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Voices of a Never Ending Dawn, a documentary on the 5,500 young American soldiers who were unexpectedly chosen to fight the first Communists in Northern Russia while the rest of World War I was being waged in France in other parts of Europe, makes its West Coast premiere Wednesday at…
forgetters (yes, lower-case “f”), a Brooklyn trio comprised of former Jawbreaker/Jets to Brazil frontman Blake Schwarzenbach, former Bitchin' bassist Caroline Paquita and former Against Me! drummer Kevin Mahon, are recording a few songs in October slated to be released for a 7-inch. No word on when said record will be…
The public's first crack at Angels playoff tickets begins at 10 a.m. Wednesday, but don't bother showing up at the box office at the Big A. They are only available online at the Angels Web site or by calling Ticketmaster at (714) 663-9000. There's a limit of four tickets per…
Fullerton's Dusty Rhodes and the River Band experienced a bit of a setback last month–namely, bassist Brad Babinski being hit with both mono and shingles (yeesh), forcing the band to scrap their east coast tour…
Clockwork Coker sent me this Photoshop job he saw posted on Crooks and Liars: It's the “Taitz-Tanic,” see. Lou Dobbs is being targeted by Media Matters for his questions about Barack Obama's eligibility for the presidency, while Laguna Niguel's attorney/dentist Orly Taitz has recently faced a number of public setbacks…
It's the Weekly's weekly round-up of local police calls–now with more ho' attackers, hammer heads, short robbers, skateboarding nazis, bloody bandagers, bushmen packing heat, baseball bat-wielding robbers, monkeys that are not for sale and Ryan Seacrest. MONDAY, SEPT. 14Cut Off, Cursed At and Tires Slashed A motorist was cut off…
For “Long and Short of It,” Salon.com's Aug. 2, 1999, story on botched penile enlargement surgeries and the, ahem, lengths patients must go to if they safely want to increase the size of their members, reporter Michael Easterbrook turned to an Anaheim Hills urologist for expertise.Now, Dr. Gary Rheinschild, 75,…
Sacramento-based Pacific Justice Institute–which, as you read in R. Scott Moxley's recent blog post, just snatched Steven Greenhut (but not all of his writings) away from the Orange County Register–is raising alarm over the growing gay menace in public schools.”Boy in a Bikini, Other Gay Films Get Wide Audience in…
Well-RoundedThe Bowers largely succeeds in showing that Fernando Botero is more than just ‘that Colombian guy who paints/draws/sculpts really fat peopleNWith shows such as Project Runway and AmericaNs Next Top Model receiving unprecedented ratings, itNs small wonder that eating disorders continue to top the list of maladies for teenage girls…
Digitally EnhancedIrvineNs Thrice make the best of online thievery with their latest recordThrice are known for changing it up with each album, but this time, they had to do something really different. ItNs now pretty much expected for albums to be leaked online days or weeks before the release date;…
Dr. Orly Taitz believes that Barack Obama wants to destroy America, but lately she's been dealing with a different threat: the defection of her former allies in the “eligibility” (a.k.a. “birther”) movement. The lawsuit against Taitz from fellow birther lawyer Phil Berg has been given a full public airing, as…
One of my favorite house tracks of all time is Gene Farris' “Richard's Word,” (sample) which floats a skit by the late, great Richard Pryor above an optimistic groove that's laced with a flighty flute loop. Pryor is at his gut-busting best riffing, for example, on what it takes, power…