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A recent article from The Lefsetz Letter site waxes foreboding about the CD's imminent demise and the inevitable restructuring of the music industry. Reading it induces a bit of schadenfreude in anyone who remembers when record companies introduced the format in the early '80s. Major-label moguls proclaimed that the CD would make us all eagerly …
Red Bull's Illume exhibit—featuring award-winning sports action photography—is coming to Huntington Beach Wednesday night. The images (which showcase everything from surfing to skateboarding to mountain climbing) will be displayed on the beach in 8-foot glass and metal cubes, lit up after sunset. The exhibit comes to OC from Aspen. It'll be there till June 17. …
Meet Shine Like Stars, an Irvine-based Christian-rock band that jams the Divine fantastic at Irvine Presbyterian Church, specifically in its Veritas form of service. They're playing this Wednesday at San Clemente Presbyterian Church in anticipation of a small Pacific Coast tour. Good for them, seriously. But here's the rub: Recently, Shine Likes Stars received major …
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Regal Cinemas has just announced a new program called the Guest Response System. Selected cinema patrons, all of whom are members of the Regal Crown frequent-customer rewards program, are given a paging device with four buttons to take into the auditorium. If a problem arises, they can press one of the controls to indicate an …
It pains me to visit my old haunt, latimes.com/schoolme these days. Ever since I shipped out to OC, it's occupied a cold place in cyberspace, sitting in suspended animation. But even in its stagnant state, the blog, which I co-authored with Pulitzer winner Bob Sipchen, provided a resource for folks with hardball questions about education. …
Apparel News has an interesting story on Costa Mesa-based RVCA's first retail store which will open in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district in July. Deborah Belgum, senior editor at the publication, writes that “up until now, the company's line of vintage-wash T-shirts, jeans, shorts, fleece hoodies, shirts and caps have been sold at surf and skateboard …
My chief complaint about the Black Keys is that they don't release something new every single day of the week, or go on month-long tours of my immediate neighborhood. Thankfully, the Keys released a complimentary four-song live EP earlier this week via their Myspace page, free of charge. A small taste but a taste nonetheless. …
Skeletons and the Kings of All Cities Lucas (Ghostly International) Release date: May 8, 2007 Curb Your Cynicism is a recurring blogtastic 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. I hear thousands …
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Lichens Omns (Kranky) Release date: May 7, 2007 White/Lichens White/Lichens (Holy Mountain) Release date: April 16, 2007 Curb Your Cynicism is a recurring blogtastic 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. Lichens …
AAM Kraut Slut (Static Discos) Release date: May 8, 2007 Curb Your Cynicism is a recurring blogtastic 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. Ah, Mexican techno. Huh? You don't know about …
Superior Court Judge William Froeberg had intended to announce punishment this morning for convicted Montessori killer/rapist Jonathan Phong Khanh Tran, 22. But Tran’s mother switched defense lawyers and, through new counsel Al Stokke, asked for a five-month delay. Froeberg granted the request. The decision means that Tran continues living in the Orange County Jail, where …
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