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Film
May 17, 2012
Insert [You Sunk My 'Battleship'] Joke Here
Because every generation needs an 'Armageddon'
Culture
March 8, 2012
Nameberry Is a Baby Name-Pedia
[Trendzilla] The website that has every possible baby name known to man—even Fitzwilliam
Blogs
February 28, 2012
An Interview with Diana Hsue, Queen of "Guess Where?"
One of our favorite posts here is Guess Where?, where we put up photos of where we eat and ask ustedes to, well, guess where we eat. Doesn't get the most blog hits, but always awesome to see who knows their food and reward folks with small prizes.The great thing about the feature is that all sort ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2012
Brent Bushnell of Extreme Makeover Fame Talks at UCI Today About Immersive Gaming
The next speaker geeking up UC Irvine's Center for Computer Games and Virtual Worlds this evening is a renaissance man when it comes to gaming, Internet start-ups, mobile platforms, online reality television and using casual games to reduce memory loss. He's Brent Bushnell, the engineer and entre ... More >>
News
February 2, 2012
The Super Bowl Prostitution Hoax
[Web Exclusive!] Indianapolis mobilizes for an epic battle with an urban legend
Film
January 26, 2012
Sundance, In Crisis
The 2012 fest was thick with the anxieties of our times
Blogs
December 21, 2011
It's Friday, Friday: The Most Viewed Video of 2011
Well, well, well. Last week we told you that Rebecca Black was 2011's most-searched subject on Google. Today we find out that the video with the most pageviews on YouTube is, of course, Rebecca Black's "Friday." According to the Washington Post, the video garnered more than 180 million views th ... More >>
Blogs
December 20, 2011
On the Line: Giovanni Roman of Roman Cucina, Part One
Photo by Meranda CarterSitting across from Giovanni Roman outside a coffeehouse along Harbor Boulevard, you wouldn't suspect he cooked for a living--until we brought up the topic of pasta. Our humbled chef talked off the cuff about his brother (and business partner) David, his favorite places to ... More >>
Blogs
December 15, 2011
[UPDATED with Victim's Silver Lexus Sought:] David Zickman, OC Homicide No. 59: Found Shot Dead on Dogwood
UPDATE, DEC. 15, 3:37 P.M.: Homicide investigators have determined that not only is the killer of David Zickman no where to be found, neither is the 2008 Silver Lexus that belonged to the 28-year-old Anaheim resident. The public's help is being sought in finding the four-dour Lexus IS250 with Cal ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2011
[UPDATED with More Details:] Brenda Romero, OC Homicide No. 58: Shot Dead in the Head
UPDATE, DEC. 7, 4:33 P.M.: 20-year-old Brenda Romero was walking back home after dropping off food to her boyfriend around 6 p.m. Thursday when she met her end, according to Santa Ana Police.Witnesses saw a a tall man in a hoodie clutching her by the arm and holding a handgun against her as she w ... More >>
Blogs
October 19, 2011
Dr. Andrew Weil to Appear at True Food Kitchen on Thursday
Photo Courtesy of True Food KitchenWhen True Food Kitchen was announced, I had my doubts about the concept and rolled my eyes when I heard one of the people involved was a doctor. "This was a line I had hoped would never be crossed," I wrote in my review. That doctor is Andrew Weil, whom you've ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2011
Google Buys Zagat
Two years ago, Google tried to plunk down $500 million for a little site called Yelp. But that didn't pan out; the deal fell apart. Then it launched a competing site called Places and hoped that it would get the same amount of free, user-generated content that Yelp, for better or for worse, seems ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2011
OCTA Promotes 'Dump The Pump' Week, Gives Free Breakfast Tomorrow to Those Who (Gasp!) Leave Their Cars At Home
More essential than personal trainers and trust funds in this county are our beloved cars. Bus passes, Google's walking directions, Metrolink--these funny words, what do they mean? And yet the folks at Orange County Transportation Authority (bless their hearts) are taking on the noble ... More >>
Blogs
May 16, 2011
Eight Films to Help You Prepare for the End of the World on May 21
For the last few months, a kooky religious group has been plastering North America with billboards and placards announcing that the world will end on May 21. Call us warped, but we're thrilled by the prospect of Armageddon. With millions of the faithful lifted skyward by the Rapture, their hom ... More >>
Blogs
March 14, 2011
Profiles in OC Pioneers Who Were Klan Members: Henry W. Head, OC Founding Father
If it weren't for Google, this series wouldn't exist. And if it weren't for bad historians, there'd be no reason for my write-ups. But there is, and there are--thus, ars gratia artis, or some high-falutin' Latin phrase to justify its existence. Actually, blame the biographers of Henry W. Head for ... More >>
Blogs
August 27, 2010
TGIF: Thank God it's Friday, Time to Watch Shows!
Joe LemkeSomething CorporateIt's going to be a packed weekend, with a ton of shows happening this Saturday. If you need help picking out what you're going to do, we're here to help! From Something Corporate at the Grove tonight, to the myriad of shows you can ruin your eardrums at (Shrinky D ... More >>
Food
July 22, 2010
We've Got an App for That
Joe LemkeSomething CorporateIt's going to be a packed weekend, with a ton of shows happening this Saturday. If you need help picking out what you're going to do, we're here to help! From Something Corporate at the Grove tonight, to the myriad of shows you can ruin your eardrums at (Shrinky D ... More >>
Blogs
June 29, 2010
Free Ticket Tuesdays: Win A Pair of Tickets to Hootenanny!
This week, we're giving away a pair of tickets to the 2010 Hootenanny at Oak Canyon Ranch this Saturday...but we're going to make you work for it.
Blogs
June 21, 2010
Taco Bell Crime of the Week!
Now with new nifty logo!We've had a couple of DUIs while driving through Taco Bell drive-thrus before, but I don't think we've ever had a combined DUI AND someone trying to order at the drive-thru window sans car.
Blogs
May 31, 2010
Ralph Hinkley Syndrome Offers Free Album Downloads on Memorial Day
Ralph Hinkley Syndrome, self-titledOn today's sunny celebration of the men and women who fought and died for American freedom, local band Ralph Hinkley Syndrome attempt to repay the troops the best way they know how: by giving them some free music.
Blogs
April 30, 2010
Last Night: The Antlers, Phantogram at Detroit Bar
Spencer Kornhaber / OC WeeklyThe Antlers' Peter Silberman, fittingly blurry.The Hype: The trembling noise and the trembling vocals on last year's Hospice earned the Antlers major buzz as mortality-and-morality-obsessed decedents of, say, Arcade Fire and Godspeed You! Black Emperor. And ... More >>
Columns
March 4, 2010
A Niño Named Sue?
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Also, bullying is not just a Mexican thing
Blogs
February 22, 2010
Kobe Bryant, at Home and on the Heli-Pad
Photo by Andrew YoussefTwo Orange County icons thrill Disneyland guests last June.J. R. Moehringer is a former Times Orange County sportswriter and the ghostwriter of Andre Agassi's controversial autobiography Open. Moehringer profiles Kobe Bryant in the March issue of GQ. Actually, it's more lik ... More >>
Food
November 12, 2009
[Hole in the Wall] Middle Eastern Pizza at Forn Al Hara in Anaheim
Photo by Andrew YoussefTwo Orange County icons thrill Disneyland guests last June.J. R. Moehringer is a former Times Orange County sportswriter and the ghostwriter of Andre Agassi's controversial autobiography Open. Moehringer profiles Kobe Bryant in the March issue of GQ. Actually, it's more lik ... More >>
Blogs
October 16, 2009
Prepare For The Untold Disasters In South County's Future
The St. Regis adopts policy banning bailed-out banker parties: Are you ready for this South County disaster?Do your best to imagine the following:The year is 2010. I Love Bagels has run out of shmear. Golden Spoon only offers gummy bears as topping. Lauren Conrad L.A. Candy has fallen off of the ... More >>
Blogs
October 5, 2009
Five Songs About Technology Gone Horribly Awry
Flickr user NMFinFanBetween the "sexting" phenomenon and underage kids letting the world know via tweet what public place they had sex at last night, we're not sure if we're getting old and grumpy or the rest of you are just getting dumber and dumber. We're going to opt for the latter. And we're ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2009
Good Food's Map of Holes-in-the-Wall Includes OC Dives
For local foodies, Good Food needs no intro; for everyone else, it's a long-running show on KCRW-FM 89.9 hosted by famed L.A.-area chef Evan Kleiman on everything food--books, recipes, trends, articles, and holes-in-the-wall. The main voice in the latter field, of course, is LA Weekly's Jonathan Gol ... More >>
Blogs
July 10, 2009
Bravo! Top Chef Season Six Shuts Out OC Stars
The new lineup for Bravo's hit show--which kicks off on August 26 and is filmed in Vegas--has just been announced, and there's not a single SoCal (let alone OC) chef on the list. UPDATE: OK, there's Michael Voltaggio, although, weirdly, Bravo's own press info has him cooking both in LA and in Pa ... More >>
Blogs
May 19, 2009
Incoming: Gregg Allman at the Grove of Anaheim
How can you tell Gregg Allman is an old-timer? He doesn't have an official MySpace. (At least, not that I could find. And I spent at lesat 15 seconds on Google looking for one!) And his official Web site looks like, uh, this. Wow. Very mid-'90s Geocities. All it's missing is a animated little constr ... More >>
Food
April 2, 2009
[Hole in the Wall] El Chile Picante Goes Easy on the Cheesy
How can you tell Gregg Allman is an old-timer? He doesn't have an official MySpace. (At least, not that I could find. And I spent at lesat 15 seconds on Google looking for one!) And his official Web site looks like, uh, this. Wow. Very mid-'90s Geocities. All it's missing is a animated little constr ... More >>
Blogs
February 17, 2009
Cardinal Mahony's Preferred Pedo-Priest Attorney Representing Latest OC Pedo-Priest
In recently covering the legal maneuverings of pedo-priest Denis Lyons, the name of his attorney kept bugging me. Donald Steier...where had I heard that name before? Gracias to the magic of Google, I quickly found out who he was: the defense attorney du jour for pedo-priests in Southern California. ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2009
TONIGHT: Second Week of OC Music Awards Showcases at Chain Reaction
The OC Music Awards showcases are at Chain Reaction in Anaheim tonight for a second and final week--they move to eVocal in Costa Mesa for couple Tuesdays starting next week. Playing tonight? Those guys up there, who you have probably already figured out are called The Sequence. They have a pretty qu ... More >>
Blogs
October 8, 2008
The return of Wonderlove!
Wonderlove, one of a bunch of great OC bands that coulda-shoulda-woulda made it huge back when I was the Weekly's Music Editor---they broke up 'round about 2003; I swear it wasn't my fault---have announced that they're getting back together for a November 14 show at Lake Forest's much-beloved Gypsy ... More >>
Culture
June 19, 2008
[Trendzilla] You Sexy Mothertuckers!
Wonderlove, one of a bunch of great OC bands that coulda-shoulda-woulda made it huge back when I was the Weekly's Music Editor---they broke up 'round about 2003; I swear it wasn't my fault---have announced that they're getting back together for a November 14 show at Lake Forest's much-beloved Gypsy ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2008
¡Ask a Mexican! As Extinct as Kudzu
To paraphrase a paraphrase of Mark Twain, reports of my deportation have been greatly exaggerated. Yes, I know I announced last Thursday that I was ending my ¡Ask a Mexican! column, but few people seemingly bothered to read the line where I stated my self-deportation was "effective the feast day o ... More >>
Blogs
March 4, 2008
Squeeze OC R.I.P. Part Two
The Orange County Register's ill-starred Squeeze OC, a faux alternative weekly that, in the words of Weekly managing editor Rich Kane "only retarded frat boys could love," just died its second death. Back in August 2007, the magazine, which only lasted two years, went web-only. Now, as of today, Sq ... More >>
Music
February 14, 2008
[Locals Only] Review of Map's Regrets, Silhouettes, and Distractions
The Orange County Register's ill-starred Squeeze OC, a faux alternative weekly that, in the words of Weekly managing editor Rich Kane "only retarded frat boys could love," just died its second death. Back in August 2007, the magazine, which only lasted two years, went web-only. Now, as of today, Sq ... More >>
News
October 25, 2007
Sign of the Times
OC taxpayers will pay extra for people who can’t read maps
Blogs
September 20, 2007
Don't Tase Me, Bro!
Maybe this belongs in a Because You’re Ugly post, you tell me. Be sure to get your very own “Don’t Tase Me, Bro!” t-shirt in time for the “Ask Mitt Anything” forum at Chapman University this Sunday. The phrase, “Don’t Tase Me, Bro” was cried out by a University of Florida studen ... More >>
Culture
September 20, 2007
Trendzilla
"I will not love you long time"
Food
March 22, 2007
This Hole-in-the-Wall Life
Not Just Falafels
Music
March 15, 2007
Locals Only
Fu Manchu as loud and proud as ever
Culture
November 9, 2006
Trendzilla
If I were kiiiiing of the forrrrrest
Music
August 24, 2006
Broke Is Better
Amber Foxx and Tom Almanzar
Film
August 17, 2006
Fakes On a Plane
Conspiracy buffs craft their own online WTC movies
Culture
July 6, 2006
Manic Panic
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Blogs
June 1, 2006
AIDS 'n' Pagans
This Sunday (a day named to honor Egyptian sun god Ra), Orange County pagans, witches, warlocks (maybe Moorlachs?) and other so-called heathens are using their mystic powers to fight the AIDS. That's right, I said pagans. Monotheistic religions are so passe. AIDS was first noticed in America when, i ... More >>
Columns
September 8, 2005
A Clockwork Orange
This Sunday (a day named to honor Egyptian sun god Ra), Orange County pagans, witches, warlocks (maybe Moorlachs?) and other so-called heathens are using their mystic powers to fight the AIDS. That's right, I said pagans. Monotheistic religions are so passe. AIDS was first noticed in America when, i ... More >>
Music
March 17, 2005
I Predict a Riot!
This Sunday (a day named to honor Egyptian sun god Ra), Orange County pagans, witches, warlocks (maybe Moorlachs?) and other so-called heathens are using their mystic powers to fight the AIDS. That's right, I said pagans. Monotheistic religions are so passe. AIDS was first noticed in America when, i ... More >>
Music
April 8, 2004
Goodnight, Brea!
Saying goodbye to Bar 330s Totally 80sAnd Hello
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