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We're doomed, doomed...
… or maybe not. The AP reports: Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson said Tuesday that God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States would cause a "mass killing" late in 2007. "I'm not necessarily saying it's going to be nuclear," he said during his news-and-talk television show "The 700 Club" on the Christian Broadcasting Network. "The Lord didn't say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that." Robertson said God told him about the impending tragedy du
January 3, 2007Goofy: Why Are the Feds Giving Disneyland Special Anti-Terrorism Protection?
KNBC's Chuck Henry recently scooped everyone with this: Oddly, the only two commercial properties in the U.S. that have gained federal no-fly-zone status after 9/11 are Disneyland in Anaheim and Disneyworld in Orlando. The play parks won the favor just days after President George W. Bush invaded Iraq, according to Henry. The ban keeps aircraft three miles away and at least 3,000 feet above the properties around the clock. So? Well, if you're thinking the feds are merely protecting sites where
May 9, 2007HOB Cancels Shadows Fall Shows
Shadows Fall: Tabooed off the stage by Disney. Two dates on Shadows Fall's upcoming Operation Annihilation tour with Static X have been canceled. Both were to occur at House of Blues venues located on property owned by the Walt Disney company. The Oct. 20 date scheduled at House of Blues in Orlando, FL has been canceled, and the Oct. 31 gig has moved from Anaheim's House of Blues to the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana. Shadows Fall vocalist Brian Fair said in a statement: "We have been informed t
October 1, 2007Yes to Complexly Rock Honda Center Aug. 20
Set aside your negative bias toward Yes—and while you're at it, lose your knee-jerk hatred of prog rock. Yes fuckin' rock—albeit in a long-winded, redonkulously complex manner. And Chris Squire's bass playing? Completely slaughters Les Claypool's. Ask Squarepusher. He'll vouch for me. As those SoCal badboys the Mars Volta know, prog rock can be damned exhilarating, when done with just the right amount of excess, killer chops, trippy album artwork and a keenly rococo melodic sense—all of
April 10, 2008Taco Bell Crime of the Week, Part IV
From Orlando... Police were investigating a Taco Bell robbery that happened Wednesday night and quickly realized that they were dealing with a crime spree. Investigators said three to four armed men robbed a Taco Bell on Narcoosee Road and then attacked two workers before they ran off. When officers arrived they learned the Burger King next door had also been robbed by the same group.
October 31, 2008Cirque du Great Park?
The Orange County Great Park Corp. board today unanimously recommended that the Irvine City Council authorize the board's CEO Michael Ellzey to enter formal negotiations with Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil to bring its winter 2010 touring production to the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station base. Council approval is very likely as all five council members sit on the Great Park board. To say the vote was a forgone conclusion is an understatement: moments after the vote, the park's hired
November 20, 2008TBN Continuing to Turn into Disney
It's an easy observation to note that the Trinity Broadcasting Network is a fevered Walt Disney dream come alive, what between the cartoonish qualities of Paul and Jan Crouch, their antebellum-style studios across the 405 Freeway from South Coast Plaza, and last year's purchase of the Holy Land Experience in Orlando. But who would've ever thunk it that that the Crouches would transform into rapacious Disney-esque land barons intent on buying and controlling every square inch near their prize pro
January 12, 2009Disneyland Suits Offered Buyouts
Things are tough all over--even the Happiest Place on Earth.Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is offering buyouts to 600 executives in its theme parks in Anaheim and Florida and the Walt Disney Co. in Burbank, reports the Business Journal's Orlando and Los Angeles outlets.More than half of the buyouts are being offered to the suits in Florida. All are decision makers; buyout offers have not been extended to managers. Those getting the offers have until Feb. 6 to decide. After that, layoffs are possi
January 21, 2009Warped Tour to Launch in Pomona This Year, Lineup Announced
For the third straight year, the Vans Warped Tour--46 dates in 2009-will be kicking off at the Pomona Fairplex, this time on June 26. Pre-sales for tickets start April 1 (not a prank), with the "regular" on-sale date being April 18. They've also announced the list of bands performing, though we don't yet know who's performing at what date yet. Names include: Newport Beach's Saosin (pictured), Huntington Beach's The Dirty Heads, Fullerton punk vets D.I. and Thrice, from Irvine, natch. And if you'
March 25, 2009Welcome to the Poor Haunted Mansion
If you go to Disneyland this spring or summer, you'll find great deals on Park Hopper tickets. The question is whether there will be anyone there to sell you your tickets, take your tickets and grope you. Disney is eliminating 1,900 jobs at its domestic theme parks, most in Orlando (1,400), the least in Burbank (200) and the rest at the Anaheim resort (300). This worries pop culturista Lisa Derrick, who writes and edits La Figa at Firedoglake.com. It's going to be weird
April 7, 2009Richard Christy's new metal band
No, that's new nu-metal, but new, as in not old. Anyway, Richard Christy, famed metal drummer and the dude who does all sorts of gay shit on the Howard Stern Show, has put together an all-star metal group. I'd tell you all about it, but just read this. "Metal Blade Records is proud to announce the signing of Richard Christy's new project, Charred Walls of the Damned! This newly formed outfit features some of the most talented musicians in metal. Their collective experience is colossal an
May 18, 2009Play Fight
January 10, 2008Sprawl of Sound
Heavenly Beats, Demonic Metal, Slack Clergy: Absorbing Seattle’s Decibel Festival, Assessing Disney’s HOB Flub, Heeding Lazy Preacher
October 4, 2007Diva Divinity
Bootyliciousness and divadom
August 30, 2007Ask Cannibal Corpse!
December 5, 2002Diary of a Mad County
Jan. 31-Feb. 6
February 8, 2007Diary of a Mad County
Dec. 13-Dec. 19
December 21, 2006Diary of a Mad County
Nov. 22 - Nov. 28
November 30, 2006Can Do
August 10, 2006Aptly Named
January 19, 2006Muh-Merica
December 30, 2004Fairies, Queens and handsome Princes
September 30, 2004FM Bats
August 12, 2004The Blame Game
November 13, 2003In Praise of. . .Disneyland?
May 29, 2003Going Down
April 10, 2003Barrels of Fun!
October 10, 2002Bosom Buddies, We Hardly Knew Ye
May 23, 2002It's Walt's Party, and I'll Cry if I Want To
December 20, 2001White Dopes on Punk
October 11, 2001Mommy Dearest
August 16, 2001One Happy Fella
August 9, 2001Going Ballistic
March 15, 2001Bush 2000 Shocker!
July 13, 2000California Misadventure
June 15, 2000Vacation, Baby
October 21, 1999Dirty Hippies Do Shakespeare
September 9, 1999The Shaq Trap
June 24, 1999In the Shadow of the Mouse
March 18, 1999For Whom the Tolls Rose
August 21, 1997Out of the Pond, Echo Beach Mark World Premieres Tonight
Two films make their world premieres at the Regency Lido Theatre tonight as part of the Newport Beach Film Festival's 2009 Action Sports Film Series.First, at 6:15 p.m., it's Out of the Pond, Irvine-based, action-sports clothier Billabong USA's new film from director Chris Heffner that follows the company's wakeboarding team around the globe, from crazy big spillways in the Philippines to the Hard Rock Hotel pool in Las Vegas to rails in Orlando, Fla.--at midnight. Among those who appear in the
April 28, 2009Cirque du Soleil Confirms 2010 Tour Stop in Great Park
Photo courtesy of Cirque du Soleil"The Trickster" of Cirque du Soleil's "Kooza."There's not much to the park yet, but the Orange County Great Park in Irvine has been confirmed as a 2010 tour stop for the freaky French-Canadian circus Cirque du Soleil, OCGP chairman Larry Agran announced today.Montreal-based Cirque's new show Kooza--which made its U.S. premiere in New York last month and is set to open Oct. 16 on the Santa Monica Pier--is scheduled to begin its Orange County limited engagement Ja
May 12, 2009Disneyland Women's Triathlon Lacks Water
Photo by Rick Kent An Amy Poehler look-alike crosses the finish line at the Trek Women Triathlon in Austin, Texas, where she had to get wet first.The caps are their's as the Trek Women Triathlon Series bills itself as "the ONLY women's triathlon series CREATED BY WOMEN, RUN BY WOMEN, EXCLUSIVELY FOR WOMEN." Nothing wrong with that. But it seems from our game-day broadcasting booth high in the sky over Anaheim that their triathlon at Disneyland Sunday morning is not a triathlon at all. Acc
June 12, 2009Disneyland Urged to Bring Back Michael Jackson's Captain EO
On various Internet sites, including the "Captain EO @ Disneyland" Facebook page, Disneyland is being urged to bring back the Captain EO attraction to honor Michael Jackson.Captain EO, which debuted at Disneyland on Sept. 18, 1986 (six days after its world premiere at Walt Disney World's Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida), and ran continuously through April of 1997, was the 17-minute film you see YouTubed in two parts above.Other sites where people are calling for EO's return to Disneyland in
June 26, 2009OC Cities Fail to Crack 10 Meanest List, Must Try Harder
Photo by HulagwayBoxed in.No Orange County cities cracked the top 10 Meanest Cities list included in a report released today by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty and the National Coalition for the Homeless. But Laguna Beach, Santa Ana (by way of Dana Point) and just-beyond-our-reach Long Beach were singled out for giving it a good try.According to "Homes Not Handcuffs: The Criminalization of Homelessness in U.S. Cities," which researches laws and practices in 273 cities acros
July 14, 2009Dishney: California Adventure Dreamin' With Bob Weis
The concept art of the Carthay Circle TheatreWith recent announcements of the complete re-vamping of that other park, Disney's California Adventure seem to have a bright future ahead, abandoning its current concept of a California-themed theme park in uh, California, and replacing it with something that revolves more around nostalgia--old Hollywood, movie palaces, sprays of bougainvillea, a Victorian seaside town. And the person in charge of overseeing the complete $1 billion re-vamping o
July 15, 2009New Albums for Three Warped Tour Bands
Before they embark on the Warped Tour's maiden voyage to Pomona, there's one major house keeping issue that some bands chose to attend to before traveling all over the country playing to thousands. That usually involves cranking out a new album. Tomorrow, three of the tour's bands are releasing new material for die hard fans and downloaders alike. Veteran punks Anit-Flag (pictured) release their eighth full -ength album of politically-driven protest anthems titled People or the Gun on Side
June 8, 2009Are OC Republicans Lying or Businessmen Stupid for Leaving Country's Most Popular State?
The kind of Orange County Republicans who would launch a recall of a Southern California politician from their own party tell you higher taxes are driving businesses out of California. They'll compare Cali's various tax rates with a backwater state like Nevada, or send their puppet officeholders (Assembly members Diane Harkey, R-Dana Point, and Jim Silva, R-Huntington Beach) to that desert hell hole to hear from whiners who used to ply their trades here but left because
October 8, 2009Lady Gaga Announces Tour, Skips Orange County
OK, so we all know by now that the Kanye West/Lady Gaga show at the Honda Center, once scheduled for November 15, isn't happening. Heck, the whole "Fame Kills" tour isn't happening. But even though Kanye is dealing with his own post-Taylor Swift issues, the hope still remained that the seemingly more stable Lady Gaga (insert your own "you know you're in trouble when Lady Gaga is the sane one" jokes here) would announce her own tour, and hit us up solo-style. Well, half of that came true.As re
October 16, 2009Road Sores: More From Thrice's Ed Breckenridge
Welcome to Road Sores, Heard Mentality's newest feature, where bands on tour will guest blog about life on the road, photos, videos, what that smell is coming from the corner of the van, what they're listening to, or whatever the hell it is they feel like talking about that day. Thrice's Ed Breckenridge checks in again with more iPhone photos from tour life. Check out Ed's previous entry here. Ed Breckenridge"Myrtle Beach: We met a turtle that really liked chomping at shoes."
November 9, 2009
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