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January 26, 2012
Sundance, In Crisis
The 2012 fest was thick with the anxieties of our times
Blogs
March 3, 2011
Where in O.C. to Get Your Cafe Du Monde Beignet & Coffee and Chicory Fix for Mardi Gras
If you're one of the fortunate party-goers headed to the Big Easy this month, then go to Party City for your beads--this post isn't for you. If you are like most of us and miss the sweet, sweet combination of this French Market doughnut and strong chicory coffee, here's two ways to take care of ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
Kanye West: An Appreciation (Or, Why George W Isn't a Kanye Fan)
The MOST disgusting moment, Dubya? Really?As Republicans were taking over of the House of Representatives, the first excerpts of former President George W. Bush's interview with NBC's Matt Lauer were released last night. Ahead of his new book, "Decision Points," which comes out next Tuesday, Duby ... More >>
Blogs
September 3, 2010
Local Music News Links: Snoop, Green Day, Runner Runner, Lucinda Williams
Christopher Victorio / OC WeeklyGreen Day at Verizon Amphitheatre on Tuesday.This week, we discovered another OC music magazine to link to. Guess what it's called! In local music news, we've got Runner Runner, Green Day, Snoop Dogg and more...
Blogs
July 15, 2010
Criminally Underrated: Six Crime Comics You Haven't Read From the Past 10 Years
IDW/Darwyn CookeCrime comics used to be big business. Titles like Crime Does Not Pay, True Crime Stories and Crime SuspenStories flooded newstands in the 1940s and '50s. They had a flood of popularity that, along with horror comics, could only be staunched by a book on juvenile delinquency and su ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2010
All Disasters Aren't Created Equal: Six Reasons the Music Industry Isn't Singing Over Spilt Oil
Every summer has its Big Story This year, it's the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, an ecological and financial disaster that is quickly reaching such staggering proportions that the human mind can't comprehend it. It's like trying to count grains of sand on a beach -- or in this case grains o ... More >>
Film
April 1, 2010
'The Wire' Creators Tap Into New Orleans
David Simon's new HBO series, 'Treme,' uses fiction to honor that city's surreal, heartbreaking fact
Blogs
December 1, 2009
Release the Sounds: Juvenile, 'Cocky & Confident'
It's an album title that pretty much speaks for itself. Although one would think that three years after the chart success of Juvenile's 2006 album Reality Check, the Crescent City rapper might attempt something a little more humble than Cocky & Confident (the title of his new record, out ... More >>
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April 16, 2009
Mos Def
It's an album title that pretty much speaks for itself. Although one would think that three years after the chart success of Juvenile's 2006 album Reality Check, the Crescent City rapper might attempt something a little more humble than Cocky & Confident (the title of his new record, out ... More >>
Music
December 11, 2008
Tom Morello's Nightwatchman Brings Chord Changes We Can Believe In
It's an album title that pretty much speaks for itself. Although one would think that three years after the chart success of Juvenile's 2006 album Reality Check, the Crescent City rapper might attempt something a little more humble than Cocky & Confident (the title of his new record, out ... More >>
Music
November 13, 2008
Orange County's Wonderlove Is Back, With the Same Sound But Different Priorities
It's an album title that pretty much speaks for itself. Although one would think that three years after the chart success of Juvenile's 2006 album Reality Check, the Crescent City rapper might attempt something a little more humble than Cocky & Confident (the title of his new record, out ... More >>
Music
June 19, 2008
[CD Review] Lil Wayne, 'Tha Carter III' (Young Money/Cash Money/Universal)
It's an album title that pretty much speaks for itself. Although one would think that three years after the chart success of Juvenile's 2006 album Reality Check, the Crescent City rapper might attempt something a little more humble than Cocky & Confident (the title of his new record, out ... More >>
Calendar
June 19, 2008
It’s the Humidity
Bayou Fest
Culture
May 8, 2008
Metaphor Saves Katrina-Based 'Rising Water' From Drowning at the Maverick
Bayou Fest
Calendar
November 22, 2007
Tuesday - 11/20
When the Levees Broke: Part II at the Irvine Fine Arts Center, The Whirling Dervishes of Turkey at the Barclay
Blogs
November 13, 2007
Tuesday's Headlines. No Surprises: More Street dirt
More Street dirt: In his pre-treasurer-tax collector days, Chriss Street allegedly billed (and double-billed!) a bankrupt trust "for thousands of dollars in expenses, including a $3,584 laptop computer and $1,200 in office supplies," reports Ronald Campbell at the Register. The records collected by ... More >>
Film
November 8, 2007
You Gotta Have FAIF
Two film fests hit Downtown Disney last week—but where were you?
Blogs
November 1, 2007
INDIEFEST/FAIF -- DAY 3
Two film fests hit Downtown Disney last week—but where were you?
Blogs
October 26, 2007
Heckuva job, FEMA
Most reports are characterizing the federal response to the California fires as respectable --- or at least not a Katrina-style fuck up. So it's too bad FEMA had to go and embarrass itself by having fake reporters lob softball questions at a press conference earlier this week. The agency apologized ... More >>
Film
October 25, 2007
By Any Other Name
Two independent festivals join forcest in Mickey's backyard
Blogs
July 26, 2007
Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Dirty Cop Sting
Catch a crooked cop: Nope. Sorry. Not here in the USA. No way. But in Mexico, authorities want a no corruption zone for the the five-mile road from the Tijuana border south to the beach. Officials are “installing cameras to catch extortion attempts, publicizing that people can pay tickets with cr ... More >>
Music
June 21, 2007
Gris Gris
Long Beach Bayou Fest
Columns
February 15, 2007
One More Thing
This Week in Dining to Save Starving Artists
Film
February 8, 2007
You Are Like a Hurricane
Local nature filmmaker fixed his lens on Louisiana wetlands. Then along came Katrina...
Columns
January 11, 2007
Hey, You!
Rosy Outlook
Film
January 4, 2007
Weird and Wonderful
Eraserhead, A History of Violence, Star Wars Episode IV and more
Film
December 21, 2006
A True Horror Classic
When the Levees Broke
Film
November 23, 2006
Scrubbing Away the Whitewash
What We Want, What We Believe is total Black Panther immersion
Music
November 16, 2006
Carrying the Torch
The New Orleans Jazz Orchestra
Culture
October 26, 2006
Shake and Break
'State of Emergency: Disaster Response in California'
Culture
October 26, 2006
Scattered Lives
Ridiculous Fraud goes off on a tangent
News
October 12, 2006
Three Steps to Nowhere
Letter from New Orleans
Blogs
August 29, 2006
One Year Later
Usually when a regular columnist for one of the major news magazines begins to chew through the restraints of received ideas and government press releases, it is, to borrow a phrase from Samuel Johnson, "like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well, but you are surprised to find it don ... More >>
Columns
August 24, 2006
Diary of a Mad County
Aug. 16 - Aug. 22
Columns
May 4, 2006
Dem Bones
Web Exclusive! Let's Help the Democrats Find Their Spines
Features
March 30, 2006
Our MVP
Most Valiant Player: Carlos Delgado
Blogs
January 23, 2006
Google Dolls
The other day, while getting the website that mirrors your favorite OC alt.-weekly pub ready for ya'all, Clockworken noticed something interesting upon opening Gustavo Arellano's popular column !Ask a Mexican! (Special Cesar Chavez Edition). Along the top of the virtual page was a Google advertiseme ... More >>
Blogs
January 17, 2006
Look Out Below!
Mark Taggatz, who identifies himself as the president of a company called Aquentium, Inc., has invited the Weekly to Palm Springs at the end of this month for Media Day-Housing Invention for Disaster Relief. "We will be unveiling our newly developed housing solution for disasters," Taggatz writes. " ... More >>
Columns
December 29, 2005
Don't Gloat Yet
A bad year for Bush is bad for all of us
Calendar
December 15, 2005
This Week in the Boy Band Afterlife: a Saga in Three Parts
JORDAN KNIGHT, JEFF TIMMONS AND BRYAN ABRAMS
Music
November 3, 2005
Limp Who?
Mos Def mostly def
Film
October 6, 2005
See MirrorMask, Help the Hungry
Mos Def mostly def
News
October 6, 2005
Fema Food
Whats in an MRE?
Columns
October 6, 2005
Our Vagetarian in Washington
A bumper crop of bad news!? Thanks, Bush!
Columns
September 15, 2005
The City That Bush Forgot
The president could hop from one corpse to another and think hes walking on water
Culture
September 15, 2005
Just in Time
South Coast Repertorys revival of Brechts Chalk Circle makes sense now
News
September 15, 2005
Letter From Mazatlan
New Orleans shows were about a single disaster from the Third World
Columns
September 15, 2005
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
New Orleans shows were about a single disaster from the Third World
Columns
September 8, 2005
A Clockwork Orange
New Orleans shows were about a single disaster from the Third World
Columns
September 1, 2005
A CLOCKWORK NARANJA
New Orleans shows were about a single disaster from the Third World
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