Jim Carroll

RIP Jim Carroll

Writer/musician Jim Carroll passed away Friday due to an apparent heart attack. He was 59 years old.Most know Carroll as the man who wrote the book The Basketball Diaries, which was later turned into a shit film starring Leonardo DiCrappyo. But like every book-turned-movie, Carroll's tale was much b ... More >>

Prop 8: No Way in Hell Is This Over

I spent my Election Night trying to find non-existent parking outside Hamburger Mary's in Long Beach. The celebration inside sure looked like fun, though, but I don't think I would have stuck around past midnight to watch all the tears turn from Obama joy to Prop 8 despair. Failing that, I instead d ... More >>

Notes From a Gayer-Than-Usual Tuesday at the Old Courthouse in Santa Ana

Gay Marriage Day today in OC - Now With Video!

There were just a few couples waiting to get married this morning at the old historic courthouse in downtown Santa Ana, but by 9 a.m.—an hour after the county clerk/recorder's office opened—what had been a trickle had turned into a flood. The occasion, of course, was the first hour that same-sex ... More >>

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Dickless Farmers?

Buddy vs. Buddy on the Beat Farmers Reunion