It was a 100 degrees out this afternoon, it took me 45 minutes to find a space and park (real helpful employees out here), 15 to locate press will call and enter then maybe another five to situate where the fuck I was. I told myself two years ago I'd never do this again and here I am again: it's hot, the boyfriend is miserable, I've realized once again just how much I hate people (read: hipsters in every color of American Apparel track shorts available), but seeing Jesus & the Mary Chain per
We waited for the American Dad panel for about an hour, and weren't even close to the front of the line. A short, well-suited man walked along the length of the line and randomly whispered something in a German accent to a guy a few yards behind me. It fell on deaf ears though, and the man walked away smirking.
Was I the only one who recognized that it was Dee Bradley Baker, the voice of Klaus (the goldfish), trying to amuse patiently waiting fans? What the hell, he went completely unnoticed!
SO FRESH HIP HOP AND FASHION SHOWCASE, 7 p.m.
Dance troupes from all over California converge at Chapman.
Memorial Hall, 1 University Dr., Orange
SCRAPBOOK EXPO, till 6 p.m.
Do something with all those digital albums.
OC Fair & Event Center, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa
FRANK SINATRA JR., 8 p.m.
It's all in the family.
OCPAC, 600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa
FREE FRIDAYS: LONG BEACH MUSEUM OF ART, till 5 p.m.
Become a connoisseur on the cheap.
Long Beach Museum of Art, 2300 E. Ocean Blvd. Long
If you enjoy exchanging legal tender for concert tickets, consider this another successful weekend. We've got Pete Yorn, Frank Sinatra Jr. and some others going on sale tomorrow. Get to clicking!
Ska is dead? Guess not! Huntington Beach's Reel Big Fish, famous for riding that third wave of ska in the late '90s (with hits like "Sell Out" and uh...well, "Sell Out" was really big!), are coming to the Grove of Anaheim on Aug 2. Opening up? Two-tone ska revival band The English Beat. Flummoxed by all this ska? Get ready for more! The Supervillains are opening. Oh yeah. Tickets are on sale Friday at noon.Even more exciting? Frank Sinatra Jr. continuing to live off the legacy of his father (you
It's been a while since we've heard from the fine young men of Aushua, but here comes some news: they're about ready to release an EP, Limbo, featuring six new tracks. As is the custom 'round these parts, they're celebrating the release with a show at Detroit Bar on July 11, with We Barbarians and Red Cortez in tow.
