Mark Mothersbaugh

The 15 Greatest Original Film Scores From the Past Decade

By: Jaime-Paul Falcon Established musicians composing film scores is nothing new. Some of the best scores of the last 50 some odd years have come from pop stars: Dylan's score for Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid, Danny Elfman's whole career and Queen's legendary Flash Gordon score. With the rise of vari ... More >>

Burgerama Day Two - The Observatory - March 23, 2013

Burgerama 2 The Observatory 3/23/13 Beer was flowing, burgers grilling and music blaring as day two of Burgerama picked up where Friday left off. By the end of the night, the walls of the venue were moist sweaty and the concertgoers were sweaty and smelly. Both hallmarks of a good punk/garage/indie ... More >>

5 Examples of Moonrise Kingdom Being a Wes Anderson Homage to Wes Anderson

Click here for the review of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, which has Karina Longworth of our big sistah paper LA Weekly astutely pointing out the similarities with the 43-year-old auteur's The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. But I was struck at the Orange County Film Society sneak-peak scree ... More >>

MC Bat Commander's Head Explodes!

Christian Jacobs' 15-year journey from leading the ultimate OC cult band to 'The Aquabats! Super Show!'

Rocket From the Crypt Reunites--For One Episode of Yo Gabba Gabba!

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT.​If there was one good cause to reunite for--that is, other than the fans, of course--it's Yo Gabba Gabba!. Rocket From the Crypt singer John Reis posted this awesome photo on his official Facebook account Friday, along with this caption: AP-ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT REUNITE! ... More >>

Devo at the City National Grove of Anaheim on Friday Night

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​DevoAugust 5, 2011City National Grove of AnaheimA band as renowned as Devo shouldn't really have an opening act. The chants for "Devo!" rang through the City National Grove of Anaheim despite the DJ's attempts to keep the crowd satiated with various New Order, Pet Shop Boy ... More >>

You Say You Want a Devo-lution?

Devo want the world to regress while dancing

Josh Freese Introduces Us to 'My New Friends'

[Locals Only] Super session drummer's new release is the whole bizarre gift package

[UPDATE: 75K Package SOLD!] Josh Freese's New EP My New Friends Out Today--Also: It's Already Too Late for That Tommy Lee Seance

Courtesy of Josh Freese​UPDATE, APRIL 1, 7:40 P.M.: Well, that was fast. The $75,000 fan package has been sold to a man named Connor Trivers from Medford, Oregon. The package includes Josh Freese joining your band for a month (or he becomes your personal assistant); one of Freese's drumsets; an en ... More >>

An Interview with Aquabats Singer The MC Bat Commander

​After a five-year hiatus, the perennially goofy Orange County ska-punk band the Aquabats will be releasing a new album. Unless you've been living under a rock in the interim, you know lead singer MC Bat Commander (aka Christian Jacobs) has been busy creating, writing and directing the hugely succ ... More >>

Sesame Street vs. Yo Gabba Gabba! The Musical Battle for Your Kids' Coolness

Sesame Street​Sesame Street wants your kids to be cool. And not by learning the alphabet, easy addition or "good government bullshit" (sorry, it's the 20th anniversary of the release of GoodFellas).No, they're doing it through pop music.This week, The Street (I hear that's what the cool toddlers a ... More >>

Coachella Day Two: Three Random Lessons Learned

Andrew YoussefMatt Bellamy of Muse reaches out.​Click here to see many, many more photos from Day Two!We'll make this fast... just escaped the hellish Coachella parking lot. Phone's dead. Need to get feet surgically replaced with new ones.But first, three lessons learned at day two of Coachella 20 ... More >>

Rugs! Rugs! Rugs!

Hibbleton Gallery

Yo Gabba Gabba! Soundtrack Coming in October

​Nick Jr.'s Yo Gabba Gabba! isn't a typical kiddie fare and anyone that's into music should know that by now, and it's not just those oddly appealing monsters and robots like the Gary Baseman-esque Muno. The show--co-created by Huntington Beach resident/Aquabats lead singer Christian Jacobs, by th ... More >>

At Irvine Fine Arts, Mothersbaugh Is Edgy, But Taussig Truly Goes to the Edge

Drummer Josh Freese Sells Himself, Famous Friends, Dinner at Sizzler to Promote His New Album

To Do Tonight - 6/15

 I'm not going to lie. There isn't much going on tonight. So, here are some art exhibits that sound interesting. Mark Mothersbaugh: Postcard Diaries and Arthur Taussig: Postcards from the Edges of AmericaIn case you haven't heard of him, Mark Mothersbaugh is a composer for television, film and ... More >>

Mark Mothersbaugh: Postcard Diaries and Arthur Taussig: Postcards from the Edges of America

Irvine Fine Arts Center

Last Night: The Generators, Longway, The Unwanted Guests, Blacktop Idol at Surf City Saloon

Review by Reza Allah-Bakhshi The Generators, Longway, The Unwanted Guests and Blacktop Idol Surf City Saloon January 26, 2008 Better Than: Your cousin throwing up all over your car after the show. Download: “The Great Divide.” Most people wouldn’t look forward to driving 30 minutes in a ... More >>

Celebrity Fave-Raves Edition

The year in music

"The Fans Are Getting More Crazy"

Polysics Add Friends to Their Jump suit J-spazz

Trendzilla

Costa Mesa just may be OC’s closest answer to a real arts scene

Computer Camp and Disco Balls

Norway’s Datarock Create Dance Anthems for Geeks and Freaks

Pet Symmetry

Devolving with Mark Mothersbaugh’s ‘Beautiful Mutants’

Peek-A-Boo!

"Beautiful Mutants"

Tricky Traditional Roman Script

RVCA's Summer Warehouse Sale

John, Long Gone

A final introspective, before the Sympathy records founder moves

Wild in the Streets

No. 7: Everybody wins with RVCA

They Are Not Men, They Are Artists

'Dos Mutatos'

Product Matters

RVCA learns what Valentino knows: people will pay for quality

THE WAR IS OVER. STOP FIGHTING

The truth about de-evolution: It was true

Sea Sick and Twisted

Bill Murray, Wes Anderson, The Life Aquatic And The American Way

Suburban Robots Monitoring Reality!

Jocko Homo

Tony Hawk and Devo: Lets whip it again!

California Dreaming

Fu Manchus dude-rock ethos