Norman Korpi at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art
There are several very good reasons why Norman Korpi's paintings of sunsets should suck. He was one of the cast members of the very first season of MTV's The Real World, and you don't really expect anything worthwhile to come from one of those kids who got famous for sitting around arguing about which housemate is the most obnoxious. Plus, paintings of sunsets fall somewhere between crashing waves and sad clowns on the scale of hopel
Newport Beach's The Jakes have been steadily rising in stature as of late--opening up for Kings of Leon, playing the OC Music Awards live band finals, getting their tunes on The Real World, and even being written up in the OC Weekly (don't hold that against them)--and next month they're hosting a Tuesday night residency at all-ages Costa Mesa venue eVocal. They'll be playing each Tuesday in May, along with a rotating cast of guest bands. The series is sponsored by KROQ's Locals Only show (not to
Sarah BussHuntington Beach band Honeypie had their song "Never Get Enough" played on last night's episode of the CW's charmingly absurd One Tree Hill. A cool deal for any band, but especially for them, given their relative newness--their second show (ever!) as a band takes place this Saturday at eVocal. I talked to Honeypie lead singer Trisha Smith this afternoon about how it all came about--another show appearance in the very near future.Smith credits her association with Jeremy Barnett of Budd
Newport Beach's the Jakes have had all sorts of neat things happen to them so far in their relatively young career--opening up for Kings of Leon, getting on The Real World, airplay on KROQ's Locals Only, making the OC Music Awards "Best Live Band" finals--but they haven't been in a video game. Yet.
It's easy to hate Venus Infers. Out of any yet-unsigned Orange County band, they get the most awards (three trophies at the OC Music Awards earlier this year), the most critical acclaim (just check out all the quotes on their MySpace, and, yes, a plurality of them are written by me), getting the most radio play (KROQ's Locals Only show seems to play them every week), their music on the most TV shows (appearing on The Real World, Damages, among others), and the best gigs (having toured with Pe
