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  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Kai: Street Artist Painted Kanye West and Eminem How They Act -- Like Medieval Kings

    Much like rock stars and supermodels, hip hop and street art have a long history that spans decades. And never before has the relationship between street art and hip hop had more of a literal representation than with the soon-to-be-unveiled "Now Royalty" collection by Los Angeles-based street artist ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Stagecoach Festival 2012: Top Five Performances

    The 2012 edition of Stagecoach brought world-class country music talent with headliners Brad Paisley, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert and Jason Aldean. The weekend dubbed "week three of Coachella" did not disappoint. Indio saw the crowd morph from hipsters to over 50,000 screaming and dancing c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    The Best Of Coachella: Sunday, April 22, 2012

    See also: Our Complete Coachella CoverageBy the third day of Coachella's second weekend -- the sixth and final day of this year's festival -- folks had more or less learned to ignore the dust and the heat. Here are our intrepid writers' favorite things about the final hours of the 2012 event.

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2012

    Best of Coachella: Saturday, April 21, 2012

    See also: Our complete Coachella coverage See also: *Our complete Coachella coverage*James' Tim Booth on Coachella vs. LollapaloozaSaturday at Coachella meant tributes, tributes, tributes. From Levon Helms to Biggie, everyone got a shout-out. In between all that, some nasty partying and a little r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 22, 2012

    Coachella: Sahara Tent Sets Moved Up 20 Minutes; Nero Complains

    There were a couple of interesting changes to Coachella's set times for Weekend 2. (Compare Weekend 1's schedule here.) First, set times for outdoor stage headliners Miike Snow (Saturday) and Florence and the Machine (Sunday) had no end point marked. More noticeably, however, was the change in the S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 17, 2012

    Coachella Parties: People Raging Alone?

    See also:*Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tupac's Hologram*Top Ten Awkward Coachella Dance Move GIFs*Coachella: Five Signs You're An Aging Hipster*Radiohead at Coachella: No Alarms and No SurprisesYou'd think all the free swag at the invite-only Coachella parties would inspire people to rage harder, but no. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2011

    DJ Quik On Eazy-E: "I'm Living the Way I Am Because I Knew Eric Wright"

    Kevin Scanlon​DJ Quik (aka David Blake) started making great music in the early '90s, and has been pumping out hits ever since. But Quik's been controversial over the years and has gone through his share of highs and lows. Now, though, he seems more confident in his skill than ever, which only ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 31, 2011

    Escape From Wonderland at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino

    ​Escape From WonderlandOctober 29, 2011NOS Events Center If you came to the NOS Events Center looking for just another rave, you were in for a surprise. Insomniac's Inaugural self proclaimed "twisted sister," Escape From Wonderland, had carnival rides, haunted mazes and five massive stages featuri ... More >>

  • Music

    August 25, 2011

    A Sober Lil Wayne: Brilliant or No?

    Here are some solid arguments for and against a clean-living rapper

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    Coachella Vs. Lollapalooza: Which Festival Is Better?

    Lilledeshan Bose/Laila Derakhshanian​ The battle for the best coast (West Coast, East Coast, Third Coast) goes beyond Tupac and Biggie, and In-N-Out and Shake Shack. Ultimately Coachella and Lollapalooza must join the fight. (Yes, Lolla is set in the Midwest, but we did say Third Coast. Got it? G ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 21, 2011

    Five Suspects in the Rebecca Black Death Threat Case

    ​As reported yesterday, YouTube pestilence and "Friday" singer Rebecca Black received death threats in March, leading to an ongoing investigation by the Anaheim PD. We're not sure what's more pathetic--threatening an 8th grader, or a detective having to waste time hunting down anyone who takes Bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 16, 2011

    [UPDATED] Nate Dogg Passes Away at 41

    Nate Dogg, 1969-2011.​UPDATE, MARCH 16, 8:24 P.M.: According to TMZ, the family of Nate Dogg believes his cause of death was complications from previous strokes he had suffered. Nate Dogg's friend and manager, Rod McGrew, tells TMZ not only was the death unexpected, but that the musician had "cogn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 7, 2010

    Free Ticket Tuesday: Too $hort at the Grove

    ​Just in case you didn't know that Too $hort had a dollar sign in his name waaaaaay before Ke$ha was even a zygote in her Auto Tuning producer's eye, we're giving away a LOT of tickets to Too $hort's concert at the Grove of Anaheim on Saturday, December 11. The rapper formerly known as Todd Anth ... More >>

  • Music

    November 18, 2010

    DJ Quik Turning His Back on Hip-Hop?

    Hip-Hop vet says he wants to transcend the genre that made him famous

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2010

    Jason Quinn of The Lime Truck, Part One

    Photo by Christopher VictorioJason Quinn and Daniel Shemtob​When I say that The Lime Truck is the youngest of OC's new age food trucks, I mean it. It's as green to the scene as their bright lime paint job. As you read this post, the truck would've been on the road roughly a month. The two guys beh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 26, 2009

    BREAKING: Michael Jackson Not Really Dead!

    Yep, it was only a matter of time: Now you can add Michael Jackson to the ranks among Elvis (still eating), Tupac (still rapping), JFK (?) and Hitler (vacationing in South America). I mean, really, check out this video from LiveLeak.com of Jackson supposedly walking out of a Los Angeles coroner's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2008

    Last Night: Snoop Dogg, Warren G, The Twins at the Glass House

    BY RYAN RITCHIELast Night: Snoop Dogg at the Glass House in Pomona, Dec. 26, 2008.Wanna know if you're old? Go see Snoop Dogg and ask yourself which category of fans you fall in to. You're either in a) the group of shaggy-haired teenagers who wouldn't mind if he played "Sensual Seduction" twice, or ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2008

    The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

    It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2008

    Johnnie Cochran is Back to Right Another Alleged Injustice...Check That, It's His Law Firm

    Years after the glove didn't fit and we had to acquit, countless Larry King Live appearances and actor Phil Morris' career zenith with the Seinfeld Jackie Chiles parody, Johnnie Cochran Jr. is coming back to Orange County to right an alleged racial injustice. OK, so Mr. Cochran departed for tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2008

    Will Rappers Cost Obama the Election?

    Please, Plies, come out in support of Sarah Palin Young Jeezy's brief flirtation with John McCain on the set of Saturday Night Live aside, it's clear rappers favor Barack Obama by a wide margin in this election. (Check out this survey, for starters.) Though emcee after emcee has supported Obama wit ... More >>

  • Music

    May 1, 2008

    Why Southern Hip-Hop Is the Same as FOX News

    Please, Plies, come out in support of Sarah Palin Young Jeezy's brief flirtation with John McCain on the set of Saturday Night Live aside, it's clear rappers favor Barack Obama by a wide margin in this election. (Check out this survey, for starters.) Though emcee after emcee has supported Obama wit ... More >>

  • Music

    October 4, 2007

    Numbers by Paint

    Banyan Splatter the Aural Canvas with a Profusion of Surprising Hues

  • Music

    September 27, 2007

    A Week in the Nightlife

    Nerdy garage rock, wiseguy jazz, Binges that purge, Goodfoot turns 9 and Holy Fuck!

  • Music

    May 31, 2007

    Confusion Is Good

    Ima Robot mess with gender, subvert expectations

  • Music

    May 3, 2007

    Blasto de Mayo

    Seven ultra-violent Mexican songs to put you in a bueno spirit

  • Music

    November 27, 2003

    Chaos Brings Order

    Music saved the Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.

  • Music

    October 23, 2003

    Doggy Fizzle

    SNOOP DOGG, HOUSE OF BLUES, ANAHEIM, SUNDAY, OCT. 12

  • Supplement

    November 21, 2002

    Infomercial Junkies

    A hundred knives for, like, a hundred bucks and other gift ideas

  • Film

    October 10, 2002

    Heavenly Pairings

    Tykwer does Kieslowski

  • Music

    July 18, 2002

    Way 2 Fonky

    DJ Quikunderexposed and loving it!

  • Culture

    July 11, 2002

    What Would Elvis Do?

    Jesus saves The King

  • Features

    August 10, 2000

    Pigs! Pigs! Pigs! They're Porkin It up!

    And 26 other observations about the Orange County Fair

  • Features

    November 25, 1999

    A Short History of Angry HiStory

    And 26 other observations about the Orange County Fair

  • Features

    November 25, 1999

    Not Angry No More

    Warren G chills

  • Music

    July 15, 1999

    Invasion of the Angry White Rappers!

    How to distinguish the wannabes

  • News

    January 21, 1999

    Snoop Doggy Dad

    Vernall Varnado rides shotgun on his son's celebrity

  • Music

    December 10, 1998

    What's it like to be a big-time music writer at a major metropolitan newspaper?

    45 Months in the Life of a Register Rock Critic

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