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The Complete On the Corner Sessions boxed set recently came out to much fanfare, including my own hyperventilating blather on the subject here. (By the way, I noticed that Dusty Groove is selling the six-CD set for the reasonable sum of $127—a bargain for one of the greatest albums ever, plus bonus cuts galore and …
This year's edition of our annual Scariest People issue includes two entries from the Catholic Diocese of Orange: lead sex-abuse lawyer Peter Callahan and Varsity Gold, the high-school fundraising outfit that hired and proudly employees statutory rapist (and former Mater Dei boys' assistant basketball coach) Jeff Andrade. With those two entries, the Orange diocese enters …
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Dog lovers and cruel cackling people who like to dress their pets in degrading outfits and drag them around town gathered in Long Beach yesterday for the Haute Dogs 7th Annual Howl’oween Parade. Livingston Park and 2nd Street were overtaken by more than 600 costumed creatures and countless spectators, many armed with cameras to document …
The Warlocks go deep. Where will you find the area's most discerning drone/psych-rock aficionados tonight? At Alex's Bar in Long Beach, where Los Angeles' Warlocks and LB denizens Magic Lantern will be setting their FX boxes on STUN, PHASE, FLANGE, etc. The Warlocks come off like Brian Jonestown Massacre's heavier, trippier younger siblings and with …
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Cruising down to Costa Mesa tonight are Joshua Tree's Gram Rabbit, a slinky electro-pop duo (Jesika Von Rabbit and Todd Rutherford) whose songs are all gleaming surfaces and curvy contours. Jesika imbues the quasi-funky backdrops with seductively creamy vocals and glam-diva hauteur. Attention, Devo fans: “Hot Spit” off Gram Rabbit's new album, Radio Angel N …
SATURN ASTRA TEST DRIVE EVENT, 6pm Be one of the first to see and drive Saturn’s newest car. Reserve your spot online. OC Fair N Exposition Center, 88 Fair Dr., Costa Mesa www.saturn.com/saturn/vehicles/astra/presale/index.jsp GLOBAL KITCHEN: THE JAPANESE TABLE, 6:30pm Learn to make a few Japanese specialties. Sur la Table, 832 Avocado Ave., Newport Beach, (949) …
If you're among the praying, the Council on American-Islamic Relations invites ye of any faith to join in a special prayer at the Islamic Society of Orange County in Irvine tonight at 6:30. The prayer of Salatul Istisqa is a call for rain usually offered in times of drought. “Americans of all faiths need to …
Some readers have shared their fire photos with us. Click the photo to see them. So far, we have snaps of the blaze from Rancho Santa Margarita, Lake Forest and Foothill Ranch. Send yours to jp****@******ly.com with a short description (and the photographer's name) and we'll add them to the slideshow. Photo by Mike Funk.
Top 10 selling records from Oct. 12 to Oct. 18 at SECONDSPIN, 1781 Newport Blvd., Costa Mesa, (949) 650-8870; www.secondspin.com. SecondSpin carries new and used CDs and DVDs, and buys used products. 1) Kanye West, Graduation (Roc-A-Fella) 2) 50 Cent, Curtis (Intercope) 3) Iron N Wine, The Shepherd's Dog (Sub Pop) 4) Kid Rock, Rock …
Tonight the Weekly drove past roadblocks on Santiago Canyon Road to see the destruction left by the blaze firsthand. What we saw was depressing, but the planes spewing fire retardant overhead were a hopeful sight. Photos will be up before the night's over, we promise are up. Before visiting the scene, we dropped in on …
OC Weekly freelancer Oliver Hall details in this week's issue why you should risk a significant portion of your hearing and sanity and attend the Melvins/Big Business show tonight at Detroit Bar. I will merely add that this gig will give you maximum bang for your sludge-metal buck. Plus, Melvins front man King Buzzo has …
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Click the photo for more singed scenes along Santiago Canyon Road.