Subject: Fullerton

• Ode to Providence Audition

  March 26, 2009

• Add some country to your Wednesday

  TONIGHT! Members of Slowpolk play tonight at Table Ten in Fullerton. Let's listen to what Bekah has to say: "you can't miss this one... mr. erich wood will be playing along with danny and myself. he will be adding his wonderful guitar, bass and cello skills to slowpolk songs. also! he will opening the evening with some originals of his own... you will want to kill yourself if you don't make it. jonny will be behind the bar, as usual, providing many libations for all... hope to see everybody!"

  December 6, 2006

• Fullerton to Boozers: Piss Off

  Fullerton's about to get a lot less fun for drinkers. A 45-day moratorium on ABC permits was just approved, which, among other things, will ban "happy hour" prices and restrict sale times to between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m., except on Friday and Saturday, when two extra hours will be generously granted. In related news, I will not be going to Fullerton any time soon. A more narcissistic writer (if one exists!) might suggest that was the point all along.

  June 6, 2007

• Friday's Headlines

  Frisky business: A man and woman dressed as sheriff's deputies have been frisking - and robbing - joggers in Fullerton and Garden Grove. Worse than the real deal? Maybe. But some think not. In and out at the LAT: Los Angeles Times AME Janet Clayton announced the hiring of four multi-lingual staffers yesterday. Then she sent out another note saying she was on her way out. Lucky schmuck: U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner - millionaire and heir to the Kimberly-Clark fortune - just won the lottery for t

  September 7, 2007

• To Do Tonight - 10/03

  6TH ANNUAL “HAUNTED FULLERTON WALKING TOURS,” 6pm Get in the spirit of Halloween by taking some time to tour the spookier parts of Fullerton. Make sure to call and reserve a spot on the tour as reservations are required. The tours run every Wednesday and Thursday until November 9. Fullerton Museum Center, 301 N. Pomona Ave., Fullerton, (714) 738-6545. http://www.cityoffullerton.com/civica/press/display.asp?layout=1&Entry=886 HEBREW SCHOOL DROPOUTS If Jewish guilt has ever plagued you, Hebr

  October 3, 2007

• Floored by Do-Knock

  October 16, 2007

• Super Secret Spectacular!

  October 26, 2007

• Get Lifted by Orgone

  Large and lascivious Los Angeles-based ensemble Orgone play the Continental Room in Fullerton Friday Jan. 11. The funk/soul/afrobeat rejuvenators will be using this gig to warm up for a four-date tour on which they'll be opening and serving as backing band for excellent rapper Pharoahe Monch. Here's a review I wrote about Orgone's debut album for Ubiquity Records, Killion Floor, and below is a six-minute video taken from their Oct. 26, 2007 show at Temple Bar in LA.

  January 10, 2008

• Rest For The Weary: Thank Dr. King

  Nothing but rest for the weary this week in downtown Fullerton, with no school or work for some on Monday thanks to Dr. King. A few people gathered to listen and dance to the beats of DJ Concise, a local Fullerton DJ, at the Plush Lounge on Sunday night. Surprisingly few people showed up to the show, probably still hungover from Friday and Saturday binges. Here's the video:

  January 21, 2008

• Video: Stupor Tuesday in OC and LB

  I woke early this morning to vote and talk to some folks about their choices on Super Tuesday. I started in the City of Cypress, drove down to Long Beach and ended in Fullerton. The responses ranged from excited to downright apathetic:

  February 5, 2008

• Video: Belly Up!

  Gothic belly dancers from all around the nation -- and Mexico! -- converged in Fullerton over the weekend to give locals the opportunity for some REAL navel gazing. I could elaborate, but would you rather hear me talk about beautiful girls, or actually show them to you? No need to answer that. Just watch our li'l movie:

  February 11, 2008

• Fullerton Chicano Murals Still Not Safe

  Sancho over at The Latin Blogger scored a statement from Fullerton Mayor Sharon Quirk regarding her city's endangered Chicano murals on a Lemon Street overpass near Valencia Drive. "The history of the murals tells a story of Fullerton’s neighborhoods, and Fullerton’s culture," writes the MILF-y mayor. "The murals represent a time when our city worked with youth in the Maple neighborhood to be part of a solution and partner with our city." Nice words—except she doesn't commit to keeping th

  April 28, 2008

• Fullerton Chicano Murals Saved!

  Got a MySpace message from Sancho the Latin Blogger regarding a community meeting this past Tuesday in Fullerton regarding the city's endangered Chicano murals on Lemon Street south of Valencia (I would've gone but made the mistake of trying to leave San Bernardino at 5pm--HELL). Not only are the murals not coming down, but Fullerton is receiving a $10,000 grant to restore the murals and the city will actively collaborate with the Maple Street barrio to get the treasures looking their best again

  May 29, 2008

• Weird Local Politics Video of the Day

  Perfect example of a video done so slickly one laughs but doesn't know what the hell is going on. The dick in question is Fullerton Councilmember Dick Jones. Courtesy of Friends for Fullerton's Future. Love the jazz!

  August 4, 2008

• To Do Tonight 9/18

  September 18, 2008

• Some Fullerton Funnies!

  Try as we may, we don't get every important story in Orange County. Thankfully, there are many (okay, just a couple) great bloggers and community papers focusing on specific issues, and Fullerton is well-served by two: the longtime newspaper Fullerton Observer, and the awesomely named blog Get Lost With Easy-Writer. Each have great scoops as of recent--Observer contributor Ahmad Zahra wrote about Fullerton staff allowing illegally placed "Yes on Prop. 8" signs to remain standing, while the Easy-

  December 4, 2008

• Lizarrán Tapas Worth Every Small Bite

  I had a book signing a couple of weeks ago at Hibbleton Gallery, a great little art space in downtown Fullerton, but there was a problem--I arrived at 6:30, thinking my reading was scheduled for 7 p.m., when in fact it was an hour later. Famished, I asked one of the gallery guys, Jesse La Tour, about a nearby pizza place on my Hole-in-the-Wall Life list. His scrunched face was as necessary a food review as I needed. "What about Lizarrán?", milady inquired, and the three of us began walking. Th

  December 16, 2008

• Audacity on the airwaves at KXLU 88.9 FM

  Remember the first time you heard your favorite obscure rock band on the airwaves of a college radio station? Tonight, whether you're lurching home in freeway gridlock or firing up a bowl in your dorm room, make sure to tune your radios to Loyola Marymount's own KXLU 88.9 FM.  The fiery clang of Audacity's (pictured) garage rock sound has gained some devout followers in their hometown of Fullerton and apparently the attention is spreading. Demolisten, 88.9's famous headquarters for undiscov

  January 23, 2009

• TONIGHT: K-Ci and Jojo at Cantina Lounge in Fullerton

  Awww shiiiiiiit! It's about to get grown and sexy at the Cantina Lounge tonight as this freshman Fullerton night spot welcomes the 90s R&B mega duo K-Ci and Jojo (two of the founding members of Jodeci) to the stage. First of all, where the hell have these guys been? Second of all, what the hell are they doing in Fullerton? Well, turns out they haven't been quite as AWAL as most people think. Of course, K-Ci's 2006 Solo album My Book flew pretty far under the radar and the groups 2008 al

  February 6, 2009

• A Different, Insider Perspective on the Recent Fullerton Gang Attack on a Church

  There has been much recent media coverage about a recent attack by Fullerton's longstanding Tokers Town gang against the Rev. Willie Holmes and his storefront Majesty Christian Fellowship church in their hood. Marches, arrests, and much other hullaballoo. Having a much different perspective on the attacks, however, is Sandy Stiassni, who is involved with the OC Green Party and a local LULAC chapter, amongst others. He sent out a long email with his perspective on the attacks which he has generou

  February 19, 2009

• Help Kids Get on the Bus to Visit Mom and Dad in Prison

  Sunday's "Spring Fling" event at Congregational Church of Fullerton includes entertainment from the jazzy Ron Kobayashi and Friends and culinary delights from chef Jon Sanders, but the real reason to attend is to support Get on the Bus.The nonprofit program raises funds to bus children to state correctional facilities so they may visit their parents on Mother's Day and Father's Day.The event begins at 4 p.m. Sunday at pastor Gary Chomiak's church, 845 N. Euclid St., Fullerton. The suggested dona

  March 20, 2009

• Does The Matador Measure Up?

  So it's been a week already, and there's a good chance that all of Fullerton's downtown drunkards and club hoppers have seen the neon glow of The Matador Cantina, filling a sorely needed area of signage where the Rockin' Taco Cantina used to be. Ah, it seemed like only yesterday that I was skipping past this crowded bar filled with karaoke craziness, asinine top 40 jams and benches filled with soused maidens of the night trying desperately not to puke on themselves. Oh, the memories. Since openi

  April 13, 2009

• It's Alive!

  August 7, 2008

• The Living Suns to Brighten Up House of Blues With Their CD-Release Party

  July 10, 2008

• A Chicken-Foot Fetish at Fullerton’s California Asian Bistro

  February 21, 2008

• IN A COUPLE OF HOURS: Audacity Beach Party in HB

  Hey, here's some short notice for you: Fullerton "teenage space punk" band Audacity are playing a free show the Huntington Beach pier (corner of Main and PCH) at 6:30 tonight--a beach party, if you will. Beach blanket bingo, perhaps, even. Quick, leave work now!It's an event put on by Burger Records, home of Audacity and Thee Makeout Party!. Erin DeWitt wrote about Audacity in Locals Only just last month. and they were part of our Citizen Blast local music comp. Thanks to LA Record for the heads

  April 14, 2009

• Cool Stuff North of the 91

  The Fullerton Music Festival

  August 30, 2007

• Commie Girl

  Clown On Their Fingers and Clown On Their Toes: And we shall have music wherever we go

  December 21, 2006

• Jeremy Popoff

  October 19, 2006

• Great Dick, Babe

  February 9, 2006

• The Love You Give

  January 12, 2006

• Steaming Art

  January 5, 2006

• Fullerton

  October 20, 2005

• Hes Too Sexy

  October 6, 2005

• Rome, Sweet, Rome

  May 5, 2005

• Kogi Invades OC Tonight (Fullerton) And The Rest of The Week (Anaheim & Orange)!

  Let's cut to the chase shall we? Here's the SCHED-OOLEY! Tuesday (TONIGHT!) 7PM-10PM@2 J's Cocktail Lounge - 120 W Houston Ave in Fullerton Thursday 9:30PM-1AM@Juke Joint - 735 N Anaheim Blvd in Anaheim Saturday 10:30PM-1AM@District Lounge - 223 W Chapman Ave in City of Orange(Posted via iPhone on my lunch break so, sorry no pics or links)

  May 5, 2009

• TONIGHT: Free Show with The Living Suns and Thee Makeout Party!

  It's a surprisingly busy Monday, which is most definitely a good thing. After finishing up watching No Doubt's guest appearance on Gossip Girl tonight--they're playing a band in an '80s flashback and will do their cover of "Stand and Deliver," fun--mayhaps head over to the Continental Room in Fullerton, where the Living Suns (from Fullerton, so an easy trip for them) and Anaheim's Thee Makeout Party!, two bands that we're fans of, will be playing a free show. LA's Dirt Dress are also on the bill

  May 11, 2009

• Matt Costa to Play Free Show at Cal State Fullerton Wednesday

  All of a sudden, Cal State Fullerton is some type of hotspot for shows. Just a week ago today they played host to Britian's Friendly Fires, and tomorrow at noon Huntington Beach's favorite son Matt Costa will play CSUF's Becker Amphitheatre. Free, natch.Call it a warm-up of sorts for Costa's show at the House of Blues in Anaheim on Saturday, where he'll be playing with opening acts the 88 (from LA, we wrote about them recently here) and Fullerton's Mothers Sons (from...Fullerton, we wrote abut t

  April 21, 2009

• To Do Tonight - 4/23

  Fullerton Market Musical Entertainment, 4 p.m.Everything from vintage surf rock to Top 40s hits will be featured at the weekly outdoor market, which will run through Oct. 29. Fresh produce, flowers, baked goods, arts and crafts, vendors and booths just for the kids will also be featured.Fullerton Downtown Plaza, Wilshire Ave., between Harbor Blvd. and Pomona Ave., Fullerton, CA; 714-738-6545Family Game Night, 7 p.m.If we learned anything from the '90s film classic Don't Tell Mom The Babysitters

  April 23, 2009

• Too Much for a Tuesday: Lenka, Speach Impediments, Steelwells and more

  I'm torn...and confused. Is a Tuesday night in Orange County supposed to be this good? This diverse? Driving through city borders in Central and South Counties offers plenty in the way of eclectic sonic energy. Tonight's assorted showcases offer everything from flirty Coachella-esque pop (sorry, it's still on the brain), blood curdling hardcore and high energy hip hop all within a few miles of each other. Ah, what to see?!What to see?! Let's start with the most pricey (though even in a recession

  April 21, 2009

• [Sound Guy] Fullerton's ArtiSans Label Brings Compassion to an Industry Traditionally Lacking Any

  May 28, 2009

• Drink of the Week - Chris' Oatmeal Cookie

  If you're like me, you inhale cookies by the fist full. No shame. Cookies are excellent. But it would be so much easier to get through dessert without uncomfortable stares from your date if there was some form of liquid cookie that could be drunk quickly and was without all those pesky crumbs. Well, Café Hidalgo in Fullerton has invented a delicious solution--Chris' Oatmeal Cookie. Named after the restaurant's manager and resident mixologist, Chris Erickson, the drink is served in a martini g

  June 19, 2009

• This Week In Food

   As the mercury soared, SAFII got all hot and bothered. In the last five days, we:Whinged about the lengthy menu at Mustard's.Ranted about how New York magazine grub blogger Hadley Tomicki seemingly ripped off Fullerton food critic Eddie Lin.Seethed and fumed about Padma Lakshmi, who has apparently been given the green light for her own NBC sitcom. The horror!Begged the Coolhaus ice cream van to head our way. This has Edwin's obsession with the kogi truck written all over it. Talking of whi

  July 24, 2009

• Drink of the Week: Fruity Beers from The Twisted Vine

  ​For patrons of downtown Fullerton's The Twisted Vine, wine and appetizers are the standard fare. But if you haven't taken the time to try any of this classy establishments' beer selection, might I recommend trying either the Sea Dog's Blueberry Ale from Portland, Maine or the Maui Brewing Company's Coconut Porter from Hawaii, straight away? Both of these beers are infused with fruit during the brewing process to give them a tasty sweet (but not too sweet) zest unlike any other fruit infused a

  August 7, 2009

• Dusty Rhodes and the River Band Forced to Cancel East Coast Tour

  ​Here's some truly unfortunate news: Fullerton's eminently likable Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, riding high on the success of their second SideOneDummy Records release Palace and Stage, have been forced to cancel the east coast leg of their tour due to bassists Brad Babinski's health issues.

  August 17, 2009

• Orange County Sex Parks Garner National Recognition

  View Larger MapThe photo above shows the Trail 6 "nude beach" at San Onofre State Beach. Actually, park rangers will tell you there are no nude beaches in the California park system. But naturists say there is an unofficial-official wink-wink policy when it comes to clothing-optional enforcement at Trail 6, something the courts are still sorting out. Rangers, naturists and police reports will tell you sex and sex crimes do happen at Trail 6--naturists just want everyone to know they aren't the o

  July 10, 2009

• TOMORROW: Roman Alexander and the Robbery CD Release Party at Big's

  Chances are if you're a Roman Alexander fan you are quite aware of their relentless show schedule. And after about a year as an introspective, eclectic folk outfit, they ywill finall celebrate one of their biggest shows to date. I'm not necessarily talking about the venue per se, even though they ARE playing at a place called, uh, "Big's". No, I'm talking about the fact that the band is releasing their debut, self-titled album. You may or may not remember a reference to said album by yours truly

  July 9, 2009

• A Laptop for Every Kid in Fullerton--or Else!

  Friends For Fullerton's Future--which "supports candidates and causes that promote intelligent, responsible and accountable government in Fullerton and Orange County"--have their bloomers in a bunch over what they perceive to be "extortion" perpetrated by the Fullerton School District.The district is apparently telling parents to buy a $1,500 Apple laptop for each of their enrolled children or face having that student sent to a "lesser" school. As proof, Friends has posted the YouTube above th

  June 3, 2009

• The Art of Vinyl

  September 17, 2009

• Showgazing: KeysNKrates at Commonwealth Lounge

  ​There's two ways you can describe a vibrant, ground-breaking band. You can try piecing together the components of their sound, or you just talk about the way they make you feel. The first option is complicated and often involves a pile of stumbling adjectives, niche comparisons and a lot of suffixes like "-y" and "-esque." The second option, the one that comes from your gut and leads to phrases like "totally fucking awesome," works best for KeysNKrates.  This Canadian three-piece tr

  November 20, 2009