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There are two very important cultural happenings tonight. Presidential nominees John “My Friends” McCain and Barack Obama will engage in a sure-to-be-scintillating debate of domestic policy and the economy at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex on the campus of Hofstra University in Long Island, New York, and John Oates will perform at …
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Other than to play the Shally Zomorodi drinking game, of course, which goes like this: every time the giggle-prone host touches her deskmate Ben Aaron, you take a shot. But then again, if you're watching this show at 10 a.m. whilst clutching a bottle of Jaeger, you've got much deeper issues than an addiction to …
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Sorry, I was trying to set a record for most abbrev. in a blog title. The schedule for NYC's CMJ Music Marathon was announced today, and Long Beach's Crystal Antlers (pictured), Costa Mesa's Japanese Motors and Laguna Beach's Donavon Frankenreiter are among the performers ready to entertain music industry wags, record promoters and overstimulated college …
Last Night: The Shys, Army Navy and Vast Atlantic at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa, Oct. 11, 2008. Better Than: Listening to “Too Shy” by Kajagoogoo on repeat. Download: Army Navy's self-titled debut LP, in stores Tuesday but on iTunes now. Playing their last southern California show before heading east later this month, San Clemente's …
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I was fairly surprised when I saw that Suzanne Whang, the inoffensively pleasant host of HGTV's inoffensively pleasant “House Hunters,” was performing tonight at the Irvine Improv. After all, she's most famous for uttering lines like “Jim and Mandy are looking for a home with plenty of space to raise a family;” not exactly knee …
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For about a few weeks in 2006, Irvine had its own outpost of BCD Tofu House, part of the empire built on boiling cauldrons of Korean soft tofu soup called sundubu jjigae. Then, like the Red October, there was a defection. BCD became Koba Tofu Grill (if there's any two words that sound weird together …
Oktoberfest starts today. Yes, in the middle of September. But are you going to quibble the details when we're talking about the only time of year when public drunkenness and enjoying polka music are socially acceptable? Both can be accomplished this weekend, thanks to the Phoenix Club of Anaheim, who are hosting their annual Oktoberfest …
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Tokyo Table, the first restaurant of many at the new Diamond Jamboree in Irvine, will have its grand opening tomorrow, Wednesday, September 17, at 5 P.M. The restaurant's already got two outlets in L.A. County (Beverly Hills and Arcadia). Other than the usual roster of rolls, teriyaki and tempura, this is a Japanese restaurant that …
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As Clockwork sits in deliberations as an Orange County Superior Court alternate juror, speaking as this is being banged out is our foreman, Stephen Mensinger. When Mensinger is not being paid $15-a-day to fulfill his civic duty, he earns bukoo bucks to preside over Irvine-based developer SunCal's multifamily division. In essence, he's in charge of …
Bistro 400 in downtown SanTana has a unique advantage over Memphis and Jason's Downtown in trying to nab dinner eaters: it's actually open. Whereas Memphis is open for dinner Wednesday through Sunday while Jason's entertains Thursdays through Saturdays, Bistro 400 operates every day except the Lord's día. That's where the lady and I found ourselves …
Some phrases automatically conjure images in a person’s visual index. Mention the words “A Chorus Line,” and you might catch yourself daydreaming about golden tuxedos and high kicks. But there’s a lot more to the story of the longest-running American-produced Broadway musical than you might think. The plot revolves around a casting call for a …
It started as a little love between newspaper columnists, but it included a ding against Orange County's Clark Kent of an assemblyman. That brought a sharp rebuke from our Superman in disguise, Todd Spitzer (who the Weekly's own R. Scott Moxley had just lauded for heroism.) And that, in turn, produced more venom from the …