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Author, sociologist and working-class advocate Barbara Ehrenreich recently spoke about being confronted by a foe who accused her of engaging in class warfare, to which Ehrenreich responded that's absolutely true but her side in not the one that started the war.Who knew class-warfare skirmishes could be erupting in the libertarian-built…
Amongst the many wabs, a couple of chinitos, and I'm sure more than a couple of gabachos currently in custody at the Santa Ana Jail are British nationals Simon Sheppard and Stephen Whittle. They haven't committed any crime in the United States but have nevertheless languished under the watchful eye…
**Updated, with new info on the bottom…Oh, happy day! KPFK-FM 90.7 management has suspended the anti-Semitic hatefest called “La Causa” for six weeks for the obvious reasons, a week after the Jewish Journal published a devastating exposN of the program. I didn't find out from a KPFK statement or the…
Orange County Register: Asked recently about a possible run against U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer when his term ends in 2010, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he'll skip that race and await amendment of the U.S. Constitution–meaning he's eying the presidency. Looking at his latest approval ratings, I guess Arnie does not plan on carrying California…
Rarely do albums get savaged the way Echo Park's Iglu N Hartly's debut, N Then Boom, has. Take a look at what NME wrote, in their glowing 2/10 review:”Until then, one thing is very clear: these bare-chested electro-funksters have birthed an abomination of a debut album, informed by all the…
It seems the hyper-breeding antics of “octomom” Nadya Suleman have now prompted television networks to halt production of reality shows or documentaries about women trying to have babies in any non-conventional way, writes former NPR “Day to Day” host Madeleine Brand on her new parenting blog. The move is meant…
But first, an introduction to those unfamiliar with the concept. “Dark dining” has been around for almost a decade. Both Time and Newsweek had stories on it when it began to take root in Europe. Back then, an enterprising restaurateur in Zurich — a blind minister actually — had a…
Though it looks like a Jewish business, acts like a Jewish business, and sounds like a Jewish business every Friday night when a bustling congregation blasts klezmer-esque music to dozens of Latinos in prayer shawls, yarmulkes, and other Jewish attire, Libreria Makom Shalom in downtown SanTana is not Jewish. It…
Here's one to wrap your legs around: Beach volleyball may no longer be the hottest summer Olympic sport to tune into in 2012 if a critical mass of pole dancers manages to convince the Olympic Committee that the athleticism in the activity is gold-medal competition-worthy, (once you get past the…
It was good to be back in Henry's. I'd been a regular customer of the yuppified farmers market since it opened in February 2003 on the other side of Costa Mesa's Great Wall of College Avenue that blocks the sights and sounds of the Target store loading docks from my…
A federal grand jury in Los Angeles indicted an Upland IT contractor for allegedly sabotaging the offshore oil rig computer systems that he helped install for a Long Beach-based company. Mario Azar, 28, was charged Tuesday with a single count of unauthorized impairment of a protected computer, an allegation that…
It's amazing how some bands end up being tailor-made for certain venues. In the case of Fullerton thrashers The Dahmer Party (don't be alarmed, none of them are actually cannibals…I think), Slidebar's rock-n-roll party scene is an ideal stomping ground. And it's not just because their drummer works there (he…