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Throughout their 17-year career and eight (soon to be nine) studio albums, Thrice has always been a band willing to evolve, but on their own terms. Their first two records were circle pit inspiring metal and punk influenced post-hardcore. Thrice followed up their most commercially successful and mainstream-ish album, The Artist In The Ambulance, with …
Throughout their 17-year career and eight (soon to be nine) studio albums, Thrice has always been a band willing to evolve, but on their own terms. Their first two records were circle pit inspiring metal and punk influenced post-hardcore. Thrice followed up their most commercially successful and mainstream-ish album, The Artist In The Ambulance, with …
Just a few days before the end of 2014, Thrice announced their reunion. In some ways, the timing made sense. Most of their contemporaries from the 2000s post-hardcore/emo/screamo/alternative scene were getting back together, making Thrice’s music as popular as ever. On the other hand, the band had shown no public signs of interest in getting …
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Just a few days before the end of 2014, Thrice announced their reunion. In some ways, the timing made sense. Most of their contemporaries from the 2000s post-hardcore/emo/screamo/alternative scene were getting back together, making Thrice’s music as popular as ever. On the other hand, the band had shown no public signs of interest in getting …
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When it comes to fireworks, Wednesday afternoon’s debate between five candidates seeking to replace U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) was a wet match compared to the M-80s lobbed during the most recent presidential debates. Republicans Lynn Schott and Bob Peterson and Democrats Joe Dunn, Bao Nguyen and Lou Correa expressed repeated agreement with one …
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When it comes to fireworks, Wednesday afternoon’s debate between five candidates seeking to replace U.S. Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Garden Grove) was a wet match compared to the M-80s lobbed during the most recent presidential debates. Republicans Lynn Schott and Bob Peterson and Democrats Joe Dunn, Bao Nguyen and Lou Correa expressed repeated agreement with one …
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Yesterday, Placentia councilmember Chad Wanke—a former city treasurer in the corruption-happy North OC town whose bio makes him out to be a fiduciary wizard—had one hell of a don’t-blame-me fit over the All-American City’s latest scandal: more than $4 million allegedly embezzled by financial manager Michael Nguyen. In the morning, he told the Voice of OC that no …
Yesterday, Placentia councilmember Chad Wanke—a former city treasurer in the corruption-happy North OC town whose bio makes him out to be a fiduciary wizard—had one hell of a don’t-blame-me fit over the All-American City’s latest scandal: more than $4 million allegedly embezzled by financial manager Michael Nguyen. In the morning, he told the Voice of OC that no …
Not to diminish the otherwise fine work done by our counterparts on Grand Avenue, but I found myself snoozing to the two Chapman University-financed Chapman University sections in the Orange County Register I have read—one this week in our break room, the other months ago in my dentist’s waiting room. The boredom spurred me to …
Continue reading “Chapman Student Government President-Elect Quits Due to Theft from Frat”
Not to diminish the otherwise fine work done by our counterparts on Grand Avenue, but I found myself snoozing to the two Chapman University-financed Chapman University sections in the Orange County Register I have read—one this week in our break room, the other months ago in my dentist’s waiting room. The boredom spurred me to …
Continue reading “Chapman Student Government President-Elect Quits Due to Theft from Frat”
There has been a furious Internet debate in Mexican-American circles ever since I wrote a story about how Teresa Hernandez, a prominent member of the Orange County Republican Party and token Mexican in the influential Lincoln Club, outed herself as a fan of Donald Trump to the Orange County Register, going so far as to …
Continue reading “Mariachi Star Tries to Spin Away His Wife’s Professed Donald Trump Love”
What better way could one spend St. Patrick’s Day than in pursuit of a leprechaun? As it turns out, they are every bit as elusive as the stories tell. Hell, never mind a leprechaun, nowadays one could have a difficult enough time tracking down a shamrock shake. In lieu of the perennial, minty-flavored, partially gelatinated, …
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