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November 23, 2011
Ten Vegetarian Musicians with an Open Invite to My House for Thanksgiving Dinner
I gotta be honest: I have a love/hate relationship with Thanksgiving.On the one hand, it's my vegetarian anniversary. I gave up meat on Thanksgiving 1997, which, for all you math failures, means this year marks the 14th Thanksgiving in a row since I've eaten meat. For that, I am excited and proud ... More >>
Music
November 10, 2011
Weird Al Yankovic: Beyond the Music
The parody artist eschews songs on his latest venture and goes into children's literature
Blogs
November 7, 2011
Weird Al Yankovic: On Prince Rejecting Him, Star Wars Rumors and Getting Wrinkles
On Thursday we're printing our full interview with Weird Al Yankovic to preview his Friday show at the City National Grove of Anaheim. But we couldn't wait to show you how the interview went, so we're preview a few tidbits off our conversation with the biggest selling comedy recording artist of a ... More >>
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July 26, 2011
Five Music-Related Things Kids Today Will Never Have
Today I saw a list on Buzzfeed that named the 25 Things Kids Today Will Never Have. Five of those items were music-related, and I immediately got all nostalgic for those things as well. I listed them after the jump, with additional commentary on why they were important to us. Find out what techno ... More >>
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July 7, 2011
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Pacific Amphitheatre
Blogs
July 5, 2011
Full OC Fair 2011 Line Up Released
Bob Dylan, Chris Isaak, Big Time Rush, Selena Gomez & The Scene, Blake Shelton, Weezer, Bill Cosby, Kansas, B.B. King and more--the 2011 OC Fair may be themed "Let's Eat!" but it has a pretty stellar music lineup--maybe one of the best in recent years. Super Pass holders may purchase terrace ... More >>
Blogs
June 17, 2011
Weird Al's Lady Gaga Parody: 'Perform This Way' [VIDEO]
Remember all the hoopla over Lady Gaga refusing to let Weird Al Yankovic spoof her song "Born This Way"? Well, that's over, since Weird Al just released a snippet of his parody video, "Perform This Way."In it, Yankovic superimposed his head on a woman's body, wearing a meat dress and porcupine h ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2011
Dudley Jones Comedy Tribe Get Sick With Jokes About NyQuil
Formed in good ol' Orange County in early 2010, Dudely Jones Comedy Tribe (Evan Cassidy, Alexa Green, and Andrew McCormick) is currently filming a 13 episode sketch comedy pilot/web series titled, "Dudely Jones Comedy Tribe Show." If you can't wait for their series you're in luck because they wil ... More >>
Blogs
May 26, 2011
Weird Al's 10 Darkest Moments
You may know "Weird Al" Yankovic" as the "Eat It" guy (check out his bio on Twitter). After all, until 2006 his parody of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" was his highest charting single. And although he's made a name out of using other artists' songs to write funny stuff, he's gotten a lot of critica ... More >>
Columns
March 24, 2011
Letters From OC Weekly Readers
You may know "Weird Al" Yankovic" as the "Eat It" guy (check out his bio on Twitter). After all, until 2006 his parody of Michael Jackson's "Beat It" was his highest charting single. And although he's made a name out of using other artists' songs to write funny stuff, he's gotten a lot of critica ... More >>
Blogs
December 22, 2010
Eight Instruments Indie Bands Should Stay the Fuck Away From
Wendy Lynch/MyspaceModest MouseEver notice what bizarre instruments indie rockers have been using on stage? It may enhance the sound at times, but whipping out a melodica or tuba always makes me wonder what the hell were they were thinking. Artists like Sufjan Stevens and Modest Mouse need to cut ... More >>
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September 21, 2010
Margaret Cho: Yes She Can (Sing, That Is)
Lindsey ByrnesThese days, you can tack on whatever label to Margaret Cho and it would be accurate--comedian, actor, reality TV star, singer. Yup, singer. On her first musical full-length, Cho Dependent, she collaborated with Andrew Bird, Tegan and Sara, Fiona Apple, Patty Gri ... More >>
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August 20, 2010
Orange Bits: Ozzy Osbourne, Barrett Johnson, Rye Douglas
John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyOzzy at Barnes & Noble in Huntington Beach, back in February '09.Sorry to leave you hanging for two Fridays, but Orange Bits--our weekly round up of all the OC-related music news that wasn't in the Weekly--is back. Rejoice:
Blogs
August 13, 2010
Thank God it's Friday: Rumpspringa, Mississipi Man, Wavves, Abe Vigoda, the Growlers and Far East Movement Fill Out Your Weekend
Don't know what to do this weekend? Heard Mentality's got you covered.RumpspringaTonight, Rumspringa appears with Mississippi Man at Alex's Bar in Long Beach. The LA-based band has been dealing with the obvious question about their name almost from the day they started (it's coming-of-age p ... More >>
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August 12, 2010
Weird Al Yankovic
Pacific Amphitheatre
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July 21, 2010
The Ultimate Comic-Con Playlist: 25 Songs For Geek Ears Only
Batman image: DC/Mike AllredLost in the pomp, glamour and sweet smells that swirl around the attendees of San Diego Comic-Con</sarcasm> are the mind-numbing blocks of boredom as you wait in line for panels, autographs, food, bathrooms and opportunities to sexually harass booth babes. O ... More >>
Music
July 15, 2010
Royal Rumble at the OC Fair
In the battle between cover bands and aging rock stars, we tell you which music acts will give you the most bang for your buck
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July 15, 2010
OC Fair
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May 21, 2010
Pac-Man Songs Inspired By Google Logo
This could be the best Google logo ever. EVER!!! I played it for 15 minutes before I realized I was supposed to be searching for something. And by then I'd forgotten what it was. So as a tribute to the brilliant folks at Google, who created the logo to celebrate Pac-Man's 30th anniversary as a g ... More >>
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May 17, 2010
Over the Weekend: Ben Folds at the Anaheim House of Blues
Christopher VictorioClick here for the slideshow!The Hype: Luckily for fans of comedy rock everywhere, Ben Folds exhibits two often mutually exclusive characteristics: genius and longevity. Borrowing from the template of piano icons Billy Joel and Elton John, he has consistently produc ... More >>
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March 17, 2010
Bids for the OC Fairgrounds: REJECTED!
That's right fellow OC denizens, all bids on the Orange County Fairgrounds have been rejected. Which means you can look forward to more summers filled with deep-fried Twinkies, Zipper marathon runs, and high quality headliners like Weird Al Yankovic. For now...The Department of General Services, ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2010
Tanya Petrovna of Native Foods, Part II
Tanya Petrovna is the chef and owner of Native Foods. Her ever-expanding vegan eatery started out in Palm Springs in 1994, but we in OC know her best from her restaurant at The Camp, which is housed inside a yurt. She has two other restaurants in OC, not all of them in yurts, but serving the ... More >>
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January 15, 2010
NAMM and Nerds: And So It Begins!
THIS GUY!We're heading out to the weekend-long NAMM Show extravaganza starting today. We'll keep an eye out for the latest gear, software, nerdy musician types, announcements that only the nerdy musician types would enjoy/care about at all--and, most importantly, the burnt out mega rockstars and ... More >>
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December 29, 2009
Orange County Fair: We're No. 11 in the Country! OC Great Park: Cirque Shows Will Make Money!
OCFair.comClowning around at the '09 fair. As the battle rages over ownership of the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa, the current OC Fair & Events Center operators are trumpeting the annual summertime event holding onto the No. 11 spot among the top fairs in the U.S.Meanwhile, down th ... More >>
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December 11, 2009
Today In Music News: Lilith Fair Is Back, White Stripes, Lil Wayne, Pixies
Lilith Fair to return after 10-year hiatus with Tegan and Sara (Tegan and I were pals for 30-minutes once), Mary J. Blige, Sheryl Crow, Emmylou Harris and many more.The White Stripes to release a "seriously awesomely sounding" live box set March 16.Lil Wayne's rock record, Rebirth, delayed for t ... More >>
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August 18, 2009
UPDATE: Eat It! Michael Jackson To Get Butter Statue
If you didn't manage to get tickets to the MJ memorial at Staples Center tomorrow, fear not: you can probably still book a flight to Des Moines for the Iowa State Fair in August, when Jackson will be immortalized in butter. For ten days, the dairy King of Pop will stand next to the fair's traditiona ... More >>
News
July 16, 2009
The More the OC Fair Has Changed, the More Its Rites and Rituals Have Stayed the Same
If you didn't manage to get tickets to the MJ memorial at Staples Center tomorrow, fear not: you can probably still book a flight to Des Moines for the Iowa State Fair in August, when Jackson will be immortalized in butter. For ten days, the dairy King of Pop will stand next to the fair's traditiona ... More >>
Columns
June 4, 2009
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Muy Caliente Summer Edition
If you didn't manage to get tickets to the MJ memorial at Staples Center tomorrow, fear not: you can probably still book a flight to Des Moines for the Iowa State Fair in August, when Jackson will be immortalized in butter. For ten days, the dairy King of Pop will stand next to the fair's traditiona ... More >>
Music
May 14, 2009
[CD Review] Ciara, 'Fantasy Ride' (Jive/RCA/LaFace)
If you didn't manage to get tickets to the MJ memorial at Staples Center tomorrow, fear not: you can probably still book a flight to Des Moines for the Iowa State Fair in August, when Jackson will be immortalized in butter. For ten days, the dairy King of Pop will stand next to the fair's traditiona ... More >>
Blogs
May 13, 2009
"Weird Al" Pulls a Where's Waldo at Al Fest 2009
What if you threw an all-day festival dedicated to "Weird Al" Yankovic, and "Weird Al" Yankovic was a no show? Visitors to Al Fest 2009--which is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Holiday Inn in Costa Mesa--will find out. Buried far below the "attractions" listed in the pres ... More >>
Music
April 30, 2009
Whipped Whiteys and Other Delights: Seven Gabacho-Hating Mexican Songs
What if you threw an all-day festival dedicated to "Weird Al" Yankovic, and "Weird Al" Yankovic was a no show? Visitors to Al Fest 2009--which is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Holiday Inn in Costa Mesa--will find out. Buried far below the "attractions" listed in the pres ... More >>
Music
February 26, 2009
[CD Review] MC Lars, 'This Giant Robot Kills' (Crappy Records)
What if you threw an all-day festival dedicated to "Weird Al" Yankovic, and "Weird Al" Yankovic was a no show? Visitors to Al Fest 2009--which is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, at the Holiday Inn in Costa Mesa--will find out. Buried far below the "attractions" listed in the pres ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2008
Last Night: Coco B's, Gran Ronde, Brookline at Detroit Bar
Coco B's, Gran Ronde, Brookline At Detroit Bar February 8, 2008 Better than: Accordion lessons with Weird Al Yancovic. Download: On and On by Gran Ronde. About 30 minutes after parking myself at stool at Detroit Bar, I had downed a Whiskey Sour, a Vodka Cranberry and a glass of Guinness. Usually ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2007
All's Fair in Love and OC
When it's the opening day of the Orange County Fair, you have plenty of time in traffic — an hour, in fact, just to get from Santa Ana to the fairgrounds — to realize just how poorly the 55 is designed. Immediately after some major road feeds into it, forcing a mass slowing as a new torrent of c ... More >>
Music
February 8, 2007
Pottymouths
Blowfly
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December 28, 2006
Album Covers Of The Year 2006
To their credit, Pitchfork compiled a more-or-less well done 25 worst album covers of the year list, but they're remiss in not recognizing the power of a well done album cover. Rather than complain, we're taking matters into our own hands and making a list of our own. If RIAA doomsayers are to be be ... More >>
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November 9, 2006
Huge Coup
Nightlife and more: Nov. 9-Nov. 16
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August 10, 2006
Double the Horror
OnDVD: Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier
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July 13, 2006
Diary of a Mad County
July 5 - July 11
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February 2, 2006
For a Good Time . . .
Ren & Stimpys John Kricfalusi really wants you to see his show. R-e-e-e-ally
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February 2, 2006
Shoo-it Oop Fattay
The Sex Pistols Experience re-re-enacts history, again
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December 15, 2005
Dear Band
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October 30, 2003
Killing Them Loudly
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May 30, 2002
Fair Guys
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April 11, 2002
DAM BANDS!
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March 21, 2002
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August 30, 2001
More Bitchen Than Bitchin Camaro
Dead Milkmen tribute comp brings them back alive
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May 24, 2001
Joan of Dark
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July 20, 2000
NOFXPUMP UP THE VALUUMEPITAPH
Joan Jett can do whatever she wants
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July 13, 2000
Brainwashed by Commies!
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