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LA's HEALTH bring their beneficial noise to SXSW. If you're down in Austin, Texas for the South by Southwest conference/festival, please check out this outstanding bill and mingle with the VVM music editors (you will never encounter so much charisma in one room). The Black Keys Health The Cribs Soundtrack of Our Lives Friday, March …
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SO FRESH HIP HOP AND FASHION SHOWCASE, 7 p.m. Dance troupes from all over California converge at Chapman. Memorial Hall, 1 University Dr., Orange SCRAPBOOK EXPO, till 6 p.m. Do something with all those digital albums. OC Fair N Event Center, 88 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa FRANK SINATRA JR., 8 p.m. It's all in the …
EL NOCHE DE LOS ENAMORADOS, 9 p.m. Forget Billy Joel! Cumbia and 80's flashbacks can be just as romantic. THE BLUE CAFÉ, 210 N. Promenade Long Beach LONG BEACH DISTRICT NIGHT, 9 p.m. Three words for the starving students: No Cover Charge. Sachi Bar, 6400 E. Pacific Coast Hwy. Long Beach TYRONE WELLS, ELINA, JAMES …
By Jeff Shaw at our sister paper, Citypages. Love is a many-splendored thing and all, but it's also dependent upon a relationship's context — and so is the associated music. You don't want Al Green's “Let's Get Married” to stream through the car speakers during your third date, you don't want your intended to think …
MARS BARS PROTEST, 7 p.m. Harold Schmitz, chief science officer of Mars candy bars, is set to speak on the future of chocolate. But this isn't cool with PETA, whose members plan to wear body paint in M&M colors and hold banners protesting Mars-funded lab testing. Beckman Center, 100 Academy, Irvine THE PHANTOM'S LEADING LADIES, …
NEW YEAR ZEN JUMPSTART PROGRAM, 7 p.m. For those of you delaying that resolution. Zen Center of Orange County, 120 E. 18th St. Costa Mesa JILL SCOTT, 8 p.m. Funk and soul come to together for an unforgettable night. The Grove of Anaheim, 2200 E. Katella Ave. Anaheim MIKE HAMILTON, 7 p.m. The guitar player, …
Dear Matt, Congrats on all your success: Gatorade High School Football, Player of the Year (first junior so honored ever), the early commitment to USC, the many prep titles—oops, scratch that last one! And we loved the profile that the New York Times did on you yesterday. We especially were excited about your commitment to …
Continue reading “An Open Letter to Mater Dei Quarterback Matt Barkley”
VBS.TV's Ian Svenonius interviews My Bloody Valentine mastermind Kevin Shields, the primary creative force behind Loveless and Isn't Anything, two of the greatest rock albums of all time. It's not the most scintillating interview ever, but if you're a My Bloody Valentine fanatic, you'll want to watch. (You're not a My Bloody Valentine fanatic? Click …
TRAVELING LIGHTS, 5 p.m. Luminous art by Enrique Chiu. C1D GALLERY, 441 E. 1st St., Long Beach SIERRA CLUB VALENTINES SOCIAL, 6:30 p.m. Music, pizza, sparkling cranberry juice, environmentally-friendly folk. Costa Mesa Community Center, 1845 Park Ave. Costa Mesa S.I.N. MONDAYS, 10 p.m. Service Industry Night with resident DJ Danny Love. Fury, 4221 Dolphin Striker …
Long Beacher Jeff Phifer reviews Friday's Friendly Neighbors, Ashtray Babies, Vomit Bomb N Bad Parents show at Alamitos Harbor. Also see Fever Dragon's fabulous photos. There is a new band night in Long Beach called the Butt Rockin' Boat Ride and it's harder and faster than any other night! This baby is leagues ahead of …
The Gothla Festival hit Fullerton from Friday to Sunday, and we were there in full force. Christopher Victorio took some beautiful pictures of the ladies gyrating in all sorts of intricate outfits at Saturday night's Gothic Gala. (Check those out here.) Luke Thompson and Derek Olson were also in attendance and will be posting some …
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Weekly reader Suzanne Broughton recently penned a response to the death knell of the OC Post (a.k.a. its marriage to the Irvine World News) and was nice enough to let us republish it. See more of Broughton's work on her blog, Emphasis Mine. The big news here in Orange County is the OC Post married …