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Local musician/DJ/rekkid collecta übermensch John Basil (a.k.a. Heru Avenger) has a “pop”-oriented podcast up over in this dusty corner of the 1nterw3b. Odds are you haven't heard most of these odd ditties from the man's deeper-than-hell crates. I'm listening to it now and it's hitting my sweet spot from all sorts of crazy angles.
It's been just over a week since I wrote that the Orange County Register is in content-sharing talks with Dean Singleton's MediaNews Inc. and a week since Register publisher Terry Horne told one of his own reporters about his vision for saving the paper, including the formation of “a consortium with other companies, to be …
Adriano Celentano—who was unknown to me until a week ago—is something akin to the Italian Serge Gainsbourg. This bonkers song is on some Busby Berkeley-esque, proto-glam-disco-rap shit—with a harmonica solo! WTF?! After one listen/viewing, it catapulted into my pantheon of favorite songs ever. Sadly, nothing else I've checked by Celentano comes close to matching the …
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Ladies and gents, Carona's “Little Sheriff” is no more. You voted, and rechristened the indicted top cop's more active head The Little Debbie Snack. All hail OC Weekly's fabulous proofreader Jack Grimshaw for his creativity and ability to rip off McKee Foods. Jack, you win. . .The Little Debbie Snack, congratulations. We're not sure where …
Dave Segal moved into Detroit Bar on both Friday and Saturday nights: “Free the Robots' thrilling [Friday] live show blew away Afrika Bambaataa's moldy DJ set. Local upstarts overshadowed a legend!” And on Sat, “DJs Josh One, Hyder, James Pants and Peanut Butter Wolf spun loads of great hip-hop cuts and freaky dance tracks that …
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Review, video and photos by Patrick Chavis. Ludacris, Pacific Division Walter Pyramid, Cal State University Long Beach February 23, 2008 A night of protests, hos and intellectual conversation in the LBC: isn’t that what hip-hop’s all about? The opening act—Pacific Division from Palmdale, California—have created a large MySpace buzz. The hip-hop trio were humble and …
2000 LBS OF BLUES, 4 p.m. And an extra 2000 lbs of attitude. The Blue Dog, 4111 Viking Way Long Beach BELLY DANCE SUPERSTARS, 8 p.m. A little wiggle room. Orange County Performing Artscenter, 600 Town Center Drive Costa Mesa STEVE AOKI: KID MILLIONAIRE, 9 p.m. Scratching it up at Sutra. Sutra Lounge, Triangle Square, …
Dear Mexican: Why do you suppose Mexico has such a hard time getting its act together? It has vast natural resources, good climate, natural ports, super-generous and good-looking neighbors, and plenty of laborers who seem to be willing to do all sorts of crappy jobs. But instead of having a thriving economy and an embarrassment …
The Lions Jungle Struttin' (Ubiquity) Release date: February 19, 2008 Curb Your Cynicism is a recurring feature in which the music editor pithily enthuses about new releases and reissues he thinks will enhance your life and erode your cynicism about the state of music, circa now. The Lions include seven LA musicians who have seemingly …
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Review by Marco Villalobos Return of the Boom Bap featuring Del the Funky Homosapien, Aceyalone, Bukue One, and Thirsty Fish at The Vault 350, Long Beach Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Better Than: The Rappin’ Duke Download: Hieroglyphics crew videos, an Aceyalone video, and Del's new songs on myspace The DJs scratched records, they scratched compact …
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The OC Register's contest to determine the new host of their online feature “The Juice” has been narrowed down to ten contestants, and they're asking for your vote. Most of the potential hosts look fairly generic, but one of them, as it turns out, has quite the colorful reputation, and we wonder if the Reg …
Sorry for the last-minute notice of this, but Anglo-Russian crate-digger supreme and underground beat master DJ Vadim is headlining the Continental Room in Fullerton tonight. Vadim's an awesome selector and his own productions have been rocking headier parties since the mid-'90s. Don't sleep. Go here for more information.