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May 11, 2012
Zombie Dawn, Praised Low-Budget Flick, Terrorizes Orange Audiences Starting Today
Zombies have replaced vampires as the go-to horror movie monster in the U.S., and the march of the undead has continued onto the small screen with AMC's most-excellent The Walking Dead.It's been an international phenomenon as well. Think back to 2004 and Shaun of the Dead from the U.K., or last year ... More >>
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May 1, 2012
World's Biggest McDonald's Is Being Built In London For The Olympics
Hey all you athletes in top form headed for the Summer Games in London, you can rest assured. They're building the world's biggest McDonald's there just for you. Yup. The Golden Arches will be there to serve you McNuggets as you compete for the gold. The temporary structure they've made of recyclab ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
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January 12, 2012
Tamarind of London Offers Curry for the Cultured
This Newport Coast eatery introduces great Indian cuisine to the rich folks
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January 12, 2012
McDonald's Giving Out Books Instead Of Toys in UK Happy Meals
Amazon.comRonald McDonald: champion for literacy? Well at least in the UK, he is. From now until February 7th, the fast-food giant long-criticized for being purveyors of unhealthiness and ruiner of children's nutrition is promoting one good habit even as it continues to peddle a bad one: It's giv ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Visual Tales from Eire and England
Laguna Collage of Art + Design
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December 6, 2011
New Artists Just Added to SXSW's 2012 Lineup
Mary Bell/OC WeeklyDelta Spirit at BuskerFest in Long Beach in 2010South By Southwest revealed a whole slew of new acts confirmed to play at official showcases during the annual music and film conference in Austin. This is the third list of musicians to be released. The venues and dates they ... More >>
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November 24, 2011
Glowbox Gifting
[Trendzilla] And Lancome Christmas Crackers for the gal you have no idea how to shop for
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August 11, 2011
VIDEO EXCLUSIVE: Urban Nomad Interviews Tinie Tempah at Lollapalooza 2011
UK rapper Tinie Tempah performed at Lollapalooza this weekend and we caught up with him to talk about what's next. The artist born Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu, 22, made his first mixtape in 2007 with 28 songs, freestyles and remixes. His first album, Disc-Overy, debuted at No. 1 last year in the ... More >>
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August 10, 2011
Ten Songs That Foreshadowed the 2011 UK Riots
Beacon Radio (Creative Commons NC)Watching footage of the UK riots has been shocking, scary and difficult, but the British have a history of taking to the streets in times of social upheaval as an act of defiance. The proof is in songs by its musicians: everyone from the Clash to Morrissey to Mot ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Report: Pasta the Most Popular Dish in the World
Grand, overarching summations derived from research papers must always be viewed skeptically, but the global organization Oxfam is well-regarded for its research, and its only real agenda is feeding folks, something they've been working on since the 1940s. They know a bit about global food trends ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
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March 24, 2011
The Stranglers' Hugh Cornwell: Brit Punk's Renaissance Man
He could have been a scientist. By the late 1960's Hugh Cornwell had a degree in biochemistry and was working in a lab in Sweden. But fronting a punk band turned out to be the better gig. "It wasn't a very good degree, you know," he says by phone from his hotel in Austin, Texas. "There was no poi ... More >>
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March 17, 2011
'Will' & Kate Souvenir Coffee Mug: Honest Mistake, Brilliant Scheme--Or Something Else?
Like LiLo court coverage, details on the nuptials of the century are all but impossible to avoid in the news. One detail, however, managed to slip under the radar of salesmen trying to make a fast pound. Those precious mugs of Kate Catherine and her man-who-would-be-king, William, feature his bro ... More >>
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February 24, 2011
Coming to Newport Coast: Tamarind of London
The British are coming. The British are coming. And they're bringing their Indian food. Tamarind, a Michelin-starred London restaurant that also got kudos from none other than Gordon Ramsay himself, is opening at Crystal Cove Promenade in Newport Coast. In the Irvine Company press release tha ... More >>
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February 4, 2011
TGIF: Reverend Horton Heat, Cradle of Filth, James Fletcher and More
Friday finds DJ Ron Sleezy holding court at the Commonwealth Lounge and Grill in Newport Beach--which is an understandable thing, given that he works there. Even more understandable is that he's out to help continue what has been a thriving--and not always appreciated--continuum of DJs and venues ... More >>
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January 5, 2011
Fatbergs: Your New Food-Related Word of the Day
Flickr user KevinLast month, the Guardian took a video tour of London's sewers, so you can imagine the fetid squalor in the video. The biggest obstacle for the men charged with maintaining the cloacas of London is cooking fat and toilet paper (which the Brits lovingly call "wet wipes"--ah, such V ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
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December 28, 2010
Women Think About Food More Than Sex, Study Finds
Sorry, fellas. At this moment, it's more likely that your gal is thinking about gettin' some corn bread or chicken or cupcakes than about gettin' some. According to findings from a diet survey conducted by UK-based Shape Smart and reported by Time, 25 percent of women think about food ever ... More >>
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September 16, 2010
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August 5, 2010
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July 8, 2010
Five Reasons To Watch Yes
Robert KnightDon't call it a comeback; Yes have been touring for years (41 to be exact), albeit with a rotating cast of personnel. The seminal '70s U.K. prog band has seen legitimate resurgences in each decade, and still puts in serious roadwork well into their fourth. Music blogs don't give a ... More >>
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January 21, 2010
The Cribs
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January 15, 2010
Has the Era of the Nationally Influential OC Conservative Eclipsed?
Baby Hewie: Despite my constant ridiculing of him, brother is hella influential among conservatives...I know lists are notoriously arbitrary and are usually created with the sole purpose of causing controversy, but there must be some local meaning in a recent article by the UK's conservative Dail ... More >>
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December 3, 2009
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November 16, 2009
UK Government to Increase Recommended Calorie Intake
If you've ever dieted, you probably know these numbers: 2,000 for women; 2,500 for men.These are the immutable numbers of calories the government says you should eat per day to maintain a healthy weight.Well, the British government apparently got it all wrong and will be adjusting their suggested ... More >>
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October 16, 2009
Tonight: Varukers, Reagan Youth and the Voids
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 ... More >>
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September 22, 2009
Serial Child Molester Denied Parole, Could Be Free in 6 Months
George Joseph England, the serial child molester R. Scott Moxley just wrote about, was denied parole Monday, but the 65-year-old could still taste freedom in six months.
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September 18, 2009
Serial Pedophile Who Bought 5-Year-Old Vietnamese Sex Slave is Up For Parole
England wants freedom but hasn't admitted his sick sex crimesA convicted California serial pedophile who despises Jews, cops and African Americans and who forced a kindergarten-age girl he purchased in Vietnam to become a sex slave to not only himself but also his German shepherd and basset hound ... More >>
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September 16, 2009
UC Irvine Seeks to Cut Through Healthcare Reform Bullshit
The AFL-CIO convention in Pittrburgh voted last night to endorse single-payer, universal healthcare for all Americans, and rU.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana) just trotted out to reporters his bill to provide non-single-payer, non-universal healthcare for not-quite-all Americans. Coincidence? ... More >>
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July 16, 2009
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical
Chance Theater
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June 25, 2009
Talk Talk: Justin Kennedy of Army Navy (Part 2)
Travis SchneiderOur talk with Army Navy's Justin Kennedy was lengthy enough to (hopefully!) justify two separate blog posts--last time we talked about the LA band's return to Orange County and the acts that helped shape their refined pop sound, this time we talk about their excellent self-titled deb ... More >>
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April 20, 2009
In Honor of BritWeek: My Top 10 British Things
BritWeek sounds smashing. It naturally makes one think about all the local reminders of Great Britain. Never having been to England (something that's scheduled to change very soon), these evoke memories of that jolly old land.1. Westminster. There's a city by that name sandwiched between Huntington ... More >>
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February 24, 2009
It's Official: This Recession May Make You Fat
Today is Mardi Gras (aka Fat Tuesday), so it's fitting that I'm writing about how unhealthy we're becoming as a nation - indeed, as a planet. According to the Guardian, the number of new cases of diabetes being diagnosed in the UK is growing at a faster rate than in the US. Now that is depressing. A ... More >>
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January 8, 2009
First Crop of SXSW Acts Announced, OC/LB Bands Conspicuously Absent
A certain music festival and conference held annually in the sleepy hamburg of Austin, Texas announced their initial slate of performers this year, and there's not an Orange County or Long Beach band among them. We had several acts in last fall's CMJ Music Marathon, so this is kind of a bummer. Keep ... More >>
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October 23, 2008
Okksy Spooky
The Kooks
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September 18, 2008
Stereo Lab and Atlas Sound at Detroit Bar
The Kooks
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May 1, 2008
[¡Ask a Mexican!®] Mexicans. Assimilation. Believe It
The Kooks
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September 25, 2007
Anarchy in the 401k: Sex Pistols Regroup for Guitar Hero and London Shows
The Kooks
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September 12, 2007
Led Zeppelin Reunite for Ertegün Tribute Concert
The Kooks
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December 28, 2006
The Atlantic Divide
WEB EXCLUSIVE!: Ten bands that werent singing Yankee Doodle Dandy in '06
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December 28, 2006
Family Ties
For Argentine director Daniel Burman, life is a movie
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December 21, 2006
The Virgin Birth (Deadly lizard edition)
It's a familiar sounding story this time of year-- a virgin with child. Only this time the natural world is outdoing the supernatural, because this virgin is with children. Seven, in fact. And these virgin offspring will have grow up to have mouths filled with toxic bacteria-- though I'm not sure ... More >>
Music
March 30, 2006
The Plague of Ska
The English Beat have another go at America
Music
September 9, 2004
Hades, Indeed
Descending into hell at the International Street Fair
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December 11, 2003
Fame!
Im gonna live forever
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December 26, 2002
Letters
Im gonna live forever
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August 23, 2001
Absolutely Prefabricated
Patient: Greenfingers
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January 4, 2001
Clip and Save
The year in great movies
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July 13, 2000
Lawnbot
It mows the lawn while you read a book
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