Rome (Italy)

Ask Willie D: I'm a Pastor Who Cheated, and My Wife Will Kill Me. Help!

Editor's note:Rap pioneer and Get Boys member Willie D answers reader questions for our sister paper, Houston Press. Something on your mind? Ask Willie D! Dear Willie D: My boyfriend behaves like he grew up in the sticks. Well, actually he did. He's from Pensacola, Florida, but he doesn't have t ... More >>

Girls Gone Wilder In 'Spring Breakers'

A thrilling corruption of the Disney princess set

Here's How Some of Your Favorite Musicians Spent the Holidays

Man, how time flies; Christmas feels like it were only three days ago--we're still recuperating from our aunt's homemade eggnog and eating stale dinner rolls for breakfast--but before you pack away your ugly Christmas sweater, lets take a stroll down Internet lane and see how some of our favorite (o ... More >>

On The Line: Stefano Procaccini Of La Parolaccia Osteria Italiana, Part Two

Eight years ago, La Parolaccia Osteria Italiana started out as a modest space.  Then the businesses on either side of them closed, and they gained a duo of dining areas, a dessert station and wood-burning pizza oven. Their pasta is simply made 'at the moment' with fresh ingredients, like how th ... More >>

Long Beach Dub Allstars Say Their Return is More Than Just a One-Off

The Long Beach Dub Allstars are back in action, though sans former Sublime members Bud Gaugh and Eric Wilson. After an extended hiatus, the LBDA crew headed up by Sublime-affiliates Marshall Goodman and Michael Happoldt, will commence their live dub-rockin' sty-lee Sunday night at the Yost Theater, ... More >>

'Caesar's Messiah': Rome Invented Jesus

Joseph Atwill's new doc claims the legends accumulated around the prophet were created as a way of pacifying the Jews

Duran Duran Speaks: John Taylor Says Twitter Helped Bring Their Fanbase Back to the '80s

By: Liz OhanesianSee Also:*Bloc Party Speaks: Why Bringing Their Guitars to HARD Summer is a Gutsy Move*Duran Duran: Still Hungry*Young the Giant are OC's Next Great BandDuran Duran had only been in Rome for an hour when we hopped on a phone call with bassist extraordinaire John Taylor. The night be ... More >>

While Anaheim Burns, City Council Fiddles to Tune of "In God We Trust"

Local governance in Anaheim will enter the era of the Almighty a week from today when its next city council meeting convenes with the words "In God We Trust" debuting in black lettering above the official city seal. Folks got a sneak peak at the public display of piety on Wednesday during a special ... More >>

Local Record Review: 'Four Steps in Corsets' by Yellow Red Sparks

Yellow Red Sparks Four Steps in Corsets ORG Musicwww.yellowredsparks.comThe pure poetry of singer-songwriter Josh Hanson is accentuated by tightly interwoven arrangement on Four Steps in Corsets, the debut EP from OC's premiere indie folk-rockers Yellow Red Sparks. Released by ORG Music, the reflect ... More >>

Woody's Roman Holiday

Woody Allen and two co-stars meet in LA to talk about his new film, 'To Rome With Love,' and some old themes (art, death, love)

Renata's Caffe Italiano Offers a Roman Holiday

[Hole In the Wall] This Old Towne Orange eatery has great specials—but stay away from the regular food

The Ultimate Foodie Tour: South Italy With Old Vine Cafe's Mark McDonald

Start saving up those vacation days now. Mark McDonald, chef and co-owner of Costa Mesa's Old Vine Cafe (a SaFII favorite!), doesn't just want to teach his customers about the food of South Italy--he wants them to experience it firsthand. In South Italy. He's teaming up with the Italian Culinar ... More >>

Institutional Failure In 'We Have a Pope'

Nanni Moretti releases a toothless satire of the Catholic Church

Kanye West's Most Inspiring Tweets About His New Venture, DONDA

​Hey! Kanye West, we've been reading your Tweets about your new venture, DONDA, your tool for aesthetic improvement, all night. And yes, Yeezy sounds like he's on meth...or giving pointers at a Life Coach Seminar. So what if Gawker makes fun of you for tweeting about 60 times in the past two hours ... More >>

Drummer Floyd 'Bud' Gaugh Quits Sublime With Rome

[Mental Notes] Plus, 'Slayer Bob' lights up your holidays

Drummer Floyd "Bud" Gaugh Quits Sublime With Rome

​See also: KROQ Acoustic Christmas Night One The Intranets (it's a series of tubes -- look it up) is reporting that Sublime With Rome drummer Floyd "Bud" Gaugh has quit the band. Now, before anyone freaks out and burns all their Sublime With Rome merchandise, there is a sweeter, softer side t ... More >>

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Night One Last Night

Andrew Youssef​KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Night OneDecember 10, 2011Gibson AmphitheaterStarting off 22 years ago as a one-night affair with a handful of acoustic performances, KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas has swelled into a two-night, predominately plugged-in festival. Night one, usually b ... More >>

Meditation Flash Mob Comes To Long Beach

MedMob Facebook page​​Is it just us or are flash mobs getting lazy? They've gone from full-fledged, song-and-dance spectaculars like this: 

New Rome Quartet's Old-School Steez Will Get You Laid

[Locals Only] Santa Ana's funky white foursome puts the moves on the stage

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

Long Beach Playhouse

Why We Hope Anthony Bourdain's Second Travel Channel Show Will Be Better Than No Reservations

​The guy who has the job every foodie wants, Anthony Bourdain, will get a second show called The Layover. A Travel Channel press release announced that the premiere of the new, 10-episode long series will be November 21.

Justin Timberlake to Hold Office in Irvine?

[Mental Notes] Pop star buys a piece of the old-school Internet. Plus, Paul Leary on Rome Ramirez

Butthole Surfers' Paul Leary on Sublime With Rome: '[Rome]'s Going to Make it With or Without Sublime'

​A few months ago I talked to Paul Leary for our story on  Bradley Nowell's death anniversary. Leary produced Sublime's eponymous major label debut. Since Leary also produced Yours Truly, Sublime with Rome's forthcoming album (out July 12), the conversation obviously gravitated toward the n ... More >>

Sublime with Rome Debuts Song with Wiz Khalifa

​ Called "Can You Feel It," the song is not bad; it namedrops Far East Movement's "Like a G6," there's some dubstep, there's an interesting rap and it's not a ripoff of old Sublime songs, so it's better than their last single, "Panic." It's interesting, though, to distinguish between Sublime and ... More >>

Sublime with Rome Finally Releases 'Panic,' a New Single That's an Amalgam of Old Sublime Songs

John Gilhooley/ OC Weekly​Sublime with Rome have released the first single, "Panic," from their upcoming album Yours Truly today, and ... well, it sounds like an old Sublime song. Actually, it sounds like a bunch of Sublime songs--"Date Rape," "Saw Red" and "Jailhouse," to be precise. Don't belie ... More >>

Fueled By Ramen Sign Sublime With Rome

John Gilhooley/OC Weekly​Slightly puzzled by the news that emo/pop label Fueled By Ramen has signed stoner faves Sublime With Rome? Drummer Bud Gaugh, bassist Eric Wilson and singer/guitarist Rome don't exactly fit the eyeliner and Justin Bieber hair aesthetic that many Fueled By Ramen labelmates ... More >>

World's Oldest Drinkable Beer to Return From the Dead

Photo by Das UbergeekA selection of beers from Cistmontane--if the Big One ever hits, and we all go to kingdom come, will the next race of humanoids reconstitute their exquisite brews?​You know, you gotta love humanity and its pleasure/curiosity impulse. When British archeologists found pornograph ... 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 >>

At the Farmers' Market: Romanesco

Flickr user vanderwal​What sounds like an architectural style, looks like a Windows 95-era screen saver, computes like a Fibonacci spiral and tastes like cauliflower?

Hide Your Kids, Hide Your Wife

But not your WiFi! In 2010, the Internet was the medium by which we all went what the fuck?

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Night Two at the Gibson Amphitheater Last Night

Andrew Youssef/OC WeeklyPhoenix headlined​KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Night TwoDecember 12, 2010Gibson AmphitheaterNight number two of KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas involved more of an alternative fare compared to the hard rock vibe of night one. Phoenix went from being an earlier opener last ... More >>

Ten Most WTF Music Stories of 2010

​We twittered, shared and reposted all these stories ad nauseum in 2010--for a good reason. This year, trashy viral videos made more of an impact than the Grammys, and Antoine Dodson was more memorable than Beatles songs finally getting on iTunes. So the line  blurring of talent and fame is m ... More >>

#20. Hakata Ramen at Shin Sen Gumi

ProfessorSalt.comNot the ramen from your college days​Just as New York, Chicago, Naples, and Rome have evolved their distinct styles of pizza, different parts of Japan have regional styles of ramen, distinguished primarily by their soups. Did you know Orange County has adopted its own ramen style?

Sublime With Rome Tops Pacific Amphitheatre Summer Shows

​The Orange County Fair broke attendance records with 1.5 million visitors for the run that ended Sunday.Orange County Fair Breaks Attendance RecordThe concurrent concert series in Pacific Amphitheatre also broke a record, selling out nine of its shows.Find out the top 5 shows based on ticket sale ... More >>

Orange County Fair Breaks Attendance Record

​The fate of the Orange County Fairgrounds may be in limbo, but people's love of it during the annual OC Fair is not in doubt.The 2010, 120th anniversary fair run broke attendance records with  1,154,969 visitors.That beat previous best year 2007 by nearly half a million guests.

UPDATED: Thrice to Play Huntington Beach Tomorrow; Rome Plays Friday... We Think.

UPDATED: As reported yesterday, Thrice will indeed perform today, Wednesday, Aug. 4, Rome (from Sublime), along with the Dirty Heads, will be performing Friday.Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​Thrice just announced via their official Twitter account that they are set to perform tomorrow in Huntington Beac ... More >>

What You Missed: Aerosmith, Christopher Lawrence, U.S. Open of Surfing Opening Day, Sublime

John Gilhooley/OC Weekly​Monday, Monday: What'd you miss this weekend? We visited Sutra and the Verizon Wireless on Thursday night for some Christopher Lawrence and Aerosmith (respectively!). Then Sublime and the Dirty Heads played at the Pacific Amphitheater on Saturday night. And, of course, the ... More >>

Don't Start a Riot

Fourteen years after Bradley Nowell's tragic death, Sublime (With Rome) are back and headed for a town near you

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

Sublime With Rome And The Dirty Heads: Playing The OC Fair, Getting A Ton Of Downloads

​After the Weenie Roast, the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater was littered with flyers. This one was particularly interesting because there was no official announcement (yet) that Sublime With Rome and its ever-present ally the Dirty Heads were going to be playing a local show after the Weenie Roast. ... More >>

Over The Weekend: The Weenie Roast

Andrew YoussefScott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots​Check out our slideshows here and here!Last week, I put together a Weenie Roast guide for Saturday's event, where I talked about incredible buzz bands you shouldn't miss, along with the bands to skip so you could go to the bathroom. Well, after sp ... More >>

Weeding Out the Weenie Roast

Our handy-dandy guide to sorting the wieners from the dogs

Weenie Roast Lineup Doesn't Suck

[Mental Notes] Also: Buzz about the Golden Bear, the Dirty Heads' no. 1 hit and how you can get on the warped tour next year

Sublime With Rome With Tour Dates

[Mental Notes] Also: Re-liking the Like, running with Letterman, and much love for Avi Buffalo

Pics: The Dirty Heads at the Galaxy Theatre

John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyThey're all waving hi!​Huntington Beach reggae-rockers the Dirty Heads have caught buzz from Rolling Stone and scored a spot opening for the newly reconstituted Sublime (with Rome). Last night, they played the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana, and our man John Gilhoo ... More >>

The Like: Don't Hate

[Mental Notes] Also, Sublime With Rome to Roam, Thom Yorke Makes Peace

Time Warp

Lost 80s

!Ask a Mexican!

Looking for Love in All the Right Pastas

Guilty Pleasures

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