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  • Blogs

    June 26, 2007
  • Blogs

    April 24, 2008

    What's on Sly Stone's Mind?

    Some ambitious comeback plans, a call for any—any—hip-hop artists to collaborate, and not a little crazy shit. Sylvester “Sly Stone” Stewart is about to return to the stage after a long absence. He's performing with a makeshift version of the Family Stone (rumor has it that Sly's bro Fredd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2008

    OC Faux Pas of the Millennium!!!

    Setting: West Hollywood Book Fair, 'round noon, Librería Martínez booth. Protagonists: Me, Librería Martinez volunteer Jess Baudillo, and a gaggle of gals from the Mission VIejo Public Library. Scene: They had just invited me to speak at some author's festival they're proposing for next year. I ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 10, 2008

    Jack's Mannequin to Play 'Secret' Show Tonight

    Jack's Mannequin, the current project of Something Corporate lead singer and Dana Hills High School in Dana Point alumnus Andrew McMahon, is playing a "secret" show tonight at the Viper Room in West Hollywood. Why is "secret" in sarcastic quotation marks? Well, it's announced on both the Jack's Man ... More >>

  • Culture

    January 15, 2004

    Lesbians!

    The L Word makes a saucy splash on Showtime

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2008

    You Really Can't Live a Day Without a Gay

    The KTLA Morning News just ran a story about a campaign launched by West Hollywood's Sean Hertherington to have everyone "call in to work gay" today to demonstrate outrage over the passage of Prop. 8 and how, "You really can't live a day without a gay." The memo obviously did not reach Wo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2009

    Supremes' Prop. 8 Oral Arguments Generate Vigils, Viewing Parties, Rallies

    Okay, Prop. 8, supporters, be honest: Would you rather attend a party thrown by gays or straights? If you answered the latter, well, then, you haven't been to a party thrown by gays, have you? Think of all the collected knowledge of Martha Stewart, the Queer Eye guys and Chelsea Handler funneled int ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2009

    F&*k!! The Credit Crunch Hits Gordon Ramsay

    It's been a difficult time recently for British celebrity chefs. First, eateries owned by Antony Worrall Thompson and Tom Aikens hit money trouble. Then last week it was reported that Heston Blumenthal's famed Fat Duck restaurant has had to close because hundreds of diners became ill after eating th ... More >>

  • Unknown

    February 28, 2002

    Award Addendum

    It's been a difficult time recently for British celebrity chefs. First, eateries owned by Antony Worrall Thompson and Tom Aikens hit money trouble. Then last week it was reported that Heston Blumenthal's famed Fat Duck restaurant has had to close because hundreds of diners became ill after eating th ... More >>

  • Culture

    May 4, 2000

    The Gay Inferno

    Fabulous Hell doesnt try to promote the upbeat living-with-AIDS story

  • Film

    September 14, 2006

    New Reviews

    Everyone's Hero; Haven; One: The Movie; Sherrybaby

  • Music

    February 2, 2006

    Live Review

    SENIOR RECREATION, RICHARD SWIFT, MATT COSTA

  • Film

    August 4, 2005

    Sex & Drugs & Sex & Rock & Roll

    Michael Winterbottom's monomaniacally intoxicating 9 Songs

  • Music

    October 28, 2004

    What Boys Like

    At Club Thrust, theres provocative glances, cocky stances and boys dancing in their underwear

  • Music

    January 29, 2004
  • Food

    September 18, 2003

    Shrimp Balls and Chococat Coitus

    Our critic comes clean on his carnal indiscretions while dining at Yujean Kangs

  • News

    June 13, 2002

    No Pride

    Officials cancel annual OC gay festival at UC Irvine

  • Music

    May 24, 2001

    Heavy!

    Farside dont float away on a frat boys burps

  • News

    August 19, 1999

    An Incomplete History of Gay & Lesbian OC

    Farside dont float away on a frat boys burps

  • Columns

    June 24, 1999

    Shag It, Baby

    Yet another column about gay people, plus a really vicious fight

  • Columns

    October 1, 1998

    Out of Sight

    Yet another column about gay people, plus a really vicious fight

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2009

    GLAAD Claims KDOC-TV Aired Anti-Gay Infomercial

    OCProgressive.com gets the credit for catching this first, but the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation says it received complaints about the re-emergence of an anti-gay infomercial titled Speechless: Silencing the Christians--and among the stations around the country that just showed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2009

    Orange County LGBT Pride Festival "Revival" Starts Small

    Sasha Baron Cohen's comedy has nothing to do with OC pride festivals. We just can't find photos from past fests. ​Orange County's first-ever gay and lesbian pride festival was held in Santa Ana's Centennial Park in 1988, when angry Christian conservatives showed up not because they'd finally come ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 9, 2009

    Brand New Changes Album Title

    In yet another move for Brand New followers to keep up with, the band has changed the title of their upcoming album to Daisy, rather than, And One Head Can Never Die, only two days after reporting the latter as the title. The release date for the band's fourth full length is the same, S ... More >>

  • Music

    October 1, 2009

    [Sound Guy] Irvine's Entice Have 10,000 Reasons to Be Happy

    In yet another move for Brand New followers to keep up with, the band has changed the title of their upcoming album to Daisy, rather than, And One Head Can Never Die, only two days after reporting the latter as the title. The release date for the band's fourth full length is the same, S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2009

    Locals Only Extra! MP3: He's Not Gay, 'Saving James'

    This week's Locals Only spotlights pop punk trio He's Not Gay, a band with the type of name that you have no choice but to pay at least some attention to them--and thankfully, they're worth it. They're from Buena Park, clearly establishing them as the most exciting thing to come from the city since ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 22, 2009

    On the Line: David Slay, Chef at Park Ave

    ​Stanton may be an unlikely place to open a destination restaurant, but, with Park Ave, chef and managing partner David Slay has made it work. OK, you may find a burger on the menu, but it'll be sitting alongside the likes of scallops and filet mignon. And those 'fresh-clipped greens (which, as yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 17, 2009

    Four Local Bands in Top 15 of 98.7's Rockstar Contest

    ​Of all the ways to make your band's wildest dreams come true, winning a radio station contest might not have the most street cred, but it certainly seems efficient.

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2009

    Topz "Healthier Burger Grill" Shutters All Over

    Edwin Goei​Topz "The Healthier Burger Grill" seems to be shutting down all over. The Hutton Center location was completely barren, the space already available for lease. And the Orange store's phone number has been disconnected. Reports of other Topz locations locations shuttering include West ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2009

    Have One Helluva Happy Halloween

    ​ Find yourself all trick-or-treated out? Too tired to bedazzle your buttocks and head out to the mayhem in West Hollywood? Well, get a load of this list of the Halloween hi jinx taking place right here in Orange County before you decide to retire your cleverly constructed Ben Bernanke costume to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2009

    Gettin' Made: Craft Shows Galore This Weekend!

    This is like the perfect storm of craft show weekends, a veritable blizzard of mall-free holiday shopping! No matter where you're at in Orange County or beyond, there is sure to be an indie crafting event happening near you. Feliz Navidad Soap by Soap Rehab​ After the jump, details on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2009

    Today in Music News: Kid Cudi, John Lennon, Christina Aguilera, 'American Idol'

    LAPD assholes hold Kid Cudi at gunpoint "in a case of mistaken identity."John Lennon's star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame--thought to be stolen--has been relocated next to George Harrison's, Ringo Starr's scheduled to join February 8.TMZ makes big deal of Christina Aguilera fender bender in West Holl ... More >>

  • Film

    December 31, 2009

    'Up In the Air' Director Jason Reitman Has a Good Sense of Where He's From and Where He's Headed

    LAPD assholes hold Kid Cudi at gunpoint "in a case of mistaken identity."John Lennon's star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame--thought to be stolen--has been relocated next to George Harrison's, Ringo Starr's scheduled to join February 8.TMZ makes big deal of Christina Aguilera fender bender in West Holl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Cypress Councilman Phil Luebben is Next to Spin Wheel of Hate Supporting Arizona SB 1070

    UPDATE: For the second time, City Councilman Phil Luebben has failed to get his colleagues to adopt resolutions declaring Cypress a "Rule of Law City" and applauding Arizona's controversial SB 1070 immigration law while damning cities that oppose it (details at end of this post) . . . ​Cypress Cit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 28, 2010

    Bad Religion's 'The Dissent of Man' and singer Greg Graffin's 'Anarchy Evolution' Out Today; Do a Meet and Greet This Saturday

    ​Bad Religion is now 30 years old, and the band is still creating mind blowing music. Today they drop The Dissent of Man (stream it in its entirety here), along with Bad Religion singer/author/professor Greg Graffin's new book, Anarchy Evolution. 

  • Blogs

    October 22, 2010

    Antoine Dodson: A BET Appearance, a Costume, and Now a Milkshake!

    www.antoinedodson.net​Now that Antoine Dodson, inadvertent YouTube star, has conquered the BET awards, marketed his likeness as a Halloween costume and bought his family a house so they could move out of the projects, he's conquering Hollywood. Last night, according to WeHo Daily, he launched ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2010

    Gay Cameraman Sues Sacha Baron Cohen Over Prop 8 Riot in Bruno

    ​This time "Bruno" went too far, claims a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court.Funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen's alter ego and his crew assaulted a man at a Prop 8 rally, alleges the suit that seeks $25,000 in punitive damages and reimbursement for medical expenses and general damages.

  • Music

    November 4, 2010

    Black Eyed Peas Swat Off Lawsuits

    [Mental Notes] Antoine Dodson beyond the Internet, plus Justin Bieber in comic-book form

  • Blogs

    November 26, 2010

    [UPDATED:] Gay Cameraman Sues Sacha Baron Cohen Over Prop 8 Riot in Bruno

    ​Update, November 26, 3:51 p.m.: A cameraman has dropped his lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen over an alleged assault at a Prop 8 rally in West Hollywood.Mike Skiff, who is openly gay, cited his own "emotional well being" as being the reason for ending the legal claim filed last month in Los Ange ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2011

    Antoine Dodson Gets TV Pilot: Run and Tell That!

    ​Antoine Dodson has had his 15 minutes of fame and then some. He received more than 67 million hits on YouTube for "The Bed Intruder" jam, and we're still not over the catchy song that rose to viral fame last summer. Now the bona-fide superstar is taping a reality-show pilot with media compan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Naked Sashimi Shunned in South Africa

    Flickr user Ko_An​ South Africa's ruling party has proclaimed that eating sashimi off a semi-nude model's body is officially offensive. Known in Japan as nyotaimori, the practice involves a nude female model lying supine, her lady-parts covered discreetly with leaves or other garnish on which raw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Secret Foo Fighters Show in West Hollywood Tonight

    ​The Foo Fighters have been playing a round of secret, unannounced shows in Los Angeles lately, and we just got a tip that there's another one tonight in West Hollywood. It's first-come-first-served,  and we hear there will be a camera crew to tape the whole thing. Want to go? Details after t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2011

    Will Eating Sea Kelp Save Us From Radiation?

    ​The officials have assured us we're fine, a very safe distance from the radiation that's still emitting from the disaster-hit nuclear plant in Japan, but that hasn't stopped folks around here from taking extra precautions. People are flocking to local health food markets such as Mother's and Wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    Lisa Debbie Adams Held for Stealing $200,000 from Woman the LA Psychic Said Needed Curse Cleansed

    ​A self-proclaimed psychic who allegedly told an Irvine woman she inherited a "curse" while inside her mother's womb, required a "cleansing" and eventually took the victim to the supernatural cleaners to the tune of more than $200,000 was scheduled to be arraigned today in the Santa Ana Central Ja ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2011

    New Wine and Tapas Restaurant Replaces Pane e Vino in Brea

    Photo Courtesy of Two 40 South's Facebook​Pane e Vino, the Italian restaurant that's been in Brea Downtown for as long as Brea Downtown has been, closed around March. Now a new wine and tapas restaurant called Two 40 South has taken over the space at, you guessed it, 240 South Brea Blvd.

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Five Musical Moments in the NBA Off-Season

    After this year's dramatic NBA season, basketball fans may have to wait a long time before the league's owners and players agree to a new collective bargaining deal. The off-season normally allows fans to speculate over player trades and retirements, but given the current lockout, they'll have to se ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    Portola Coffee Lab and TAPS Create Neo-Colonial Stout

    ​What do you get when you take one part scientific coffee brewer and another part award-winning brewmaster? Some intensely caffeinated beer, that's what! Two great minds teamed up on a limited-edition taste that will get you pretty hopped up (Insert wah-wah trombone here).The players: Portola Coff ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 7, 2011

    Dick Valentine of Electric 6 on their New Record, Sasha Baron Cohen as Freddie Mercury and the Stock Market

    ​Propelled into the national rock arena during the Detroit renaissance at turn of the millennium, Electric Six garnered significant critical acclaim for its up-tempo, sexified take on classic garage rock. Despite shuffling band members through the years, Electric Six has maintained an impressive ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2011

    Mac Miller: Five Ways to Pre-Game Before His Show

    ​Mac Miller's affinity for Chuck Taylors and alumni status with Taylor Alderdice's Pittsburgh high school might have you believe that he's a part Wiz Khalifa's Taylor Gang crew, the truth is Miller and Khalifa couldn't be further apart. Although they both launched their careers with Pittsburgh-bas ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    VHS or Beta At The Roxy Last Saturday Night

    Mary Carreon/OC WeeklyVHS or Beta​VHS or BetaRoxy, Los AngelesFeb. 4, 2012 Upon arriving to the world famous Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, I couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed by the venue's lush history. Enormous performers and bands such as Bob Marley & the Wailers, Prince, Pearl Ja ... More >>

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