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We were at night five at the OC Music Awards showcases last night, the first (of two) at Chain Reaction. John Gilhooley took some fab pics, check them out here. My thoughts? They're after the jump!…
We talked about the Bamboozle Left lineup a couple of weeks ago, but something seemed to be missing–namely, headliners. It's a situation that's been remedied through an announcement via Live Nation today: We've got Fall Out Boy (pictured) on Saturday, April 4, and 50 Cent on Sunday, April 5. FOB…
As mentioned in last week's Weekly story about the Capistrano Unified School District, many of the loudest critics of the new “reform” board are concerned about the Education Alliance, a conservative group that helped get the board into power. Are the recall trustees hostile to public education? Do they want…
April 18 is Record Store Day. The National Association of Recording Merchandisers is sponsoring this celebration of “the unique culture of indie record stores all year long” with sales, in stores and other mayhem. NAMBLA, I mean, NARM has the backing of fellow sponsors Music Monitor Network, the Coalition of…
After you've completed your traditional Chinese New Year meal–your fish, your long life noodles, your mandarin oranges–and you're looking for something to do, you should seriously consider heading to Detroit Bar for the last night of the Mothers Sons/Daniel Morones residency, a chance to see both of these fine OC…
If you were not one of the very few to attend the NAMM Show this past weekend at the Anaheim Convention Center–and, well, odds are you were not–you can get a better idea of what the heck goes on over there thanks to this slideshow from Andrew Youssef. Also, don't…
Yes, sir–it's the third week of the OC Music Award Showcases over at Detroit Bar (after next week, they move to Chain Reaction). Looks like it should be an interesting show, with a little quirkier line-up than last week's more straight-forward affair. Irvine's Faded Paper Figures open up; they cite…
Today is a day to very much live in the present, what with a historic event of some kind going on in Washington DC, but since we're obstinate like that, let's look a couple months into the future–specifically March 13-17 in Austin, TX, for South by Southwest.We wrote a couple…
With the news that Indie 103.1 is abandoning the airwaves, and the fate of its hosts and specialty shows very much in the air (it looks like the online-only version of Indie 103.1 will be DJ-less), word has come from “Jonesy's Jukebox” host (and, of course, Sex Pistols guitarist) Steve…
It's here: Adult Swim's Tim Heidecker (right) and Eric Wareheim (uh, left) are performing tonight at the Glass House in Pomona; amazingly, tickets are still available.Tim and Eric are the guys behind quasi-cartoon Tom Goes to the Mayor and, more recently, the sketch comedy program Tim and Eric Awesome Show…
Supporters of longtime Santa Ana Mexican consulate employees who say they were fired without cause last month by a newly politicized consular team which some have accused of favoritism and elitism, protested in front of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SecretarÃa de Relaciones Exteriores) in Mexico City late last…
The MUSINK Tattoo Convention and Music Festival at the Orange County Fair N Exposition Center in Costa Mesa is a little more than a month away (Feb. 20-22), and now we know the full slate of bands scheduled to perform–including these dudes, Story of the Year. (Y'know, “Until the Day…