Subject: Soulja Boy

• What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor?

  “Safety and Courtesy Tips for the Beer Can Regatta” So let it be written; so let it be done. Thursday Night's Beer Can Regattas in Newport Harbor may never be the same. A redraft of the entry form would shamelessly exclude the drunken and the ignorant. The Harbor Patrol and the Harbor Commission are hammering out a new-fangled version of Newport Harbor's Rules of the, er, Road. From The Log: The proposed draft reminds entrants that Rules of the Road must be followed -- and that racers must

  March 5, 2008

• Funking Up the Future

  Day 2 of SXSW In my last post, I predicted Holy Fuck's set would be very hard to surpass. Well, I think it was at least equaled by a few artists on the bill at Barcelona—all instrumental hip-hop artists, in fact (Nosaj Thing, Free the Robots, Gaslamp Killer and Flying Lotus). Who would've thought such types would be standouts at SXSW? I mean, there wasn't a guitar to be found in the joint all night... But first some gigs that preceded the Barcelona extravaganza. At Soho Bar, Blues Control—

  March 14, 2008

• I Can Dance If I Want To

  Sup. I'm Albert, and I'm the new music editor of OC Weekly. I'm pretty tickled to be here - I'm coming from the suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona, which means I'm sadly giving up some radical shows like this weekend's Festival in the Desert. (Pat Benatar and Boz Scaggs on the same stage on the same day? Dreams really do come true.) So if you ever need any music editor-y type things, feel free to e-mail me at aching@ocweekly.com. But what I really want to do is dance, dance, dance. Over in the Val

  October 8, 2008

• More Favorite Things!

  In this week's Weekly, I blab about some of my favorite things in music this year. Since my ego clearly cannot be contained to just a half page on a newspaper, I've got even more favorite things here (as referenced at the end of the article--that's what we call "convergence" in the biz).

  December 18, 2008

• Crank What, Exactly?

  December 6, 2007

• Incoming: Black Eyed Peas, Kelly Clarkson, Lady Gaga, More at KIIS-FM Wango Tango

  KIIS-FM held their December "Jingle Ball" concert at the Honda Center, and they're returning to Orange County for their spring "Wango Tango" concert, happening May 9 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. It's an equally impressive pop-filled lineup, featuring among others, as you've no doubt guessed from this picture, Kelly "surely not tired by now of people talking about her weight" Clarkson. I've had "My Life Would Suck Without You" in my head all morning, so surely this announcement is a sign

  March 23, 2009

• [Locals Only] Oddity, 'Illegal Truth' (Gutter Water Music)

  July 24, 2008

• Why Southern Hip-Hop Is the Same as FOX News

  May 1, 2008

• Billion Dollar Babies

  Rappers' billfold braggadocio is getting ridiculous

  January 31, 2008

• Old Dog, New Tricks

  A rap veteran at 20, Bow Wow dispenses advice to the next generation

  January 3, 2008

• Hits!

  V.I.P. Records
  

  November 1, 2007

• Hits!

  Stacks the Vinyl Authority

  October 18, 2007

• TOMORROW: Wango Tango at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater

  It's, apparently, radio station concert season--tomorrow at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine is KIIS-FM's Wango Tango show, featuring pop luminaries as illustrious as Kelly Clarkson herself (pictured); next Saturday at the same venue is the Weezer-fronted KROQ Weenie Roast.The Black Eyed Peas, whose lovably inane single "Boom Boom Pow" (the latest in a number of lovably inane singles by them) has been on top of the Billboard chats for like 87 weeks in a row, are headlining. Also playing:

  May 8, 2009

• Lil Wayne

  August 13, 2009

• Top Five Little Known Facts About Soulja Boy

  ​I interviewed Soulja Boy (who I'll just go ahead and call by his real name DeAndre Way) recently, and it was pretty wild. The Atlanta-based, teen millionaire rapper wore his colossal, eponymous pendant--which he says contains a hundred Gs of diamonds--and bragged about how all the big names in hip hop have been kissing his ass lately. No idea how much his chain is worth, but the latter claim actually holds up. Though in the wake of his gimmicky 2007 YouTube smash "Crank That (Soulja Boy)" no

  August 14, 2009

• Travis Barker: More Hip Hop than Hip Hop

  ​Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has had plenty of side gigs over the years. Box Car Racer and 44 both featured other Blink members, while a duo called TRV$DJAM included his friend Adam Goldstein. Known as DJ AM, Goldstein, of course, was with Barker in a Learjet crash that killed four people in September, 2008, and he died late last month in an apparent drug overdose.

  September 17, 2009

• Slideshows: Lil Wayne and Soulja Boy at the Honda Center, OC Pride: Picnic in the Park

  Chris VictorioLil Wayne's all "whoa, dudes."​We saw some stuff over the weekend. While some may argue whether or not it was better than midget wrestling at the Galaxy, it was still pretty swell. Well, maybe it's not right to say "we" saw stuff over the weekend--these were both Chris Victorio specials. First there was the show Friday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, with Lil Wayne (pictured) and our new friend Soulja Boy doing their things. Those pics are here. On a rather different note,

  August 17, 2009