Lenny Kravitz

Tasha Tells All...on Dancing at Gentlemen's Clubs!

Every Monday, adult superstar/OC girl Tasha Reign gives us her thoughts on life, sex, politics and everything in between. Today, Tasha weighs in on the porn conventions--it ain't all booth babes basking in front of fans. Enjoy! By Tasha Reign Last year, I was nominated as Feature Dance Newcomer of ... More >>

Top 10 Black Artists Who Should Go Country

[Editor's note: Country Time is a new biweekly column for our sister music blog in Seattle, celebrating that city's favorite musical genre: mainstream country.]  By: Mike SeelySee Also:*Kanye West and 50 Cent's 9/11/07 Album Showdown Revisited*Five Artists (Besides Lil Wayne) Who Think New York ... More >>

Let's Go Out to 'The Hunger Games'

'Winter's Bone' star Jennifer Lawrence battles fellow teens in the long-awaited big screen treatment of this youth-lit best-seller

[UPDATE: Casting Requirements Changed] Disneyland Wants Musicians For Mad T Party [Audition Details and More!]

​UPDATE, Jan 12, 2012, 3:13 p.m.: Stan Freese got in touch with us today and said that the casting requirements have been amended; the characters don't have to play specific instruments, as the original audition stated. Original post, Jan. 11, 2012, 10:58 a.m.: Can you play a mean guitar riff whil ... More >>

Pablo Dylan is a Wannabe Rapper: So What?

​I like internet snark as much as the next person, but sometimes there's just too much hate in the world. Take the case of Pablo Dylan, Bob's 15-year-old grandson who just wants to rap. If you listen to "I'm On One" after the jump, you'll see that it's not any different from any boy band staple, a ... More >>

U2 at Angel Stadium Last Night

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​U2June 17, 2011Angel StadiumIs U2 the biggest band in the world? Yes. Invading baseball stadiums across the country, their beyond massive "spaceship" stage landed centerfield at Angel Stadium. Originally scheduled a year ago, the U2 show was postponed due to Bono undergoin ... More >>

Sheila E. on Beating Prince at Basketball, Not Rehearsing for the 21-Nite Stand and Whether She's a Better Drummer

www.sheilae.com​Sheila Escovedo, better known as Sheila E., didn't really need Prince to discover her: Her dad is Latin jazz legend and timbalero Pete Escovedo, and she'd toured with Natalie Cole, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, among others, before Prince took her under his wing in 1983 and pushed ... More >>

Top 10 Rockin' Songs By Black Artists

Jimi Hendrix​February is Black History Month, and we felt it the perfect time to do one of our patented lists. Today, we are naming Top Ten Rockin'-est songs by black artists. As much as white artists get criticized for performing "black" genres like R&B, hip-hop and blues, many black artists ... More >>

[UPDATED: Steven Tyler Confirms Album] Long-Awaited Aerosmith Album in 2011?

Christopher Victorio/OC WeeklyAerosmith concert at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater on July 29, 2010​​UPDATE, 2:05 P.M., Jan. 17: Steven Tyler reiterates that, even though he is a judge on American Idol, he will record an album with Aerosmith soon. He informed the public that he will head ... More >>

Stars And Fans Pay Their Respects to "Lady T"

​The death of R&B legend Teena Marie continues to shock fans and fellow musicians around the world. Many stars have shared their memories and thoughts on this sad event. Celebrities including Mary J. Blige, Alicia Keys, Lenny Kravitz, along with news reporters and millions of fans, have paid t ... More >>

Comic-Con Staying in San Diego

[Mental Notes] Megan Mullally performs with TSOL keyboardist, plus five Asian-American acts to watch

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 >>

Record Review: Ozomatli, 'Fire Away'

​The Hype: Surviving for 15 years on a steady mix of rhythmically infectious World music, LA's Ozomatli come out with Fire Away, their first album since 2007 as well as as their debut release on Downtown Records/ Mercer Street. The new record comes to us on one of the music world's holie ... More >>

Today in Music News: The Who, Michael Jackson, Lenny Kravitz, Elvis Costello, Neko Case, Stephen King, John Mellencamp, Lil Wayne

Pederast prevention group wants the Who out of Super Bowl. We just think they're guilty of CSI overexposure. Speaking of pederasts, more on outed MJ track (what? too early?):  "As you know and have heard, part of the song leaked--not by me, because mine has been locked up in a vault since we recor ... More >>

Today in Music News: Rage Against the Machine, Simon Cowell, Steven Tyler, F.B.I. confirms Michael Jackson's alien ancestry

Rage Against the Machine tops U.K. chart with the classic 1992 single "Killing in the Name," pissing on Simon Cowell's parade.Speaking of Satan, is Simon Cowell leaving American Idol? Will the show go away, too? Maybe there is a God.Steven Tyler admits to popping pills, returns to rehab, and pledg ... More >>

Let Self-Love Rule

Lenny Kravitz puts his arms around his world

Improve Your (Instant) Karma

Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur (released June 12 by Warner Bros.) is a two-CD set of rich, famous musicians covering John Lennon songs that will raise funds to help the ravaged civilians of Sudan. It is worth the mild pain you'll experience to donate money to this ... More >>

Felt So Good

Murs and Lisa Bonet make for some real Atmosphere

LOWBALLASSCHATTER

Cruelty to an Animal

The Year in Mickey Mouses 75th birthday

The 129 Greatest OC Bands Ever!: 1 - 50

Torta, Torta, Torta!

Mirk Richardson

Nothing to Be Mad About

Good shoes, fair prices with Scarlet Crush!

Haiku-O-Rama!

The summer music preview!

A Perfect . . . Huh?

Not Just a Beach Boys Fanboy

Bikerides newest CD shows how far you can go if you pedal backward hard

Frank Agnew

OC Punk-Rock Icon, Former Adolescent

Letters

The Incomplete Guide to Roots Music