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  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Will Saddleback Church Snap Up Albert Pujols, Christianity's Biggest Free Agent?

    Warren and Pujols: A Murderer's Row for Christ?​Going off what Coker posted yesterday about Christians looking toward new Anaheim Angels slugger Albert Pujols to bring a bunch of Papist Mexis in la naranja toward Christ, the question then becomes: what local church will Pujols sign up for as his n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    The Cults Revisit Jonestown, Drink the Kool-Aid

    ​​I may be late to the train on this one (apparently it's been out since the summer), but the video for the Cults' infectious single, "Go Outside," has it all: irony, a beautiful etheric melody, retro tones and mass murder.The band, founded in 2010 by New York University students Madeline Follin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2011

    Timothy Naftali, Nixon Library Chief, is Leaving

    "One lie I corrected was this big."​Timothy Naftali, the George H.W. Bush biographer and respected historian the National Archives chose to run the Richard Nixon Library and Museum in Yorba Linda after the disgraced 37th president's loyalists from a private foundation first built and operated the ... More >>

  • Film

    October 6, 2011

    'The Ides of March' Offers No Game Change

    Intrigue drowns out argument in George Clooney's political thriller

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2011

    Top 10 Video Games Based on Eating

    ​Food: It's one of the most important basic needs of human life. Human beings and just about every living being on Earth can live without any luxury, but cannot survive without food. We celebrate food. We spend large amounts of money on food. We explore diverse cultures through the food people eat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Chicken Charlie Reveals This Year's Cholesterol Contenders

    Courtesy of Chicken Charlie​Shhh... that sound you hear is your arteries clamping shut as a preventative measure. They know county fair season is right 'round the corner, and that means deep-fried God-only-knows-what, sure as eggs is eggs.Our brethren and sistren at Squid Ink up there in that Ange ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Five Deep Fried Desserts Worth the Calories

    Flickr user judybaxter​What a pity this isn't Scotland. There are chippies (that's fish and chips shops to us) where they'll fry just about anything. Frozen pizza, Twinkies, Mars bars, you name it, they'll batter and deep-fry it.Sure, we have our fried desserts here, our beignets and our doughnuts ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 31, 2011

    Ice Cube

    City National Grove of Anaheim

  • Blogs

    February 24, 2011

    DIY Juice Into Alchohol Kit

    thinkgeek.com​Last month, I wrote a prison winemaking how-to for a certain ex-Orange-County-Sheriff-turned-convicted-felon headed to the slammer. In case you wanted to make your own pruno but were skeeved out by the idea of fermenting Kool-Aid and tomato juice in a garbage bag inside a prison cell ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    No, Pee Wee, Strawberry Cobbler Won't Dishwasher. Sorry.

    Pee Wee Herman's Facebook pageThe secret word of the day is... DISHWASHER!​Pee Wee Herman--yes, that Pee Wee Herman--linked our "Will It Dishwasher?" post yesterday with the caption, "Strawberry Cobbler la Dishwasher". That post was from last year, and attracted a new wave of commentators, which w ... More >>

  • News

    January 13, 2011

    Mike Carona: No More Excuses

    [Moxley Confidential] Federal Appeals Court upholds the ex-sheriff's conviction, and he's finally headed to prison

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2010

    Five Mexican Christmas Food Traditions That Should Happen Year-Round

    ​Although I've never liked Thanksgiving, I absolutely love the Christmas holidays--not just because of the whole Nazarene bit, but also because my mom and her sisters prepare foodstuffs we don't have at any other point of the year. Sure, they pat out tamales in numbers big enough to feed an army ( ... More >>

  • Music

    October 21, 2010

    Starfucker, STRFKR, Who Cares?

    It's all about the music, man—until you get angry letters

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    OC GOP Hack Ghostwrote for Hugh Hewitt to the Tune of Thousands of County Dollars

    ​What happens when a hack writes for a hack? Thousands of computer screens groan in digital agony under the dead weight of the product--and thousands of dollars of county money get wasted by pals.The feisty Friends for Fullerton's Future Blog has been embarrassing Orange County's preeminent Republ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 16, 2009

    Five Excuses Loretta Sanchez Apologists Give to Justify Her Not Being More Aztlanista

    Their fearless leader...​OC gal Adriana Maestas has another scandalous, connect-the-dots post on Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez over at her Latino Politics Blog, and her apologists ranted as always. Seriously: why does Loretta have so many apologists? Not like she's done much in Washington--can ust ... More >>

  • News

    June 4, 2009

    [Summer Guide] Proposed Theme Park Celebrates OC's Part in Bringing the Global Economy to Its Knees

    Their fearless leader...​OC gal Adriana Maestas has another scandalous, connect-the-dots post on Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez over at her Latino Politics Blog, and her apologists ranted as always. Seriously: why does Loretta have so many apologists? Not like she's done much in Washington--can ust ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2009

    Los Angeles Stadium Comes Roaring into North OC

    It seems, from our un-lofty perch in Orange County, as if an NFL stadium will not be built in Los Angeles as long as there is a Los Angeles Coliseum Commission, a rogue's gallery of fumblers if there ever was one.But there are still dreamers who believe they can swing a stadium deal outside LA city ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    John and Ken Go After Red County Blog (Again)

    *Originally posted on March 13; moved up by Gustavo 'cause the conversation is HOT!The hosts of KFI-AM 640 The John and Ken Show are ripping Orange County's right-tilted Red County blog once again. (You can listen here.) What set off the anti-tax crusaders--whose recent live Tax Revolt 2009 broadcas ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 15, 2009
  • News

    August 28, 2008
  • Music

    May 1, 2008

    [Locals Only] The Fling

    Discovery Center

  • Columns

    May 1, 2008
  • Music

    February 21, 2008
  • News

    February 14, 2008
  • Columns

    January 17, 2008

    Letters

    'Normally, writers of your muckracking calibur would drop the context out of a quote, but you actually left it in. Thanks for doing half the job for me'

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2007

    Wednesday's Headlines & Surprises: Another Carona Monster?

    Did Carona Create Yet Another Monster? If I was indicted Sheriff Michael S. Carona, I might be getting tired of Jo Ann Galisky, Kool-Aid Queen. This acting sheriff bit has swelled her mullet. Six weeks after she became temporary head honcho, she's still telling everyone she can that Carona's absenc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2007

    Monday's Headlines & Surprises: Horny Priests and Eskimo kids

    $50 million Eskimo Pie: Because its priests and missionaries sexually abused 110 Eskimo children from 1961 to 1987, the Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic Church has almost finalized a deal to pay $50 million to the victims, William Lobdell and Stuart Silverstein report in today’s LA Times. But ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2007

    "Friends of Monsignor John" Already Deletin'

    Scroll for updates after the jump... A support group for embattled Orange diocese Monsignor John Urell isn't even a day old, and already site administrators are deleting messages critical of Urell and his peers' handling of the diocese's sex-abuse scandal. You won't know this from reading their web ... 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

    August 9, 2007

    Thursday's Headlines & Surprises

    Speed Eating: Would you eat 42 peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches in 10 minutes for $1,500? Patrick “P-Rock” Beroletti, a twentysomething-year-old Chicago cook, won the Drum Corps International World Peanut Butter and Jelly Eating Championship this week at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park. (Ear ... More >>

  • Film

    May 24, 2007

    Is There a Doctor in the House?

    Health, in life and film, dominates Cannes

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2007

    The Sea and Cake's Everybody

    The Sea and Cake Everybody (Thrill Jockey) Release date: May 8, 2007 Curb Your Cynicism is a recurring blogtastic feature in which the music editor pithily enthuses about new releases and reissues he thinks will enhance your life and erode your cynicism about the state of music, circa now. The Sea ... More >>

  • Music

    December 14, 2006

    Sparkle Motion

    Graceland MafiaUndisputed Kings of Non-Rockabilly

  • Blogs

    November 28, 2006

    Warning: Now Entering Orange County

    David Reyes has a piece in the Times about plans to widen the I-5 from three to five lanes at the county line. Most surprising is the final paragraph, which might have warranted earlier mention: In other business, Art Leahy, OCTA's chief executive, was given a 6% pay raise and one-time 3% bonus afte ... More >>

  • Features

    October 19, 2006

    Fun With Dick

    No. 8: Our borderline-deceitful presidential library should be a true landmark

  • Culture

    September 28, 2006

    Harshing Their Mellows

    Smug host rips counterculture icons in Tom Snyders Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show

  • Food

    August 17, 2006

    An Ode to Cheerwine

    The last of the Outlaw Sodas

  • News

    March 31, 2005

    Happiness Is a Warm Paintball Gun

    National Professional Paintball Leaguers take aim at the future

  • Food

    September 25, 2003

    Clashingly Yummy

    Travel through Peru with Norys

  • News

    September 25, 2003

    Pete Wilson on Steroids

    Cruz Bustamante on Arnold Schwarzenegger, the GOP and John and Ben

  • Features

    October 24, 2002

    M

    Cruz Bustamante on Arnold Schwarzenegger, the GOP and John and Ben

  • Music

    October 18, 2001

    Nut Cutters! Aaaaaaaiiiie!

    20 things I love about Etta James

  • Culture

    July 26, 2001

    Dont Know What You Got Till it's gone

    Live fast, die young and leave a pretty exhibit

  • Culture

    December 14, 2000

    Damn Those Yetis

    Thanks to Leo DiCaprio, weve got the bent classicism of Stanoslav Szukalski

  • Music

    December 14, 2000

    Beating Off

    Ron D Cores techno-metal-porn obsession

  • Features

    September 14, 2000

    Excerpts: Part 1

    Ron D Cores techno-metal-porn obsession

  • Unknown

    February 24, 2000

    Pinehurst Kids & The Ziggens

    Ron D Cores techno-metal-porn obsession

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