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In his 1838 poem A Psalm of Life, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (once America's most popular poet, now an item on every high school's forced-feeding menu), wrote We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time Yeah, well, maybe… But what is certain is that we're all leaving …
we recommend AMERICAN DREAMZ See Film feature. IRON ISLAND (JAZIRE AHANI) See Film feature. also opening THE SENTINEL The director Clark Johnson got his start in TV, and it shows. Two years ago, he turned that cop-drama warhorse S.W.A.T. into a surprise (read: inexplicable) summer hit; now he's back with an enervated presidential-assassination thriller that …
It's unclear whether the rest of the free world has figured out that there is a yearly film festival in Newport Beach, but Hollywood certainly knows. And isn't that what really counts? It is to the army of anonymous filmmakers who'll converge on pricey Orange County real estate April 20-30 for the festival's seventh run. …
THURSDAY, APRIL 20 Ziggens back with a weekend of shows to douse a long absence with a couple of rockabilly songs, a couple of polka songs, some Pink Floyd zone-out moments, probably some loud shirts or weird hats, maybe a Mellotron, possibly a harp, could be a lawn mower—it's been a while, but the circus …
According to the Los Angeles Times, the Santa Ana Performing Arts and Event Center building may soon leave behind the things of this world, and take on the fight against the evil alien power from beyond the stars that's keeping you from fulfilling your potential and living like Tom Cruise. In other words, the building's …
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THURSDAY, APRIL 13 Twenty-four hours to go: Sutherland-svengalied Rocco De Luca steels hearts at Detroit. FRIDAY Five years ago, ska-punk band Jeffries Fan Club broke up because—as reported in this paper—lead singer Mike Dziurgot wanted to devote his life to God and prepare for the End Times, though he later admitted—with even more chilling candor—that …
One day I'll fingerpaint a pizza box and release my own Children of Children of Nuggets—I Was a Teenage Nuggets? Santa Claus Conquers the Nuggets? The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Nuggets?—that starts around the early pre-fire Estrus discography, chases after Billy Childish, peels around Memphis and Detroit, and spackles out all the …
THURSDAY, APRIL 6 Digable Planets' Ladybug (now Ladybug Mecca) comes out to pollinate the flowers in springtime and flutter off last year's solo record Trip the Light Fantastic, which dipped a sleepy hand through her Brazilian homeland tropicalia—lots of finger-picked guitars (“Leaving It All Behind”) and reverbed dub-psych (“Don't Disturb the Peace”)—before thumbing on the …
WE RECOMMEND BRICK See Film feature. (Edwards University, Irvine) GAME 6 See Film feature. (Edwards University, Irvine) ALSO OPENING THIS WEEK THE BENCHWARMERS The Bad News Bears starring man-children, The Benchwarmers finds aging dorks Richie (David Spade) and Clark (Napoleon Dynamite's Jon Heder) and the relatively able Gus (Rob Schneider) challenging a little league …
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It's one of those things you're liable to hear whenever the rain starts pelting down: “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” It's one of the few lines of Mark Twain's that just about everybody can quote. Two problems: first, it's not a Twain quote; second, it's not true. The quote …
Only four days after OC was named the third wealthiest county in the country (with 113,299 millionaire households), news comes that Irvine is taking measures to ensure low-cost housing remains available. Given the state of low-cost housing in OC (mostly nonexistent), and the fact that the LA Times article is dated April 1, at first …