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Santa Claus

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    December 15, 2011

    Santa Claus Conquers the Martians

    Regency South Coast Village

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    December 8, 2011
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    December 1, 2011
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    December 1, 2011
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    November 14, 2011

    Jacuzzi Boys and Jacuzzi Gals Talk About Vagina-Laden 'Glazin' Video

    A (censored) screen shot from the homemade "Glazin'" video by the Jacuzzi Gals​The homemade fan video for Jacuzzi Boys' song "Glazin'" blew our minds when it came out last week, what with its vajazzly arts-and-crafts disguises on vaginas singing as aliens, Santa Claus, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Home ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2011

    Disneyland Rings in the Holidays on November 14

    ​Halloween Time may officially be over at Disneyland (other than the Haunted Mansion's The Nightmare Before Christmas makeover that runs through the rest of the year), but all of the pumpkins will soon be replaced by tinsel when the park's holiday season officially bows on November 14.Learn what p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Happy Birthday Nintendo! Top Five Weird Hip-Hop Songs With 'Nintendo' In The Lyrics

    sgs_1019/Flickr​Nintendo was founded as a multinational corporation in Japan 122 year go. Today the company is one of the most powerful in the gaming industry--well recognized both in and out of gaming circles. And the hip hop industry--with its proclivity to name-drop brands -- has been dicing N ... More >>

  • 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

    December 21, 2010

    Santa Claus vs. the City of San Juan Capistrano

    ​Yes, Virginia, there is a blow-up Santa Claus. A great big one tethered to Buy My Bikes on Camino Capistrano in San Juan Capistrano. Owner Jim Curwood says the holiday display attracts customers.But city Scrooges say, "Bah, humbug." They say the jolly old fat man is an eyesore. They say Curwood i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    "Merry Christmas, Motherfuckers!": Seven Favorite Hip-Hop Holiday Songs

    ​While it doesn't happen too much anymore these days, the hip-hop world has been known to put out a holiday album or two--and sometimes the  too-bright cheerfulness of Christmas carols pairs up extra nicely with the often humorous and/or the sometimes, uh, adult content of the lyrics.After th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 17, 2010

    This Week in Food: Everyone's Top Five, Adventures in Argentina, and Fat Santa!

    Flickr user FortysevenDon't feed Santa too many cookies lest he get like this...​It is the holidays, and most publications are list-crazy. But we do it best--four critics, four top-five restaurant lists, and no spillover! And more highlights after the jump!

  • Calendar

    December 16, 2010

    Miracle on 34th Street

    Regency South Coast Village

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    How Many Calories Does Santa Claus Consume On Christmas?

    ​When I was a young boy, I loved to leave cookies and milk out for Santa Claus. This tawdry attempt at bribery, meant to distract him from the fact that I'd attempted to impale the dog on my He-Man and the Masters of the Universe sword ("I HAVE THE COCKER SPANIEL!") and tried to melt my sister's d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2010

    Five Venison Recipes For When Santa Pisses You Off

    Flickr user peterjbaer​I wanted a Voltron. A real Voltron with the die-cast pieces of the five individual colored Lions that made up Voltron. You could snap them together and then go around defending the galaxy. I wrote to Santa Claus and asked for it; I even forbore from torturing my little siste ... More >>

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    December 2, 2010
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    December 2, 2010
  • Blogs

    May 11, 2010

    Our Shortlist of Superintendents for Capistrano Unified

    Illustration by Evan YarboroughFormer CUSD Supt. Woodrow Carter, presumably resting in retirement.​The beleaguered Capistrano Unified School District has been through about, oh, 732 different superintendents in the past, say, four years. Following the firing of facial-loving supe Woodrow Carter la ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    Greatest Christmas Single Ever: Bruce Springsteen's 'Santa Claus Is Coming to Town'

    It's 1985 and I'm in second grade living in Hershey, Pa. Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. came out the the summer before but continues to produce hit singles like "Glory Days," "I'm Going Down," "I'm on Fire" and "My Hometown." My dad bought the vinyl LP--I still have it, plus a CD version ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 17, 2009

    Stuff-a-Bus

    Honda Center

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    December 10, 2009

    Christmas Train

    Irvine Park

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    December 3, 2009
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    December 3, 2009
  • Blogs

    November 27, 2009

    Dishney: Tweets From the Park!

    Flickr user CankerCanison​ Anybody unlucky enough to be working on the Friday after Thanksgiving? No fear: Tweets From the Park will make it allll better. (Kind of. For like, three minutes, at least.) Read through our weekly feature where we gather together all the best, funniest and most irrevere ... More >>

  • Culture

    November 19, 2009

    How Much Do These Plays Make You Feel Like the 12 Days of Christmas Are More Like 12 Weeks?

    Flickr user CankerCanison​ Anybody unlucky enough to be working on the Friday after Thanksgiving? No fear: Tweets From the Park will make it allll better. (Kind of. For like, three minutes, at least.) Read through our weekly feature where we gather together all the best, funniest and most irrevere ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2009

    Update on tomorrow's Instagon show

    If you read my story on Instagon's 500th show (and I know you did), you know that Instagon head honcho Lob plans on bringing a slew of guests to play with him. I hate to spoil the surprise, but Lob sent out an email with a list of people he expects to take the stage. And because ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 25, 2008

    [¡Ask a Mexican!] The Never-Ending Navidad

    If you read my story on Instagon's 500th show (and I know you did), you know that Instagon head honcho Lob plans on bringing a slew of guests to play with him. I hate to spoil the surprise, but Lob sent out an email with a list of people he expects to take the stage. And because ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2008

    Musical Advent Calendar: Snoop Doggy Dogg, et al, 'Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto'

    Death Row Records--co-founded by Dr. Dre and Suge Knight in 1991--was, of course, incredibly influential in the world of west coast rap in the early '90s. And incredibly controversial.But not everything released on the label was quite as provocative as say, "Deep Cover." There was also 1996's Christ ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 11, 2008
  • Blogs

    December 5, 2008

    To Do This Weekend 12/5-12/7

    Lighting of the Bay at Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort & Marina, Friday 6 p.m.Santa Claus himself will kick off the holiday season by flipping a giant switch to light more than 50 impressively illuminated and decorated Christmas trees situated in the tranquil waters of the bay.Back Bay Bistro, 1 ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 3, 2008

    Hey, You!

    Bad Santa

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2007

    To Do Tonight - 12/28

    NEW YEAR’S BUBBLY TASTING, 4pm Try extremely affordable sparklers from all over the world that will keep you raising your glass toast after toast after toast.... Vin de Pays, 5103 Richfield Rd., Yorba Linda HOLIDAY LIGHTS FESTIVAL, 5:30pm The Zoo entrance and farm area will be transformed into a ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 13, 2007

    Retro Wishes Come True

    Santa Claus conquers martians, tramples Christmas spirit. Yay!

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2007

    To Do Tonight - 11/30

    FREE FRIDAYS, until 5pm No admission cost every Friday. Long Beach Museum of Art, 2300 East Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, (562) 439-2119 HOMECOMING CHRISTMAS FAIR, 5pm The event will feature vendors, a kid's petting zoo, bounce houses, pony rides and of course Santa. Piecemakers Country Store, 1720 Adam ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2007

    Comic Con 2007: Real-D

    In addition to the Beowulf , more 3-D stuff was demo'ed. Oops, I mean "stereoscopic." That's the term the owners of the Real-D company prefer to "3-D." The CEO and president were there. I didn't bother to take down their names because I doubt you care. Anyway, this is the new 3-D system that was u ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 21, 2006

    All That Crap

    Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is great stuff, we shitteth you not

  • Columns

    December 21, 2006

    Diary of a Mad County

    Dec. 13-Dec. 19

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2006

    Ho, Ho, Oh No-- It's Disney

    You may believe there's a little bit of Santa Claus in all of us, as long as we keep the spirit of the Christmas season alive in our hearts. If you do, you better not mention that to Disney, because according to the BBC, some of the company's mouse-eared bah-humbuggers are claiming that Disney owns ... More >>

  • Film

    November 2, 2006

    New Reviews

    Cocaine Cowboys; Flushed Away; The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause; Umrao Jaan

  • Music

    April 13, 2006

    Santa Claus Conquers the Nuggets

    Greenhornes have two hits

  • Film

    December 8, 2005

    Bad Santa

    You Better Watch Outs many happy returns

  • Features

    November 24, 2005

    Yule Log!

    You Better Watch Outs many happy returns

  • Columns

    November 24, 2005

    Diary of a Mad County

    You Better Watch Outs many happy returns

  • Columns

    August 25, 2005

    !Ask a Mexican!

    You Better Watch Outs many happy returns

  • Columns

    April 1, 2004

    Diary of a Mad County

    You Better Watch Outs many happy returns

  • Columns

    November 1, 2001

    Anthrax Schmanthrax

    You Better Watch Outs many happy returns

  • Columns

    June 29, 2000

    Daddy Dearest

    Raising kids can be murder

  • Columns

    December 30, 1999

    Big Brother Award

    Raising kids can be murder

  • Columns

    December 30, 1999
  • Culture

    December 23, 1999

    Junk-food Theater

    Raising kids can be murder

  • Supplement

    December 17, 1998

    The $1.2 Million Holiday!

    . . . And the gifts you'll actually get!

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