Radio

Thanks to KX-FM 93.5, Finding Cool New Music in Laguna Beach Isn't Impossible

By: Dawn DiMare Thiery Considered a revered epicenter of fine art, the well-to-do city of Laguna Beach isn't known as a bastion of new music discovery (unless you're looking for surf rock or reggae à la Sublime). Grant Owens--a disc jockey at member-supported KX-FM 93.5--is trying to change that. F ... More >>

Groping for 'A Dark Truth'

Damian Lee's movie keeps getting distracted with conspiracies, marriage, talk radio

'Sleepwalk With Me,' or This American Zombie

A shaggy-dog radio segment goes Hollywood

DJ Scotty Boy Takes Us on a Tour of His Favorite OC Spots

L.A. native DJ Scott "Scotty Boy" Schroer started working in music back in the '90s as our local KROQ DJ. The alternative music radio station helped introduce him to Daft Punk, The Chemical Brothers and Underworld. After trying to open a nightclub that completely failed, Schroer moved to Las Vegas t ... More >>

Latin Alternative Explosion: Probable or Inevitable?

Sicilia WolfLatin Alternative Songstress Carla Morrison​ The music is great and the demographics are there for the taking, so is it only a matter of time before a Latin Alternative explosion occurs Stateside? Producer and songwriter Desmond Child weighed in with his opinion in a recent Al Borde pi ... More >>

[UPDATE: Maybe Not]: Fullerton Mayor Dick Jones to Resign: KFI Reports

Mayor F. Richard Jones M.D.​UPDATE, 2:08 p.m.: An official with the city of Fullerton tells us that the KFI reports of Fullerton Mayor Dick Jones stepping down are false. "The Mayor is not resigning," says Public Information Officer for the city of Fullerton Sylvia Palmer. "When he left city hall ... More >>

Dntel At the Detroit Bar Last Night

Neda Salamat​DntelAugust 2, 2011The Detroit Bar"Warning: This video contains strobe effects." The projector holds, then flickers to a cascade of rain droplets, ranging from deep blue to aquamarine, in an assortment of sizes. In front of the display, Dntel, clad in jeans and lime green polo, is ... More >>

I MiX What I Like! An Interview with Jared Ball (Part I)

​ As I MiX What I Like! A Mixtape Manifesto pays homage in title to a series of articles written by the late freedom fighter Steve Biko, Dr. Jared A. Ball's first book declares hip-hop's mixtape as a principle means by which to "fight the power." Provocative in his analysis, the "Funkinest Journal ... More >>

Top 8 Music Tech Gifts for Father's Day

​Father's Day is around the corner, and if you're like us, you're just now realizing it. It's okay--you still have time, and OC Weekly is here for you. We decided to make it easy on you and show you some of your options, ranging from simple vinyl record frames to high-tech speaker systems and tu ... More >>

Jim Norton

Irvine Improv

'Teen Angel' Writer and Garden Grove Resident Jean Dinning Dies

​The New York Times reports that Jean Dinning, who wrote the hit high school tragedy song "Teen Angel," died on Feb. 22. She was 86.Ms. Dinning's younger brother Mark performed "Teen Angel." It's about a couple whose car stalls on railroad tracks; they get out but the girl goes back to get the boy ... More >>

Ska Parade Celebrates its 20th Anniversary at Slidebar Tonight

Myspace.com​Long-running radio show the Ska Parade is in the midst of celebrating its 20th anniversary, which means the program is older than some of its listeners. It also means a birthday party is in order, so SP head honcho Tazy Phyllipz decided to celebrate by hitting the road with the Ska Par ... More >>

Does 'Radio Chola' Have a Future? Stay Tuned

​After a chaotic week in which Ask a Chola was revealed to be a Santa Ana loft dweller named Chloe Michalopolous, those angered by the revelation turned focus to her Wednesday night internet show on Killradio.org. All kinds of questions abounded: Would the woman behind the green bandanna finally t ... More >>

Steve Lopez, Respected LA Times Columnist, Becomes LA City Attorney's Rasta-Monkey

​If there is one word to describe the latest Los Angeles Times column by Steve Lopez, it is "blunt."That is what the veteran journo smoked before getting behind the wheel of a Crown Vic to help Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich study the effects of marijuana on driving.Here's another word ... More >>

Hugh Hewitt Looking to Rip Off His Audience

​Our local conservative yakmouth, Hugh Hewitt, is pretty popular, but not really. I wouldn't place him in the top 20 syndicated radio shows in the country, and his audience is limited to conservative intellectuals (as he can engage in fascinating conversation but usually chooses not to) and coffin ... More >>

Incoming: Jay-Z at Honda Center in Anaheim

Take that, non-smoking laws!Jay-Z has recently declared Auto-Tune dead via his (kind of awesome) new single "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune);" possibly a weird sentiment given his close association to noted Auto-Tune proponent Kanye West, but hey, it's Hova, man. You can't tell that guy what to do. He d ... More >>

KCRW's Jason Bentley to Appear at...South Coast Plaza?

Jason Bentley (seen looking very sly in that picture over there) took over as host of Morning Becomes Eclectic--and KCRW music director--on December 1 of last year, but though the taste-making Santa Monica-based public radio station's signal covers Orange County comfortably, Bentley hasn't had the c ... More >>

[CD Review] Condo Fucks, 'Fuckbook' (Matador)

Tuna Does Vegas

La Mirada Theatre

(One Day Ago) Live from Coachella: Day Two Pictures!

Thank goodness for Beth Stirnaman. If not for her, our Coachella coverage would consist of my blah blahing and iPhone pictures of stages from the crowd, many yards away. Thankfully, she's got a bundle of great images from day two here, so you can put a face to my inspid ramblings. Remember me raving ... More >>

Moyers Picks Brain of Last Socialist (and Weekly Pal)

Saturday Night Live had this skit years ago where they presented a Fugitivesque TV show called The Last Liberal. With all the talk on Fox News and conservative talk radio about the rise of Socialism in Obamerica, Bill Moyers decided to go out and find The Last Socialist to get the other side of the ... More >>

Why Can't the LA Times Acknowledge They Screwed Up on John & Ken?

More than 15,000 people showed up last Saturday outside the Slidebar Cafe for a "Tax Revolt" rally held by KFI-AM 640 yakmouths John Kobyalt and Ken Chiampou...and the Los Angeles Times couldn't bring itself to cover it with the exception of a lame blog post. A Times editor dismissed it in an email ... More >>

Old School Hip-Hop: Back from the Dead

I've been a Sirius Satellite subscriber (hello alliteration) since the night before Howard Stern broadcast his first censorship-free show. But in that time, I've come to love certain aspects of the other channels and have recommended this product to everyone from friends to my parents.Sirius and XM, ... More >>

100.3 The Sound Responds to Indie 103.1's Departure

People from all over are reacting to the departure of Indie 103.1 from southern California airwaves, including the folks over at Bonneville-owned, LA-based triple-A station 100.3 The Sound, who sent these words over from their general manager and program director:"We have always had respect for Indi ... More >>

KIIS-FM's Jingle Ball 2008

Sound Salvation

1940's Radio Hour

Eric J. Lawrence Interview: Director’s Cut

The Fall: Lawrence's—and John Peel's—favorite band. In this week’s Sprawl of Sound, I feature KCRW DJ/librarian Eric J. Lawrence. As is often the case, there was not enough space in the print version of the paper to run the entire interview. However, I think that this one is interesting eno ... More >>

Notorious Pedophile Organized Youth Retreats in OC

Earlier this week, National Public Radio aired a segment on Donald McGuire, a Jesuit who served as a spiritual director for Mother Teresa's religious order who just happened to molest boys. You know the rest of the story: ravaged kids, parental complaints ignored by diocesan and Jesuit officials, mo ... More >>

Sprawl of Sound

Philanthropy and Eccentricity: KUCI Benefits from CD Activity, Ariel Pink and Brad Laner Tweak Pop Deep Into Left Field

Readers' Poll Winners

Dont blame us: You picked em

Honoring Mother Earth

New Moon Drum Circle

Highs, Lows & Heavenly Blows

More than three decades on, Sly & the Family Stone stand fresh

Independence Day

Ten great CDs that will blow you away no matter your definition

OC-Style Language Love in Earthquake-Ravaged Honolulu

From a fellow Chapman alumni... The entire state lost electricity yesterday, so everyone is listing to the one radio station that was transmitting. It's the official state emergency channel so they have a strong transmitter and runs on a generator. Obviously, Hawaii has a lot of different ethniciti ... More >>

Our Musical Neighbors to the North

Bedouin Soundclash

More On-Air Al-Qaida

Wonder how the KTLA weather team would have handled this story: according to a civil suit filed in Vista, a woman claims she was fired on the spot after her Irvine employer saw an Air America progressive radio bumper sticker on her car. The woman who was fired is the one bringing the suit, in case ... More >>

'I Am the Epitome of Reality'

Dr. Laura Schlessinger comes to town. Irvine, actually

The Rocco Files

Andy Kaufman Isnt Dead

Hes serving on the Orange School Board

Diary of a Mad County

Diary of a Mad County

Stuck In Dramaramaland

John Easdale is still all about the rock

Fence Offense!

Organic Culture

Cal State Fullertons Sol of Hip-Hop

Is 'Genericizing' a Word?

An OC Weekly guide to holiday theater

Sonic Splendor

Start-up KUOL brings more local rock to the airwaves

Don't Ever Play a Note You Don't Believe

Doug MacLeod's got nothin' but the blues

Nazis Invade La Habra!

Aural Reports

What's Buzzing Through the Skulls of Orange County?

Bunny Moseley of the Moseleys

Such Nice Boys!

Suddenly famous, the guys in Lit figure out how to mix high-octane success with being as nice as they ever were