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Last night at Spin City (held at Sutra, that place is sooo beautiful), another 2 hopeful DJs made it a little bit closer to the Winter Music Fest in Miami. And I got just a little bit closer to destroying my liver. The competition, which consisted of 20 minute sets, started off with Peter J …
Laguna Beach Mayor Toni Iseman was on hand Saturday for the ceremonial lighting of the Sawdust ArtisTree to kick off the 17th Annual Winter Fantasy at the Sawdust Art Festival. The younger sibling to the “Best of OC”-winning summer fest (check out pics here), Winter Fantasy features 170 artists peddling hand made jewelry, crafts, fine …
The Friday night weekly party Mute (at Proof Bar in Santa Ana) happening this evening is a special edition that's sprung out of the Weekly's current cover story on DJ formats. Check the flyer below for all the info. Should be a night of stimulating debate and ass-kicking choons, featuring many of the county's finest …
Just a reminder: Free Blood (ex-!!! percussionist John Pugh, singer Madeline Davy and !!! keyboardist/trumpeter/percussionist Dan Gorman) play Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa. Read what I said about them here. Also on the bill are some of OC's most discerning DJs, including Scotty Coats and DJ Spun of the excellent Rong label, the Dirty Money …
JOIN IN THE GIVING TOY DRIVE, 5pm From 5-7pm this month and the next, donate a toy for needy kids and teens in Orange County. With every toy donation you are entered in a chance to win a weekend family getaway at the Resort. Hyatt Regency, 21500 Pacific Coast Hwy., Huntington Beach, (714) 698-1234 BEAUJOLAIS …
I love a lot of the same things that Shag loves. I love that kooky, flat graphic style that was so popular in the late '50s and early '60s, the kind of stuff you used to see in the opening titles for sitcoms with theme songs by Henry Mancini. I love girls with big hair, …
On the eve of a December 3 contempt-of-court hearing against Catholic Diocese of Orange Bishop Tod D. Brown, longtime diocesan lawyer (and Orange County's 14th Scariest Person for 2007) Peter Callahan remains brazenly arrogant in discussing his client's terrible role in protecting pedophiles and statutory rapists. This time around, Callahan granted an “interview” to the …
FOREIGN FILM SERIES SPOTLIGHTS TURKEY, 6pm Enjoy (for free!) a special screening of an acclaimed foreign road movie (with English subtitles). Irvine Civic Center, 1 Civic Center Plz., Irvine, (949) 724-6000 ORANGE COUNTY NATURAL HISTORY LECTURE SERIES, 7pm Orange County: Refuge or wreck? Santa Ana Zoo, 1801 E. Chestnut Ave., Santa Ana NEW WORKS FESTIVAL, …
Just announced—tickets go on sale Nov. 17 at 10 a.m. Baby-boomer critics (of whom I'm one, I guess) are hyperventilating over how great Springsteen's new album, Magic, is. I struggled to get through it once. He sounds tired and uninspired. But I was never a fan, even when Bruce was in his prime. Nevertheless, expect …
Continue reading “Bruce Springsteen at Honda Center… April 7, 2008”
More Street dirt: In his pre-treasurer-tax collector days, Chriss Street allegedly billed (and double-billed!) a bankrupt trust “for thousands of dollars in expenses, including a $3,584 laptop computer and $1,200 in office supplies,” reports Ronald Campbell at the Register. The records collected by The End of the Road Trust show that Street charged thousands more …
Continue reading “Tuesday's Headlines. No Surprises: More Street dirt”
PowerSolo: Nordixie Danes show us Americans how to rock, white-trash-roots style. There's something terribly sad about seeing Jon Spencer playing with his latest band, Heavy Trash, before a crowd in the two figures on a Sunday night. Spencer once led his Blues Explosion trio to glorious heights of critical respect, artistic achievement and respectable commercial …
Continue reading “Heavy Trash, PowerSolo, Detroit Bar, November 11, 2007”
When it comes to examining the root causes of illegal immigration, some Republicans work overtime to reconcile their hatred of “illegals” (cough—Mexicans!—cough-cough!) with the Bible—something that's not always easy to pull off given that the Bible preaches goodwill to those who are less fortunate. Take the Oct. 29 opinion piece that appeared on the Republican …
Continue reading “Illegal Immigration: Follow the Bouncing Logic”