Subject: Will Swaim

• In Brief: The Official Will Swaim Playlist

  I'm sure by now that most of you who read this are aware our editor-in-chief, Will Swaim, has resigned. What you may not be aware of, however, is our boss's penchant for singing—constantly. Seriously. Dude sings more than Rebecca Schoenkopf does. Which is A LOT. Anyway. In memorium, I'm posting the official Will Swaim playlist. If Will owned (and could figure out how to operate) an iPod, here's what would be on it: Elvis Costello, "What's So Funny (About Peace, Love and Understanding)?" T

  January 26, 2007

• Scenes from the Mexican Madness

  With apologies to Orange County Register sports genius Randy Youngman, notes, quotes and observations from my first book signing at Librería Martínez last Thursday: *Fliers for the event promised free tequila for adults courtesy of SanTana-based La Tequilera, but some pendeja called the city to complain about this--nevermind that no temporary liquor license is required if you give away booze for gratis. Not only that, but said woman berated Mr. Martinez for hosting me in the first

  May 6, 2007

• Dem Bones

  First there was yesterday's Election Day lunch--the GOP-heavy shindig where Weekly editor Will Swaim only got halfway through the hilarious speech I wrote for him because he was shuffling back and forth between pages and so lost my text and thus never got to the payoff, "Thank you, ladies and gentlemen! Don't forget to tip your waitstaff and then have them all deported!" Then there were last night's Dem fiestas in Santa Ana. I LOVE ELECTION DAY! I do! I stopped into Proof first; the OC Dem Found

  June 7, 2006

• Will Swaim--Gone :-(

  Yes, naranjeros: OC Weekly founder/editor/publisher/soul Will Swaim has resigned. Coverage in the Los Angeles Times, Orange County Business Journal, Orange County Register. Our paper? Wait until Thursday...until then, por favor post all thoughts/rants/valentines about our dearly departed Herr below! And do check out our music blog and find out the unofficial Will Swaim playlist!

  January 26, 2007

• Schou Mug Shot Hits LA Times

  Yes, OC Weekly investigative reporter Nick Schou got his mug shot in today's Los Angeles Times. No, he wasn't participating again in a riot, peeking inside an undercover DEA 18-wheeler or even driving solo in the HOV lane. A year or so ago, Schou thought it'd be fun to perform his normal work duties, raise an infant son, pamper his beautiful wife, teach a journalism class at UCI and write a book. Sure, he looks like a zombie most days now and is often heard mumbling to himself, but he can poin

  April 29, 2007

• About A Clockwork Orange

  After having successfully ripped off the "I, Anonymous" column in The Stranger of Seattle and renaming it "Hey, You!", OC Weekly editor Will Swaim set about pilfering The Stranger's week-in-review column, "Last Days." Matt Coker drew the short straw to compile the thing, and "A Clockwork Orange" was born on Sept. 20, 1996. Actually, a Coker column called "The Week in Review" appeared a week earlier, in the first issue of the Weekly's second year, but since that sounded so boring, Coker decided t

  November 21, 2005

• Give Us This Day Our Daily Hoax(es)

  Your favorite Too Lazy to Bother With Confirmin' Timekeeper passed along two, count 'em, two hoaxes to our dear reader, er, readers in yesterday's Clockwork. But first, introductions are in order: GOP Jay meet Victor Infante. Victor, Jaybird. Victor, as longtime readers know, is our dearly departed frequent Weekly contributor. No, he's not dead but he's the next closest thing to it: an East Coaster. (Sorry, Victor, couldn't resist.) When he wasn't getting married in the middle of the Weekly's wo

  January 18, 2006

• OC Theater scene just got a whole lot worse

  November 29, 2007

• Register "Didn't Have The Goods" On Carona

  This past Wednesday, the stage was set for an ultimate face-off: Our own R. Scott Moxley, the finest reporter in these here parts, and Register reporter Tony Saavedra, both staring down Mike Schroeder, local GOP king-maker (former Sheriff-maker, soon-to-be felon-maker), in front of the assembled members of the Orange County Press Club. Some of you may have seen signs advertising the event - "There Will Be Blood." Sadly, 'twas a far, far better thing Moxley had to do, but of course a gentleman W

  February 15, 2008

• Art Pedroza: An Appreciation

  For those of you Luddites who still rely solely on dead trees for news, the top three political blogs (in no order) are OC Blog, The Liberal OC, and Orange Juice!. Each roughly correspond to a local newspaper--OC Blog is conservative like the Orange County Register (except much more hackingly so), the Liberal OC is much more liberal than the Los Angeles Times, while the Orange Juice! is usually very much like the Weekly: unpredictable, hell-raising, and oftentimes jes' plain weird. Has to be in

  August 8, 2008

• Small World

  As Clockwork sits in deliberations as an Orange County Superior Court alternate juror, speaking as this is being banged out is our foreman, Stephen Mensinger. When Mensinger is not being paid $15-a-day to fulfill his civic duty, he earns bukoo bucks to preside over Irvine-based developer SunCal's multifamily division. In essence, he's in charge of the apartments, townhomes and condos that are included in SunCal projects. One such project is the delay-plagued Marblehead oceanview project in San

  September 15, 2008

• Blurb-O-Matic: The Answers

  January 4, 2001

• Letters

  'Bosomy? Not only is that irrelevant, it sails dangerously close to the ingrained misogyny of tabloid coveragesomething I would have thought your paper would want to avoid.'
  

  February 15, 2007

• Letters

  June 5, 2003

• See You, Suckers!

  This time, she means it

  February 1, 2007

• Staff Infection

  September 8, 2005

• Letters

  'Will Swaim and his paper have been one giant pain in the ass to a county that was in desperate need of one. Godspeed, my friend.'

  February 8, 2007

• Letters

  'Theres a joke in Puerto Rico that says the only reason Hitler ordered that the Jews be killed is because he didnt know Cubans existed'

  December 14, 2006

• The New Times

  March 15, 2007

• Robot Eats OC

  October 19, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  July 27, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  July 6, 2006

• Our Buddy

  April 6, 2006

• Trendzilla

  April 6, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  Feb. 22 - Feb. 28

  March 2, 2006

• Diary of a Mad County

  January 19, 2006

• The Arab Who Lives Down the Street

  September 8, 2005

• The Asian Persuasion

  July 14, 2005

• Diary of A Mad Year

  2004 regurgitated

  December 30, 2004

• Letters

  May 6, 2004

• Diary of a Mad County

  April 1, 2004

• The Times They Are A-Changin . . . Back!

  March 4, 2004

• Meat Me in Hell

  A guide to great food

  January 15, 2004

• Letters

  January 15, 2004

• Letters

  September 5, 2002

• Its a Living

  September 6, 2001

• Waterworld

  November 9, 2000

• 7: Peculiar Achievement in All Things Egghead

  October 26, 2000

• 1: Shall We Begin?

  October 26, 2000

• 6: Achievement in Music and Throbbing Goat Love

  October 26, 2000

• 9: Obsequiotic Achievement in Getting Jiggy as All Hell

  October 26, 2000

• A Truly Sacred Place

  September 14, 2000

• We Are Five!

  September 14, 2000

• I will wear a suit

  September 14, 2000

• 'Stray Not From Righteousness'

  October 12, 2000

• Where Famous People Eat!

  June 29, 2000

• Letters

  August 26, 1999

• Greener Pastures

  June 3, 1999

• 45 rides. 16 hours. One man. Disneyland in a day!

  September 17, 1998

• Poof!

  February 12, 1998