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Orange County Register: The man who shot himself to death inside Crystal Cathedral two weeks ago thought he was a prophet of God and heard the voices of demons inside his head. Wait, there's more than one of us? The Reg also has video of the dude. . . …

Orange County's Obama-Deniers Keep On Keeping On

The Mission Viejo Dispatch has an item today about local dentist Dr. Orly Taitz. You might remember her as an associate of Alan Keyes and Weekly interviewee Wiley Drake in their lawsuit trying to prove that Barack Hussein Obama isn't technically qualified to be president. Now, Taitz, claiming to represent…

Listen to the Band: Glass Puppets

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Hasan Nouri Speaks at Event to Help Rid World of Landmines

Hasan Nouri was the on the Weekly's Dec. 12, 2008, cover for raising awareness about the plights of his native Afghans and Orange County's polluted Aliso Creek. Manager of the Stormwater Engineering Division of URS Corp. in Santa Ana and recipient of civil engineering's prestigious Herbert Hoover Medal for humanitarian…

Iglu N Hartly, Sebastian Grainger, More Coming to Detroit Bar

Lots of cool shows coming up at Detroit Bar, including Echo Park's Iglu N Hartly (pictured)–already pop heroes in Britain, and now breaking through stateside on the strength of somewhat inexplicable modern rock radio hit “In This City.” They're playing the Costa Mesa venue on a sure-to-be colorful March 26…

It's Time To Harpoon A Whale Of A Cliché In Dana Point

Brighten up your baleen and brush your blowhole, because for the next two weekends, Dana Point hosts its 38th annual Festival of Whales. Despite the fact that I've lived in that silly little seaport for some two decades, I have exactly zero memories of this event ever taking place (My…

TONIGHT: Ra Ra Riot, Cut Off Your Hands at Detroit Bar

Are you sick of hearing about Ra Ra Riot yet? Y'know, the indie band from Syracuse that have been riding a crest of Vampire Weekend-esque buzz for the past few months. Well, you can stop hearing about them and actually hear them, tonight at Detroit Bar. Their record, The Rhumb…

Unknown bands battle to break out at Bamboozle Left

This weekend, while your band is hot boxing in the drummers van, it might be worth while to put down the bong and see what more enterprising young rockers are doing. Chain Reaction in Anaheim is giving local acts a chance to take the main stage at the 2009 Bamboozle…

Trying to Make Sense of the OC Music Awards Nominees

Everyone I've talked to about the OC Music Awards nominee list, released yesterday, seems to have the same reaction: Huh? Why are young, unsigned bands like The Jakes competing against veteran, internationally known acts like The Offspring, who had Billboard's #1 Hot Modern Rock Track for 11 weeks last year?…