest in Long Beach in 2010​South By Southwest revealed a whole slew of new acts confirmed to play at official showcases during the annual music and film conference in Austin. This is the third list of musicians to be released. The venues and dates they ... More >>

Save the Date: Walk the Dog Day on Sept. 24

​What does the term "walking the dog" mean, you ask? It originates from the North East of England, where people refers to Newcastle Brown Ale as "Dog" because people would often use the saying, "Going to walk the dog" to grab a pint at the local pub. So next week, OC Weekly's Heard Mentality and ... More >>

Pride and Prejudice

South Coast Repertory

10 Best Albums of the Year--So Far

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Hey, the year's half over! Isn't that reason enough to count back through the albums that have been released thus far in 2011 and decide which ones we can safely say are great? Yes, it is.Check out our picks after the jump--and see which ones made it.

Pippa Middleton's Face and Arse Recreated By Crumpets

​A restaurant in Gloucestershire, England surveyed 2,000 people what person they'd most like to have breakfast with. The answer came back resoundingly: Pippa Middleton, the most famous sister-in-law in the world. So what did the restaurant do with this information? Well, it did what you nor I nor ... More >>

'Suburban Nightmare: Punk In OC' Opening Reception

ARTery

The Tubes

Galaxy Concert Theatre

How Many Ways To Kill a Cadbury Creme Egg?

Wikimedia Commons​Your Stick-A-Fork bloggers were plotting an Easter post featuring Marshmallow Peeps. You know, some variation on a Peep-y diorama, but fresher and funnier than before. We tossed around some ideas, but we English majors couldn't transfer the ideas to the Art majors in time for the ... More >>

'Will' & Kate Souvenir Coffee Mug: Honest Mistake, Brilliant Scheme--Or Something Else?

​Like LiLo court coverage, details on the nuptials of the century are all but impossible to avoid in the news. One detail, however, managed to slip under the radar of salesmen trying to make a fast pound. Those precious mugs of Kate Catherine and her man-who-would-be-king, William, feature his bro ... More >>

The Adicts Playing Secret Show Tonight in Fullerton

​We can't tell you exactly where, but if you do some investigating, we're sure you can figure out exactly where the venerable '80s punk band from England is playing tonight in Fullerton.They're playing under a different name, and the ads for tonight's show don't have their photos, but this secret ... More >>

Broadcast Singer Trish Keenan Dies From Pneumonia

​We lost another great musician today. Warp Records (the band's label) announced that lead singer Trish Keenan of British electronic-pop band Broadcast has died from pneumonia-related complications this morning. Her manager, Martin Spoke, announced, "She had been in Australia and had stayed on to ... More >>

Schooners Sail Into British Pubs

Flickr user johnsu01​ You know what's great about America? We can go into a bar and order a draft beer served in whatever size we want because it's a free country. You want a mug or a pint, sweetie? A big liter stein?How about a yard-long glass with its own kickstand? Not big enough? Let's get a g ... More >>

Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

​Headline: Deputies Respond to Fight at Soccer MatchComment by IVANGECKO: Should have called ICE.Comment by MY02CENTS: Arrest and deport.Comment by AINTLIFEGRAND: A soccer fight at Mile Square Park? If only this took place in Santa Ana the comedic possibilities would be endless.

No Ghosts, But Plenty of Spirit in Fullerton Play

​It won't get the press or audience of Christmassy shows such as SCR's A Christmas Carol. or the Maverick's Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, but the Hunger Artist Theatre's production of Peter Barnes' The Spirit of Man, might actually come closer to capturing some sense of genuine humanity t ... More >>

Talk of the Nation

How therapy saved the monarchy in 'The King's Speech'

The Lion in Winter

Long Beach Playhouse

Three Reasons to Hate Morrissey (and Four Reasons We Still Love Him Anyway)

By now, everyone's heard that dear old Moz called the entire population of China a subspecies in a recent interview with the Guardian. "Did you see the thing on the news about their treatment of animals and animal welfare? Absolutely horrific. You can't help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecie ... More >>

Kutmah Gives First Interview Since Deportation

www.myspace.com/kutmah​Our sister publication LA Weekly has an exclusive interview with Dublab and Low End Theory-affiliated DJ, Justin "Kutmah" McNulty. He was detained by Department of Homeland Security authorities in May, after failing to honor a voluntary deportation notice that he had si ... More >>

Soccer? I Don't Even Know Her! World Cup Futbol Starts Today

From the 2010 World Cup Facebook page​The FIFA World Cup--you know, that massive sporting event that only comes around every four years, the one that the United States practically makes a sport out of ignoring--starts today in South Africa.Lots of Americans think soccer is boring. Well . . . it is ... More >>

In Your Cups

[Summer Guide] At our local United Nations of bars and restaurants, every World Cup game can be a home game

Lynn Harrell and John Kimura Parker

Cerritos Center

[¡Ask a Mexican!] Crossing the Pond Instead of the Rio Grande

Pop Noir

Detroit Bar

The Colourist; As Tall As Lions

Detroit Bar

Batter Up at England Fish & Chips

Reel Big Fish, English Beat

The Grove of Anaheim

Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical

Chance Theater

The Adicts

House of Blues

Okksy Spooky

The Kooks

Hurts So Good?

Iron Maiden

[¡Ask a Mexican!®] Mexicans. Assimilation. Believe It

Beat Skank

The English Beat

!Ask a Mexican!(r)

'Thoughtful, argumentative, loyal and kind'

Best of OC 2004: Part 1