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It's hard to tell if the actors in War of the Worlds: The Radio Play are pretending to be radio actors afraid of a Martian invasion of Earth, or if they are real actors fighting boredom. Whatever the case, they're losing either battle. The mother of all mass media hoaxes, the effects of Orson Welles …
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In honor of the recent release of our 2014 Best Of issue, we've compiled a list of the greatest sports and athletic activities Orange County has to offer. The winners range from professional to amateur with awards for the Best Gym, Best Angels Player and even pole dancing gets an award this year. Enjoy! ] …
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While we drunken writers picked our choices for the best things in Orange County, you, gentle readers, have proven us WRONG. Behold, your choices for the best of OC, in the 141 most popular categories in the land. You'll see that our choices rarely mirror yours, and that's a good thing. That means y'all are …
Schoolhouse Rock Live! Samueli Theater 10/4/14 Children of the '70s and early '80s no doubt remember educational Schoolhouse Rock tunes like “Conjunction Junction,” and “I'm Just a Bill.” Similarly, children of the '90s likely experienced the catchy musical cartoon shorts when the series was put back on the air. Both the images from the series …
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There is something to be said about coming together for a good cause and when you pair that with a ton of laughter, amazing things can happen. NUVOtv was all set to film season four of their comedy show “Stand Up & Deliver” at the Cabo Comedy Festival in early October but sadly, the festival …
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When I yammered on and on about how much I enjoyed The One I Love when it hit theaters about a month ago, I shared Charlie McDowell’s unusual trip to the director’s chair for a most unusual indie feature. It’s a trip the writer/actor/American Film Institute-trained filmmaker son of Mary Steenburgen and Malcolm McDowell can …
Fact: Any band who uses Times New Roman on their album cover isn't going to make it in the music industry. (Feel free to prove us wrong, though). Smart typography selection is as important to a band's image as having a memorable logo. In 1937, industrial designer and typographer Gerry Powell, designed an extremely condensed …
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Bang! Festival The Observatory 9/20/14 Over time, the typical arc in the life of rock musicians reveals that they are no less whores than any other type of celebrity. Laziness and age beget compromise, and, of course, money makes people do crazy things. However, Saturday night at the Bang! Music Festival (hosted by The Observatory …
On Friday night, Slash appeared at the Eyegore Awards, at Universal Studios Hollywood, where he and singer Myles Kennedy performed the title track to his recent horror film, Nothing Left to Fear. Slash, whose new album World on Fire was released last week, also received one of the awards and provided the soundtrack for one …
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I suddenly find myself in the market for a car again, which means I will again want an electric car to offset the large carbon footprint I created by driving a Caddy Eldo convertible for years. My quest takes me Saturday morning to Huntington Beach, a one-stop shopping destination for different models of electric vehicles …
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Campy, heartwarming, and not without its comedic charms, Beto Gomez's latest film Flying Low sustains the director's on-point sense of parody in using for fodder a send-up of '80s and '90s Mexican music and cinema. That humor is at play throughout most of the film, yet it doesn't take away from any moments of warmth. …
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Don't forget to check out our constantly updated OC Concert Calendar Monday, September 15 Let's Drive to Alaska Residency The Continental Room Not since 2001: A Space Odyssey have we been handed such an out-of-this-world impression of sci-fi in pop culture. The music of Let's Drive to Alaska is a majestic journey through electronic beats, …