[The Sex Pistols are playing only one US date on their current tour. Ben Marcus went to Las Vegas to file this review of their opening date for Heard Mentality.]
Jonesy’s Jukebox on Indie 103.1FM is a guilty addiction we’ll have to live without for most the next three months—all summer long without a daily fix of Steve Jones’ guitar strumming and gastrointestinal rhythm section (although Jones will be doing occasional broadcasts from a special studio set up in London). Last week as Jone
The big news of the weekend was the OC Weekly's two wins at the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Awards in Philadelphia. Gustavo Arellano took home the award for Best Column with "Ask A Mexican" while R. Scott Moxley bagged second place in the prestigious public service category for his coverage of the indictment of Sheriff Mike Carona.
The Ink and Iron Festival in Long Beach called out to Andrew Youssef who reviewed the Black Angel's performance and chatted up some of the tatted up ladi
Social Distortion, the Adolescents and even bubblegummy Blink-182 are among the bands whose scheduled UC Irvine shows were canceled at the last minute over the years because fraighty cat campus security fretted onslaughts of scary, leather-clad, facially pincushioned punk rockers.
A quick glance at the surfers, beachcombers and plain ol' average folks lined up against the extension of the 241 Foothill South toll road extension through San Onofre State Beach and other environmentally sensitive a
UFC fight featuring Koscheck vs. Yoshida, 9 p.m.Who doesn't love a good fight?Chronic Cantina, 1870 Harbor Blvd., Costa Mesa, CA
80's Wednesdays, 5 p.m.Blonde, Sex Pistols and Prince... Who could ask for anything more?Mozambique, 1740 S. Pacific Coast Hwy., Laguna Beach, CA; 949-715-7100
Grand Central MFA One Acts, 8 p.m.The bill includes Peter Shapiro's The Juiceman Cometh, which
uses a group of goofy characters and extreme vegan philosophy to
satirize health-conscio
CNN couldnt do it; the LA Times couldnt do it; no other journalist or major media outlet could do it. Are we to accept that some moonbat reporter from a local free weekly actually sat down and researched the subjec
Public Image Limited (or PiL) is getting back together for five shows in December. The group, headed by John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols), is reuniting to celebrate the 30th anniversary of his band's record, Metal Box, and has not played together in 17 years. The new version, which includes former guitarist Lu Edmonds, former drummer Bruce Smith and a new bassist named Scott Firth, will play five gigs in the United Kingdom, which means they should hit OC by summer 2010.The ban
With a flyer as detailed as this one, I guess I don't really have much to say. But for those of you who don't know, UK-based Varukers formed in the very late '70s and are credited as one of the founders of D-beat, a style of punk that is a bit heavier than, say, the Sex Pistols. Basically, these bands really dig Motörhead and who can blame them for that?