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Pepsi-Cola

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2012

    Mountain Dew Dissolves Mice??!?

    ​ You knew soda rots your teeth. According to PepsiCo lawyers, it also dissolves dead mice. In a pending negligence lawsuit filed in Madison County, Illinois, Ronald Ball claims he found a dead mouse inside a can of Mountain Dew he purchased and drank in 2009.

  • Columns

    December 1, 2011

    Are Mexicans Racist Against Half-Mexicans?

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] Plus, should Mexicans hate the Irish, and vice versa?

  • Culture

    October 27, 2011

    Let It Bleed

    Hard at work on his eighth novel, 'Deadwood' author Pete Dexter still packs a punch

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2011

    Battle Half-Sandwich-and-Soup Combo: Corner Bakery vs. Panera

    Edwin GoeiCorner Bakery​If I may overgeneralize, Panera and Corner Bakery are the fast-casual chain sandwich purveyors equivalent of Coke and Pepsi. Today, we measure the merits of one random item, bought at both: the 1/2 sandwich and soup combo. The sandwich will be the common denominator of tuna ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2011

    This Week in Food: Luxe Loncheras, More Luxe Loncheras, and Even More Luxe Loncheras!

    Photo by the Elmo MonsterOur requisite mention of Piaggio for the week!​We went luxe lonchera crazy this week, and even crazier in other departments. The bedlam after the jump!

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Pepsi Unveils Spambot "Be Social" Vending Machine

    PepsiOMGWTFPepsi​In a move that ups Coca-Cola's decades-old "I'd like to buy the world a Coke" campaign, PepsiCo introduced a new vending machine prototype that allows consumers to buy their friends around the world a soda.

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Diet Coke Now Outselling Pepsi--Are the Cola Wars Finally Over?

    Flickr user joyosity​AdAge is reporting (via the subscriber-only Beverage Digest) that "a historic shift for the beverage industry" has occurred: Diet Coke is now outselling longtime second-place holder Pepsi. Last year, Coca-Cola's junior product sold 9.9 percent of all sodas in the United States ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    This Week in Food: Italian Holiday, Final Pho, and Arrested Development Pub Quiz!

    ​Between the start of our epic Final Pho tournament and news of quizzes that we can actually win, it was quite the week here at your favorite infernal blog. Highlights after the jump!

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Using Coupons Smartly for Super Bowl Sunday

    Anne Marie Panoringan​ >I used to consider just shopping at Costco and Target saving money. I was wrong. So very wrong. Thanks to The Krazy Coupon Lady for showing me the light.Anyway, if you're trying not to dash to the grocery store at the last minute, here's a deal for you. Pull the Sund ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    The OC Music Awards at the Lab Last Night

    Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Click here to see the slideshow!OC Music AwardsJan. 26, 2011The Lab, Costa MesaLast night saw round two of the Best Live Acoustic Act category, and the competition was hit or miss. Of the five groups who performed, only two stood out.  Here's the breakdown.

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2010

    Snoop Dog Gives Holiday Greetings for Pepsi Max

    Our favorite LBC-er commits holiday heresy by pimping out Santa Claus--which Coca-Cola has pimped out as their own for decades--for Pepsi. Pretty funny!

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Cirque du Soleil-Worthy Moments From Michael Jackson's Life

    www.MichaelJackson.com​So we heard that Michael Jackson's estate and Cirque du Soleil are going to launch Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour next fall. In true Cirque du Soleil fashion, the show will use Jackson's choreography, hit music, and life experiences to interpret the King of Pop's s ... More >>

  • Food

    January 28, 2010

    [Hole in the Wall] On Rooster Cafe's Breakfast Burritos and the Passing of Glen Bell

    www.MichaelJackson.com​So we heard that Michael Jackson's estate and Cirque du Soleil are going to launch Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour next fall. In true Cirque du Soleil fashion, the show will use Jackson's choreography, hit music, and life experiences to interpret the King of Pop's s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    The Case Against HFCS

    Dave Lieberman​Last week's Dueling Dishes article, about the "Throwback" sodas made with real sugar compared to those made with the now-standard high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) garnered more comments than normal, including a reply from Audrae Erickson, the president of the Corn Refiners' Associati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    This Week in Food

    https://taylorhicksgirlfriend.wordpress.com/R.I.P. Glen Bell​Gustavo pays homage to the death of Taco Bell founder, Glen Bell, by breaking a 15-year streak of abstaining from the fast food chain. He also recounts a botched inside job in Taco Bell Crime of the Week and discusses some delicious Viet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2010

    Dueling Dishes: Real Sugar Soda vs. HFCS Soda

    Dave Lieberman​As we posted at the end of last year, PepsiCo bottlers are making limited-edition "Throwback" versions of Pepsi and Mountain Dew. These are made the old-fashioned way, with sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). While OC is no stranger to sugar soda (a lot, but not all, o ... More >>

  • News

    September 24, 2009

    The Unsolved Murder of Joe Avila Is Only One of Many Loose Ends From OC's Coked-Out '80s

    Dave Lieberman​As we posted at the end of last year, PepsiCo bottlers are making limited-edition "Throwback" versions of Pepsi and Mountain Dew. These are made the old-fashioned way, with sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). While OC is no stranger to sugar soda (a lot, but not all, o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2009

    18 Reasons Sammy Davis Jr. Beats Michael Jackson in Heavenly Greatest Entertainer Who Ever Lived Smackdown

    Barry Gordy eulogizes Michael Jackson.At Michael Jackson's moving memorial in the Staples Center Tuesday, Motown founder Berry Gordy eulogized that the title "King of Pop" was not big enough for Jacko, calling him "simply the greatest entertainer that ever lived."Somewhere in Heaven, Sammy Davis Jr. ... More >>

  • Columns

    June 18, 2009

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] The Ugly Gabacho

    Barry Gordy eulogizes Michael Jackson.At Michael Jackson's moving memorial in the Staples Center Tuesday, Motown founder Berry Gordy eulogized that the title "King of Pop" was not big enough for Jacko, calling him "simply the greatest entertainer that ever lived."Somewhere in Heaven, Sammy Davis Jr. ... More >>

  • News

    May 14, 2009

    La Habra Octomom Nadya Suleman Is Ready to Rocto Your World

    Barry Gordy eulogizes Michael Jackson.At Michael Jackson's moving memorial in the Staples Center Tuesday, Motown founder Berry Gordy eulogized that the title "King of Pop" was not big enough for Jacko, calling him "simply the greatest entertainer that ever lived."Somewhere in Heaven, Sammy Davis Jr. ... More >>

  • News

    May 7, 2009

    Craig Newmark Speaks at Victim's Memorial in Wake of Craigslist Killings

    Barry Gordy eulogizes Michael Jackson.At Michael Jackson's moving memorial in the Staples Center Tuesday, Motown founder Berry Gordy eulogized that the title "King of Pop" was not big enough for Jacko, calling him "simply the greatest entertainer that ever lived."Somewhere in Heaven, Sammy Davis Jr. ... More >>

  • Music

    May 15, 2008

    Piss, Whiskey and Styx Are All Part of Actor John Corbett's Rock & Roll Fantasy

    Barry Gordy eulogizes Michael Jackson.At Michael Jackson's moving memorial in the Staples Center Tuesday, Motown founder Berry Gordy eulogized that the title "King of Pop" was not big enough for Jacko, calling him "simply the greatest entertainer that ever lived."Somewhere in Heaven, Sammy Davis Jr. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2008

    Smashing Pumpkins Sue Virgin, World Sheds Most Insincere Crocodile Tears Ever

    Here's a case where one only hopes both parties lose. Whom do you root for: the whiniest, most annoyingly precious recording artiste extant or a huge record label (now owned by the cuddly Capitol Music Group) that is flailing for its existence in a dismal economic climate? Gosh, I'm torn, even if Vi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    Because You're Ugly: Paul & Joe for Perrier

    Here's a case where one only hopes both parties lose. Whom do you root for: the whiniest, most annoyingly precious recording artiste extant or a huge record label (now owned by the cuddly Capitol Music Group) that is flailing for its existence in a dismal economic climate? Gosh, I'm torn, even if Vi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2007

    All's Fair in Love and OC

    When it's the opening day of the Orange County Fair, you have plenty of time in traffic — an hour, in fact, just to get from Santa Ana to the fairgrounds — to realize just how poorly the 55 is designed. Immediately after some major road feeds into it, forcing a mass slowing as a new torrent of c ... More >>

  • News

    May 17, 2007

    White Meat, Please

    DA roasts Lamb and Rump, two seasoned white supremacists

  • Features

    February 8, 2007

    Sexy Sexies!

    Orange Countys Sexiest People

  • Blogs

    September 19, 2006

    Unreal City: Laguna Beach

    If you're someone who wants to visit Laguna Beach, but is so filled with inertia that you can't be bothered to step outside your front door, there's good news-- MTV is here to help. MTV, which has already had great success in reducing Laguna Beach to nothing more than a gaggle of impressively self- ... More >>

  • News

    August 3, 2006

    'We've Ridden Every Mile'

    Irvines Saleen store makes its qualifying run

  • Music

    December 29, 2005

    This Week in Devil Music

    Dick Dale

  • Music

    September 22, 2005

    Bilingual Whirl

    Yerba Buenas furious, sensual Nuyorican salsa-soul

  • Features

    August 25, 2005

    Fat Like Me

    A pigs-eye view of the Happiest Place on Earth

  • Features

    December 30, 2004

    The Year In Letting Go, Go, Angels!

    Los Angeles Ashes

  • Culture

    August 5, 2004

    Wont Stop Till We Get Enough

    Man in the Mirror: The Michael Jackson Story

  • Film

    July 3, 2003

    Undead Do Dance

    Danny Boyles 28 Days Later and Guy Maddins Dracula

  • Features

    May 29, 2003

    Things We Love About Summer

    Danny Boyles 28 Days Later and Guy Maddins Dracula

  • Columns

    April 17, 2003

    The Last Resort

    Iraq is rocked, but our desert rocks

  • Features

    February 20, 2003

    Electric Horsemen

    Is a rodeo mafia covering up evidence of animal abuse in California?

  • News

    February 20, 2003

    Hyatt Riot

    Notes on the new Huntington Beach resort opening

  • Columns

    December 5, 2002

    Letters

    Notes on the new Huntington Beach resort opening

  • Features

    October 24, 2002

    C

    Notes on the new Huntington Beach resort opening

  • Features

    July 25, 2002

    Summer Eats (Drinks)

    Notes on the new Huntington Beach resort opening

  • News

    May 16, 2002

    Witness for the Persecution

    Notes on the new Huntington Beach resort opening

  • Columns

    May 9, 2002

    Diary of a Mad County

    Notes on the new Huntington Beach resort opening

  • News

    April 25, 2002

    Shoestring Financing

    Lake Forest gets a park called Etnies

  • Food

    February 7, 2002

    Papa Joes Pizza Is Good

    Beachfront pizza the way nature intended

  • News

    January 24, 2002

    Bad Company

    Six of Americas worst corporations are your neighbors!

  • Culture

    October 18, 2001

    Mau-Mauing the Fact Catcher

    Dave Mau and the aesthetic of everything

  • Unknown

    September 27, 2001

    La Habra

    Discount capital of OC

  • Food

    September 20, 2001

    Badass Roller Coaster

    Lukes Chicago Pizza delivers the Italian beef

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