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Mark Twain

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    1957 Disneyland Home Video Surfaces

    ​The Disney History Institute just released a newly transferred and retouched full-color home video that was shot in Disneyland in 1957. The park was less than two years old when the footage was shot.Check out the video (and learn more details about it) after the jump.

  • Calendar

    January 27, 2011

    Mark Twain's The Diaries of Adam and Eve

    Carpenter Center

  • Film

    December 23, 2010

    How the West Is Won

    The Coen brothers take their tongues out of their cheeks for 'True Grit'

  • Culture

    December 16, 2010

    Wave of the Future

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

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2010

    [NSFW] Boob Wars on Video: Breast Milk From 30 Women (Ariel Pink) VS. Scary CGI Orgy (Klaxons)

    Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyAriel Pink at the Detroit Bar in August​Ariel Pink and the Klaxons both play psychedelic art rock music that hipsters love; but today's launch of their respective videos garnered a mish mash of unexpected reactions. In fairness, the boobage that Ariel Pink is fighting with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2010

    Writing Drunk on Four Loko

    We went with the purple can.​Web Editor Vickie wanted one of us in the office to drink something called Four Loko, some energy drink with 12-percent alcohol that's making schools nervous, that was just banned in Michigan, and makes students excited. No one on our staff is stupid enough to waste th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2010

    "Justice For Julian" Collender Takes Brea PD War to Streets, Facebook, Yorba Linda City Hall

    ​UPDATE: Julian "Jules" Stanley Collender's Family and Friends Loudly Protest His Slaying by PoliceIt's been 2 1/2 months since the life of Julian "Jules" Stanley Collender was cut short by a single police gunshot, but the Yorba Linda 25-year-old's family and friends have maintained their pressure ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2010

    Science Illustrated: Five Comics Featuring Nikola Tesla

    Jeff Smith​Jeff Smith is best known for his seminal all-ages work Bone, a series he worked on for about 13 years and 55 issues. Readers still flock to Bone in its collected editions, and it's cemented Smith's reputation as one of the most creative talents in comics. Unfortunately, Bone has ov ... More >>

  • Music

    June 25, 2009

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

    Jeff Smith​Jeff Smith is best known for his seminal all-ages work Bone, a series he worked on for about 13 years and 55 issues. Readers still flock to Bone in its collected editions, and it's cemented Smith's reputation as one of the most creative talents in comics. Unfortunately, Bone has ov ... More >>

  • Food

    June 4, 2009

    [Summer Guide] The Grills of Your Barbecue-Loving Dreams

    Jeff Smith​Jeff Smith is best known for his seminal all-ages work Bone, a series he worked on for about 13 years and 55 issues. Readers still flock to Bone in its collected editions, and it's cemented Smith's reputation as one of the most creative talents in comics. Unfortunately, Bone has ov ... More >>

  • Culture

    June 4, 2009

    [Summer Guide] Reuben Martinez of the Relocated Librería Martinez Offers His Top 10 Summer Reads

    Jeff Smith​Jeff Smith is best known for his seminal all-ages work Bone, a series he worked on for about 13 years and 55 issues. Readers still flock to Bone in its collected editions, and it's cemented Smith's reputation as one of the most creative talents in comics. Unfortunately, Bone has ov ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2009

    Former Weekling Pignataro Lives, Writes the Maui Life

    The last time the Weekly pimped a book by Anthony Pignataro, it was El Toro Airport Watch: A No-Nonsense Guide to the Controversy Surrounding Orange County's Proposed El Toro International Airport. The title alone is nearly as long as the 54-page book, a staggering work of genius that is not really ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2008

    How Not to Get a Free Book From Me

    As readers of this blog know, I run occasional contests giving away copies of my books (Bryan Crowther? You got the city where Nigger Canyon is but never emailed me to claim your prize. Where are you?). As much as I want people to buy a copy so I can get a penny off of the royalty, I also understand ... More >>

  • Music

    April 24, 2008

    [Aural Reports] Activist Band Everything That Exists Strive to Right the World's Imbalances

    As readers of this blog know, I run occasional contests giving away copies of my books (Bryan Crowther? You got the city where Nigger Canyon is but never emailed me to claim your prize. Where are you?). As much as I want people to buy a copy so I can get a penny off of the royalty, I also understand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2008

    ¡Ask a Mexican! As Extinct as Kudzu

    To paraphrase a paraphrase of Mark Twain, reports of my deportation have been greatly exaggerated. Yes, I know I announced last Thursday that I was ending my ¡Ask a Mexican! column, but few people seemingly bothered to read the line where I stated my self-deportation was "effective the feast day o ... More >>

  • Food

    October 12, 2006

    Drink, Eat, But Don't Pass Out

    Proof in seven shots

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2006

    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 >>

  • Culture

    January 12, 2006

    Consider the Wallace

    Seven things that must be said about David Foster Wallace and his new book of essays

  • Columns

    November 17, 2005

    First Person

    Seven things that must be said about David Foster Wallace and his new book of essays

  • Culture

    November 17, 2005

    Lame Fulminations

    Vonneguts latest is lightweight, gaseous stuff

  • Columns

    March 31, 2005

    Eight Days

    Vonneguts latest is lightweight, gaseous stuff

  • News

    February 24, 2005

    Strange, Terrible Sagas

    Remembering Hunter S. Thompson and Arthur Miller

  • Features

    November 4, 2004

    O, America . . .

    Reflections on Election Day, 2004

  • Columns

    August 26, 2004

    No, You Shut Up

    Artists are Americans, too, You Jackasses

  • News

    July 1, 2004

    Unreasonable Doubts?

    10 ways the Haidl Three got off

  • Film

    May 27, 2004

    Beyond Belief

    Jesus-freak satire panders to Christians and heathens alike

  • Columns

    January 22, 2004

    Numb at NAMM 2004

    The Music Industry Descends on Anaheim and Gives it a Hickey

  • Culture

    January 15, 2004

    Art of War

    Howard Zinns Artists in Times of War

  • Music

    December 18, 2003

    What Side Are You On?

    Fast Forward To Death

  • Culture

    November 6, 2003

    Mass Forgetting

    Joan Didion tells you how we live in the greatest state in the greatest country on the greatest planet!

  • Columns

    October 2, 2003

    Paging John Ashcroft

    White kids on dope!

  • Food

    May 15, 2003

    Palo Fields

    The majestic meals of Caspian Restaurant

  • News

    October 10, 2002

    Disneyland Primeval

    A pre-Eisner photo history of Walts unreal world

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    Learn or Burn

    Said stresses multiculti dialogue

  • Culture

    December 6, 2001

    Boyles Toil and Trouble

    Is T.C. Boyles literature with a capital L?

  • Culture

    July 12, 2001

    Les Jeux Sont Faits

    Performance artist puts a wrap on Timothy McVeigh

  • Culture

    May 31, 2001

    Bard to the Bone

    SCR probes Shakespeare controversy

  • Culture

    April 27, 2000

    Is David Woodard's Life His Art?

    Or is his art his life?
    Or is he just scamming us?

  • Features

    January 6, 2000

    The World According to Walt

    Or is his art his life?
    Or is he just scamming us?

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