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Ludwig van Beethoven

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    December 21, 2000

    The Undercover Bible

    Re-reading Gods wordeven if you dont believe in God

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    August 22, 2008

    To Do This Weekend 8/22-8/24

    Debra's Girls Present: Going Green Theme Party, Friday 7 p.m. Long Beach's favorite gay bar pitches in to help the environment. Ripples 5101 E. Ocean Blvd. Long Beach, CA 562-433-0357 Hootie & The Blowfish, Friday 8 p.m. Hold My Hand! House of Blues 1530 S. Disneyland Dr. Anaheim, CA 714-778-2583 ... More >>

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    November 25, 1999

    A Short History of Angry HiStory

    Debra's Girls Present: Going Green Theme Party, Friday 7 p.m. Long Beach's favorite gay bar pitches in to help the environment. Ripples 5101 E. Ocean Blvd. Long Beach, CA 562-433-0357 Hootie & The Blowfish, Friday 8 p.m. Hold My Hand! House of Blues 1530 S. Disneyland Dr. Anaheim, CA 714-778-2583 ... More >>

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    July 28, 2005

    Das Muppet Show!

    Opera Pacifics opera camp students do Wagner with puppets

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    December 16, 2008

    LowBallVideoChatter: Ludwig van Beethoven, "Fur Elise"

    Happy 238th Birthday today to Ludwig van Beethoven! Ya don't look a day over 170, you crazy kraut! Also, this clip is seasonal -- everyone probably heard "Fur Elise" for the first time while watching A Charlie Brown Christmas.      

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    June 4, 2009

    Beethoven's Ninth

    Orange County Performing Arts Center

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    October 23, 2008
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    May 29, 2008

    Spring Fever

    Rite of Spring

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    January 17, 2008

    Kiss My Feminine Ending!

    SCR's feminist play is anything but

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    May 29, 2003

    Things We Love About Summer

    SCR's feminist play is anything but

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    February 15, 2007

    Why Do You Do

    No answers, but Life is a Dream beautifully questions our motives

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    May 31, 2007

    Palm d'Hoberman

    Our one-man jury bestows honors on the best of Cannes 2007

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    May 17, 2007

    Pale Spitfire

    Brother Ali raps the undisputed truth

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    April 25, 2002

    Epiphanies

    Brother Ali raps the undisputed truth

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    April 23, 2009
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    November 16, 2006

    New Reviews

    Let's Go to Prison; Sweet Land

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    November 16, 2006

    Tone Deaf

    Ed Harris cuts loose in Copying Beethoven, but a poorly composed script lets him down

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    November 9, 2006

    The Voice Is Calling

    Scanner Darkly composer Graham Reynolds scores big

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    October 12, 2006

    The Chemist

    Darren Wilsey, composer

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    October 12, 2006

    Diary of a Mad County

    Oct. 4 - Oct. 10

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    July 13, 2006

    Space Exploration

    Something for Rockets

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    June 15, 2006

    Live Review

    Music Center Monopoly! Pacific Symphony at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Hall, Wednesday, June 7

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    October 13, 2005

    !Ask a Mexican!

    Music Center Monopoly! Pacific Symphony at the Orange County Performing Arts Center, Segerstrom Hall, Wednesday, June 7

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    May 12, 2005

    The Lemons of Orange

    The Pacific Symphonys vanity fair

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    November 25, 2004

    Turning the Tables

    Master framer Dave Link tries his hand at furniture

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    May 6, 2004

    Crying Time

    The Saddest Music in the Worlds surreally funny sob story

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    February 26, 2004

    The Gang of Four Invades Orange County

    Chen Yi speaks for Chinese music reborn

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    January 22, 2004

    Stuck in Thee Garage

    Nobody Listens to TechnoExcept Mick Collins

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    September 25, 2003

    So-called Plays

    The surreal Sam Shepard

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    February 13, 2003

    Psychotic Reaction

    Who are the Mystery Girls?

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    June 13, 2002

    The Anomie and the Ecstasy

    Leo Tolstoy, Bernard Rose and the death throes of a ridiculous man

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    March 14, 2002

    Taking Sides

    Soundtrack to the Holocaust

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    February 21, 2002

    Clash of a Titan

    Beethoven at the Chance Theater

  • Features

    July 27, 2000

    Q & A

    Quick answers to questions we needed to ask OC's finest roots musicians!

  • Music

    January 27, 2000

    More bass on Ms. Pacman

    Tommy Tallarico, video-game-music composer

  • Music

    December 9, 1999

    The Pissed Pianist

    Brad Mehldau is no Bill Evans

  • Music

    August 12, 1999

    The Shock of the Nude

    How would the Pageant of the Masters score Guernica?

  • Columns

    April 8, 1999

    Ad Nauseam

    And the award for best self-promotion goes to . . .

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    To Do Tonight - 5/6

    Robert Kapilow's What Makes It Great? Series: Beethoven, 7:30 p.m.Kapilow introduces composers, unravels the beauty of their music and helps listeners approach and appreciate the works in new ways. First, the conductor/composer takes apart a musical composition and explores it with the audience. Ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2009

    This Month: Free Classical Concerts

    ​In this recession-plagued economy, the most enticing word has to be free. Free is good, free is seductive. It usually doesn't really matter what that free is (within reason). As long as you don't have to pay for it then why in the world are you complaining? To capitalize on that theme, here are ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Eight Questions with Rick Berry

    ​Rick Berry's a lot of things. Some of these things include jazz trumpeter (currently in the Hollywood Canteen Swing Band), political candidate (he ran for Long Beach city council) and gardener (he's got a killer backyard garden). But to the rest of the world, he's got a new title that is pretty d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2009

    Last Saturday: Long Beach Symphony Orchestra

    ​ ITwo reasons brought me to the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra on Saturday night. First, I'm always on the prowl for something new, and to me, the symphony is definitely something new. The second reason was because I had been locked down by the flu for two weeks and I had enough of staying in bed ... More >>

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    March 25, 2010
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    May 6, 2010

    Beethoven, As I Knew Him

    Laguna Playhouse

  • Blogs

    August 23, 2010

    Red Sparowes Use Really Long Song Titles But Want to Be Concise Songwriters

    ​Red Sparowes have a history of matching their cavernous, righteously beautiful instrumentals with suitably lofty conceptual angles. The LA post-rock act is responsible for tracks with names like "The Sixth Extinction Crept Up Slowly, Like Sunlight Through the Shutters, as We Looked Back in Regret ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2011

    Classical Music for Dummies: Eight Composers for the Longing Musicalista in You

    Mozart: Not on the list, but doesn't he look like a hipster in this picture?​It seems like every other week I come across people who have a budding tendency within themselves to be more enthusiastic about classical music. Whether a hipster, rocker, or person somewhat regretting that he/she never ... More >>

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    August 1, 2011

    L.A. Rising at the L.A. Coliseum Over the Weekend

    Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Check out our slideshow here! L.A. RISING July 30, 2011 L.A. Coliseum at Exposition Park L.A. Rising promised to be one of the biggest productions in Los Angeles' storied history of concert-going, but whether it achieved that status was due more to the music than to ... More >>

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    November 21, 2011

    Our Top 5 Favorite Cartoon DJs, Including Skrillex In My Little Pony Form

    My Little Pony's DJ Vinyl Scratch Skrillex​When we were watching Futurama the other night, we fell in love with DJ Scratchmo, the robot DJ who dropped some rump-rattling beats for Bender and his ladybot. We then realized how many other shows we've seen have featured cartoon scratchers. Here are ... More >>

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    December 8, 2011

    Etsy: We Sift Through the Crap and Find Twelve Really Cool Gifts

    diylol.com​As we circle the parking lots, wait in the never-ending lines, push through an ungodly amount of people, we might ask ourselves, "Why do we even have to give gifts for Christmas?" It's a fusion of several pre-Christmas winter traditions ranging from the Roman Saturnalia to the demanding ... More >>

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