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Phil Nisco

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    April 6, 2012

    The Crosby to Open Grilled Cheese Sandwich Restaurant!

    Anyone who has ever been to the Crosby in downtown SanTana knows the brilliance of its Starving Artist grilled-cheese sandwich, a Gruyere beauty paired with a shooter of tomato sauce that runs for a ridiculous five bucks. Now, the guys behind it are taking it to the next level, opening the Grilled C ... More >>

  • Music

    January 15, 2009

    [Sound Guy] MyReview of the MySpace Pages of Local Acts

    Anyone who has ever been to the Crosby in downtown SanTana knows the brilliance of its Starving Artist grilled-cheese sandwich, a Gruyere beauty paired with a shooter of tomato sauce that runs for a ridiculous five bucks. Now, the guys behind it are taking it to the next level, opening the Grilled C ... More >>

  • Music

    November 13, 2008

    Dennis Lluy of Koo's Cafe Brings a Bunch of Bands to Santa Ana With the SoundDowntown Festival

    Anyone who has ever been to the Crosby in downtown SanTana knows the brilliance of its Starving Artist grilled-cheese sandwich, a Gruyere beauty paired with a shooter of tomato sauce that runs for a ridiculous five bucks. Now, the guys behind it are taking it to the next level, opening the Grilled C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2008

    The Crosby Still Not Ready for Prime Time

    We like the Crosby, we really do. We cheered their fight against the idiot SanTana bureaucrats. We like co-owners Chris Alfaro, Phil Nisco and Marc Yamaoka 'cause they always sport a smile and some weird-ass T-shirt (one of their workers was wearing one with Steve Urkel's mugshot--I remember that ep ... More >>

  • Music

    August 7, 2008

    [Sprawl of Sound] OC Weekly's Music Editor Bids Farewell, Bittersweetly

    We like the Crosby, we really do. We cheered their fight against the idiot SanTana bureaucrats. We like co-owners Chris Alfaro, Phil Nisco and Marc Yamaoka 'cause they always sport a smile and some weird-ass T-shirt (one of their workers was wearing one with Steve Urkel's mugshot--I remember that ep ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2008

    The Crosby's "Official" Grand Opening Party

    Better late than never? Sure! Weekly cover boys Phil Nisco, Chris Alfaro and Mark Yamaoka turned a weekend long extravaganza into The Crosby’s Official Grand Opening Party. So what if they opened two months ago? According to Nisco, the lineup of events this weekend just seemed like the perfect opp ... More >>

  • Music

    May 22, 2008

    [Sprawl of Sound] The Crosby's Grand Opening, Nigerian Music Not by Fela Kuti

    Better late than never? Sure! Weekly cover boys Phil Nisco, Chris Alfaro and Mark Yamaoka turned a weekend long extravaganza into The Crosby’s Official Grand Opening Party. So what if they opened two months ago? According to Nisco, the lineup of events this weekend just seemed like the perfect opp ... More >>

  • Music

    April 10, 2008

    [Sprawl of Sound] Getting Wowed by Autechre's Live Show, Gaslamp Killer at the Now-Open Crosby

    Better late than never? Sure! Weekly cover boys Phil Nisco, Chris Alfaro and Mark Yamaoka turned a weekend long extravaganza into The Crosby’s Official Grand Opening Party. So what if they opened two months ago? According to Nisco, the lineup of events this weekend just seemed like the perfect opp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2008

    Spit Monthly Debuts at The Crosby Tonight

    LA DJs Gaslamp Killer and Kutmah kick off their monthly event Spit (happening on first Thursdays at 9 p.m.), bringing the rhythmic fire tonight at the newly opened Crosby club in Santa Ana (we missed the "soft opening" April 1 because we were out of town, damn it). Want to hear hip-hop being mold ... More >>

  • Music

    March 27, 2008

    [Sprawl of Sound] Black Ghosts In the Booth, Gaslamp Killer On Disc, and the Crosby (Finally) Opens

    LA DJs Gaslamp Killer and Kutmah kick off their monthly event Spit (happening on first Thursdays at 9 p.m.), bringing the rhythmic fire tonight at the newly opened Crosby club in Santa Ana (we missed the "soft opening" April 1 because we were out of town, damn it). Want to hear hip-hop being mold ... More >>

  • Music

    March 6, 2008

    OC Bands Free the Robots, God's Good Soldiers, Dusty Rhodes and the River Band at South By Southwest

    LA DJs Gaslamp Killer and Kutmah kick off their monthly event Spit (happening on first Thursdays at 9 p.m.), bringing the rhythmic fire tonight at the newly opened Crosby club in Santa Ana (we missed the "soft opening" April 1 because we were out of town, damn it). Want to hear hip-hop being mold ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2008

    Sneak Peek of The Crosby

    Phil Nisco and Chris Alfaro of Free the Robots/The Crosby. Please. Open. Via this video of a Free the Robots practice session for their NYC show. Plus, you get some Big Apple footage. Progress definitely has been made at The Crosby, the venue that, we predicted back in September, would revoluti ... More >>

  • Music

    December 20, 2007

    Sprawl of Sound

    Rewind, Selectah! The best releases and shows of 2007

  • Music

    October 18, 2007

    Sprawl of Sound

    Punk, Funk and Ganked: The Clinic Shrugs Off Barbs, Orgone’s Funk Proves Reich’s Theory Wasn’t Bunk, Crosby’s Ill Fortunes

  • Blogs

    September 27, 2007

    Free the Robots, Detroit Bar (Busywork), September 26, 2007

    Click the photo for more snaps from the show. I had absurdly high expectations for Free the Robots' OC live debut—and, knock me over with a feather, those expectations were exceeded. That experience is so rare, I'd almost forgotten what it feels like. Seeing Free the Robots (SanTana impresario/mu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2007

    Free the Robots' Live OC Debut

    Alfaro (far left) and Nisco (second from right) will be soundbombing Detroit Bar tonight. Recent OC Weekly cover boys Chris Alfaro (aka Free the Robots) and Phil Nisco (Black Lung Pop) will be joining forces tonight for their first live performance in an Orange County venue. The Santa Ana musicia ... More >>

  • Music

    September 13, 2007

    Three the Hard Way

    Marc Yamaoka, Phil Nisco and Chris Alfaro wanted to open a hot new nightspot—But first, they had to fight Santa Ana City Hall

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