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  • Blogs

    August 29, 2006

    One Year Later

    Usually when a regular columnist for one of the major news magazines begins to chew through the restraints of received ideas and government press releases, it is, to borrow a phrase from Samuel Johnson, "like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well, but you are surprised to find it don ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 25, 2006

    3 out of 4

    Over at Rising Hegemon, Attaturk notices a slight variation in the covers on this week's Newsweek. See if you can spot the difference. Yep. That's right. The editors of the international editions of Newsweek simply don't understand the tremendous importance of Annie Leibovitz reminiscing about he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2007

    Ho no, Pimp yes

    As one of the more obnoxious members of the East Coast media elite, a man with a long history of spewing racist and other repellent nonsense, may have finally damaged his career by using the word "hos", the governor of the West Coast's largest state is about to publicly embrace "pimp" style. &n ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 21, 2007

    Even John McCain Hates the Guatemalans

    Faithful readers of ¡Ask a Mexican! know that my favorite whipping boy is the Guatemalans. Turns out, according to Time magazine's blog, chapines also serve the same purpose for presidential candidate John McCain. Is the Mexican influencing national sentiment toward the Mayan menace?

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2006

    Barton glad Marissa's Dead

    In Newsweek, via the AP, Mischa Barton says she's happy that Marissa Cooper, her character on The O.C., died the way she did.

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2006

    Electric Cars Zapped to Life?

    We began our review of Who Killed the Electric Car? by describing the funeral that opens the new documentary. In his Newsweek column, Brad Stone does the same thing--before going on to say the funeral may have been premature.

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2006

    Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Who's the Greenest of Them All?

    Grist online magazine's Muckraker says the California gubernatorial race may very well come down to who voters think is more environmentally minded, Ahnuld or Phil the Pill.

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2006

    Ride, Russ, Ride

    The Environmental Defense online magazine has a story on Weekly contributing photographer Russ Roca, who manages to ply his trade without the use of an automobile, instead relying on a specially rigged bicycle. It's been a great arrangement for us, too, since instead of cold-hard cash, Russ accepts ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2007

    The Pic That Won't Quit

    Last week, we noticed that a photo of me watching a 3-D presentation made it into USA Today. Earlier this morning, I was told the photo was also on AOL. And then today, I see it on Time Magazine's website (thanks KT for the tip-off!) Be nice if they actually identified me in the pic. But anonymous ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2007

    Yo Gabba Gabba contract -officially- renewed

    Feature writer Shawn Smith has the latest on the psychedelic kiddie show scene: The gamble paid off. Yo Gabba Gabba creators Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz (our cover boys a few weeks back) got the news they’ve been waiting for. Yo Gabba Gabba, the frenetically fun kids show with the dancing ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2008

    What do Lindsay Lohan and Hugh Hewitt Have in Common?

    Although we're no fans of local talk show host Hugh Hewitt, we couldn't help but to feel a twinge of sympathy for the man, who's also a professor of law at Chapman University. The latest edition of the school's Chapman Magaine has a mini-profile on Hewie, whom you can listen to every weekday at 3pm ... More >>

  • Columns

    June 10, 1999

    The Zine Scene

    Highlights from the low life

  • Film

    June 29, 2006

    En Vogue

    Prada probes the Wintour of a former assistants discontent

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    Did the New Yorker Rip Off a Mexican?

    I did a double take today upon looking at the latest issue of the New Yorker, the one on the right on the left. It looks suspiciously like the image on the left on the left drawn last year in February by Lalo Alcaraz, iconic Chicano cartoonist and author of the syndicated comic La Cucaracha. Now, I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2009

    Unfortunate Acronym for Old Vine Cafe Created by Coast Magazine

    I'm not exactly sure who the audience of the Orange County Register-owned lifestyle magazine Coast is supposed to be, at least not when compared with that of the county's other two lifestyle mags, Orange Coast (middle-aged folks with some money and people who like to read good journalism) and Rivier ... More >>

  • Calendar

    July 3, 2008

    Standing Tall

    Jake Johannsen

  • Features

    February 9, 2006

    Girls and Cars and Cars and Girls

    Which came firstLowrider or the Lowrider babe? Both

  • Music

    September 22, 2005

    Pulchritudinous Performer

    Joshua Bells concert violin is easy on the ears and eyes

  • Music

    August 12, 2004

    Zine Scene

    Koos gets literally literate

  • News

    July 8, 2004

    Burning Bush

    The presidents conservative critics

  • Features

    June 24, 2004

    Skratch Magazine at 100

    How a snotty zine lasted this long

  • Columns

    January 15, 2004

    Not Just Your Ass

    How a snotty zine lasted this long

  • Culture

    January 30, 2003

    Like Bottled Messages

    OCMAs mall-walled zine scene

  • Unknown

    December 27, 2001

    Mirainga raped by Olsen Twins!

    OCMAs mall-walled zine scene

  • Culture

    March 15, 2001

    Not Hot, Not Cold, Just Real

    OCMAs mall-walled zine scene

  • News

    January 13, 2000

    Coxs Flaccid Report

    Vaunted Chinese Spy Report Unravels

  • News

    July 8, 1999

    The People Formerly Known as Fans

    Faced with a lawsuit from their idol, online Prince worshipers turn the tables on the Artist

  • Culture

    April 22, 1999

    Bye-Bye, butt floss

    Wahine carves the new publishing style

  • News

    December 10, 1998

    Smells Like Teen Dispirit

    Synge.com pushes style over substance

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Taylor: Start the Feud With Jonathan Alter Without Me

    AlterIn his new collection of his Newsweek columns since the 1990s, Between the Lines: A View Inside American Politics, People, and Culture, Jonathan Alter revisits the Bushes, the Clintons, Jimmy Stewart, Frank Sinatra and Rush Limbaugh. John Taylor, who left as executive director of the Richard Ni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Vibe Magazine Bites the Dust, Quincy Jones Vows to Buy it Back

    Damn, another music mag...gone. Yesterday afternoon it was announced that Vibe Magazine was officially closing it's doors, stopping it's presses and going the way of the 8-track. This extinct outlet for Hip Hop and R&B is now survived by only two major magazines of it's kind: XXL and The Source ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    The Crosby to Offer Scorpions for Dinner?

    The latest issue of Giant Robot checks in with Chris Alfaro, he of musical outfit Free the Robots and one of the trio who runs SanTana hipster heaven/emerging restaurant the Crosby. I don't have the copy on me, and GR's website is impossible to navigate, but I do remember this: Alfaro ate scorpions ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 3, 2009

    Teen Vogue Haute Spot

    South Coast Plaza

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2009

    Your Baby is a Racist

    ​Newsweek's got some unwelcome news out today for new parents: Their babies are racist.And it's probably the parents' fault.

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2009

    Jon Stewart on the Shuttering of Gourmet Magazine

    Like all of you, I was SHOCKED SHOCKED SHOCKED when I read the LA Times on Monday and saw the news about Gourmet magazine. But leave it to Jon Stewart to put even this in perspective. I need not say anymore, because really, the man has said it all.

  • Blogs

    August 21, 2009

    OC Music Magazine Hold 'Locals Only Showcase,' Write About Walk-In Medical

    ​I wrote about Walk In Medical (pictured here in a now-outdated lineup) back in late November, in our Locals Only section. I though their EP, The Recluse, was promising, and am glad to see that they're still going and got some coverage from another publication, newly debuted local start-up OC Musi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    Balboa Island Interior Designer is the Agiest of the Chicest Woman in All the Land

    HarpersBazaar.comMary Lou Stockwell (second from the right), appears with other Fabulous at Every Age winners and fembot Elizabeth Hurley, who handled the introductions at a swanky party in New York City. ​The old money may be on the East Coast, but when it comes to the most, erm, mature of "Amer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 14, 2010

    Irvine Boat Magazine Publisher Throws Lift Raft to "Editor and Publisher"

    ​The reports of Editor & Publisher's death were exaggerated.That those reports came from the print media industry's leading trade magazine itself is not important right now, nor that fact that the New York-based company shut its doors two weeks ago.What is important is E&P has been saved-- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    New Online Magazine for OC Music Launches

    ​Albert Ching: That byline ring a bell? Dude writes here all the time. Used to have a desk in the office. Is a man about town.Well, he and OC music publicist/KUCI radio host/woman about town Ashley Eliot have launched a new online magazine--Everyday Noise--focusing on Southern California bands, a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 3, 2010

    Spinning into Butter

    Long Beach Playhouse

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2010

    SI: More Baseball Stadiums Offering All-You-Can-Eat Tickets

    Edwin Goei​Sports Illustrated had a recent article which reports that half of all major ballparks in the U.S. of A are now offering all-you-can-eat tickets. That's right, for a flat ticket fee (a cost of around $40 at some parks), you can get through the turnstiles and go directly to concessions ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Another One Bites the Dust: Paste Magazine Suspends Print Publication

    No, just print magazines​​In case you haven't heard by now, dead tree journalism has suffered another, ah, death in the family. 

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Girl in a Coma Tops Esquire's 'Best Unknown Songs' List

    Adam Stockstill​In the December issue of Esquire Magazine, San Antonio rockers Girl in a Coma find themselves atop "The Best Unknown Songs You Probably Haven't Heard" list of 2010. The ladies lead the collection of "eight recent under-the-radar tracks that happen to make us very thankful for this ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 16, 2010

    Wave of the Future

    Surfer magazine's sometimes-wild, sometimes-mild 50-year ride

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    Cover Story: 50 Years of Surfer Magazine--The Good, The Bad, And The Neon

    Illustration by Ryan Sanchez​John Severson didn't really know what he was getting himself into when he introduced The Surfer to surf film-going crowds in 1961. He just wanted the extra $1.50 per copy. He didn't intend to be part of spawning and helping to expand a multibillion dollar industry.&nbs ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 30, 2010

    John Paul Jones Exhibit

    Laguna Art Museum

  • Music

    February 24, 2011

    Franki Doll's Rock and Roll Wedding

    [Mental Notes] Plus, vote early and often for the Steelwells in Rolling Stone's contest

  • Blogs

    May 9, 2011

    Adam Gadahn's Background: Loves Death Metal

    ​[via The Stranger]In "Al Qaeda's Up-And-Comers", Newsweek named the Al Qaeda Hydra--the eight people most likely to succeed Osama bin Laden--with OC's Adam Gadahn on the list. The article says that 32-year-old goat boy Gadahn, who converted t ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 12, 2011

    Zine Fiend

    Bookmachine

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2011

    Five Great Magazine Covers Featuring Nude Women Slathered in Food

    ​Okay, so the above shot, the album cover for Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass' Whipped Cream and Other Delights, of course isn't the front of a magazine. But how can you talk about nude women slathered in food without mentioning this classic, which kicked off the genre? I happen to have the albu ... More >>

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