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Radio

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2012

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    November 14, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    [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 >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2011

    Art Alexakis

    Coach House

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    KFI Gets Marilyn Davenport On President Obama-Ape Email

    (c) Photo by R. Scott Moxley / OC WeeklyDavenport set to go on KFI​Marilyn Davenport, the Fullerton grandmother and Republican official who gained national notoriety on April 15 after distributing a racist email image of President Barack Obama as a chimpanzee, has agreed to appear live Wednesday o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2011

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2010

    The Tex-Mex Grill and Backyard Barbacoa Cookbook: One of the Best Business Books of 2010

    ​I'm a monthly contributor to the public radio show Marketplace, and last week they got a couple of us regulars to share our favorite business books of 2010. While the other folks plugged great-yet-more-conventional business books, I went with what we care about here: food. Specifically, The Tex-M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2010

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2010

    Four Remixes of David Bowie's "Golden Years," from KCRW

    ​A friend who's recently moved to Southern California from the Midwest randomly commented that "LA loves David Bowie--you hear him everywhere!" That may be true, and the reason that public radio station KCRW (89.9 FM and KCRW.com) decided to celebrate the Sept. 28 release of David B ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 3, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    June 5, 2009

    KROQ Locals Only Spending Some Time with OC Bands

    Up until relatively recently, I wasn't even aware that KROQ had a local show, but then I learned about Locals Only (good name), which airs Sunday nights. Given the huge area that KROQ covers, I figured that it would be 95% LA bands, but, surprisingly, they do an alright job of representing OC and th ... More >>

  • Music

    May 7, 2009

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

    Up until relatively recently, I wasn't even aware that KROQ had a local show, but then I learned about Locals Only (good name), which airs Sunday nights. Given the huge area that KROQ covers, I figured that it would be 95% LA bands, but, surprisingly, they do an alright job of representing OC and th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 30, 2009

    Tuna Does Vegas

    La Mirada Theatre

  • Calendar

    March 26, 2009

    Plain White T's; Vedera; Danger Radio

    La Mirada Theatre

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2009

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    So Many Awesome Pre-Coachella Shows Coming to Glass House

    Christopher VictorioFrom the Oct. 30 Jenny Lewis concert at the Orpheum in Los Angeles.They have hotels in Pomona, right? You might want to invest on one for the week of April 13, where the Glass House is taking advantage of their proximity to Indio with a stellar slate of boner-shattering acts comi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    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 >>

  • Calendar

    December 18, 2008

    It's a Wonderful Life

    Radio Play

  • Calendar

    December 4, 2008

    KIIS-FM's Jingle Ball 2008

    Radio Play

  • Calendar

    November 13, 2008

    Sound Salvation

    1940's Radio Hour

  • Blogs

    July 2, 2008

    So You Want to Be a College Radio DJ...

    Well, then, you should probably attend KUCI's DJ Training Class, which begins July 8 at 7 p.m. in HICF 100-P on the University of California Irvine campus (map here). You don't have to be a student at the school to participate; you just need a powerful urge to become a component of what the Weekly h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 1, 2007

    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 >>

  • Music

    October 25, 2007

    Sprawl of Sound

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

  • Features

    September 20, 2007

    Readers' Poll Winners

    Dont blame us: You picked em

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2007

    Why Isn't There More Classic Rap Radio?

    Chuck D: Give this man a Classic Rap radio program, stat! Way back in 1991, I made a prediction that the airwaves would be saturated with Classic Rap Radio by the late '90s/early '00s. That sparkling future obviously hasn't come to pass. Although there are a few such stations on the 'Net (here and ... More >>

  • News

    April 12, 2007

    Honoring Mother Earth

    New Moon Drum Circle

  • Music

    April 5, 2007

    Highs, Lows & Heavenly Blows

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

  • Features

    December 28, 2006

    Independence Day

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

  • Blogs

    October 16, 2006

    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 >>

  • Music

    May 18, 2006

    Our Musical Neighbors to the North

    Bedouin Soundclash

  • Culture

    January 26, 2006

    'I Am the Epitome of Reality'

    Dr. Laura Schlessinger comes to town. Irvine, actually

  • News

    December 9, 2004

    The Rocco Files

    Dr. Laura Schlessinger comes to town. Irvine, actually

  • Features

    December 2, 2004

    Andy Kaufman Isnt Dead

    Hes serving on the Orange School Board

  • Columns

    April 8, 2004

    Diary of a Mad County

    Diary of a Mad County

  • Music

    September 11, 2003

    Fence Offense!

    Diary of a Mad County

  • Music

    May 15, 2003

    Organic Culture

    Cal State Fullertons Sol of Hip-Hop

  • Culture

    December 26, 2002

    Is 'Genericizing' a Word?

    An OC Weekly guide to holiday theater

  • Music

    November 14, 2002

    Sonic Splendor

    Start-up KUOL brings more local rock to the airwaves

  • Features

    June 27, 2002

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

    Doug MacLeod's got nothin' but the blues

  • Unknown

    April 25, 2002

    Nazis Invade La Habra!

    Doug MacLeod's got nothin' but the blues

  • Music

    March 30, 2000

    Aural Reports

    What's Buzzing Through the Skulls of Orange County?

  • Music

    January 13, 2000

    Bunny Moseley of the Moseleys

    What's Buzzing Through the Skulls of Orange County?

  • Music

    September 30, 1999

    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

  • Features

    July 29, 1999

    Hey, Mom, Im a Rock Star

    On tour with a wildly famous Orange County band

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