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    March 12, 2012

    I'm On A Boat Fest: A Hilarious YouTube Review

    ​ We don't normally get sent music reviews in YouTube form that make us wish we were there, but this YouTube video of the I'm On a Boat Festival at the Queen Mary on Friday by fan Tawny Yoder has classic shots of Extreme Turbo Smash (in costume!), Death By Stereo (shut down by the boat!) and Stree ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 27, 2012

    "Food Blogging For Dummies" Now Available on Amazon Pre-Order

    ​"Food Blogging For Dummies" is now available for pre-order on Amazon. Where was this book when I started this crazy hobby seven years ago? I coulda learned something. Written by one Kelly Senyei, who writes the Just a Taste food blog and is the Associate Editor of Gourmet Live at Condé Nast, th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 22, 2012

    The Beatles' 1 album Is Available As Ringtones...Why Now?

    ​File this under "if everybody else is doing it, we may as well be doing it as well." After years of resistance, the Beatles have finally given into the temptation (or have adapted to the times) and have allowed the songs of their #1 album to be sold as ring tones. Though this would have been in n ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2012
  • Blogs

    January 5, 2012

    [UPDATED with Octomom Confirming She was Dropped as Client:] Nadya Suleman Fires Ex-Porn Star Manager?

    ​UPDATE, JAN. 5, 9:08 A.M.: We should be used to this on Planet Octomom, where up is down, black is white, fiction is truth, employment is fantasy and whipping a fat guy in a diaper is appropriate parental behavior. And so, it comes as no surprise that the former porn star-turned-entertainment man ... More >>

  • 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 1, 2011

    General Cannabis Buys Marijuana.com

    ​Weedmaps Media, Inc. a subsidiary of General Cannabis, the Newport Beach-based outfit that owns the world-famous marijuana dispensary and delivery service locating website Weedmaps.com, has purchased Marijuana.com, a pot-related website and news forum. The company plans to revamp the website ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 24, 2011

    The Shrills

    Detroit Bar

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Six People We Met at BlizzCon

    Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​More than 26,000 people united AFK (away from keyboard) at the Anaheim Convention Center last weekend for the geekstravaganza that was BlizzCon 2011. We had a chance to meet some of the devout Internet gamers, who traveled from 50 states and 49 countri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Songhammer Wants to Create a Big Bang at BlizzCon

    ​We don't know why the guys in this photo look like they're members of Tool, but we do know that Songhammer is what happened when buddies Ben Stewart and Dustin Miller one day decided to write music for the people who like World of Warcraft. And we mean, really like World of Warcraft, as members ... More >>

  • Culture

    October 20, 2011
  • Culture

    October 13, 2011

    WINNER'S CIRCLE: Tom Chilton, Chris Robinson and J. Allen Brack

    [BEST OF 2011: GAME ON!] World of Warcrafters from Blizzard Entertainment

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Will the Real Mark Davidson Please Stand Up (via the Supposed Social Media Guru's Twitter Account)?

    ​Hat tip to the Liberal OC's Dan Chmielewski for passing along what is either an embarrassing pickle for a self-proclaimed Orange County "Internet sales & marketing professional" and "social marketing & communications strategist," or a complete hoax.

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Top 5 YouTube Cover Artists

    Karmin​Many big-name talents like Justin Bieber, Cody Simpson and the now infamous Rebecca Black were discovered on YouTube, so it's no surprise that thousands of aspiring singers have taken to the video website in hopes of launching their own music careers. There are so many self-proclaimed YouTu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2011

    Dudley Jones Comedy Tribe Get Sick With Jokes About NyQuil

    ​Formed in good ol' Orange County in early 2010, Dudely Jones Comedy Tribe (Evan Cassidy, Alexa Green, and Andrew McCormick) is currently filming a 13 episode sketch comedy pilot/web series titled, "Dudely Jones Comedy Tribe Show." If you can't wait for their series you're in luck because they wil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2011

    Lady Gaga to Premiere New 'Born This Way' Songs on FarmVille

    ​ Question: why is Lady Gaga premiering her unreleased tracks on from Born This Way (out May 23) exclusively on FarmVille? Answer: It may have something to do with the 63 million FarmVille fanatics who play the Zynga game every month.

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2011

    R.E.M.'s 'Every Day is Yours to Win' on YouTube for 24 Hours Only

    ​How do you celebrate the best R.E.M. album to come out in 15 years? The band did it by releasing a short film to accompany each song from Collapse Into Now. Every Day Is Yours To Win, the latest film in s Collapse Into Now Film Project, is currently streaming on YouTube's homepage for 24 hours. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Flickr Photo of the Week: In the Parking Lot

    Flickr user Orbitgal​Behind the jump: Check out this week's Flickr Photo of the Week, by Flickr user Orbitgal. Got some photos of life in or around Orange County you'd like to share with your community? Join the OC Weekly Flickr pool!

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Flickr Photo of the Week: In the Parking Lot

    Flickr user Orbitgal​Behind the jump: Check out this week's Flickr Photo of the Week, by Flickr user Orbitgal. Got some photos of life in or around Orange County you'd like to share with your community? Join the OC Weekly Flickr pool!

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2011

    OC Republican Offers Early Support to Long Beach Democrat's Internet No-Tracking Bill

    ​State Sen. Alan Lowenthal  (D-Long Beach) has introduced a bill that would create a mechanism to allow users of computers or any other device that accesses the Internet in California to inform website operators they don't want their online habits monitored.And in these times of partisan bick ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Antoine Dodson Gets TV Pilot: Run and Tell That!

    ​Antoine Dodson has had his 15 minutes of fame and then some. He received more than 67 million hits on YouTube for "The Bed Intruder" jam, and we're still not over the catchy song that rose to viral fame last summer. Now the bona-fide superstar is taping a reality-show pilot with media compan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Flickr Photo of the Week: Lo 59

    Flickr user ChristopherCullen​Behind the jump: Check out this week's Flickr Photo of the Week by Flickr user Christopher Cullen. Got some photos of life in or around Orange County you'd like to share with your community? Join the OC Weekly Flickr pool!

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2010

    Speaking of Drunken Driving, How About Some Facebook Time With That Fifth Round of Shots?

    ​Time was, daily newspapers (ask your grammies what those were, kiddies) printed the names of people arrested of driving under the influence. However, with printing costs having skyrocketed as quickly as print readership has dwindled, such space-intensive roundups have gone the way of TV listings, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Liberal OC Demands Approval of Orange Juice Blog's Apology to Liberal OC as Part of Pissing War Settlement

    ​Updated, with the Liberal OC's response on the bottom... Today, August 25, is the day that the Liberal OC blog has given Orange Juice! blog publisher Art Pedroza as a deadline to accept a settlement offer in their federal lawsuit against the blogger--or risk further legal hell.You'll remember tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2010

    Gettin' Made: SoopSee Daisy!

    If you're an artist or crafter selling online, the actual being online side of things can be a little overwhelming at times. Once you list your items on Etsy, you need to promote your work on your blog, Facebook, and Twitter. On top of that, people need to be able to find all of these outlets. The b ... More >>

  • Music

    June 17, 2010

    AJ Rafael Is a Big Deal On YouTube

    Social networking has made a Filipino-American from the Inland Empire a YouTube celebrity

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2010

    Five of the Worst Things to Happen to Video Gaming

    Video games are great. Whether it is used as a means to bond with friends or as a quick method to relieve stress, there are few entertainment mediums that have the ability to captivate us the way video games have.Unfortunately, there are certain characteristics of video gaming that have completely r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2010

    Unattended Bag Discovered in Tomorrowland, Disneyland Evacuating Guests

    Flickr user jimw​We just received word via Twitter that an unattended backpack has been found in Tomorrowland. Disneyland has cleared the area and is currently working with the Anaheim Police Department. We've yet to hear back from Disneyland's Media Relations for an official quote. Stay tuned!If ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Kogi Reveals in Time Magazine That It Got Idea From Blogger

    Edwin Goei​For the most part, the recent article in Time magazine this week on Roy Choi of Kogi and the food truck phenomenon did not reveal anything new. But there was one thing in it that confirms something that I've long suspected: Kogi got the idea for their Korean tacos from a food blog ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2010

    'Til Game Over Do Us Part: Quirky Video Game Weddings

    Valentine's Day may have just passed, and people across the globe were given the chance to express their love for those around them, whether it be lover, family, pet or friend. A couple's wedding is possibly one of the most important events of their lives. This celebration of their union is supposed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2010

    This Just In: Not All World of Warcraft Players Are Deadbeats

    ​You there, sitting on the couch in your parent's basement, next to the Doritos, playing World of Warcraft for hours on end. Yes, YOU! What have you done to better mankind lately? More than 200,000 of your kind just donated $1.11 million to charity.

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2009

    Dishney: Disney Launches Official Theme Parks Blog

    Courtesy of Disney Parks Blog​Perhaps in an effort to curb all the crazy rumor mongering (heh) being slung around by the squillion Disney fan blogs out there, the House of Mouse has decided to launch an official blog to document all the latest (official) happenings at their theme parks. The blog w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    The Ghost of Michael Jackson?

    Oh man. If you're not tired of the MJ news deluge yet, get ready. Too far, people. Too. Far. (However, that music? Thumbs up.) But if you're looking for a really good time, just check out some of the comments left on that YouTube vid. A comment left by YouTube user AmericanMatthew asks, "How can it ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    Tom Daly Gets Unanticipated Support in Supervisor Bid

    Orange County GOP insider and former state Sen. John Lewis' early endorsement of Democrat and current Orange County Clerk-Recorder Tom Daly in the race to replace Chris Norby as the Fourth District county supervisor has got some local Republicans fuming. But there is one high-profile, con ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    New Digital-Only Japanese Motors EP Released Today

    Costa Mesa's Japanese Motors have been as popular lately as the Octomom has been unpopular, selling out theaters across the country with their sweet opening gig on Modest Mouse's current tour. They continue their momentum today with a new digital-only EP, Perception of Reality, available now on iTun ... More >>

  • Calendar

    February 12, 2009

    Lykke Li

    Costa Mesa's Japanese Motors have been as popular lately as the Octomom has been unpopular, selling out theaters across the country with their sweet opening gig on Modest Mouse's current tour. They continue their momentum today with a new digital-only EP, Perception of Reality, available now on iTun ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2008

    Kid Rock says steal music, gas

    I think I have to start liking Kid Rock now.....eeeewwww..... From BBC News: "Kid Rock said his record company Atlantic had asked him to 'stand up for illegal downloading' a few years ago because it told him 'people are stealing from us and stealing from you'." Kid Rock has just played his fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2008

    Newfangled Interweb Promotions

    There aren't any previews or coming attractions for plays, which can make it difficult for potential audience members to decide if they'd like to attend a production. Well, the internet is changing that. Thanks to the development of YouTube, theater companies can now record a section of their perf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2008

    Matt Costa on Morning Becomes Eclectic

    Huntington Beach's Matt Costa will be performing live on KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" today at 11:15 a.m. Tune in to 89.9 FM, or if you're stuck at work, you can listen online at kcrw.com. For iTunes users—aren't we all?—there's a link embedded in the "Radio" section of iTunes. Costa wil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2007

    Wally Wipeouts!

    The call for fans to bring forth their own Wally George archives continues to be heeded, this time by an enterprising YouTube user named Billybopper1, who has compiled thirteen montages of Wally getting prank calls live on the air. Long before Howard Stern's penis and Baba Booey became call-in catch ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2007

    Orange Juice Makes Weekly Look Smart

    A couple of weeks ago, this paper named the SanTana-leaning Orange Juice the county's best blog because it represents the best qualities of the blogosphere: scoops, jocularity, personality, with a bit of libel and bad graphics thrown in. And some paranoid arrogance, we thought, after bloggers Sean M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2006

    Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Greenest of Them All?

    Grist online magazine's Muckraker says the California gubernatorial race may very well come down to who voters think is more environmentally minded, Ahnuld or Phil the Pill.

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    September 29, 2005

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    Grist online magazine's Muckraker says the California gubernatorial race may very well come down to who voters think is more environmentally minded, Ahnuld or Phil the Pill.

  • News

    September 16, 2004

    Geek My Mail

    Netizens swap treats, immortality, even husbands for coveted invitations

  • Unknown

    June 1, 2000

    Rage Against the Machine's Machine

    Netizens swap treats, immortality, even husbands for coveted invitations

  • Music

    May 18, 2000

    What's Buzzing Through the Skulls of Orange County

    Netizens swap treats, immortality, even husbands for coveted invitations

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    Virtual Tax

    Cox and Packard find a war they can winagainst a nonexistent tax

  • News

    July 22, 1999

    Forbes Play

    Flat tax competes with big breasts on presidential-campaign site

  • News

    September 24, 1998

    The Great Depression

    Does the Net really bum you out?

  • News

    August 13, 1998

    Hail, Caesar Salad

    Budget's stuck, so Wilson scrambles for egg bill

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