Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

All 80 Similes on Lil Wayne's 'I Am Not a Human Being II'

Lil Wayne has just released his tenth studio album, I Am Not a Human Being II. It's been 18 years since his first album: True Story as one half of The B.G.'z. In that time, he's been a lesser-known member of an embattled southern hip-hop group, a scrawny kid, a mixtape hero, the greatest rapper aliv ... More >>

Matt Costa Pulls Some Strings to Make His Music Soar

Influenced by Mozart and Ennio Morricone, the indie folkster goes orchestra big for his latest album

Seven DJs You Can't Miss at EDC

Every year, The Electric Daisy Carnival attracts thousands of new EDM-o-philes who pile in to watch marquee DJs from around the world do their dirtiest behind the decks. Upon asking a handful of people going out to Las Vegas this year about who they want to see, a scary amount of people (who, mind y ... More >>

[UPDATED with Weekly Role in Discovery:] George P. Shultz's Head is Found in Trash, But Ronald Reagan's is Still Missing

​UPDATE, DEC. 13, 12:22 P.M.: The recyclables searcher who found the head of George P. Shultz in a Huntington Beach garbage bin told his son in Oregon about the find, which led junior to search the Internet and find the OC Weekly Navel Gazing blog post on the former secretary of state's missing no ... More >>

Katy Perry with Robyn At the Nokia Theatre Last Night

Christopher Victorio/OC Weekly​Check out our slideshow here!Katy Perry with RobynAugust 7, 2011Nokia TheatreWhen you're at a concert there are events that occur, usually in some sequence, that make you hyper-aware of where you are. When the teenybopper behind you starts shrieking/crying/furiously ... More >>

Auto-Tune the News: 'Stay Away from Auto-Tuning People at Bar Mitzvahs and Adolf Hitler'

​DigiTour 2011 hopes to turn viral audiences into the real thing for YouTube stars during a live six-week 27-city US tour.  Their videos may range from cinematic to DIY-simple, but they all have one thing in common: extravagant numbers of Internet views.

Red Sparowes Use Really Long Song Titles But Want to Be Concise Songwriters

​Red Sparowes have a history of matching their cavernous, righteously beautiful instrumentals with suitably lofty conceptual angles. The LA post-rock act is responsible for tracks with names like "The Sixth Extinction Crept Up Slowly, Like Sunlight Through the Shutters, as We Looked Back in Regret ... More >>

Villa Rockledge: Historic Treasure or Overhyped Dump--You Decide! [UPDATED WITH ASKING PRICE]

Villa Rockledge, a six villa compound with a main house and private beach in Laguna Beach, is up for sale. The asking price is undisclosed $26,500,000 (see here), but it's been renting for $15,000 a week. That must mean they want at least $200,000 for it--even in this depressed market! Described as ... More >>

[Aural Reports] Cory Case Busks Across Europe, Tours America With the Shys

Film Pick of the Weekend: The Women of Sex and the City: A (Semi-) Appreciation

So they finally coaxed me out of the ivory tower that is the Calendar Dept. and convinced me to blog. Okay, first thing's first. A moment of silence for Harvey Korman. Blazing Saddles is playing this Wednesday at the Regency South Coast Village. Go see it and be reminded of the man's brilliance. ... More >>

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

Tasty morsels from the county's best damn dining guide

Grub Guide

The best damn dining guide in Orange County

Back to the Garden

The suffocating beauty of Terrence Malicks earthy New World

Enduring Classic

Festival Ballet dances Balanchines demanding Concerto Barocco

Das Muppet Show!

Opera Pacifics opera camp students do Wagner with puppets

What Goes On

Winter Music Issue

Tom Cruise Is Straight and Other Hollywood Conspiracies

Uri Dowbenkos Hoodwinked exposes the Masonic Zionist plot that is Tinseltown

Newport Beach Film Festival: Schedule of events

Compiled by Greg Stacy

Spunk

The young are the restless in Vargas and Lilya

Rock Your Way to Homeland Security!

Let Jim show you how

Epiphanies

Taking Sides

Soundtrack to the Holocaust

(Johann) Sebastian Chang

Trabuco Canyons greatest composer

Country That Still Ain't Cool

Q & A

Quick answers to questions we needed to ask OC's finest roots musicians!

Extreme Holiday Gift Guide

The Wish List They Don't Want You to See!