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  Date a Derby Dame!
  Ever been to an OC Roller Girls match and thought about dating your fave Roller Girl? Well on 2/5, some lucky, lucky people got their chance at the OC Roller Girls' first ever speed dating event in Huntington Beach. All photos by Keith May.
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  VANS Costa Mesa Grand Opening: Christian Hosoi, Jeff Grosso, Omar Hassan and More
  VANS celebrated the grand opening of their Costa Mesa location on 2/6 with Christian Hosoi, Jeff Grosso, Omar Hassan, Alex Knost and more. All photos by John Gilhooley.
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  Anvil @ House of Blues Anaheim
  Former underdogs Anvil performed at the House of Blues Anaheim. Tarsha and Operation Overload opened. All photos by Andrew Youssef
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  Steve Aoki @ V2O
  RJ Productions presented Steve Aoki at Long Beach’s V2O on 2/4. The 18-plus crowd filled up nearly every inch of the dance floor to grove, grind, and sweated to all the beats thrown at them. The Long Beach stop is part of Steve Aoki’s North American Tour “In The House.” Also spinning Thursday are local resident DJs: DJ Destructo and La Zebra that got the crowd so works out in sweat before Steve Aoki’s set. Not a bad night to get the weekend started (for those who worked Friday morning—painfully it started). All words and photos by Chris Victorio.
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  Ozzy Osbourne Book Signing in Huntington Beach
  You might have thought Ozzy was playing a live show on 2/3, at Barnes & Noble's Huntington Beach location when I came upon the huge crowd outside to meet the Prince of Darkness himself. Inside the scene was just as crazy, people everywhere in Ozzy T-shirts; hot moms who looked like they caught Ozzy's tour in the '80s and finally had a chance to meet him. Upstairs, where the signing took place, screams of “We Love You Ozzy" rang out as people whistled Black Sabbath songs. Babies were decked out in Ozzy gear and a ton of teen metal fans sporting jackets with patches—AX7, Pantera, and of course Ozzy. Looking around it was hard to figure out who brought who: Metal kids dragged the parents or the other way around. As the night went on, Ozzy signed away, when the people came away from the table with their book autographed, jumping up and down it became real clear: They all love Ozzy and they all brought each other. All words and photos by John Gilhooley.
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  Stained Radiance DVD Release Party with Nels Cline and Norton Wisdom
  Stained Radiance DVD Release Party on 2/2 with Nels Cline and Norton Wisdom on the paintbrush. Featuring special guests Ireesh and Wisdom with the Untitled Project. All photos by Kimberly Valenzuela.
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  Orange County Music Awards Showcase: Night Five
  Featuring the Bolts, the Colourist, Moostache, Halos and Blok, the OC Music Awards fifth showcase was held at the Chain Reaction on 2/2. All photos by Chris Victorio.
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  Busta Rhymes @ Flight
  Nytehype and Sullen Clothing presented Busta Rhymes last night at Flight in Huntington Beach for a free show to benefit the Red Cross’ relief for Haiti. Thousands of dollars were raised at the door for the free show that featured the hip-hop artist. The quick 30-minute show included Arab Money, Pass the Pass the Courvoisier, and Whoa, setting the capacity crowd on fire. Power 106’s DJ Reflex DJ’d for his set. OC’s own DJ Boogie threw down beats to warm out the crowd throughout the night. All photos by Chris Victorio.
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  Alex's Bar 10-Year Anniversary: Mike Watt, Throw Rag, Riverboat Gamblers
  Happy birthday, Alex's Bar! For night two of their anniversary celebration, Alex's Bar invited Mike Watt and the Secondmen, Throw Rag, Werewolf and Riverboat Gamblers. To read more about Alex's Bar and their history, check out our Q&A with Alex himself right here. All photos by Keith May.
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  The Soft Pack @ Fingerprints
  The Soft Pack, along with Avi Buffalo, performed an in-store at Fingerprints in Long Beach on 1/30. All photos by Andrew Youssef.
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  The Used & Atreyu @ the House of Blues Anaheim
  Atreyu and the Used performed at the House of Blues on 1/29. Drive A opened. All photos by Andrew Youssef.
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  Best (Orange County) Dance Crew: Kaba Legacy Rehearsal
  After soaring to fame on MTV's Randy Jackson Presents Best American Dance Crew (in which they should have placed at leeeast second, c'mon, America), the UC Irvine-based Kaba Modern has finally achieved the recognition they deserved—though their history has always been rich with honors, awards and recognitions. Kaba, which consists of three separate sub-teams (Kreative Moment for members 18 and under; Kaba Modern for UC Irvine students; Kaba Modern Legacy, an exhibition team for alumni and guests), is currently preparing for VIBE XV, a major hip-hop dance competition to take place on Jan. 30 at the Bren Events Center. For more info, visit KabaModern.com. All photos by Keith May.
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