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  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Two New Restaurants Planned For Triangle Square

    Saddle Ranch Chophouse Website​If you read the title of this post and are thinking, "Triangle Square? I thought everything moved out of that M.C. Escher-nightmare mall long ago." Well, yes, NikeTown and Virgin Megastore are gone; but Yard House and Sutra are hanging on, and now will apparently hav ... More >>

  • Film

    February 3, 2011

    The State of the Art House

    When it comes to hip indie film theaters, OC is no LA—but LA is no NYC. Why not?

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2010

    Thank 7-Eleven for Chicano Music Heaven?

    7-Eleven: A one-stop shop for all your Chicano music needs!​Record stores in OC have been in decline this past decade. Tower Records is long gone and the block of the Virgin Megastore in Orange is a fleeting memory--but it's still forever captured in the Sasha Baren Cohen movie Borat. In ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2009

    Live from Coachella: Record Store Day!

    It's pretty cool that the official on-site record store at Coachella this year is Zia Records, from my hometown of Phoenix. It's been Virgin Megastore in years past, which is not only now out of business, but was always totally totally horrible. A copy of Private Eyes for $18.98? Sure, why ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2008

    No More Virgins Left in Orange County

    Virgin Megastores, that is. Just got back from a lunch break to find out how true today's report on the Register's retail blog is, and the answer is . . . very. The Virgin Megastore at the Block in Orange will indeed be closing. The plug gets pulled January 4. In the meantime: bargains! I grabbed a ... More >>

  • Music

    September 25, 2008

    Absorbing 'Death Magnetic,' Metallica's Latest Badass Opus, Entirely in Video-Game Form

    Virgin Megastores, that is. Just got back from a lunch break to find out how true today's report on the Register's retail blog is, and the answer is . . . very. The Virgin Megastore at the Block in Orange will indeed be closing. The plug gets pulled January 4. In the meantime: bargains! I grabbed a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2008

    $35-Per-Seat Movie Theater Planned for Costa Mesa

    I just saw the latest Indiana Jones at a second-run cinema. It cost me $2. It was worth exactly that. Before the flick, I had dinner. It was $6. Clearly, the people at Village Roadshow -- the Australian entertainment company -- did not have people like me in mind when they envisioned their Gold ... More >>

  • Food

    May 8, 2008

    [This Hole-In-the-Wall Life] Working-Class Crepes at Eurostation at the Block at Orange

    I just saw the latest Indiana Jones at a second-run cinema. It cost me $2. It was worth exactly that. Before the flick, I had dinner. It was $6. Clearly, the people at Village Roadshow -- the Australian entertainment company -- did not have people like me in mind when they envisioned their Gold ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2007

    Saturday's Headlines & Surprises: Pampering Predators

    To Catch--and Pamper!--a Predator: Where the hell is Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC? Why do I ask? Well, in Orange County, authority figures--particularly cops--nabbed for outrageous sexual conduct either get re-elected, promoted or pampered. The latest example is Jason David Rosewarne. The marr ... More >>

  • Music

    March 1, 2007

    Hits!

    Virgin Megastore

  • Columns

    November 30, 2006

    Diary of a Mad County

    Nov. 22 - Nov. 28

  • News

    November 9, 2006

    In the Bag

    Pam Anderson and Borats sack

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2006

    Borat Loves Orange County!

    Next week, the pinche hilarious Borat Sagdiyev graces American screens with his Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. The Weekly sponsored a screening yesterday at The Block at Orange, and weren't we all surpised when the Virgin Megastore there played a ... More >>

  • Music

    September 14, 2006

    Hits!

    Virgin Megastore

  • Music

    November 3, 2005

    Virgin Megastore

    Virgin Megastore

  • Music

    August 25, 2005
  • Music

    June 16, 2005

    Such Were the Joys

    The Intelligista do it again

  • News

    February 10, 2005

    A Triangle Square Peg in a Round Hole

    Niketowns demise is just latest failure at ill-conceived mall

  • Music

    January 27, 2005

    Cursed!

    A Farewell to Blood Arm

  • Music

    January 13, 2005

    Virgin Megastore

    A Farewell to Blood Arm

  • Music

    November 6, 2003

    Dont Spare Me

    Lucky Strikes cosmic bowling utopia

  • Columns

    December 5, 2002

    Lunching With Losers

    Why are these men smiling?

  • News

    September 26, 2002

    No Fun!

    The Sex Pistols at Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion, Devore, Sept. 14

  • Culture

    July 19, 2001

    By Any Means Necessary

    Finding new, free music without Napster

  • Music

    December 28, 2000

    Vandals Incorporated

    Oi to the world!

  • Features

    October 26, 2000
  • Music

    April 27, 2000

    Pretty In Pink

    ...Wait. Strike that Last One.

  • Music

    March 23, 2000

    The Gospel According to Bennison

    The U.K. DJ preaches the virtues of delayed gratification

  • Music

    March 9, 2000

    The Buffalos Extinct

    Long live Grant Lee Phillips

  • Music

    September 16, 1999

    This Kid Can Play the Blues

    From Harman to T-Birds, Ramos swings

  • Supplement

    July 1, 1999

    A Guide to Our Advertisers

    From Harman to T-Birds, Ramos swings

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