Whitney Houston

"I Am Not a Perfect Chef": On The Line with Hiro Noguchi Of Sushi Noguchi, Part Two

"I am not a perfect chef. I always strive to learn new ways to improve my craft." ~ Hiro Noguchi Hiro summed up his interview with a statement most seasoned chefs live by. One can never stop learning new techniques or flavor profiles. Read our interview with Hiro Noguchi of Sushi Noguchi, Part One ... More >>

Whitney Houston, Actress

Surveying the great diva's checkered film career

Old Records Are Outselling New Ones for the First Time

By Chris KornelisIn the two decades since Nielsen Soundscan started to keep track of U.S. album sales in 1991, the company has seen the industry fold in half, digital sales catch up to physical, and vinyl mount a resurgence. But until last week, they'd never seen old records outsell new ones. The f ... More >>

Tom Leykis Adds "Fullerton Police Department-Style" to His List of "Take Me Out..." Audio Clips

On Tuesday, I had the pleasure of talking about the Kelly Thomas murder on The Tom Leykis Show. I had Facebooked Tom the horrific beating that the Fullerton police inflicted on Kelly; Tom was so disturbed that we talked about the incident for two hours, taking phone calls from apologists and non-apo ... More >>

Reactions To The Deaths Of Adam Yauch And Whitney Houston Show Us Who We Are As a Society

See also: *We Remember Adam Yauch, MCA of Beastie Boys, Dead at 47 *Pennywise's Tribute to the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch Is Punk as Fuck Whenever a musician dies, it seems like casual fans come out of the woodwork to celebrate the fallen star's life. In February, you couldn't walk 14 steps or go tw ... More >>

Jim Jeffries On Drinking and What Makes For a Great-Looking Penis

Jim Jeffries is known to speak his mind with a kick-ass accent. This X-rated Aussie comic isn't interested in offending with his "offensive" language, he's just telling his tales. Whether they are 100% true or not, those stories are just one of the many reasons we love him so much. This weekend Jim ... More >>

Bobby Brown on Today Show: "I Didn't Get High [On Narcotics] Before I Met Whitney"

In his first televised interview since Whitney Houston's death, Bobby Brown appeared on the Today show this morning. The former New Edition member is articulate and doesn't shy away from admitting their reality show, Being Bobby Brown, showed them what a mess drugs had made of their relationship. ... More >>

Tupac is Back: Six Dead Artists We Should Resurrect Via Hologram

As many of you know by now, Tupac performed at this year's edition of Coachella via hologram. When he appeared, the much-intoxicated crowd did not know what to do. It was as if Tupac had died and rose again (to many conspiracy theorists, that was a literal take). Now that we know how Dr. Dre and AV ... More >>

Interview with Tom Leykis on His Revived Radio Show, Anacrime, and Why KFI's John and Ken are Pathetic!

Just a week into his revived radio show, and one forgets that Tom Leykis was off the air for a couple of years after the demise of KLSX-FM 97.1. He's back to his natural, hilarious, ranting self over at blowmeuptom.com, blowing up listeners Kobe style and all sorts of other styles. The first couple ... More >>

Kevin & Bean's April Foolishness at Gibson Amphitheatre, April 7, 2012

Kevin & Bean's April Foolishness April 7, 2012 Gibson Amphitheatre There is nothing like live comedy and when you get an exceptional lineup of great talent, you can't help but to be excited for the night ahead. Taking our seats in the Gibson was easy because the drink lines were long as hell a ... More >>

Tom Leykis Returns to the Airwaves; Expect Mucho John & Ken Bashing/Support

​The day that multitudes of men (and more than a few women) have been waiting for three years is here: Tom Leykis, former radio genius on KFI-AM 640 and KLXS-FM 97.1 is back!REALLY?DO YOU CARE?Damn straight we do. And you should, too!

Whitney Houston's Cause of Death Revealed: Drowning, Heart Disease and Cocaine

​ According to USA Today, the Los Angeles County coroner's office has declared Whitney Houston's official cause of death: It's "drowning and effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use." The coroner's office ruled her manner of death as an accident, but the toxicology report said "co ... More >>

Five Feminist Anthems for International Women's Day!

​Around the world, every March 8 marks International Women's Day. In case you weren't up on game, that's what today's Google Doodle and Twitter trending is all about. In the United States, this year's International Women's Day comes at a time when somehow contraception is a hot political issue of ... More >>

Bobbi Kristina Brown Needs Help, Will Anyone Provide It?

​Recently, it has come to light that Bobbi Kristina Brown (for those of you who for whatever don't know who she is, that's the daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown) started to follow in her famous parents' footsteps at the age of 14, when she was only a freshman. According to a classmate fr ... More >>

Bad Boy Bill at the Yost Theater, Feb. 23, 2012

Matt Oliver​Bad Boy BillYost TheaterFeb. 23, 2012 Since 1985, Bad Boy Bill--the baddest white boy in Chi town--has been taking the world of EDM by storm. Calling Bill an icon is an understatement. He's the founder of the EDM online music store Beatport.com, was voted America's favorite DJ by BPM ... More >>

[UPDATED with Radiation Report OK'd:] Water Leak Shuts Down San Onofre Nuke Unit

​UPDATE, FEB. 23, 10:01 A.M.: The San Clemente City Council is to receive a staff report March 20 that should help city leaders decide whether more radiation monitoring should be done in the town 2 miles from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS).Some residents have called for stepped- ... More >>

[BREAKING!] Whitney Houston's Death was a Barack Obama-Hollywood Illuminati Rub Out

​What do Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown, Barack Obama, a marijuana-toting pilot who wandered into the presidential airspace leaving Corona del Mar and the shooting of two Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Long Beach have in common?They are all connected to the Hollywood Illuminati A ... More >>

Five Best Choices to Permanently Replace Suspended Talk-Show Pendejos John & Ken on KFI

​Man, I would've loved to be in the room when KFI-AM 640 bigwigs called in John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou last week and told them they were being suspended for calling Whitney Houston a crack ho. I would've loved to see the brass strain for credulity in telling JohnKen that finally--finally! After y ... More >>

Tom Leykis Calls KFI's John and Ken "Total Fucking Pussies" For Apologizing Over Their Whitney Houston "Crack Ho" Remark

Pussy and Pussier?​The big media story this week in Southern California, of course, is KFI-AM 640 suspending afternoon hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou for calling Whitney Houston a "crack ho" on the air. Radio management forced Kobylt to issue an apology that no one believes, especially given t ... More >>

What We Learned, Feb. 11-17

​A look back at the last week and the snark that came from it all.FEB. 11: Whitney Houston dies in Beverly Hills, and a shrine goes up in . . . Laguna Hills? It's at the home of Mike and Mahi Pasha now, but in 2006 the legendary singer rented the place to be closer to her drug counselor. What We L ... More >>

Couple That Lives in Whitney Houston's Former Laguna Hills Home Sets Up Shrine For the Late Star

​Whenever an icon dies, journalists scramble to report on what we like to call "the local connection." Hey, we're not above such fodder. Whitney Houston, who was found dead at the Beverly Hilton at age 48, has OC ties. Around 2006, the damaged songstress rented a house in Laguna Hills to ... More >>

President Barack Obama Set to Land in Bitter Enemy Terrority--Orange County

​Under intense security, Air Force One and Barack Obama landed late this afternoon at Los Angeles International Airport for the president's ninth trip to Southern California and, during a series of fund-raising events, touted his administration's accomplishments, including a repeal of "Don't Ask; ... More >>

[UPDATED With Cause of Death:] Whitney Houston Dead at 48

​UPDATE: Feb. 13, 12:27 p.m.: TMZ says the L.A. County Coroner told Whitney Houston's family that the singer d"id not die from drowning, but rather from what appears to be a combination of Xanax and other prescription drugs mixed with alcohol."Sources also told TMZ that the family was told there ... More >>

Ten Musician Stamps We'd Like To See

​ The US Postal Service, desperate to stop 15 years of bleeding caused by email and private competitors, announced that it will soon feature living people on stamps (the post office has long had a policy of placing only the dead on postage). Of interest to this column, the USPS will consider fe ... More >>

Local Kid to Play Jimmy 'the Rev' Sullivan in Avenged Sevenfold Video

​A local group of young rock musicians is getting a boost from an unlikely source: Huntington Beach metal icons, Avenged Sevenfold.Orange County band Un D Vided, founded by 13-year-old drummer Harley deWinter, specializes in a brand of classic-style rock in the vein of Pat Benatar and Heart--Not e ... More >>

The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show

​Today begins what will hopefully become a weekly Monday feature, although that may depend on if there is enough content to make that happen. Otherwise, it will go up when there are enough items to make it so. What am I yammering on and on about? The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show, a coll ... More >>

Three Reasons to Hate Morrissey (and Four Reasons We Still Love Him Anyway)

By now, everyone's heard that dear old Moz called the entire population of China a subspecies in a recent interview with the Guardian. "Did you see the thing on the news about their treatment of animals and animal welfare? Absolutely horrific. You can't help but feel that the Chinese are a subspecie ... More >>

Bear Kamp 5th Anniversary

House of Blues

[CD Review] Whitney Houston, 'I Look to You' (Arista)

Take a '90s Music Trivia Quiz

​Click here to take a '90s music trivia quiz. The entire three rounds take less than five minutes. I scored a 22860. I missed three questions, all of which I'm proud of not knowing: The song for which Whitney Houston won her first Grammy; the title of Shania Twain's second record; and something ab ... More >>

The Magic Flute

Cerritos Center

The 50 Gayest Songs of All Time

Thursday's Headlines & Surprises: Dana caught a wave!

Where Do Broken Hearts Go? Orange County, it seems. This week singer Robert Barisford Brown—better known as Bobby Brown--filed suit against his wife, Whitney Houston, in OC Superior Court. His grievance? She won’t let him see his 14-year-old daughter. Why file in OC? Brown, 38, claims Houston, ... More >>

Railroad Accident

Bobby Brown crawls out of the wreckage and waits for help to arrive

Diary of a Mad County

Jan. 10-Jan. 16

Coffee. Talk.

No. 9: Kean Coffee keeps it real in this mixed-up, crazy corporate world

Full-Serve Philosophy

A gas station attendant pumps out enlightenment in Peaceful Warrior

La Habra

Material Hurl

21 reasons Madonna blows

Submitted for Your Approval

A hodgepodge o crap!

Snap, Crackle, Pop

Pitches Aint Shit

Rethinking Bringing Down the House

Hot!

Jumping on the (band)wagon

Do It in the Butt!

And the Commie Girl trifecta!

Hope They Die Before They Get Old

The rock & roll tragedies that should have been

La Habra

Discount capital of OC

Jim Jakel

Drummer for Split Decision, original cable guy

Drinkin for Jesus

And thanks for not hurling on the Indiana Jones Adventure!

Even George Argyros Cant Bum Me Out Now!

Etta James, Dr. John, King Sunny, Ray Charles, Red Meat and Chris Gaffney in one amazing week!

Cupid's Error

A week of love and terror