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It's the second week of the OC Music Award Showcases, and while last week was singer-songwriter heavy, this one is full of some solid melodic indie rock, including the Locals Only-approved Sweet Sweet Things (pictured) and the twice (!) Locals Only-approved Venus Infers.Also on the bill: Orange's Aushua (who are…
It's for the Allensworth (Huntington Beach) and Boogaloo Assassins (Los Angeles) concert at Detroit Bar on Saturday. (I fully realize that the ol' HM has been a bit Detroit Bar heavy this week, but hey, they've had a lot of shows while other venues have been slow. Oh man, that…
Today is the Slick four-on-the-floor beat. Western-flavored Franz Ferdinand riffing. Here come the words:”The Santa Ana winds blow and blow and blow and blow / I love you, you know, you know, you know”Uh…”General Santa Ana rode a white, white, white, white, white horse / Even though his heart was black, black,…
The OC Music Awards are still a ways away–April 4 at the Grove of Anaheim–but tonight is the start of the weekly Tuesday night OC Music Awards Showcases at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa. Much better than watching a House reopeat (spoiler: House figures out the mystery illness towards the…
Get it while it lasts, folks. The final curtain call for The Hidden Kitchen in its current incarnation at the Rooster Cafe will be February 20th. Dr. Jeff Dobkin, one of the principals behind the project, wrote the following entry on their blog yesterday:Next Phase As those of you who have dined…
Even with June's final ousting of the remaining trustees who served under Nixon-wannabe superintendent James Fleming, the South-County shitshow that is Capistrano Unified School District hasn't been showing any less shit lately. In fact, the newly monolithic slate of “reform” trustees (the final two were elected in November) seems just as clueless…
Year of the BlogThe best posts of 2008, direct from the Weekly’s parallel universe What, you haven’t been reading our blogs? You know, those piles of pixels we painstakingly piece together at ocweekly.com? Well, you’ve been missing out. On our Heard Mentality music blog, we’re covering Orange County sounds and beyond, weeding out the righteous …
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Tonight's the last night to catch OC's Midnight Hour–recently featured in our Locals Only column–for free as part of their Monday night residency this month at Detroit Bar (it's the last Monday in December, you see, it all makes sense). Also on the bill: San Diego's Dynamite Walls and another Orange County band, Janu and …
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Last Thursday I wrote this post talking about the Saturday all-star extravaganza at the Gypsy Lounge, and I wondered why the esteemed Chris Hanlin wasn't on the bill. Well, here's your chance — the extremely talented Mr. Hanlin is playing tonight at the Gypsy Lounge's Tuesday acoustic night, sharing the stage tonight with his brothers-in-sound …
“What do you think is better–breakfast or dinner at IKEA,” my chica asked while she scarfed down pasta and vegetables with marinara sauce and I enjoyed a slightly-better-than-so-so chicken alfredo. “Breakfast,” I replied. “Why,” my best friend, Art, asked. “Because it's cheaper,” I said, before adding, “Besides, it's better food.” He cast me a mocking …
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UPDATED WITH PASTOR WILEY DRAKE SAYING GOD WILL PUNISH RICK WARREN FOR PARTICIPATING IN OBAMA INAUGURATION (SEE THE VERY END). The choice of Rick Warren as Barack Obama's inaugural invocation giver has apparently so touched the leader of Lake Forest's Saddleback Church that he has become The Most Tolerant Pastor Ever!!! He posed for a …
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Tonight is the annual “Vandals Christmas Formal” at the House of Blues in Anaheim, and we talked earlier this week about No Doubt getting back together in 2009, so what better OCriffic song for today than No Doubt's cover of Vandals Christmas tune “Oi to the World”? None more better. Unfortunately, all the videos on …
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