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Who'll Stop The Rain?

It's one of those things you're liable to hear whenever the rain starts pelting down: "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it." It's one of the few lines of Mark Twain's that just about everybody can quote. Two problems: first, it's not a Twain quote; second, it's not t ... More >>

White House Oil Men: OUT! More Taxes on Gas: IN!

My how times change. The boost that 9/11 gave the oily men in the White House was as short-lived as any post-Seinfeld sitcom starring Jason Alexander. It seems like only yesterday that Dickless Cheney was defending our latest Blood for Oil campaign by suggesting Americans essentially have a God-give ... More >>

Gettin Shig-ee With It

Shigetoshi Hasegawa pursues baseball, golf balls and the American dream

Oh, Death!

The year that sucked

Give It Up for the Geisha

The exquisitely phony charms of the Asian bourgeoisie—Hollywood style

By Scott Foundas

!Ask a Mexican!

'Mexicans Will Take Only So Much Ribaldry'

Platinum Ambition

Art rockers Blonde Redhead overcome adversity to launch a fruitful new creative phase

Theres Got to Be a Morning After

The Day After Tomorrow

Big Ideas

The best-laid plans of frescoes and cast glass sometimes go astray

Remote Hog

Global Warming: What You Need to Know With Tom Brokaw

Give It Up for the Geisha

The exquisitely phony charms of the Asian bourgeoisie—Hollywood style

Diary of a Mad County

The exquisitely phony charms of the Asian bourgeoisie—Hollywood style

Uncle Sam Bets Big Money on Iraq

The exquisitely phony charms of the Asian bourgeoisie—Hollywood style

Organ Music

The exquisitely phony charms of the Asian bourgeoisie—Hollywood style

Letters

The exquisitely phony charms of the Asian bourgeoisie—Hollywood style

Shrubs Man In Madrid

Lets send someone with lots of money and no experience to Spain

Letters

Lets send someone with lots of money and no experience to Spain

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Part Two

Three Signs of OC in Japan

​OC Weekly sent this reporter to Japan for two weeks to study karaoke. Or, this reporter took a vacation. Not saying either way. Regardless, even in the land of the rising sun and the plentiful vending machine, Orange County wasn't ever far from mind. Three examples follow...

New Ramen Shop Opens In Anaheim

Photo from KappaRamen.com​ There's no shortage of places to slurp ramen in OC these days. We've seen a handful of new ramen shops opening. In Irvine, Shizuma and Mizuki debuted this year. And now we're learning of a new ramen-ya in Anaheim called Kappa. Actually they've been in business sinc ... More >>

Gettin' Made: After Christmas Sales!

Citrus Fruit earrings gift set by Goodsauce​Open the papers or turn on the TV, and you're practically hit over the head with ads for after Christmas sales. Did you know you can score great deals on indie arts and crafts after the holidays, too? It's simple - do a search for "clea ... More >>

New Noodles: Battle Recently Opened Ramen

Flickr user camknowsCheap, cheap facsimile: reject this if financial straits allow!​It's difficult to write about ramen because the simple dish of yellow noodles in broth is fetishized by its partisans; ramen arguably inspires more heated discussions than any other element of Japanese cuisine. It' ... More >>

OC Art Galleries Will Feature Japan, Shag and More!

[SUMMER GUIDE] Highlights from Orange County and Long Beach galleries for the summer

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